first acts announced for Frome Folk Festival

Lucy Ward, Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow, and Gigspanner are amongst the first acts confirmed for the second annual Frome Folk Festival which will take place at The Cheese and Grain, Frome in Somerset over two days on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th February 2013.

Saturday and Sunday headliners are still to be revealed but among the first artists to be announced are also Johnny Coppin and Mike Silver together as the duo Coppin Silver, plus The Young'Uns, and Monster Ceilidh Band.

Irish songstress Cara Dillon, who lives in Frome, is Patron of the festival which is epxcted to run from 9am until 11pm both days at venues including The Cheese & Grain, The Westway Cinema, Masonic Hall, Round Tower, and local pubs.

Early Bird weekend tickets are priced at £58 (£48 concessions). A family weekend ticket for two adults and 2 children (aged under 15) is priced at £190. Day tickets, are priced at £32. To buy weekend tickets, click here or to buy weekend or day tickets click here.

More than 100 Morris dancers from three counties are due to return to the picturesque Somerset market town of Frome for the second annual folk festival.

For those wishing to camp, there will be provision locally for tents and camper vans with Indoor camping available at the town's United Reformed Church, just a stone's throw from the festival venues. There are also numerous campsites, hotels and B&Bs in the area

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