MOSELEY FOLK MESSAGE BOARD
We welcome your feedback and love to hear your thoughts on all things Moseley Folk.
04/05/2008
Kings of Convenience
It would be lovely to entice the Kings of Convenience to Moseley. I know they are not strictly folk musicians but I am sure that festival goers would love them.
By Phillippa W from Moseley
02/05/2008
The Trees
What about the Trees,please get them to reform there was talk last year about some possible dates.
By keith wright from royston herts
21/04/2008
A few thoughts :-) ...
Me and my boyfriend have been to the past two festivals and have had an amazing time! Can't wait to come up this year to see the return of Seth Lakeman- excellent!! Also, I just have a question/suggestion...have you considered having an open mic facility at the festival? For those of us who really ant to get involved! Maybe use it to scout for artists for future festivals! :-) Just a suggestion! Keep up the good work guys!
Anna Rice.
By Anna Rice from Stourport-on-Severn
18/04/2008
Suggestions
I came to the Mosely Folk Festival in 2006 and enjoyed it immensely :)
I'm glad to see Seth Lakeman and Scott Matthews will be playing this year, as they are both such talented artists and always a pleasure to watch.
For future events, I'd love to see Jim Moray, Kate Rusby and Karine Polwart along with these two - it would make my year!
Even more so if you'd let me play!
:)
Just like to add that Shiny Metal Boxes are brilliant, and should be added to that list as well!
By Kerry from Birmingham
18/03/2008
Dan Arborise
Would love to see Dan Arborise at Moseley 2008. A phenomenal artist.
Love and Peace
Mark
By Mark Calow from Birmingham
13/03/2008
bands for 2008
Comus (just reformed and played on a boat somewhere!!)
Espers (or Valarie Project, or anything releated)
Owl Service.
Trees (the album was recently reissued and they played new music on it, so may be up for reforming for a gig.
steeleye spans first line up
By paul kenney from Birmingham
25/02/2008
suggestions
myself, my family and friends have enjoyed the first 2 moseley folk festivals. we would love to see any of the following at future events.
bert jansch
nic jones
roy harper
michael chapman
andy fairweather low
thanks
looking forard to moseley folk festival 2008
By mark wilkinson from moseley
20/02/2008
suggestions for 2008
Would love to see Martin Stephenson at mofo this year.
Also check out a band called Shiney Metal Boxes on myspace.com/lyndos. i saw them at the island bar in b'ham - very good two peice with touches of Jeff Buckley.
By Andy O'Malley from Birmingham
09/10/2007
Suggestion
Rory Mcleod excellent! next year, how about one of Brum's finest sons...gerry colvin and his band ColvinQuarmby? Saw them at The Crescent a few weeks back and they are just fantastic. What are the chances? Cheers, Ken.
By Ken Slade from Stratford
04/10/2007
Lovely time
Had a great time, though I found the first day a bit quiet. Kate Rusby & Rory McLeod were a brilliant grand finale, despite the rain. Also enjoyed stewarding -- got to meet and have a laugh with *everybody* as they came in, and had a good look at all their picnics too :-)
By Ken from Lancaster
24/09/2007
Moseley's finest
Brilliant festival this year thanks so much. Rory Mcleod was great on the last night for those that stayed, like Billy Bragg on Speed. Jonh Smith was the best of the weekend and Tunng were excellent again. I recommend John Napier for the Lunar stage next year he's a local boy with a great voice. Congratulations though it was the perfect end to the summer.
By Jon from Birmingham
16/09/2007
great festival
Really enjoyed seeing Swarb and Fairport for the first time! Karine Polwart for next year, you know it makes sense!
By Diomedes from Birmingham
10/09/2007
Peatbog Faeries
The Peatbog Faeries would be a great band to invite next year.
By sue from wmids
09/09/2007
Thank You! - Some photos.
Thanks to the organisers for a great festival.
I posted some photos I took on my flickr site. Hope you enjoy them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanuman/sets/72157601846809261/
See you next year!
By Ian from Moseley
07/09/2007
Great festival
Just wanted to say what a brilliant weekend we had at the festival. Great venue, really laid-back and friendly atmosphere (my one moan is I'd like to see fewer people with chairs near the front).
Highlights were numerous: John Smith was SENSATIONAL, finest performer I've seen in an age. Brilliant stuff also from Kate Rusby, Tunng, Alasdair Roberts, Rory McLeod, Nizlopi and the delightful Men-An-Tol. Gareth Pearson was an astonishing guitarist as well.
Came all the way from Brighton, car broke down on the way up and had to be towed back late on Sunday but wouldn't have missed it for anything. Keep on keepin' on and I'm looking forward to next year
By Simon from Brighton
07/09/2007
Chairs
Yes I agree, it would be good if the people with chairs were kept more towards the back of the field.
By sue from wmids
07/09/2007
Big Thanks!
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this year's festival: last year was good, but this year's was excellent: the Smerkin Merkins, Nizlopi, and Rory McLeod were all awesome. Please could you ban chairs from the front two thirds of the field though? Although it was good that you'd banned them from the front, there were still too many obscuring the view of those of us without: particularly annoying on Sunday when the three people in front of us abandoned their chairs for most of the day, especially during the rain! Spending two days sitting on a picnic rug is hardly a hardship.
All the best with organising next year!
By Peculier from Birmingham
06/09/2007
yeah......
yeah.......we ozzies had a good weekend at Moseley. We found out about festival via Martha Tilston's web site links page. Disappointed about her short set but enjoyed what she did do along with just about everyone else who was performing and the sound was good. A relaxing and enjoyable weekend had by us all. Great idea for programme and accompanying CD. Thanks for putting on a dam good show; hope to see Moseley again next year(maybe a few more loos next year?)
By ozzies from bristol
06/09/2007
Thanks
Thanks for a great festival, I enjoyed both playing and listening. My favorite act was Biltone, great folk/psych. I also enjoyed the englis ales a lot.. Might be there next year as well. Take care, Emil
By Emil Brynge from Swedeb
06/09/2007
Wonderful
Thxs we had a great time both days, very well organised, please dont sell out like other festivals to big sponsors. No problems with the bag searches.Totally agreed about the sound. Its a thankless task because everyone has an opinion. Very professional.
Cant wait for next year.
By Pete from Northfield
06/09/2007
Sound
Just to say congratulations on a great show on Suturday. Lovely setting, atmosphere and even the children were so well behaved.
Brilliant line-up of acts and the sound was just about as good as it gets outdoors.
good luck for next year
John
By John Draper from London
05/09/2007
Thankyou
Returning to school yesterday my daughter was asked to write about what had been the best part of her Summer holiday...she wrote about the Moseley Folk Festival! What seems to have made such an impression on her was how kind and friendly people had been.The festival was indeed like entering another world.I hope there will be a third festival..as successful as the last two.Please keep this traditional,friendly feel.The fantastic music,beautiful setting and obviously kind people made my daughter appreciate something special.
Could you invite Show of Hands, Karine Polwart, Juliet Turner and Julie Fowlis too please!
By Kate from Olton
04/09/2007
Chilled end to summer holiday
Both days were enjoyable.Last year was good but this year blips were sorted and things seemed to come together better. Great for grown ups and young people. All excellent: music, stalls food etc. Only one complaint and that is that rules should be applied fairly. The production manager's friends had glass bottles of wine right in the thick of things and were leaving empties on the grass and he was telling the stewards to leave them. This hypocrisy seemed to be limited to this one individual and the rest of the festival organisation was faultless.
By Sally from Handsworth Wood
04/09/2007
A word about bag searches
What is the problem with bringing alchohol? Is it a condition of the license? Were they confiscating any that was found? Did they prewarn us? Was it to maximise on-site sales?
Fortunately, they weren't too thorough ;-)
By vintagexl from Solihull
04/09/2007
Saturdays Shin dig
Great day from start to finish, great artists, exceptional venue, fantastic crowd with the exception of anyone objecting to a bag search!!!!
Seriously in this crazy world what do you expect????? It is nice to be able to appreciate something so tranquil and enjoyable on such a pleasant weekend. Well done to all those involved. I would like to commend every parent with a child who were so well behaved from start to finish I can only imagine it was because of the atmosphere. Im also glad the fantastic programme was so cheerfully priced.
By Fallon from Manchester
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