Folklife Quarterly FQ 40: Jan 2014 Folklife Quarterly, web version | Page 33

v FQ 40 Jan. 2014 p31 v List 4: Member-FESTIVALS DIARY v next 12 months; revised quarterly 2014 JANUARY 2014 Jan 18 (Sat) ❖ CHEPSTOW WASSAIL & MARI LWYD : www.thewidders.co.uk/widders_wassail.htm → CHEPSTOW, Monmouthshire. ® CHEPSTOW WASSAIL & MARI LWYD ✆ Mike Lewis, 07870 611 979 (24 hour box office) * Mick Widder, The Widders, 6 Beech Grove, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5BD. ⊕ Fantastic event of Wassailing and The Mari Lwyd (ancient Welsh custom involving a horse skull and revellers), Morris dancers, bands, Ceilidh. Meeting of English and Welsh at the Border, plus ale drinking. Free event. Poor Awd Oss (Nottingham), The Gloucestershire Waysailers and Broad, Ceilidh with Dragons Breath. Event details website or telephone above. Program available at www.thewidders.co.uk, further info 07870 611 979. 2014 FEBRUARY 2014 Feb TBA ❖ FROME FOLK FESTIVAL : www.fromefolkfestival.co.uk → FROME, Somerset. The Cheese & Grain, Westway Cinema, Masonic Hall, plus pub sessions. ® FROME FOLK FESTIVAL 8 [email protected] ⊕ Guests/tickets: tba, see website. 2014 Feb 21 - 23 ❖ ALCESTER WINTER WARMER : www.alcesterfolkfestival.org.uk → ALCESTER, Warwickshire. Swan Hotel, Swan Street, Alcester B49 5DP. ® ALCESTER FOLK FESTIVAL ✆ Marje Stanley, 07788 536605. * Alcester Folk Festival, c/o 89, Salford Close, REDDITCH, Worcs, B98 7UL ⊕ Back by popular demand, another winter fund-raiser for Alcester Folk Festival. The hotel has a function room and 3 other rooms for