Jersey Folklore Festival
Jersey Folklore Festival is a music festival held in Saint Helier, Jersey. The venue is People's Park, with a possible capacity of 5,000 people, and two stages. A main stage situated inside a large marquee, and the smaller Agapanthus Stage which is named after the Agapanthus flowers which grow in the park.
History
The plan for this festival was announced after a different annual Jersey folk music festival called Grassroots came to an end, due to financial issues.The 2013 festival was cancelled due to a lack of funding from Jersey's Tourism Development Fund and timing of permission to hold the event in St Peter.
2012
The 2012 event took place on 30 June to 1 July. 2,000 people attended over the weekend. The following acts performed on two stages;Main Stage
- Van Morrison Saturday night headliner
- Ray Davies Sunday night headline act
- Joan Armatrading
- Nouvelle Vague
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Rodriguez
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Finley Quaye
- Wanda Jackson
- Jake Bugg
- Lloyd Yates
Agapanthus Stage
- John Cooper Clarke
- John Shuttleworth
- Edward Aczel
- Stanley Forbes
- The Recks
- Ashiki
- Rick Jones
- Frankie Davies
- Badlabecques
- BBC Radio Jersey Live Show