New Forest Folk Festival 2024 Band Line-up
Feast of Fiddles - Oysterband - Steeleye Span Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle - Gerry Colvin Band The Sandy Denny Project - Hatful of Rain The Haar - Steve Knightley - Gilmore & Roberts Reg Meuross - 3 Daft Monkeys - Slim Chance Roving Crows - Brian McNeill - Daphne’s Flight Edwina Hayes - Sarah McQuaid - Katie Spencer Plumhall - Banter - Matt Black Southampton Ukulele JamNew Forest Folk Festival Location
We are located at Plaitford near Romsey which is on the edge of the New Forest Full address - Powells Farm, Salisbury Road, Plaitford, Romsey, Hants, SO51 6EENew Forest Folk Festival Dates
3 - 7 July 2024New Forest Folk Festival Ticket Prices
5 day adult (Wed - Sun) - £110 Children Aged 5 to 15 weekend tickets - £50, day tickets - £25 Camping for Caravans, Camper Vans & Tents - £10 per pitch per night Full 5 day camping (Wed - Sun) £40 Day Tickets (limited numbers) go on sale Jan 1st 2024 £50 each Tickets can be purchased at www.newforestfestival.comNew Forest Folk Festival Site
Powells Farm has been in the Curtis family for six generations and growing up here has been very special. Dad’s love of nature meant that there have always been lots of birds, animals and wildflowers. Even our cattle were born on the farm.
Here you see Dad working in the arena field many years ago. We made hay when the only bit of machinery was the bailer and a bale sledge (if we were lucky) with all the lifting done by hand. The fields have clay subsoil, so through the summer it dries out giving us a very good site if the dreaded weather should turn against us.
The farm is perfect for hosting a folk festival. It is surrounded by trees and is almost flat with a gentle slope down to the stage and stream that runs through the centre of the farm. For those who prefer it easy, it’s a gentle short stroll back to the camping field.
How it began:
The idea for a folk festival came about during a conversation between Nick and Richard Digance. Richard has a passion for folk music, as many of you know and he suggested a folk festival on our farm. So with the help of Richard and some of his friends, we had our first festival. We met such a lot of lovely people and really enjoyed ourselves and had great feedback from everyone who came, and we have been hooked ever since.