Wimborne Folk Festival
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Wimborne Folk Festival is an annual festival of English folk music and dance, held in Wimborne Minster
in the English county of Dorset.
The Festival was founded in 1980, and is billed as a festival of "Traditional Folk Dance, English and Celtic Music and Song". It began as a one-day event, but has since become a weekend-long festival, held annually over a Friday, Saturday and Sunday in June, and has become largest gathering of dance teams and musicians in the South of England, attracting an audience of up to 30,000 people.
Several street near the ancient Wimborne Minster
are closed during the Festival. Attractions include concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, dancing displays and street markets.
The climactic scenes of the 2009 film Morris: A Life with Bells On
, a mockumentary
about morris dancing
, were filmed at the Festival.
The 30th anniversary Festival, held from 11-13 June 2010, attracted 45 dance troupes and an estimated crowd of 20,000 people.
Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town...
in the English county of Dorset.
The Festival was founded in 1980, and is billed as a festival of "Traditional Folk Dance, English and Celtic Music and Song". It began as a one-day event, but has since become a weekend-long festival, held annually over a Friday, Saturday and Sunday in June, and has become largest gathering of dance teams and musicians in the South of England, attracting an audience of up to 30,000 people.
Several street near the ancient Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town...
are closed during the Festival. Attractions include concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, dancing displays and street markets.
The climactic scenes of the 2009 film Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On is a 2009 British independent film, a comic spoof documentary about morris dancing.-Development:Morris: A Life with Bells On was written by Charles Thomas Oldham , who also co-produced it with his wife, the film's director Lucy Akhurst...
, a mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
about morris dancing
Morris dance
Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, handkerchiefs and bells may also be wielded by the dancers...
, were filmed at the Festival.
The 30th anniversary Festival, held from 11-13 June 2010, attracted 45 dance troupes and an estimated crowd of 20,000 people.