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Farmfestival
Farmfestival is an annual two-day music festival held near Bruton, Somerset, England. The festival has no corporate sponsorship and was started by a group of friends. It has increased in popularity since its inaugural event in 2006. It was included in '' The Sunday Times'' "Top 100 Music Festivals" in 2009. The festival organisers have made donations to various charities since its establishment, notably Practical Action and African Development charity Send A Cow, along with local causes each year from the event's proceeds. Festival history Farmfestival (Farmfest) began in 2006. The first Farmfestival was held on the land of one of the team members, near Pilton, Somerset, with 400 attending. During the event, a local farmer (who was attending the event, serving his own organic food), offered the use of his own land. The original 2006 site posed many difficulties for organisers and visitors alike with its extremely rural location and its lack of suitable access. The eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Festivals In Somerset
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. It is home to many types of music. Folk music left, Jon Dyer & Hannah Cumming at the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in 2021 The county has a well-documented and still vibrant folk music heritage, It was studied by one of the earliest British musicologists, Cecil Sharp. Sharp began his career of collecting folk songs in Somerset in 1903 with the editorial help of his friend Rev Charles Marson, vicar of Hambridge. Cycling around the county during holidays, Sharp ultimately collected more than 1,500 songs from Somerset. The folksinging tradition in Somerset centers on solo, a cappella singing and playing—at home, at work, and at gatherings, small or large. Sharp's five volume collection of Somerset folk songs formed the basis for his '' English Folk Song: Some Conclusions'', a seminal 1907 publication. Some of Sharp's collections formed the basis for ''Songs of the West'' (with Sabine Baring-Gould) and '' Somerset Rhapsody'' by Gust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
