On Sale Now!
Friday 26 – Sunday 27 June
After the massive success of last year’s Crawley Folk Festival, The Hawth is pleased to announce that 2010’s Festival is on sale now and bigger and better than ever!
The weekend includes music from 2010 BBC Folk Award winner Martin Simpson (best traditional track), the highly regarded acoustic blues guitarist Steven Finn and The Jemima Price Band . On Sunday we are delighted to be able to present the newly crowned Folk Singer of the year, John Boden with The Remnant Kings who will be headlining the main stage. Celebrated whistle and flute player Brian Finnegan and Geoff Achison & The Spikedrivers will be taking to the Amphitheatre.
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Of course there’s the usual range of goodies on offer too, including free workshops, craft stalls, demonstrations in Morris and traditional folk dance and the big news is the selection of beers available in the Real Ale Tent has DOUBLED this year!
All this plus free performances from Ian Briggs, Jess Morgan, The Flying Toads and more on the free Foyer and Beer Tent Stages across the weekend.
Don’t forget if you really want to get into the festival mood, we also have great on site camping facilities for just £10 and as always Under 12s Go Free so why not bring the family!
There is a fantastic special offer for all early bookers – book before 9 May 2010 you can SAVE £2.50 per ticket with our EARLY BIRD OFFER!
Jon Boden
There’s also lots to look forward to on the Friday night too. Audiences can choose from Blues in the Amphitheatre with Rag Mama Rag, Ian Briggs & The Supervampers and Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation or you have another chance to catch Adrian Edmondson with his band The Bad Shepherds, following huge public demand after last year’s performance, they’ll be taking to the main stage to showcase punk songs with a folk twist once again.
Tickets for Blues Night: £12.50 (discounts: £10)
Special Offer: £7.50 for weekend ticket holders (if booked at the same time).
Tickets for The Bad Shepherds: £16.50 (discounts: £13.50)
Special Offer: £10 for weekend ticket holders (if booked at the same time).
You can purchase a ticket for one day or the whole weekend by calling the box office on 01293 553636 or book online at www.hawth.co.uk.
For more information on the festival line up, blogs and music tasters visit www.myspace.com/crawleyfolkfestival
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Hello Shelley. I go to the Folk Festival every year at The Hawth maybe me and my mum and dad and you could see each other! xxx
This is one thing in crawley i look forward to every year there’s not many good things about this town but hell this is the one not to be missed I love it