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Editor: Pete McClelland Contributors:
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One of Hobgoblin's Aims is to support live music and we have been putting our words into action wherever we can. We set aside a fund for each year and give money to events that we feel we can help and those which are important to us. We've been going to many festivals every year for over thirty five years now and want to see it continue for a lot longer yet! NationalSidmouth Folkweek 2005 to present - 1st week of August Cornwall Folk Festival 2007 to present Crawley Folk and Beer Festival 2006 to present 2012 Acoustic Festival of Britain 2011 to present 2012 Bristol Folk Festival Bath Folk Festival 2010 to present 2012 Folk Weekend Oxford BMG Federation Rally 2010 to present Ukulele Festival of Great Britain Gate to Southwell Folk Festival Radio Britfolk - Britain's first Folk internet radio station Hands on Music - Concertinas, Melodeons etc. at Witney - Youth places provided by Hobgoblin. Song Links - Anglo Australian folk song project. The Folk Directory - Searchable database of clubs, sessions and festivals in the UK Crawley SEFAN The South East England Folk Arts Organisation Adur Festival Tenterden Folk Festival 2005 to present Crawley Folk Festival Crawley Irish Festival Bristol Bristol Folk Festival Bath Folk Festival Folk Around Bristol - Bristol Ceilidh Series Kushti Session - Bristol based session supported by Hobgoblin in Bristol, featuring East European, Balkan, Klezmer & Gypsy tunes. Wadebridge Wadebridge Folk Festival - Cornwall youth music competition, and mandolin workshop 2012 Coastline Bluegrass Music Event Padstow Shoestring Festival Fiddles at Fowey Cornish Bluegrass Festival - Hendra Park, Newquay. Wadebridge Wave-Aid Lowender Peran which is the main Celtic festival featuring performers from all over the Celtic world including Brittany and The Isle of Man. St Ives Festival Cornwall Cornwall Festival of Dance at the Royal Cornwall Show Bodmin Folk Club (programme production) Birmingham The Hobgoblin Festival in Birmingham Leeds Cleckheaton Folk Festival Leeds School of Music Folk Festival - February 2006, Maggie Boyle concert & workshop. London Return to Camden Town Festival of Traditional Irish Music - Hobgoblin are main sponsors ofthe Noel Hill concert. Milton Keynes Unplugged in the Park Milton Keynes 2012 A HREF="http://www.bedfordfolkmusic.co.uk/" target="_blank">"Riseley Folk" November.2012 Events Organised by HobgoblinCrawley Folk and Beer Festival 2012 Wadebridge Folk Festival 2007 to 2011 The Hobgoblin Stage at Sidmouth Folkweek 2005 & 2006 We helped re-launch this great event by getting involved and running a stage every afternoon at the Ham Arena Marquee: Acts included Whapweasel, Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn, Last Night's Fun, Reinhardt Project, Harvey Andrews and others. The Hobgoblin Festival in Birmingham 2007 & 2008 The Reinhardt Project UK Tour 2005. The family of Django Reinhart brought gypsy jazz to the UK in 2005, sporting Gitane guitars, gigs to take place in Bristol and London and at the Sidmouth Folkweek. | ||
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