ORGANISERS behind the Salisbury Folk Festival say this year’s event will be bigger and better than before.
Attendees can expect more local acts for folk music lovers to enjoy in the beautiful garden of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum in Salisbury Cathedral Close on June 7.
Acts returning from last year’s festival will include Monkey See Monkey Do, Fly Yeti Fly, Sean Rice and Ukulele Vagabond while among the newcomers will be Dipper Malkin, Ribble Music, Sian & Rob Colquhoun, Helen Gentile and Lewis Wood and David Mitchell.
The festival will start at 11am and the daytime performances will continue until 6.30pm.
The evening session kicks off at 7pm and goes on until 11pm enabling the audience to watch the sun set over the River Avon, which runs past the bottom of the garden. Doors open at 10.30am.
A festival spokesperson said: “Alongside the great range of acts, artisan stallholders will be selling their wares all day and food and drink will be available to buy.
“The garden itself is one of the most special places in Salisbury which many local people do not know is there – it provides the perfect backdrop for listening to music.”
Tickets are £12 for adults, £6 for children and £36 for families.
There is no parking at the museum and dogs – other than service dogs – are not allowed in the garden.
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum in its historic building The Wardrobe records and commemorates the story of the infantry regiments from the two counties.
It is currently closed for renovation but will reopen to the public in May with a radically new look.
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