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Broadstairs (/ˈbrɔːdstɛːz/) [2] is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles (130 km) east of London.It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 of about 25,000.
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the ...
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Folk plays such as Hoodening, Guising, Mummers Play and Soul Caking are generally verse sketches performed in countryside pubs in European countries, private houses or the open air, at set times of the year such as the Winter or Summer solstices or Christmas and New Year. Many have long traditions, although they are frequently updated to retain ...
The 2013 Sidmouth Folk Week included concerts by Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Blowzabella, Colum Sands, the a capella singers Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Tim Eriksen, John Kirkpatrick, Jim Causley, Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin, The Spooky Men's Chorale from Australia, and Jeff Warner from New England in the USA.
Transatlantic Sessions musical co-directors Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas. Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four [1] and RTÉ of Ireland. [2]
Radio 1 had heard his programme on the former Radio 5, and offered him two weeks when Mark Goodier was off, and afterwards Radio 1 offered him a weekly one-hour show on Mondays. [19] In 1991, he started presenting the one-hour Monday evening show Out on Blue Six. In early 1993 he hosted the arts programme The Guest List on Thursdays.
Broadstairs Bradstows (former name) [23] Bromsgrove Grovellers Bromyard Yardies, Yardbirds Buckie Blethers, Tonics (from Buckfast Tonic Wine) [24] Budleigh Salterton Buddies, Sex-Buddies (pejorative) Buildwas Builders, Cowboy-Builders (pejorative) Bungay Bungholes Buntingford Bunnies, Rabbits Burgess Hill Buggers Holes [25] Burgh le Marsh ...