Leigh Free Folk Festival 2012

[Petet]

Any one atended this event in the past ? it bills its self as the largest free folk festival in the country June 21 st --- 24 th with a line up including Danny and the Champs , The Arlenes ,The Rockingbirds and Alisdair Roberts and loads of others . Is this for real ??

[NickG]

hope it's for true.....Pretty elaborate hoax otherwise

....almost near enough to go to-

[The Jacket]

It's very much for real. I havn't been for a couple of years but will be going down on the Sunday this year.

[BigE]

Looks like a good lineup... it's real pity it isn't held in Leigh here in the North West that would have been a little more convenient for us northerners. par for the course I suppose?

http://www.leighfolkfestival.co.uk/ The only way is Essex!!!

[NickG]

blimey i thought it was our leigh

oh well too far as usual

[BigE]

Sorry... not a lot of Lanky spoken there!!!

[Wayne Portillo]

I'm not sure where they get the evidence to support the Largest Free Folk Festival claim, but it is bloody good. Plenty of stuff to see, but get there early. The weather's usually great too.

[Petet]

ok I'm going --- should be a good warm up for Maverick the following week .

[JonA]

Looks good - Martin Carthy, The Lucky Strikes, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Mawkin....

[Lance Cusack]

Certainly no hoax!

I've lived in Leigh all my life and cannot recall a) a year when it didn't hapen, b) was ever anything less than great.

This year though it has to be said they have outdone themselves.
The fantastic line-up this year owes much to the influence of hard working AUK man Will Bray, and my Shangri-la surrogate and pal Tom Burgess's input - all under the progressive wing of Folk Fest stalwart Paul Collier. I doff my cap to you all.

It takes place mainly down in the old town on the Thames Estuary (so you can smell the Delta mud maaaan) but also in Warrior Sq Southend and the old Library Gardens in Leigh broadway.

I can't recommend it enough.
Pray for good weather please!

http://www.leighfolkfestival.co.uk/

[Lance Cusack]

Wayne - I think the claim is pretty close to the truth - 4 days, free festival, tens of thousands of punters....any other contenders I think folks should post right here so we can conduct a 'proper' 'scientific' 'experiment'

[Tom Bowen]

Looking forward to catching up Lance! Do you know when The Arlenes are on? Hoping it's the same day as The Champs, The Luckies and The Rockies!

[Lance Cusack]

Hey Tom,

Rockingbirds is in Southend on the Saturday - you guys in old Leigh on the Sunday.
Arlenes should finish in time to dash over the other side of the tracks for Danny & the Champs...

See you there brother

[Tom Bowen]

The 'Birds are so on form I may try and get over to you a day early.

[The Jacket]

Martin Carthy is a paid event but is advertised as part of the free festival.