Wednesday, September 28, 2011

SPOILERS!

Just because I can’t resist and I can be a real tease sometimes and as Big Scott has asked me so very nicely. Here’s a first la’al taste.
NUTS IN MAY will be Cumbria newest festival, small yet perfectly formed nestling in an idyllic location just outside Workington (yes, they can be found) where the elven folk dwell... To continue reading this post, please go to my website: Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra - Compère, Curator and Performer

Monday, September 19, 2011

A CRACKING COUPLE OF FESTIVALS


It has been my very great pleasure in the past fortnight to go as a guest to two excellent festivals…
OFF THE TRACKS
at Isley Walton in Derbyshire and
THE DOCK OF THE BAY
at Glasson Dock near Lancaster, the former so called because it’s slap bang next the the Donnington Park racecourse and these days can be considered one of the elder statesmen among festivals as it has been going twice yearly for twenty three years and has established itself very nicely as one of the good ones serving up a decent helping of good music washed down with perhaps one of the best real ale bars you can find anywhere. Sixty, yes SIXTY different beers, ciders and perrys. I can be very happy at a place like that... To continue reading this post, please go to my website: Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra - Compère, Curator and Performer