On Saturday 19th May between 10.30am and 2.30pm, a selection of artists appearing at this year’s Beverley Folk Festival, Acoustic, Roots, will be hitting Beverley town centre Café’s and restaurants giving taster performances of what the public can expect to hear at this year’s 29th festival.
Artists taking part in the ‘Café Run’ include: Jessica Lawson, Hekima, Lucy Marshall, Union Jill, Miles Cain, Derek Waudby plus others still to be announced. Café’s where artists can be found are: Vanilla’s, Café Nero, Pizza Express, Rolando’s, Costa Coffee, Lempicka, Dine on The Rowe, Ask and The Poppy Seed.
The festival can also be found in Beverley’s Saturday Market from 10.00am on a stall where full information about this year’s event will be available and organisers and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions.
Also, in Driffield that evening at The Bell Hotel, Market Place, Driffield, YO25 6AN the festival, in association with Moonbeams, is holding a Pre Festival concert featuring more artists: Circus Envy, Indigo Heights, Mark Wynn, Sea Fret and David Ward Maclean. The event kicks off at 7.30pm, tickets are great value at £8 – Available online and on the door.
Alice Buckenham, Volunteer Festival Administrator said ‘We use every opportunity we can to spread the festival word. We are proud to offer something to suit all tastes and ages with music ranging from traditional and modern Folk, Americana, World, Salsa, Blues right through to Soul and Classic Rock/Pop. We also have Traditional Dance teams, Comedy, Film, Spoken Word, workshops for all ages, free children’s events, a fantastic Craft, Food & Music fair, Real Ale bars and so much more.”
This year, there are 88 Artists performing at the festival, 76 Events, 5 Venues and all over 1 Weekend – Where else are you going to find all this right on your doorstep?
Bell Hotel, Single Event, Full Day, Full Weekend and Family Weekend tickets available at www.beverleyfestival.com
Single Event tickets also from Beverley Tourist Information Centre.