We are looking for friendly, motivated and hard working individuals who would like to get involved with the inaugural Lunar Festival and become part of the team by volunteering as a steward.

The stewarding is a very relaxed role which includes tasks such as checking wristbands and directing the arriving campers.

You will be required to complete two half day shifts or one night shift at this years festival. In return you will receive a full weekend ticket so you can enjoy your time off!

If you are interested please complete the below form and send a photo and cheque for £65.00 to the address provided on the form.

Please note we do not cash the cheque unless the volunteer does not complete their shifts and still attend the festival.

Lunar Festival 2012 - Stewarding Form

We are delighted to announce that the annual Moseley Folk Festival will be returning for the seventh successive year!

Returning to the tranquil setting of Moseley Park on 31st August & 1st, 2nd September 2012, the Moseley Folk Festival offers an inner city Shangri-la bringing together people from all ages and backgrounds to witness folk legends playing alongside their contemporaries.

In 2011, Badly Drawn Boy, Tinariwen & Billy Bragg took the reigns as the sun shined down on the most successful Moseley Folk Festival to date. They were joined by the likes of Villagers, The Bees, Stornoway, Junip (Feat. Jose Gonzalez), Gruff Rhys, Scott Matthews, Willy Mason plus many more.

We are currently working hard on bringing another eclectic folk inspired line up which will delight the regular sell out crowd and announcements will be made within the coming months.

The line ups for both stages will be announced gradually over the coming months but we can already guarantee some amazing artists for 2012! We’ll also be keeping you updated with further events happening in the build up to the festival!

Tickets for Moseley Folk Festival 2012 will be going on sale shortly so keep your keep checking back for further details!

To avoid booking fees there will also be the option to send in a postal form which is now available from the website. Alternatively, you can visit one of our outlets listed on our site to pick up the tickets in person.

Spiro are their own people, commendably operating in their own sphere and at their own pace. A contemporary acoustic ensemble that first came together through Bristol’s folk sessions scene, their first album for Real World Records, Lightbox is an extraordinarily stirring record.

Recorded over four days at Real World Studios in Box, live and without overdubs, largely produced by Simon Emmerson (the chief architect behind the Afro Celt Sound System and The Imagined Village projects), it showcases a highly imaginative and highly disciplined group with a sound that is unified but never uniform.

All four members, all four instruments, pull in the same direction, creating music that’s intricate yet so full of momentum and echoing – at various points – the work of Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and the Penguin Café Orchestra, but, kindred spirits aside, this is the music of Spiro – undeniably English, undeniably theirs.

“Fantastic….you feel your heart lift a few inches above its normal resting place” **** The Word

“Magnificent….rich, moving and cunningly wrought” ***** Songlines

“Fabulous…intriguing and exciting” fRoots

“An oddly compelling, strangely soulful music of mind and body” ****Independent

“Refreshingly unnerving” **** Mojo

22nd March 2012

Doors: 8.00pm

Tickets: £12.00

Tickets are available here

MAC

Cannon Hill Park

Birmingham

B12 9QH

Master of flutes, whistles and Uillean pipes Mike is a founding member of Flook , and Lunasa and is a current member of Capercaillie. Regarded as one of the greatest flute players of all time, Mike spent 2010 on a worldwide tour with Mark Knopfler, has toured with The Afro Celts, RTE Orhcestra and Kate Rusby and collaborated with the likes of Jim Kerr, Youssou N’Dour, John Cale and Zakir Hussian amongst many others. BBC Radio 2 folk Musican of the year 2006, he was again nominated this year and has just completed his first soundtrack for TG4 and the Smithsonian channel.

John McCusker’s unique fiddle playing has earned him a worldwide reputation as one of the most gifted and versatile musicians of any genre. Joining the Battlefield band at just 17 John spent 11 years touring the world with the now legendary folk outfit. Renowned for his skill at transcending musical boundaries he has worked with artists ranging from Paolo Nutini and Jools Holland to Steve Earle and Rosanne Cash and has recorded with Paul Weller, Mark Knopfler and Ocean Colour Scene to name but a few.

John Doyle’s gifts as guitarist, songwriter and vocalist have played an essential role in the ongoing renaissance of Irish traditional music. Now living in the states, John was the recent musical director for Joan Baez and toured with her for 2 year. One half of the stellar duo Liz Carroll and John Doyle, he is also a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Irish group Solas.

19th February 2012

Doors: 8.00pm

Tickets: £13.00

Tickets are available here

MAC

Cannon Hill Park

Birmingham

B12 9QH

Why not give yourself a pre-Christmas treat and come to a Ceilidh with the fantastic Circulus and Burdock Band.

We are delighted to have both Circulus and The Burdock Band playing at this years Christmas Ceilidh. Come and join the Moseley Folk Team as we celebrate another successful year at Moseley All Services Club.

Circulus

Circulus are a psychedelic folk/progressive rock band from South London, England, founded by vocalist Michael Tyack.

The band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, cittern, crumhorn and rauschpfeife, along with the moog synthesizer, bass and electric guitars. Tyack claims to believe in fairies and pixies, and they have been known to play their live shows with the audience sitting on the floor.

The Burdock Band

The Burdock Band dances are simple yet fun, designed for all to join in. No previous experience required, just be prepared to enjoy yourselves! Let yourselves swing to their pounding rhythms as you dance the Strip the Willow Extravaganza, the Human Cannonball, and the Bear Went Over the Mountain. As probably one of the busiest ceilidh bands in the UK, this is a rare opportunity to experience the Burdock magic. A great evening’s entertainment is assured this is one not to be missed!

16th December

91 Church Road

Moseley

Birmingham

West Midlands

B13 9EA

Tickets are priced at £10 + £1 B/FEE and are available here

We received the sad news earlier this week that Treetop Flyers were unable to perform this friday at the Ikon Gallery although we hope to bring them back to Birmingham soon!

We the Autumn almanac being such a great event and the Ikon allowing us to host a show in a different we’ve decided to keep the night going as a free entry Singer Songwriter show!

We are delighted that at the last minute John & John Joe From Goodnight Lenin and Michael from Boat To Row will be playing individual acoustic sets (20 minutes each). We will be announcing the remaining acts throughout the course of today!

We hope you’ll be able to come along to use of the wonderful venue, music and of course, the friday night beer!

Autumn Almanac 

Autumn Almanac is  a four-day celebration of Birmingham’s creative life
showcasing the city’s artists, filmmakers and musicians. Ikon’s gallery spaces will exclusively exhibit works created in Birmingham, also hosting some of our best-known music festivals and organisations in a programme of live performances.

Click here for further information about Autumn Almanac events. 

Doors: 7:30pm

Following appearances at 14 UK festivals which included several sets at Glastonbury and the release of their debut EP ‘The Wenceslas Square EP’ , Birmingham favourites Goodnight Lenin are ready to hit the road again for their winter tour.

They will be returning to Birmingham on 3rd December to play their biggest home town show to date at the Birmingham Cathedral.

With a new focus and a host of new songs this is one not to be missed.

Folk collective Boat to Row are a 5 piece who couple a rare sense of genuine ease in each other’s musical company, with an honest and engaging sound. The band boasts a many-hued spectrum of lyrical themes, gliding from young love and tender friendships to outdoor sauntering and the ebullience of the working classes.

This Birmingham outfit is by no means lacking in versatility with nimble guitar melodies that cushion a rich set of boy-girl harmonies, tripping glockenspiel, swooning violin and ricocheting drum beats. No stage is too big or small, having had the joy of playing festivals such as Truck, 2000 Trees, Wood and the honor of headlining the Lunar Stage at this years Moseley Folk Festival. This year has seen the group busy releasing their debut single ‘A Boat to Row to Row to You’ on Cheltenham indie label istartedthefire records, where they intend to stay for their new E.P, ‘Grass Market’. As well as releasing records and playing festivals the group having been supporting the likes of Willy Mason, The Vaccines, Johnny Flynn and Slow Club with their warm sound.

http://boattorow.bandcamp.com/

My First Tooth

Comprised of two girls and two boys from Northampton, My First Tooth deliver a punch to the gut and a kiss on the cheek with their brand of indie- folk/alt-country. A string of singles and debut album ‘Territories’ (released recently on Alcopop! Records) have garnered considerable praise from critics, including The Word who said “A full-on blast of raucous folk-pop that’s all hoedown and no slowdown”, and The Fly who called them”…seriously impressive…”. Near constant touring has seen them hone their frenzied, harmony-laden, instrument-swapping live appearances into a barnstorming show that NME described as “unmissable”. They sing about ships, wild animals, friendships and mountains. They sing together loudly. They sing together quietly. They play like their lives depend on it.

http://www.facebook.com/MyFirstTooth

Joe Summers

Twenty-four year old Joe Summers is a true folk troubadour, devoid of any pretense, a diamond in the rough of todays saturated music scenes. With his feet firmly placed in the roots of the music he adores, Summers constructs his narratives and melodies like the greats

http://www.myspace.com/joesummerstheband

Tickets: £5 + Booking Fee (more on the door)

Hare & Hounds

106 High Street

Kings Heath, Birmingham

B14 7JZ

Tickets are available by clicking here

Here is a complete list of all the upcoming shows which we have whilst we wait for Moseley Folk Festival 2012

7th October 2011: Lunar Society Presents: Little Sister, Bonfire Radicals & Tom Martin

Hare & Hounds, 106 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets are £5 + B/FEE and are available here

13th October 2011: Folk For Free: The Toy Hearts

Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA

16th October 2011: Moseley Folk Presents: Michelle Shocked

Hare & Hounds, 106 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets are £16 + B/FEE and are available here

23rd October 2011: Moseley Folk Presents: She Keeps Bees and Oh Ruin

Hare & Hounds, 106 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets are £6 + B/FEE and are available here

3rd November 2011: Lunar Society Presents: Johnny Kearney & Lucy Farrell and Luke Ritchie

Hare & Hounds, 106 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets are £5 + B/FEE and are available here

10th November 2011: Folk For Free: Paul Murphy and Simon Fox

Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA

23rd November 2011: Moseley Folk Present: Boat To Row, My First Tooth & Jo Summers

Hare & Hounds, 106 High Street, Birmingham, B14 7JZ Tickets are £5 + B/FEE and are available here

15th December 2011: Folk For Free: Duotone and Laura J Martin

Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA