Spring Festival is an annual 3 day celebration of traditional music, song and dance.
The event started in 2007 and has developed a national and international profile as well as being a community led and community based event.
The festival is moving this year from its previous location in Shepley village to a new home at Storthes Hall Park, Kirkburton with the concerts, bar, food stalls, craft fayre and children’s activities all based at ‘The Venue’.
Camping for weekend ticket holders is in the grounds adjacent to the site and other activities spill out into the pubs in local villages.
For more information check out – www.shepleyspringfestival.com
Shepley Spring Festival is a small, friendly, family orientated event expecting to attract about 1000 visitors this year.
Our aim is to celebrate the very best of traditional music and dance from Britain and beyond, showcasing some of the most well own artists of the folk music genre but also offering a platform for aspiring young musicians to perform on the same stage. In 2019 we are inviting groups and individuals from Lancashire, London, Cornwall, Scotland and France as well as performers who live in Shepley and other villages and towns in Yorkshire.
As organisers we are passionate about the music, the dance, the tradition, keeping it alive and passing it on to the next generation.
The annual event is organised by a small group of volunteers, none of whom benefit financially from the event. Members of the group all have daytime employment and planning the festival is an enjoyable but time consuming activity. However like all other arts organisations and events we rely on grant funding and sponsorship to be able to stage the event.
There are a number of ways that you can help support the festival is you are an organization; sponsorship, advertising or having a stand at the event are a number of ways that your business could benefit from exposure and we welcome the opportunity to reduce our costs by receiving work in exchange of tickets. If you would like more information please email info@HD8network.co.uk