As the dark nights encroach and we prepare to hunker down for winter, let's have one last bask in the warm glow of summer and remember one of the musical highlights of the year - Moseley Folk Festival, held in a beautiful private park in Birmingham's most, ahem, bohemian neighbourhood.
There's no camping on site which tends to encourage a local crowd, and the emphasis is on chat and boozing as much as the music - at least until the latter stages of the evening. With headliners like The Monkees, Gaz Coombes and Polyphonic Spree, the organisers have a pretty elastic definition of "folk", too, but who cares?
Moseley has a bespoke, family friendly atmosphere and a unique spirit. Here's to next year...
There's no camping on site which tends to encourage a local crowd, and the emphasis is on chat and boozing as much as the music - at least until the latter stages of the evening. With headliners like The Monkees, Gaz Coombes and Polyphonic Spree, the organisers have a pretty elastic definition of "folk", too, but who cares?
Moseley has a bespoke, family friendly atmosphere and a unique spirit. Here's to next year...
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