Music Festivals
Show of Hands headline at Brewery folk festival
Boasting the most impressive line up in its four year history, the Moonbeams Wold Top Folk Festival takes place at Wold Top Brewery near Bridlington on 13-14th July and promises a weekend of great music, entertainment and delicious Yorkshire food and drink.
Confirmed musical artists include Show of Hands (fresh from an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall), Richard Digance, The Duncan McFarlane Band, The Young Un’s, Circus Envy, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin and The Whiskey Dogs Hoedown band and many more….
There will be music from noon until midnight on two stages and in the session tent. Throughout the day, delicious food will be on sale at the Peace Cake Cafe and Wold Top Brewery will naturally be providing liquid refreshment, including a specially brewed Moonbeams Festival Ale.
There will also be an area for camping with excellent views over the Yorkshire Wolds and there will be a guided walk on the Wolds Way for festival goers to clear their heads on the Sunday morning.
Festival organizer Leila Slater is delighted with this year’s line up and said; “This is one of the best small festivals in Yorkshire and has gained a well deserved reputation for its amazing music and atmosphere – I’m sure that the brewery and stunning location play a large part in that! This year we’ll be welcoming Show of Hands fresh from their sellout performance at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as welcoming back old friends like Richard Digance, The Duncan McFarlane band and Tom Townsend and his Blues band.”
July is set to be a busy month for Leila, who organised charity horse shows before being bitten by the music bug, as she marries her fiancé, Tom Cooper the week before the festival, also at the brewery.
Brewery owner and keen musician Tom Mellor is delighted to host the Moonbeams Wold Top Festival again; “It promises to be a great event. We’re high up on the Wolds with spectacular views; it’s a fantastic backdrop for an amazing line-up of musicians and entertainers. Adrian Edmondson was spot on when he described it as ‘A little piece of heaven on the Wolds’ after he headlined here in 2011.”
Tickets cost £50 for an adult weekend festival ticket and camping costs £15 per vehicle available from www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/events/moonbeams.
Hunmanby brewery supports Jazz Festival with bespoke beer
Award-winning Wold Top Brewery will be providing a special North Yorkshire ale to celebrate the ninth Scarborough Jazz Festival (23rd – 25th September).
This year’s Festival Ale is a tawny coloured ale with a malty bitterness and a clean hoppy finish. It has an ABV of 3.9% and will be on sale at the Scarborough Spa and at several of the pubs and hotels throughout the town throughout the festival period.
Tom Mellor who owns Wold Top Brewery with his wife Gill is a keen musician and is delighted to be supporting the festival for the eighth year; “The festival generates a lot of interest from all over the UK and the Wold Top Brewery festival ale is always very well received.”
Compered by multi award winning Alan Barnes, Scarborough Jazz Festival is a nationally acclaimed event over 3 nights and 2 days that showcases the best of British and international Jazz musicians including Liz Fletcher, Mina Agossi Trio, Orchestre National de Jazz and the Tommy Evans Orchestra. Tickets are available by calling the Spa Booking Office on 01723 357 869 or by visiting the Jazz Festival website at www.scarboroughjazzfestival.co.uk.
Brewery’s Folk Festival Support
East Yorkshire micro brewery Wold Top Brewery is supporting Beverley’s major family music festival for the fifth consecutive year.
Now in its 28th year, Beverley Folk Festival is celebrating its best line up to date with headline music and comedy acts including Paul Carrack and Band, Radio 2 2011 Folk Award winners Bellowhead, Barbara Dickson and Band and Michael McGoldrick and Friends.
As in prior years, Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery will be providing beer for the bars in the Wold Top Performance Marquee, including the specially brewed Folk Festival Ale, a light, easy drinking real ale with a hint of fruit (ABV 4.4%). Among the acts in the Wold Top Marquee will be acoustic sessions in association with Moonbeams and young performers in the Area2 Youth Programme.
The Festival takes place from 17th to 19th of June at Beverley venues including The Festival Village at Beverley Leisure Complex in Flemingate.
For more information about the Festival and to book, please call the Festival Office on 01377 217569 or visit www.beverleyfestival.com, where you can buy tickets for the weekend, days or individual events.
Beiderbecke’s, Brewery and Brass
Beiderbecke’s Hotel & Brasserie is adding more live music to its entertainment programme for 2011.
The hotel is to promote a series of Sunday lunch and entertainment events, beginning on the 23rd January with the Yorkshire Wolds Versatile Brass performing for the delight of the dining guests.
“We will be serving our wonderful Sunday roast, while our guests will be entertained by some of the region’s most accomplished musicians,” says Jean-Yves Cottard, general manager of Beiderbecke’s. “These Sunday events are ideal for anyone celebrating a family event, or just looking for something a little different. Combining our wonderful food with the best in musical entertainment should prove to be an irresistible combination. The Wold Top Brewery are keen to support the Yorkshire Wolds band, and their directors will be providing a complementary pint of their beer to every diner.”
The Yorkshire Wolds Versatile Brass is a quintet of excellent musicians who have performed in some the UK’s finest brass bands, including Black Dyke Mills, Brighouse & Rastrick, Carlton Main, Rothwell Temperance Band, Besses O th Barn and many others. Between them the members, who come from across the Yorkshire and Humber region, have performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall on more than 30 occasions.
YWVB members Craig Gaskell & Joanna Peacham (cornet & flugal horn), Les McCormack (Horn), Tony Turner (trombone), Tim Priestley (Eb Bass).
Tickets must be booked in advance. The meal and entertainment begin at 12.30.
The following Beiderbecke’s Sunday lunchtime Roast event will be on Sunday 13th February with the Jazz Legend Orchestra celebrating Valentine’s Sunday with their tribute to Frank Sinatra show.
For more details contact Jean-Yves or Justine at Beiderbecke’s Hotel or Tony Turner on 07710 919346.
Wold Newton brewery?s Jazz Festival Ale
Award-winning Wold Top Brewery will be providing a special Yorkshire brew to celebrate the eighth Scarborough Jazz Festival (24th – 26th September).
This year?s Festival Ale is a tawny coloured ale with a malty bitterness and a clean hoppy finish.? It has an ABV of 3.9% and will be on sale at the Scarborough Spa and at several of the pubs and hotels throughout the town throughout the festival period.
Tom Mellor who owns Wold Top Brewery with his wife Gill is a keen musician and is delighted to be supporting the festival for the seventh year; ?The festival generates a lot of interest from all over the UK and the Wold Top Brewery festival ale is always very well received.?
Scarborough Jazz Festival is a nationally acclaimed event over 3 nights and 2 days that showcases the best of British and international Jazz musicians including Stan Tracey Trio with Guy Barker and Bobbie Wellins,? Brian Kellock & Julian Arguelles, Martin Taylor?s Spirit of Django and Alan Barnes. Tickets are available by calling the Spa Booking Office on 01723 357 869 or by visiting the Jazz Festival website at?www.scarboroughjazzfestival.co.uk.