Beverley Folk Festival Draws In The Crowds

June 20, 2011

The Beverley Folk Festival 2011 once again pulled in the crowds. With the main events happening at Beverley Leisure Complex other fringe acts performed around the town in bars and in the town centre streets. Some dancers went pub to pub do their folk dance which proved to be a real hit with regulars in The Royal Standard. Hodgsons Pub hosted a couple of bands in their main room while…

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Take The Festival Train to Beverley

June 17, 2011

It won’t have escaped your notice that Beverley Folk Festival starts today Friday. (June 17 – 19) But you may not know that if you travel to the event by train you can get 10% off festival tickets for next year. This money-saving offer forms part of an agreement with Northern Rail in support of the festival policy of promoting issues of sustainability and the environment. All you have to…

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Festival Fever Nears Climax as Beverley Prepares to Host Major Artists

June 4, 2011

With several hit records under her sleeve including Answer Me, The Caravan Song and January, February, plus various awards for her acting, Barbara Dickson must surely be considered a major coup for the Beverley Festival. Having begun her singing career in folk clubs around her native Fife in Scotland, she later went on to perform live on stage in the musical John, Paul, George, Ringo….and Bert which became a smash…

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