The Magpies: Hosting their annual folk festival at Sutton Park on Friday and Saturday
THE Magpies Festival at Sutton Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, York, on August 8 and 9 has sold out.
Run by Bella Gaffney, fellow founding member Holly Brandon and Ellie Gowers of transatlantic folk band The Magpies, the festival combines live music on two stages with workshops and activities.
Taking part on Friday on the main stage will be Simeon Hammond Dallas, 6pm, Gnoss, 8pm, and Baskery, 10pm, while the Brass Castle Stage will play host to Roswell Road, 5pm, The 309s, 7pm, Theo Mizu & Banda, 9pm, and Ford Dimensional, 11pm.
Saturday’s main stage acts will be Dan Webster Band, 12 noon, Mishra, 2pm, Julian Taylor, 4pm, The Magpies, 6pm, Rob Heron and The Tea Pad Orchestra, 8pm, and Elephant Sessions, 10pm. In action on the Brass Castle Stage will be The Shackleton Trio, 1pm, Edwina Hayes, 3pm, Janice Burns & Jon Doran, 5pm, Jaywalkers, 7pm, and The Deep Blue, 9pm.
Baskery: Headlining the Magpies Festival main stage on Friday
The workshops and activities include Yoga with Elaine Welsh, Brass Castle Tent, Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 9.50am, Children’s Songs, Rhythms and Ceilidh with Mishra, Brass Castle Tent, Saturday, 10am to 10.50am, and Sea Shanties with guitar and banjo player Bella Gaffney, Brass Castle Tent, Saturday, 11am to 11.50am.
They continue with Bushcraft and Survival Skills with Forest School For All, outside The Nest, Saturday, 1pm to 2pm, Be Your Own Best Friend with GFS England & Wales, The Nest, Saturday, 3pm to 4pm, and Ceilidh with Archie Churchill-Moss, Brass Castle Tent, Saturday, 1pm to 11.55pm.
Food and drink and market stalls will be on site too. For full festival details, go to themagpiesfestival.co.uk.