This Friday a couple of friends and I went to Moseley Folk Festival in Birmingham. This was our second year at this really beautiful festival. It is only small and a lot of the music is unknown to us, but we love it! The atmosphere is great, the people are lovely and it's just a really nice time :)
One of the first to play was Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny. I had only heard one of her songs on an advert and although I liked it I hadn't looked into the band more. But they were good, with great costumes and strange on-stage banter, they were different from some of the acts we had seen earlier in the day.
Another great group were the Destroyers. A 15 piece "MegaFolk" band from Birmingham with a brass section, string section and an old guy on vocals. Great fun and got me dancing!
Their new single
Next up was an old favourite of ours, the Guillemots. Fife Dangerfield was born in Moseley, so another local boy, and his music I have loved for a few years now. They started in 2004 and have had four albums out and a whole number of singles. They played some really great songs at the festival and even changed some of their old songs to vary them, a lovely set!
Echo and the Bunnymen were the headliners for the evening, a band I saw a few years ago back in 2005 at Reading Festival in the pouring rain. They were brilliant to watch and were so thankful to the crowd, a real great set!!
The day was a really great one and I think I will go back next year too! I recommend it to everyone, take a picnic and some friends and just enjoy it!
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