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encourages and cultivates contemporary folk and acoustic Indie music.
Beverley is a place where individual stories can be told with emotional honesty fire and wit, sometimes tender and intimate sometimes with sing-along raucousness always entertaining to festival goers new and old.
It is a melting pot where roots, folk, indie, soul, gospel and punk collide with artists like Dogan Mehmet who’s creation of Anglo-Turkish, Gypsy-Punk style mix of traditions and strong acoustic grooves delighted in the World Marquee. A short walk through the festival village and Jesse Gardham’s beautiful and evocative folk soul fusions could be heard on the acoustic stage, while Jinski’s intricately soulful blend of acoustic roots and country was being enjoyed in the Wold Marquee. Not long and then Circus Envy’s alternative-folk rhythms blend with sensitive traditional aesthetic influences in their intricately crafted harmony-led modern songs.
Then there was Hull’s own Abbie Lamas’s acoustic gothic grunge. Back in the World Marquee Rebekah Findlay a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from North Yorkshire, played a variety of folk songs creating a contemporary sound yet still embracing the elements of
conversation. Scottish artist, now resident in Lincolnshire, Barbara Dickson rooted in folk tradition, recounted her life and autobiography “Barbara Dickson – A Short Box Full of Songs”. Meanwhile a storytelling club and workshops with York’s Adrian Spendlow and American Jerry Harmon showed people how to find their own authentic voice and construct and tell their own stories.
Returning for the third time was the legendary Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band playing in the stunning gothic Beverley Minster whilst elsewhere the Demon Barber Roadshow, brought English traditional song and dance to the festival.
The church communities, choirs, festival service and involvement of local pubs all add distinctive and unique voices, stories and traditions spiritual and secular to the mix.
The Proclaimers in the main Hall finished off the festival on the Sunday night in traditional fiery style whilst elsewhere Miles Cain, singer, songwriter, poet and storyteller from York performed and hosted the delightful Late Night Festival Club in the Wold Top Marquee and in the Acoustic Marquee new and contemporary singer songwriters’ shared intimate music with their audiences.
Beverley is a meeting place of different communities and traditions, a place to listen and learn, a place where you can be involved and your own genuine voice can be heard.
Beverley Folk Festival: Reflections. By Andrew Sugden
Celebrating 27 years: 1983 - 2010
Beverley festival is well known for its innovative and eclectic mix that brings the most friendly and relaxed atmospheres to the historic, East Yorkshire town of Beverley; it is an enchanting blend of dance, comedy, literature,
poetry, and of course music; to experience Beverley is to experience a creative festival of delight.
The festival also has a growing reputation for enticing top artists to its stages but also it is a nurturing place for new upcoming performers a meeting place that
traditional folk music. Later Martin Simpson was back with his trio, hot foot from winning the BBC Radio 2 Award for Best Traditional Song.
Roy Bailey and Tony Benn expanded this theme of storytelling in words and music outlining the experiences and struggles of people past against oppression and disadvantage, forging links between the spoken and written word along with music they combined stories of emancipation and poignant
