2011

The 2011 festival included some of the finest and most well-known performers on the folk circuit.

      Richard Digance

       Vin Garbutt

     Other Roads



Peter Donegan & the LonnieDonegan Band



   Hughie Jones

       Les Barker

Anthony John Clarke



   Flossie Malavialle

     Kimber's Men

Martin Wyndham-Read

           Tyde

Tom Topping Band

                Tri

     Martin Pleass

    Niamh Boadle

Gareth-Davies Jones

    The Hut People

      The Jeps

   Anna Shannon

Fake Thackray

    The Deacons

Sylvester & Malkin

   Graham Bellinger

Jamie Landsborough

   Brendan Fahy

   The Celtic Notes

     Vocal Point

Alison Parker & the Third Man Ceilidh Band

     Greg Russell

     AcousticA

   Mersey Morris Men



     Bernie Davis

Mockbeggar Morris

Wirral Folk On The Coast Festival is renowned for its diverse fringe events, and there was something to please everyone at our festival. A new addition in 2011 was the Schools' Song Competition. This exciting new event was held to encourage children to make, enjoy and perform music. The Festival edge included music, song, dance, guitar, drumming dance and harmony singing workshops, along with the Festival marketplace which included beautiful hand-made items on the many craft stalls.

FREE FRINGE EVENTS IN 2011 INCLUDED

Mini concerts
Morris dance displays & workshops Wirral Alliance of Poets Rolling Folk Club

Drumming Workshops Guitar Workshops Chance to Meet (artists) Song Competition

Complementary Therapies Harmony Singing Workshop Folk Meets Shakespeare Ceilidh Dances

Singers and Musicians Poetry Belly Dancing Festival Marketplace

Folk Meets Buddy Holly Zazu Gypsy Tribal Dancers Jewellery Making Watercolour Painting Demonstrations

Wirhalh Skip Felag (Wirral Vikings) The Wirral peninsula has a significant Viking heritage. Wirhalh Skip Felag demonstrated Viking crafts throughout the weekend and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons presented Viking re-enactments.

Singer-songwriter competition Following last year's success, we once again held a singer-songwriter competition. The competition was open to any weekend ticket holder. The entries were of such high quality that the judges found it difficult to choose from the songs in the first heat. Anthony John Clarke and Jamie Landsborough kindly judged the final four entries. The winning song was a joint entry. The words were written by Coleen Cavelle and the tune was jointly composed by Alan Hesford and Dawn Beth Adams. Alan played guitar and Dawn sang the song on the main stage on Sunday evening.