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July 2008

Friday 11th - Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th

Welcome to the Priddy Folk Festival website.

This year's festival was, judging by people's feedback, a great success.

Festival Diary

Photos for the whole weekend are now available in the Festival Gallery - please have a look!

Friday evening was remarkably dry given the appalling weather forecast and a large crowd enjoyed the festival atmosphere on the green well into the small hours of the morning.

This set the scene for the whole weekend. Against all the odds, the weather improved over the weekend with the festival concluding under wall-to-wall blue sky. Judging by the relaxed atmosphere and smiles, this has got to have been one of the best Priddy Festivals ever!

The catering and bar proved a real hit this year; the biggest problem is making a decision - there were too many superb beers and all the food stalls look like 'must try' experiences.

The music was excellent too !!!!

See you next year!!!

Feedback

If you would like to let us know what you thought of the Festival you can download the form feedback_form_2008.doc, amend and then either post it to:

Priddy Folk Festival - Feedback Form
Badgers Wood
Wells Road
Priddy
Wells, Somerset
BA5 3AZ

or email it to <priddyfolkfest AT btopenworld DOT com>

Contents

• For more details about the main concert artists - see ConcertLineUp.
  For a full list of everything you can do, see, hear and enjoy - see WhatsOn.
  For details of the free Club Tent line up - see ClubtentLineUp.
  For details of the organisations and businesses who are supporting the festival - see SponsorsPage.
  To see a list of all pages on the website please go to WebsiteContents.
  

Last Year

Judging by the feedback last year was clearly a great success. Thank you to everyone who made time to complete the feedback forms - we had a bumper "crop" with the overall view being that, as festivals go, Priddy is something special in terms of atmosphere, size and style.

Planning is well advanced for what we hope will be the best Priddy Folk Festival yet, based largely on the same format though we have extended the "open stage" in the Traders' Field and have arranged MCs to run "open Mic" sessions there.

Reviews of Priddy

If you aren't familiar with the festival, or want to read what someone else wrote about it, we have a blog entry sent in by Mike Plumbley from the Isle of Wight who visited the festival last year. We hope you enjoy reading MikesStory.

We also have a review by Mike Elliott for BBC Somerset which can be read at http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/07/13/priddy_folk_fayre_2005_review_feature.shtml.

Festival Notices

Tickets

We are pleased to say we are holding the ticket prices as per last year. You can see the various options for ordering tickets at FestivalTickets.

Priddy Charity Trust

The festival is a charity run by volunteers, either for their love of Folk music, their love of Priddy - or both, with the proceeds going to help good causes via the Priddy Charity Trust . This makes a huge difference to the community and we would like to say a big thank you on behalf of all of us here at Priddy for making this possible.

Craft Stallholders, Traders and Caterers

Space is going fast, but there are still opportunities available. Please look at PitchApplication.

If you would like to be part of this years festival please don't delay!

Stewards

Volunteer stewards are an integral part of the festival; the event could not possibly be organised without their assistance. The deal is a free ticket and camping in exchange for your time. In addition you will be entered into a draw to win 2 free weekend tickets for our 2009 festival.

If you think you might like to help by stewarding at Priddy, please see FestivalStewards. Thanks.

Supporting the Festival

Every bit of assistance the festival gets means we can offset costs and contribute more to the Village Charity. Every contribution helps, whether it be by advertising in the programme or offering subsidised labour and materials. It also gives the festival a real sense of purpose over and above providing great entertainment.

To find out more, or make offers of assistance, please contact us by emailing <priddyinfo AT priddyfolk DOT org>. Thank you.

The New Website

For those familiar with the Festival, you will notice this site has been completely revamped; not just a whole new set of pages, but a whole new web technology designed to provide you with better information more quickly. We hope you find it helpful. However, it is still very much Work In Progress at the moment so your patience is appreciated.
And for the technies among you who are interested in how this website works, please have a look at AboutTheWebsite.