Festival is like a mini Glastonbury We''re.Byline: TOM SIMONE IT IS satisfying to find a festival that''s developed to more than a hippy with a harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. , but hasn''t yet become a commercialised McFestival. The Workhouse workhouse: see poor law. in Powys fits that description and, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. festival organiser Andrea Proffitt, it''s going to stay that way. She and a group of friends started the festival as a day event six years ago to raise money for the historic workhouse building. Andrea said: It started as a day festival and things snowballed from there, the next year it ran over two days and then over three days. But there came a point when the trustees of the Workhouse building had to pay back their loan to the heritage fund, and so were forced to sell the estate. We scratched our heads a bit and realised we''d raised enough money from running the festival to actually buy the place. We put together a business plan in 2006 and managed to get a loan from the ecological building Ecological Building is both a design process and the structure that is a result of such a design process. The Ecological Building design process is a modern architecture variant of Permaculture design. society. The whole thing is now run by about 40-50 volunteers, who all work flat out, and all the money goes back into the event and maintenance. All the hard work has paid off - the Workhouse festival now attracts 5,000 people and is often described as a mini-Glastonbury. Andrea added: We''ve made a few changes this year, with bigger, more open stages and some of the highlights include performances from the Blockheads, the Roseville Band, and the Holloways, as well as a mix of everything from indie to dance, fiddles, poetry, a cinema, a healing centre, and a place for new and unsigned bands. The Roseville Band, who come from Wrexham, say they can''t wait to play there. Vocalist Andy Jones Andrew Jones or Andy Jones may refer to:
The festival has got a great vibe and is highly imaginative. It''s smaller than a lot of festivals, which I think is a good thing, and they promote a lot of new bands. The band, who have their debut album coming out in October, say they are grateful to have a platform for performing the music they love. Our music is like traditional rock and roll with roots and blues influence, rather than anything contemporary, said Andy. We''ve resisted jumping on a bandwagon. While other people have dressed in fluorescent clothing and called themselves table and chairs, we''ve stuck to what we enjoy doing, the music that we''ve grown up with.. The Workhouse Festival takes place in Llanfyllin, Powys, from July 10 - 12. CAPTION(S): The Roseville band from Wrexham, headlining at the Workhouse Festival in Powys (inset) |
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