Beverley Folk Festival

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The Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival is a three day celebration of music, workshops, comedy and spoken word that is held in and around Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The Festival Village is an outdoor marquee area offering a range of craft stalls, cafés, children's activities, Area 2 youth workshops and performances, the Teenage Cancer Trust tent showcasing the best of local and regional musicians and the late night Beverley Arts Trust tent.

The festival celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2008 and the programme included

Martin Simpson, Waterson : Carthy with Mike Waterson, Tasmin Little - The Naked Violin, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Whippersnapper, Tony Benn & Roy Bailey, John Shuttleworth's It's Nice up North followed by a Q&A Session and Dave Torduff.

The 2009 Festival took place on 19 - 21 June 2009 ^[1] with a line up which included Billy Bragg and Miles Cain.