Otley Folk Festival 2012

The twentieth Otley Folk Festival takes place over 4 days from Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd September 2012.

It's a folk festival that's said to have a distinctly family feel, with a variety of events taking place at different venues around the picturesque market town of Wharfedale between Ilkley and Leeds, on the A660.

Line-up

Kris Drever Trio (Saturday), Les Barker, Belshazzar's Feast (Saturday), Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby (Sunday), Flossie Malavialle (Friday), Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman (Sunday), Duncan McFarlane Band, Grace Notes, Robin Garside, Lucy Ward (Friday), JigJaw (Saturday), Anna Shannon, Phil Snell & Gerry Cooper, Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills, The Hall Brothers, Torn Sail, Plum-Hall, Jon Palmer Band, Pilgrims' Way, The Phil Langran Band, Gavin Davenport, Dave Vermond, Something Nasty In The Woodshed, Luigi ana da Boys, In No Particular Order, Lime Scurvy, The Rascals, Gloria, Philip Cockerham & Dave Bowey, Luke Hirst & Sarah Smout, Anne Jackson & Friends, Torn Sail, Timbuc5, Glen Folk, Gerry McNeice, Blackwater Melodic Acoustica, Mike Wood, Zeke Deighton, Monkey's Fist, Copper Kettle, Bang On, Howard & Harriet, Shaun Murphy, Tony Levy, Leila Slater, Pete Jackson, Nat Morven, Emma Thorpe, and Dean Geary.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £52 (concessions £47) for adults for the whole weekend, teen tickets are priced at £27 for 12-15yr olds. Day tickets are priced at £24 for Friday and £30 for Saturday or Sunday. Camping is priced at £6.50 per person per night. To buy tickets, click here.

The weekend ticket covers all events from Friday evening through to Sunday night. There may be a small extra charge for Thursday's events which kick off 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.

There are also callers, dance troupes and Morris sides, workshops, and real ale.

More information will be here when available.

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