Published: August 29, 2008
Burnham-On-Sea's three-day FolkFest music festival starts today

More than 100 hours of live music from 60 different groups is set to be played in Burnham-On-Sea this weekend, as the town's third annual FolkFest gets underway on Friday evening (August 29th.

The three-day event will see pubs, clubs and other venues across the town laying on a quality line-up of live entertainment.

Dragonsfly will perform the opening event of the festival at the Ritz Social Club this evening from 8.30 pm.

This will be the only pay event of the weekend, with tickets costing £6 each and available from GC Music in College Street. All other events will be provided free of charge.

On Saturday August 30th FolkFest performances will be held in seven pub and club venues, with free music in each from noon until 11.00pm. In an eighth pub there will be open mic sessions. There will also be clog and morris dancing, a craft fair in the centre of the town, childrens' entertainment, workshops and other activities.

On the Sunday August 31st, the popular 'Folk in the Park' event will be held in Burnham's Manor Gardens, with six hours of free music and performance including the fabulous Sheelanagig, Ember, Bag of Rats, Phil King and the Tiger Feet Appalachian Dancers.

Click here to see who's playing and here for a schedule of events over the weekend.

"Moving the Traders Fair to the centre of the Town on the Saturday was a major improvement in 2007 and we have extended the hours of the fair, provided more street entertainment, and hopefully will create an even bigger 'buzz' in the town centre," spokesman Graham Cook told Burnham-On-Sea.com.