Name: Folk Weekend Oxford 2017
Start: 2017-04-21
End: 2017-04-23
Location: various venues around Old Fire Station

Folk Weekend Oxford 2017

Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd April 2017
various venues around Old Fire Station, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2AQ, England MAP
£67 weekend

Daily capacity: 700

Last updated: Mon 13th Mar 2017

The community led Folk Weekend returns for a seventh year from Friday 21st until Sunday 23rd April 2017 and will be based again at the Old Fire Station, with additional events in other venues throughout the city centre.

A weekend of Morris dancing, concerts and performances, a host of free song and music events, and a huge ceilidh.

Line-up

Confirmed so far are: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Melrose Quartet, Jim Moray, Leveret, Ange Hardy, Jackie Oates & Megan Henwood, John Spiers, Dan Walsh, Dipper Malkin, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, The Emily Askew Band, The Discussion Topic.

Local Oxfordshire acts will include Coldharbour, Edward Pope, Irwing-Brown-Acty, Shivelight, White Horse Whisperers, The Skeptics, Short Drag Roger.

Alongside this varied concert line-up, the festival promises ceilidhs, workshops, European-style dancing, Morris dance displays, and many free family events. Folk Weekend is proud to be paving the way in accessible and inclusive music-making, and is building on 2015's first 'relaxed' performance with a series of events during festival Saturday, which aim to encourage members of the community who may normally feel excluded from the folk arts. These Special Saturday events include a Makaton-signed performance of folk songs, a ceilidh for people with Special Needs, and a workshop exploring the use of technology in making music more accessible.

Tickets

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Tickets are priced at £67 for weekend.

More info

Expect a return of the Village Fête, crafts workshops, Morris dancing and performances, a Children’s Festival, storytelling, singing workshops, Morris dancing workshops, a family ceilidh. There will be free performances, workshops and informal music sessions.