new West Country folk festival announced for Frome in February

first acts confirmed

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 24th Aug 2011

Frome Folk Festival 2012

Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th February 2012
The Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BE , England MAP
£58 weekend (£48 concessions)

Daily capacity: 650

A new event for 2012 has been announced. The winter Frome Folk Festival which will take place at The Cheese and Grain, Frome in Somerset over two days on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th February 2012.

The Award-winning Irish songstress Cara Dillon, who lives in Frome, has accepted an invitation to be Patron of the inaugural festival. Frome Folk Festival will run from 9am until 11pm both days.

Line-up

Saturday and Sunday headliners are still to be announced and the line-up will include Bella Hardy, Jenna, Kathryn Roberts And Sean Lakeman, Luke Jackson, Dyer:Cummings, and Tim Edey & Brendan Power.

The festival is the brainchild of West Country music promoter Jan Ayers, who successfully brought a folk festival back to Bristol after 32 years this spring.

Jan said, "I can't think of a more perfect place for a 'banish your winter blues' festival. Frome has a great tradition for live acoustic music. Not only is it perfectly situated in the heart of Somerset close to the cities of Bath, Wells and Salisbury but it also has a number of characterful pubs and other venues we will use alongside The Cheese and Grain, including Westway Cinema and the Rook Lane Chapel.

"It will be in complete contrast to Bristol Folk Festival- boutique and rural as opposed to big and urban - but there will be no stinting on the calibre of performers. We will be bringing some of our best English folk stars to Somerset over the weekend. There will also be a lively Morris dance programme as well as workshops, singarounds, market stalls and lots of warming winter soup. Frome will be fizzing in February!"

Early Bird weekend tickets are priced at £58 (£48 concessions). A family weekend ticket for two adults and 2 children (aged under 15) is priced at £190. To buy tickets, click here.

For those wishing to camp, there will be provision locally for tents and camper vans. There are also numerous campsites, hotels and B&Bs in the area.

The event will also feature Ceilidhs, sing-arounds, workshops, jam sessions, Morris dancing, and market stalls.

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