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Jersey Folklore Festival is a music festival held in Saint Helier, Jersey. The venue is People's Park, with a possible capacity of 5,000 people, and two stages. A main stage situated inside a large marquee, and the smaller Agapanthus Stage which is named after the Agapanthus flowers which grow in the park.
| Jersey Folklore Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Folk music, rock, comedy |
| Dates | 30 June, 1 July 2012 (weekend) |
| Location(s) | Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Years active | 2012 "Folklore festival announced by Jersey Live organisers". Bbc.co.uk. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref> |
| Website | http://www.folklorejersey.org.uk/ |
The plan for this festival was announced after a different annual Jersey folk music festival called Grassroots came to an end, due to financial issues.[1][2]
The 2013 festival was cancelled due to a lack of funding from Jersey's Tourism Development Fund and timing of permission to hold the event in St Peter.[3]
The 2012 event took place on 30 June to 1 July. 2,000 people attended over the weekend.[4] The following acts performed on two stages;
Main Stage
- Van Morrison Saturday night headliner[5]
- Ray Davies Sunday night headline act[6]
- Joan Armatrading[7]
- Nouvelle Vague
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Rodriguez
- Badly Drawn Boy[8]
- Finley Quaye
- Wanda Jackson
- Jake Bugg
- Lloyd Yates
Agapanthus Stage
- John Cooper Clarke
- John Shuttleworth
- Edward Aczel
- Stanley Forbes
- The Recks
- Ashiki
- Rick Jones (musician)
- Frankie Davies (musician)
- Badlabecques (folk band performing in Jèrriais)[9]
- BBC Radio Jersey Live Show[10]
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