Festival Programme

For further details about all the artists, please visit the artists page or click on the blue text below for details on a specific artist. Confirmed dates and times will be updated over the next couple of months.

The festival organisers make every effort to ensure that the programme adheres to the schedule. In the event of unforseen circumstances it cannot be held responsible for any alterations made, although it will try to ensure that any changes are kept to a minimum.

PLEASE VISIT THE RELEVANT WHAT'S ON PAGES FOR DETAILS OF CHILDRENS/FAMILY EVENTS, YOUTH (AREA2), TCT, LATE NIGHT FESTIVAL CLUB. DANCE & STREET ENTERTAINMENT

Friday 20th June 2008
Time Event and Artists Venue
3.00pm Information Office and Box Office open Leisure Complex
5.00pm Food Tent opens Festival Village
5.00pm Craft Fair opens Festival Village
     
7.30pm Opening Concert: Michael McGoldrick & Friends, Eleanor McEvoy, Wheeler Street Memorial Hall
8.00pm Buzzcocks, supported by The Favours
Leisure Complex – Main Hall
8.00pm The Club Launch - Roy Bailey & Friends featuring Edwina Hayes & Dave and Joan Hill Leisure Complex - Club Room
11.00pm Late Night Extra - Wheeler Street Leisure Complex – Main Hall
8.00 - 10.30pm Area2 Youth Stage Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
11.30pm til late BAT Late Night Festival Club Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
     
Saturday 21st June 2008
Time Event and Artists Venue
8.00am Food Tent opens Festival Village
10.00am Information Office and Box Office open Leisure Complex
10.00am Craft Fair opens Festival Village
12.00pm Roy Bailey & Tony Benn ‘ The Writing on the Wall’ Leisure Complex – Main Hall
12.00pm Meet Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting Memorial Hall
1.00pm Wheeler Street Leisure Complex - Club Room
1.00 - 7.00pm The TCT Sessions Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
2.00pm Family Ceilidh Armstrongs
2.30pm A Northern Gathering - Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, The Hut People, Edwina Hayes Leisure Complex – Main Hall
2.45pm Eleanor McEvoy, Bernard Wrigley, Rachel Harrington & Zak Borden Memorial Hall
3.30pm Yorkshire Legends. An informal gathering with Chumbawamba, Mike Waterson & Roy Bailey Leisure Complex - Club Room
7.30pm Waterson:Carthy & Mike Waterson, Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting; Chumbawamba Leisure Complex – Main Hall
7.30pm Tasmin Little, supported by the Holderness Musical Heritage Project St Mary's Church
7.45pm Dave Tordoff & Bernard Wrigley Leisure Complex - Club Room
8.00 - 10.30pm Area2 Youth Stage Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
11.30pm til late BAT Late Night Festival Club Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
     
Sunday 22nd June 2008
Time Event and Artists Venue
8.00am Food Tent opens Festival Village
10.00am Information Office and Box Office open Leisure Complex
10.00am Craft Fair opens Leisure Complex - Festival Village
12.00pm

Graham Fellows presents
"Its Nice up North"
A documentary film with John Shuttleworth on why its best up North!
Followed by a Question and Answer session with Graham Fellows

Memorial Hall
1.00pm Meet Rachel Unthank & the Winterset Leisure Complex - Club Room
2.30pm Whippersnapper, Norma & Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy Leisure Complex - Main Hall
3.00pm Rachel Harrington & Zak Borden, Edwina Hayes, The Alley Cats Memorial Hall
1.00 - 7.00pm The TCT Sessions Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
7.30pm Finale - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain & Whippersnapper Leisure Complex - Main Hall
8.00 - 10.30pm Area2 Youth Stage Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee
11.00pm til late BAT Late Night Festival Club Festival Village – Wold Top Marquee