Name: The Moira Furnace Folk Festival 2018
Start: 2018-08-17
End: 2018-08-19
Location: Moira Furnace Museum and Monument site

The Moira Furnace Folk Festival 2018

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August 2018
Moira Furnace Museum and Monument site, Unit 2, Furnace La Moira, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6AT, England MAP
£47 + £21 per tent/live-in-vehicle

Daily capacity: 500

Last updated: Tue 26th Jun 2018

The 10th Moira Furnace Folk Festival held at the heart of the National Forest takes place at Moira Furnace in Derbyshire from Friday 17th until Sunday 19th August 2018.

The festival features some well known and talented main acts, plus local and national, up and coming artists. Events take place on the green site of Moira Furnace as well as the Miners Welfare a few hundred metres from the main site. Sing arounds and Sessions take place at local pubs some 10 minutes walk from the main site.

In the natural amphitheatre of the Furnace there will be an open air concert as well as a concert and folk club in the furnace room.

Line-up

The announced acts include Elbow Jane, Other Roads, Vicki Swan & Johnny Dyer, Mike Silver, Risky Business, Said the Maiden, Alterego, Kim Lowings & The Greenwood, Miriam Erasmus, Two Coats Colder, Anna Shannon, Nothing to Prove, Peter & Barbara Snape, Will Morgan, The Old Grey Dogs, The Laners, Katie Spencer, Stitherum, Best of Both, Daisybell, Dragonhead, Garry Stacey, Graham Carter, Graham Collins, Mel Langton, Mhairi Phillipson, Pauline Vallance, Pete Grassby, Pennyless, On The Slide, Lester Simpson and Alterego.

Tickets

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Tickets are priced at £47 for adults, or £6.50 for children aged 5-16. Camping is £21 per tent or live-in vehicle.

On site

Children's entertainment including Punch and Judy, face painting and bouncy castles, also Real ale and a variety of trade stalls selling food, music, and crafts.

Entertainment

A wide variety of Morris dancing can be seen as well as Civil war re-enactments. Local camping available and free car parking is close at hand. Many tourist attractions are close to Moira including Conkers, the National Forest centre for recreation and hands on eco science as well as numerous country walks - dogs are allowed on site. There are tractor rides to various locations at the Festival as well as canal boat rides.

More information will be here when available.