Peter Knight, John Spiers, O'Hooley & Tidow, Andy Cutting, for East Anglia's FolkEast

FolkEast 2016

Friday 19th to Sunday 21st August 2016
Glemham Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0BT, England MAP
£115 with camping (+ booking fees)

Daily capacity: 10,000

Jess Morgan, Solana, Grace Petrie, Peter Knight, John Spiers, Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow, Andy Cutting, The Willows, TreD, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, and Attila the Stockbroker have all been added to the line-up for the third annual FolkEast festival taking place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st August 2016 and returning to the 300 acres of parkland at Glemham Hall, in Suffolk.

The first acts confirmed were Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Usher’s Island, Blowzabella, The Young'uns with Aldeburgh Young Musicians, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band, Chris Wood, Andy Irvine, Topette!!, Georgia Shackleton Trio, Rura, Moore Moss Rutter, The Hut People, Sam Carter, Tir Eolas, The Roaring Trowmen, Daoiri Farrell, Gilmore and Roberts, The Swing Museum, Dan Walsh, Luke Jackson, Effra, John Dipper & Dave Malkin, Shorelark, Broadside Boys, Daisy Vaughan, Bof!, The Proper English, and Monty's Maggot.

Its six stages include St Andrew’s Church, the open air Sunset Stage and the hidden woodland Soapbox Stage which is run entirely by solar power from a double decker bus.

Plus Morris dancing from Ouse Washes, Mortimer's Morris, The Witchmen, Harlequin, Anstey, Golden Star, Pretty Grim, and The Thameside Mummers. Other attractions are sessions, walkabouts, storytellers, foragers pigeon pluckers, an instrument makers' festival, the FolkEast Art Arcade, donkey rides, children’s activities, yoga, poetry, storytelling, foraging walks and talks, horse drawn carriage rides and tours of Glemham Hall by Major Philip Cobbold himself.

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Early bird tickets have sold out, tickets are priced at £115 for an adult ticket with camping, or £65 for those aged 13-17 years, plus booking fees. Children aged 12 years and under can attend for free. An early bird family ticket for 2 adults and 2 youth is priced at £320. Campervan passes are priced at £25. Day tickets will be available at a later date.

The festival also offers ceilidhs, Morris teams, song, dance and instrument workshops, sessions, mardling marquees, local ales & fine food as well as a vintage tea tent, storytelling, traditional craft & art stalls and demonstrations, a fire sculpture garden that fires up at night and plenty of opportunities for children and adults alike to join in. Over the weekend you can take a break from the festival and walk or cycle to the local pub where more entertainment will be provided.

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