Extra free stage opposite The Old Rooms Inn, Trinity Road, Weymouth proves popular at Wessex Folk festival 2009

The decision to expand the number of free performance stages with an additional stage opposite The Old Rooms Inn at the end of Trinity Road proved popular with the public. Sometimes there were as many watching the bands on the Old Rooms Inn stage as there were watching performances on the main Hope Square stage.

Particularly popular were Stampede, the well loved local Appalachian dance company who do such a lot of good work collecting for charity with their song and clog dancing routines, but lots of other acts drew really good crowds who stayed and watched despite there not being much opportunity for seating close to the stage.

Were you there? Did you like the extra stage? Which were your favourite bands? We'd love to hear from you in the comments below :-)

Bye for now

Dave

Dave Milner- Wessex Folk Festival Committee