Thank you so much for all your amazing fundraising efforts for Hope House at this year’s festival. You’ve helped to raise more than £6,400 for music therapy sessions for the children with life limiting illnesses that use the hospice. This year’s fundraising takes the overall amount pledged to Hope House since we began our partnership […]
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Every year, we eagerly await the news from our friends at Roots Records about which were the top selling CDs of the festival. They’ve crunched the numbers and this year’s top 20 was: 1. Skipinnish 2. The Fitzgeralds 3. Daphne’s Flight 4. Eric Bibb 5. Le Vent du Nord 6. The Young ‘Uns 7. Sarah […]
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A celebration of Alan’s life will take place on Monday July 17th at St Chad’s Church, 1 St Chad’s Terrace, Shrewsbury, SY1 1JX, at 1.15pm. Please arrive at 1pm for a 1.15pm start. There is no dress code – please wear whatever you feel comfortable in which may include a festival t-shirt. Black is not […]
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It is with immense sadness that we have to announce the death of our co-director Alan Surtees following a short illness. It was Alan’s vision and passion, along with that of his wife Sandra, which turned the idea they had 20 years ago of a folk festival for Shropshire into the major event that we […]
Best Midlands Music Festival! We don’t like to blow our own trumpet (very often) but we’ve been named the BEST MIDLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL in the 2017 What’s On Reader Awards! Not only that, we were runners up in the BEST SHROPSHIRE FESTIVAL too. There was tough competition in both categories so a massive thanks to everyone […]
A very big thank you
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamThank you so much for all your amazing fundraising efforts for Hope House at this year’s festival. You’ve helped to raise more than £6,400 for music therapy sessions for the children with life limiting illnesses that use the hospice. This year’s fundraising takes the overall amount pledged to Hope House since we began our partnership […]
And in at number one…..
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamEvery year, we eagerly await the news from our friends at Roots Records about which were the top selling CDs of the festival. They’ve crunched the numbers and this year’s top 20 was: 1. Skipinnish 2. The Fitzgeralds 3. Daphne’s Flight 4. Eric Bibb 5. Le Vent du Nord 6. The Young ‘Uns 7. Sarah […]
A celebration of Alan’s life
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamA celebration of Alan’s life will take place on Monday July 17th at St Chad’s Church, 1 St Chad’s Terrace, Shrewsbury, SY1 1JX, at 1.15pm. Please arrive at 1pm for a 1.15pm start. There is no dress code – please wear whatever you feel comfortable in which may include a festival t-shirt. Black is not […]
Alan Surtees
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamIt is with immense sadness that we have to announce the death of our co-director Alan Surtees following a short illness. It was Alan’s vision and passion, along with that of his wife Sandra, which turned the idea they had 20 years ago of a folk festival for Shropshire into the major event that we […]
We’re the best!
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamBest Midlands Music Festival! We don’t like to blow our own trumpet (very often) but we’ve been named the BEST MIDLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL in the 2017 What’s On Reader Awards! Not only that, we were runners up in the BEST SHROPSHIRE FESTIVAL too. There was tough competition in both categories so a massive thanks to everyone […]