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Published:
September
6,
2009
Organisers
of Burnham-On-Sea's Folkfest consider expansion plans
 Organisers
of Burnham-On-Sea's Folkfest are considering expanding the music
festival following the success of this year's event.
Large
crowds flocked to Burnham for the weekend, which began on Friday
night (September 4th) with a concert at the Ritz Social Club and
ended on Sunday with the Folk In The Park concert in the town's
Manor Gardens.
Dozens
of musicians played in pubs across Burnham on Saturday, watched
by big audiences.
 Now,
organisers are drawing up plans to further extend the event.
Folkfest
Chairman Graham Cook told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "We are looking
to expand the festival by one or even two nights."
"However,
it is difficult organising acts at seven venues with limited finances
and numbers of people. We are are considering expanding it further,
though."
The
comments came as organisers celebrated another successful event.
Graham said: "It's been a fantastic weekend."
 "We
had good weather and the crowds were just as big as last year."
"We
actually ran out of beer in the Manor Gardens this afternoon!"
"Many
pubs and some shops saw an uplift in their trade during the weekend.
One chip shop told me they'd had their best day of trade of the
whole year so far."
The
event ended on Sunday evening with Dambuskers playing a lively
number of hits in front of a large number of dancing revellers
in the Manor Gardens.
RELATED
LINKS:
Photo
gallery from Burnham-On-Sea's 2009 Folkfest
Capacity
crowd at opening FolkFest event
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