Folk Festival Nominated For Top Tourist Award In Yorkshire

Once again the Beverley Festival – Folk, Acoustic, Roots has received acclaim for its work and the opportunities it offers to those attending it and to its local community.

Next week ( 22nd March) it will be meeting other nominees in the category – Best Day Out in the East Yorkshire region at the VHEY( Visit Hull and East Riding) Award ceremony, where it finds out if it has won the award. Director of the festival Chris Wade said of the nomination;

“It is a great honour to be nominated for this award. It demonstrates that the festival is recognized as having an impact on the local area as well as attracting a larger number of visitors to the area for.”

“Its success lies in its innovative programme which attracts audiences of all ages and interests, as well as its great location on the edge of a beautiful, historic market town.”

The festival, which has been twice nominated for Family Friendly Festival and once for the Best Small Festival, in the UK Festival Awards, is an event that has not gone unnoticed by both audiences and critics alike. In 2010, The Independent on Sunday classified it in the top 50 festivals of all kinds in the UK that summer. It may be smaller than some festivals but it clearly delivers.

With its friendly and intimate atmosphere, and located close to the centre of the attractive East Yorkshire market town of Beverley, it has a great deal to offer visitors. In addition to a fun packed weekend of music, dance, workshops and informal sessions for adults, families and young people, combined with the opportunity to wander around the historic town.

Visit its world famous Gothic Beverley Minster, sample some of the many local pubs, cafes and restaurants, and Saturday is Market Day. Visitors have everything they need for a full weekend. For those wishing to explore further afield, the festival is located on the edge of “Hockney” country, with its attractive Wolds landscape, and is only a short distance away from the East Yorkshire Heritage Coast.

This year’s headliners include rock and roll legend Joe Brown along with folk rockers Steeleye Span and Scottish band the Peatbog Faeries, said to be “ the future of Celtic dance”.