The best weekend of the year is finally here! Yes, it’s the Wimborne Folk Festival once again! For those of you who have never had the pleasure of visiting Wimborne or indeed attending the Wimborne Folk Festival, let me explain…
Wimborne is a tiny little market town in beautiful Dorset, and every year around the second weekend in June, it is home to hundreds of morris dancers, bands, folk singers, musicians and cowpunk craziness! This year was no exception! New to the festival this year was the addition of “Party in the Paddock”, a new version of the Boundary Marquee (which is now a half-built Waitrose… I’ll keep my opinions to myself!) The Paddock was awesome, a great space with so much going on and loads to entertain the kiddies. The incredible country.punk band Pronghorn were on top form as per usual, as were Lady Winwood’s Maggot, a great local band and always a treat to behold. The newcomers this year were the incredible BB3, a band with more soul and more funk than any we’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing at the festival. They’ve made the finals of Live and Unsigned this year and are performing at the o2 later in the Summer. Watch this space, BB3 are going to be huge.
It is always a pleasure coming to Wimborne, and even more so when it’s the festival weekend. I am already counting the days til next year’s folk festival!!
