Wimborne Minster Folk Festival 2024
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Wimborne Minster Folk Festival 2024

07.06.2024 - 09.06.2024 Wimborne-Minster, United Kingdom, Allendale Community Centre
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Category: Culture, Arts & Crafts, Music
Organizer: Wimborne Minister Folk Festival Limited
Exhibition center: Allendale Community Centre

Overview interest facts - Wimborne Minster Folk Festival 2024

Wimborne Minster Folk Festival festival was founded in 1980 as a traditional festival of folk dance and music. It began as a one-day event, but quickly grew to become a weekend-long festival, held annually over Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the second weekend in June. It is still one of the largest gathering of dance teams and musicians in the South of England, attracting an audience of up to 70,000 people. Several streets near the ancient Wimborne Minster are closed during the Festival. Attractions include concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, dance displays, street markets and family areas.

Overview of exhibitors / visitors - Wimborne Minster Folk Festival 2024

Exhibitor will showcase three days of folk, family & fun last weekend in the summer sunshine, Craft Workshop with Nick Crump, Kadia Youth Music, Willow Walk, Youth Music Stage, Irish Set Dance with Maggie Daniels, Concert, Music, Street Dance Workshop With world and UK street dance champions, Shake Dance, Little Voices and much more.


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