Wessex Folk Festival music events - check out what's on Weymouth, Dorset weekend of 5th, 6th, 7th June 2009

“Wessex Folk Festival” has a fantastic programme of events to be held in Weymouth, during the weekend of 5th, 6th and 7th June 2009.

This starts at 8pm on Friday, with a concert in Hope Church featuring the Martin Simpson Trio. Martin Simpson is simply “one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world”. He is flanked by Andy Cutting on squeezebox and Andy Seward on bass.

At 11.00am on Saturday, Hope Square comes to life to the sound of the Wareham Whalers followed by live music all the way through to the Hope Square Outdoor Hoolie (Ceilidh) which starts at 7.00pm and precedes the Excise House “Late Gig” (from 9pm) featuring local folk rockers “Jigsaw”.

At 8.00pm on Saturday and again in Hope Church, the festival is proud to present Martin Carthy and Mike Waterson (who is replacing Norma Waterson who cannot be with us on Saturday night because she is unwell) with Chris Parkinson on bass. Martin Carthy has kindly agreed to present a £200 cash prize to the winner of the festival song contest.

At 1.00pm on Sunday, Hope Square will throb to the pulsating rhythms of the Elevators featuring musicians from local bands “The Crack” and “Pond Life”. After this, it is again music all the way through to another Excise House “Late Gig” featuring “Ledpin” (back by popular request)!

On 6th and 7th June, there will be a glorious pageant of colour and sound as the Old Harbour comes to life with dance teams, buskers and trade stalls. All of this and a constant flow of varied music sessions in the Sailors Return, the Kings Arms, the Old Rooms and the Excise House.

Visit the website www.wessexfolkfestival.co.uk or telephone 01305 860277 or 01305 821611 for further details.

Bye for now

dave

Dave Milner - Wessex Folk Festival Committee