Tickets have gone on sale for the opening event of this year’s Burnham-On-Sea FolkFest.
Dragonsfly will perform at the Ritz Social Club on Friday August 29th from 7pm and tickets are already selling quickly.
Graham Cook, one of the Folkfest organisers, pictured, told Burnham-On-Sea.com this week that the opening concert has already created lots of interest.
“Dragonsfly were one of the best acts at last year’s FolkFest and are returning to open this year’s festival. We’ve already sold a good number of tickets and have around 200 available in all,” he said.
Tickets cost £6 each and are available from GC Music in College Street or by calling 01278 794434. This is the only ticket event for the whole FolkFest weekend – and all other events will be provided free.
FolkFest is being held from Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August with more than 60 acts confirmed. Click here to see who’s playing and here for a schedule of events.
On Saturday August 30th FolkFest performances will be held in seven pub and club venues, with free music in each from noon until 11.00pm. In an eighth pub there will be open mic sessions. There will also be clog and morris dancing, a craft fair in the centre of the town, childrens’ entertainment, workshops and other activities.
On the Sunday August 31st, the popular ‘Folk in the Park’ event will be held in Burnham’s Manor Gardens, with six hours of free music and performance including the fabulous Sheelanagig, Ember, Bag of Rats, Phil King and the Tiger Feet Appalachian Dancers.
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