Hardraw May Folk Gathering 2012
Hardraw May Folk Gathering Friday 4 - Sunday 6 May 2012
Hardraw May Folk Gathering
Spend May Day Bank Holiday weekend enjoying wonderful music at the Green Dragon Inn, Hardraw near Hawes in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
The name, Hawes, means a ‘pass between mountains’, and it stands between Buttertubs and Fleet Moss. The town is an excellent centre for walking and touring Wensleydale and the adjoining dales of Swaledale, Cotterdale, Dentdale, Garsdale, Wharfedale and Ribblesdale. Take a walk round the Hawes Town Trail, or Millennium Walk, or Pennine Way or along the River Ure, which is nearby. The three peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen y Ghent are all temping possibilities for keen walkers and Aysgarth falls are spectacular – especially after rain.
Program
Friday 4 May 2012
Evening concert from 7.30pm (for weekend ticket holders only):
Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson – some self penned works, but mainly traditional and Celtic music sung & played by 2 of the folk world’s most respected musicians.
Les Barker – folk poet extraordinaire! This headlining & world famous bard will be thought provoking and hilarious.
Something Nasty in the Woodshed – to round the evening off in lively style this dynamic festival band will make your toes tap.
Sessions and singarounds in the bar ‘til late.
Saturday 5 May 2012
Morning, in the bar or Heritage Centre from 11.00 (venue & time tbc):
Meet the Artist with Les Barker
Your opportunity to chat with and question our wonderful poet about his performances throughout the English & Welsh speaking world & beyond.
Afternoon (open) concert from 14.00:
The Troubadour Session.
3 solo singer/musicians to entertain us in concert
Tom Perry – from Wigan, Tom is well known on the North West folk circuit and has played at Moira Furnace & Bromsgrove Folk festivals.
Bryan Thomson – experienced musician from West Yorkshire with a pedigree of bluegrass, classic pop and rock ‘n roll who will perform a set on the “Country” side of folk.
Niamh Boadle – talented, up and coming traditional singer and musician from Lancashire who is a former BBC Young Folk Award finalist.
Evening concert from 7.30 (for weekend ticket holders only):
Anthony John Clarke – Northern Irish singer songwriter who is a very popular performer at festivals across the UK & Ireland as well as regularly touring in the USA.
The Young’uns – Firm favourites of the Hardraw Folk Gathering audience, the 3 guys from the North East shanty tradition perform an increasingly broad selection of self penned, contemporary and traditional songs interspersed with unpredictable humour.
Elbow Jane – This very popular quintet from Merseyside offer an exciting blend of instrumentation as well as brilliant harmonies.
Sessions and singarounds all day & night.
Sunday 6 May 2012
Outside in the morning(if possible), from 11.30:
Traditional folk dancing (Side tbc)
Afternoon(open)concert & opportunity to dance from 2pm (partially standing):
The Cajun Aces – long established and much admired Yorkshire Cajun band playing traditional Cajun music from the rural districts of South West Louisiana. (If you don’t know what Cajun music is, then come along to listen and maybe try out some dancing to its infectious rythms)
Evening concert from 7.30pm (for weekend ticket holders only):
Tri – not just skill and talent, but astonishingly polished stagecraft from this young trio who specialise in celtic songs, tunes and dance.
Roger Davies – a welcome return to Hardraw for this brilliant singer from Calderdale in West Yorkshire whose songwriting talents have been compared with those of Ralph McTell & Ray Davies! His songs are set in his Norther roots but are full of universal truths.
Belshazzar’s Feast – to conclude the formal part of our 3rd May Folk Gathering, we welcome this indescribable but highly entertaining duo! We are thrilled to be able to include them in our lineup as they will be in the middle of a big national tour. Expect remarkable musicianship, hilarious humour (and probably audience participation).
Sessions continuing throughout the day and evening.
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