Since 1999, the seaport town of Fishguard has been host to a traditional music festivals, and, with the rising popularity of folk music, Fishguard Folk Festival is now one of the country’s best small festivals.
Held over the late May Spring Bank Holiday week-end, one of the festival’s best features is the blur between audience and performers, creating an opportunity to meet the artists, engage in the workshops and master-classes, and soak up an atmosphere.
International interest in Celtic roots has seen the festival introduce, and attract, Breton, Cornish and Scottish artists alongside the now regular Welsh, Irish and English groups.
Organised by volunteers from the Tuesday night Royal Oak Fishguard Folk session, the festival is non-profit making, financed mainly by grants, ticket sales and donations, and as long as they break even, or run at a small loss, everybody is happy.
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