The Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival is a three day celebration of music, workshops, comedy and spoken word that is held in and around Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

, East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The Festival Village is an outdoor marquee area offering a range of craft stalls, cafés, children's activities, Area 2 youth workshops and performances, the Teenage Cancer Trust tent showcasing the best of local and regional musicians and the late night Beverley Arts Trust tent.

The festival celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2008 and the programme included

Martin Simpson,
Waterson : Carthy with Mike Waterson,
Tasmin Little - The Naked Violin,
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset,
Whippersnapper,
Tony Benn & Roy Bailey,
John Shuttleworth's It's Nice up North followed by a Q&A Session and Dave Torduff.

The 2009 Festival took place on 19–21 June 2009 with a line-up which included Billy Bragg and Miles Cain.