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Spiers & Boden for Bristol Folk Festival

staging a ceilidh on Mayday

By Scott Williams | Published:

Bristol Folk Festival 2011 - Spiers And Boden
Photo credit: Claire Quilley


Spiers & Boden are to stage a ceilidh at the Bristol Folk Festival on Mayday.

Spiers And Boden
The dynamic duo will bring festivalgoers to their feet when they take to the main stage at Colston Hall, where they will host a two hour ceilidh between 2-4pm, with Bristol caller Phil Bassingdale on the final day of the revived three-day festival.

Seth Lakeman headlines Friday, Show Of Hands headline Saturday, and Bellowhead will headline the final night, with The Fisherman's Friends, and Dervish also confirmed, there are more acts to be announced.

The event will take place over three days indoors at the city's Colston Hall during the May Day Bank Holiday weekend running from Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May 2011.

It is hoped that up to 3,000 people will come along from Bristol and around the country. There will be something going on from 10am to midnight each day.

Early bird adult tickets are priced at £60 for the three days. Children under 5's free of charge, and children aged 6-16 will require a concession ticket priced at £50. A family tickets (2 adults + 2 kids) are priced at £190. To buy tickets, click here.