BARNSLEY FOLK FESTIVAL – OUTDOOR FAMILY DAY
You may already be aware that as part of Civic 150, an 18-month celebration marking 150 years of Barnsley Civic, we are bringing back Barnsley Folk Festival for three days in May, with a mix of ticket concerts and free family events. Throughout the day, on Saturday 30th May, experience traditional music, dance, storytelling and traditional crafts, as part of a free family folk festival in Mandela Gardens.
Throughout the day you can experience free family crafts with Ian Douglas Storyteller's Magic Lantern, Timmy Sweetcorn's Craft Club and Willow Weaving with The Art Room.
We'll have live music from The Rhythm Chaps ceilidh and barn dance band, folk duo Barnsdale Hood and songwriter Katrina Tia Charles.
Throughout the day, there'll be folk dance performances from a number of local sides, including Barnsley Longsword, Silkstone Greens North West Morris, Wath Morris and Wath Morris Minors, and from Horizon Community College, we'll have Horizon Dance showcasing their morris and rapper skills.
This event is free entry. Mandela Gardens will have a licensed bar, so usual ID rules apply.
