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Click here for the Ticket Application Form
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Upton Riverside Folk Festival is now in its 12th year and is again offering the finest entertainment in traditional and modern Folk Music and Dance. This will include Dancing in the streets by Morris Teams from all over the country, a Mass Dance on Saturday and a Parade on Sunday; a street market all weekend; sing rounds in the many pubs; workshops including Storytelling and Accordion; Ceilidhs indoors in the evenings and under the bridge in the afternoons; concerts with friends old and new. All in a relaxed atmosphere down by the riverside. The level campsite is in easy walking distance of the main venues and access is convenient for everyone. There are showers and facilities available in the sports club which is situated on the same site. We have sold out in the past two years. To avoid disappointment please book early. Please book early. Please return the application form with your payment and a stamped self addressed envelope and we will return your receipt which can be exchanged for your badge on arrival. Camping for the weekend will he payable on arrival at the campsite.
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This year themes includeThe Battle of Upton and Worcester with Strawhead Send us a Postcard with John Connolly. The Songs of Stan Rogers with John Prentice. Women Left on the Shore With Scolds Bridle. Shanty & Nautical Songs Harry Browns R Friends Two Virtual May Days with dancing round an Antique Maypole
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Guests includeSTRAWHEAD The above have been booked but could change due to matters outside the organisers control
Events:CEILIDHS WITH CAPTAIN SWING FOR DANCING CONTACT: FOR TICKETS, CLICK HERE |
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The Upton Folk Festival is surrounded in myth and legend. The Ghost of Thomas Bound's Cat lurks around every corner. The one eyed cat who travelled extensively around England, at the time of Oliver Cromwell, was a fiddler of the first order. He reached notes other fiddlers could not reach, he jugged and reeled in a manner unaccustomed to his feline breed, and he danced his way from tavern to tavern following the sound of music, song and laughter. Thomas Bound may still be seen riding on his horse in Rectory Road by Soley's Orchard, but the cat is only seen these days on the occasion of Upton's Folk Frolics on May Day Bank Holiday. His wooden leg is heard thumping the boards in time to his jigs and reels. His tail flaps wildly at the feet of a Morris Man (whose dancing steadily diminishes with the passing of time and beer). Losing his leg in a Worcester fight, his present leg was a gift of oak from a tall dark cavalier who hid in an old tree. However, the festival is older than the cat! In 1380, Piers Ploughman's vision of Upton was clear...
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