Steeleye Span lead first acts for Shepley Spring Festival 2015

Demon Barbers, Gordie MacKeeman, Salt House, New Rope String Band, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 10th Nov 2014

Shepley Spring Festival 2015

Friday 15th to Sunday 17th May 2015
Shepley Village, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8AS, England MAP
£95 including camping

Daily capacity: 1,600

Steeleye Span are confirmed for Friday night at next year's Shepley Spring Festival held in Shepley Village, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire from Friday 15th until Sunday 17th May 2015.

After being forced to cancel this year Shepley Spring Festival is back, with a full weekend of events celebrating the best of traditional music, song and dance, including concerts, ceilidhs, morris dancing, music and song sessions, and music and dance workshops.

The other acts announced to appear next year are , Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys, The Demon Barbers (pictured), Salt House, New Rope String Band, Bob Fox, Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Kimber's Men, and Said The Maiden.

Based in the rural community of Shepley in the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines, the festival events will be based around a large greenfield site on the edge of the village with campsite adjacent. Shepley is close to motorway links and has its own railway station on the Huddersfield to Sheffield line.

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The early bird offer has ended. An adult weekend ticket is priced at £95 including camping (£80 without camping), and youth (12-17 years of age) with camping tickets are priced at £50, and child (under 12) ticket is free (camping free). Evening tickets are priced at £25 for Friday and Saturday, a Saturday day ticket is £40, and a Sunday day ticket is £30.

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