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DATES FOR FYLDE 2013 are 30th & 31st AUGUST, 1st SEPTEMBER - NO PRICE INCREASE ON WEEKEND TICKETS FOR 2013 -
Up to 31st MARCH 2013 WEEKEND TICKETS ONLY £65.00 Dougie Maclean (BBC Lifetime Achievement Award 2013), Jamie Smith=s Mabon, Allan Taylor, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, The Young=Uns, Lucy Ward(BBC Folk Award Winner), Calan(Wales), Boo Hewardine, Jez Lowe & Bad Pennies, Bella Hardy (BBC Folk Award Winner), Tim Edey & Brendan Power(Best Duo Award Winners), James Findlay (BBC Folk Award Winner), Barrule, Les Barker, David Francey (Can), Flossie Malavialle(FRA), Joe Topping & The Vagrant Kings, Paul Metsers (NZ), Bernard Wrigley(Thurs), Brian Peters, Gary & Vera Aspey, Hughie Jones, Stanley Accrington, Something Nasty in the Woodshed plus many, many more. |
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| Festival Contact FESTIVAL OFFICE Please Tel: 01253 872317 alanbell@fylde-folk-fest.demon.co.uk Craft Fair Contact Norma Allott to hire your stall space call: 01253 701 699 or 0779 1174 347 n.allott@btinternet.com LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE CLOG DANCING CONTESTS Eilidh Brinsley eilidh.brinsley@hotmail.co.uk Work Shops & Young Performers Contest Rusty & Stu Wright - Call: 01253 885203 rustyandstu@poulton165.fsnet.co.uk Festival Stewards CHIEF STEWARD - Lindsey Langhorne. Call: 01253 875 551 lindsey.langhorne@btinternet.com |
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FESTIVAL CAMPSITE is situated on the seafront at Princes Way, within walking distance of the Marine Hall. Toilets including disabled loo on site. Site is stewarded all weekend. Free Festival Minibus Service from Camp Site at peak times. FESTIVAL CARAVAN SITE is situated on the seafront & is hard-standing. It is within five minutes walk of the Marine Hall. The site is opposite the Mount Hotel. Toilets on site. Site is stewarded all weekend. If the caravan site is fully booked there are local Caravan Parks. Please telephone Tourist Information 01253 773953 CAMP & CARAVAN SITES OPEN FROM THURSDAY 29TH AUGUST 12 NOON TO 12 NOON MONDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2013 CAMP AND CARAVAN PERMITS FOR 2013 Available to Weekend Ticket Holders ONLY. The fee is £10.00 per Adult for the weekend. This fee applies to all people over 16 years of age who want to use the Camp or Caravan Sites during the festival weekend. For children 11 years to 16 years please request a camp/caravan permit (free). Children under 11 years of age do not need a permit. Camp or Caravan Permits should be ordered and paid for when you book your Festival Tickets (see the booking form) GENERAL INFORMATION The Fylde Folk Festival is based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, north of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast west of Preston. MAIN FESTIVAL VENUE Marine Hall - The Esplanade in Fleetwood. • This is where you check in on arrival. Festival Ticket & Information Desks in the Foyer open from 10.30am on Friday & 9.30am on Saturday and Sunday of the festival. • Facilities include: Marine Café, Wyre Lounge Bar (over 18’s only) Disabled access & disabled toilet. Car Parking. Visit the website: www.marinehall.co.uk • ACCOMMODATION Visit Wyre Borough Council website at www.wyrebc.gov.uk and follow links to Tourist Information. The Wyre Guide is available through the post from: Wyre Tourism Dept. Wyre Borough Council, Civic Centre, Breck Road, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancs FY6 7PU or Tel: 01253 891000 • Local Tourist Information Centre Tel 01253 773953 email fleetwoodtic@wyrebc.gov.uk HOW TO GET TO FYLDE: BY CAR: Follow M6 to the junction with M55 (Fleetwood/Blackpool) north of Preston. Join M55 & follow it tojunction 3 (A585). Join A585(Fleetwood) & follow it to Fleetwood. COACH - book to Fleetwood, Lancashire By RAIL - travel to Preston. At Preston change trains for Blackpool North. (No rail connection to Fleetwood). Onward journey to Fleetwood by Bus: From Blackpool North Station, turn left out of the station and left on to Talbot Road. The bus stop is 100 yards up Talbot Road. The Bus for Fleetwood is No 14. For the Festival Camp Site book to the Queens Hotel, Beach Road. Go up Beach Road to the Esplanade. You will see the Camp Site across the road on Princes Way. For the Marine Hall (main venue) book to the Ferry Terminus and follow the signs along the Esplanade to the Marine Hall. Tramway The brand new Blackpool to Fleetwood Tramway opens in early summer 2013. Brand new superfast trams have replaced the old trams. Tram Stop for Fleetwood is on the promenade, on the seaside of the tram track. Book to the Ferry Terminus at Fleetwood. Follow signs to the Marine Hall along the Esplanade. |
