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The Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is a folk music festival held on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.[1]
The inaugural event was organized in August 2009 near Kimmeridge Bay as the Purbeck Folk Festival.[2] In 2014, the festival was held during 22–24 August at Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers, and had an attendance of 2,400 visitors.[3][4] In 2015, the festival adopted its current name and moved to Purbeck Valley Farm in Harman's Cross.[5]
It takes place over three days across five stages, and in addition to the music includes workshops, Purbeck Rising, Purbeck Poetry Slam, a children’s area with crafts, storytelling, puppet shows, theatre/games, circus skills and clowns, youth music workshops, a craft area (including crochet, clay, origami, candle, jewellery and tutu making) and a healing area.[6]
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- ^ Mellen, Steve (21 August 2014). "Days out The West hosts more than one great festival on a farm". Bristol Post – via ProQuest.
- ^ Pilcher, Danielle Robyn; Eade, Nick (2016). "Understanding the audience: Purbeck Folk Festival". International Journal of Event and Festival Management. 7 (1): 21–49. doi:10.1108/IJEFM-09-2015-0039. ISSN 1758-2954.
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