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Pics from 2007 festival are here.
Preparations are now under way for 2008
festival. As with previous years we'll have appearances from our favourites along with many artists making their first visit to Otley. Look out for...
Gerry McNeice -
Vin
Garbutt
- Les Barker
- Kerfuffle
- Deb Sandland Trio
- Simon Care Trio
-
Duncan McFarlane & The DMcF Band
- Robin Garside
- Joseph Porter - Blyth Power
- Chumbawamba -
Ruth Notman -
Bayou Gumbo -
Tom Bliss
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Toothless Mary -
Sketch
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Gerry Cooper -
Chris Sherburn & Bella Hardy
- Kevin Loughran -
The Hall Brothers
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Copper Kettle -
Gary Stewart Band -
Dave Vermond -
Mawu -
Anne Jackson -
Steve Turner
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Modern Eulogy -
Mark Longster
-
Michelle Plum & Nick B Hall
- Dark Horse - Mike Wood -
Shaun Murphy -
Lime Scurvy -
Ian Hill
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Jim Lawton -
Fyrish -
Mark Lunn -
Waterland -
Suitcase Circus
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and many more. The above may be subject to
change and a fully confirmed artist list will be published nearer the time.
Clicking on the artist's name will link to their myspace.
Dance sides for 2008 will be, once again, in
abundance. Sides already confirmed include...
Flash Company - Kitchen Taps
... and many more to follow.
Keep watching here and the
Otley Folk Festival Website.
Don't forget to check out
Otley Folk Club every Wednesday at Korks Wine
Bar in Otley
About Otley Folk Festival
The market town of Otley lies in picturesque Wharfedale on the A660 six miles from Ilkley and ten from Leeds. Menston Railway Station is only three miles away. The town is well supplied with shops, restaurants, take-aways, and supermarkets as well as the Friday/Saturday Market. There are fifteen pubs - all serving cask conditioned ale - and most are used by the folk festival over the weekend. All of our venues have real-ale bars except the Methodist Hall which serves excellent cakes, buns, tea and coffee, soft drinks and savoury snacks.
This year we are celebrating the 17th Otley Folk Festival and we are pleased to announce that,
once again, folk legend
Nic Jones has agreed to be our patron. Our festival has grown into one of the most popular festivals in Britain. With its many venues - pubs and clubs plus various rooms and back-yards around the town - we try to make sure that there is always something to entertain our growing band of eager folk festival followers.
As usual we start on Thursday evening with an acoustic evening at the Red Lion, a concert at
Korks Wine Bar (the home of Otley Folk Club) and a folk night at the
Cricket Club. We can offer camping from Thursday night at our campsite at Knotford Nook. The campsite is equipped with toilets, washing facilities, catering outlet and security. As usual we will be organising a Sunday morning walk, so if you fancy a steady ramble to blow away the Saturday night cobwebs, book your place on the walk at the Festival office.
The weekend ticket covers all events from Friday evening through to Sunday night. There may be a small extra charge for Thursday's events. We look forward to seeing you and remember Otley Folk Festival is always very popular. We always sell out of weekend and day tickets so please remember to book early.
Visit the
Otley Folk Festival Website
for ticket details and pricing.
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