Arts and families are centre stage at Moseley Folk

Leading comedians, poets and authors head to Birmingham festival, including Ivo Graham, Carl Chinn, and Flo and Joan.

Also visiting are John Cooper Clarke, Simon Armitage and Vashti Bunyan.

CBeebies’ Nick Cope heads up the child-friendly programme.

Moseley Folk And Arts Festival (Friday 2 to Sunday 4 September 2022) has unveiled the full programmes for both their Arts and Family strands.Guests include iconic writers, historians, comedians and TV names, alongside collaborations, and exciting opportunities to play and learn.

The Birmingham-based annual event includes previously announced headline main stage slots from Supergrass, Seasick Steve, The Coral and Jethro Tull. Joining the top music acts on the opening day are Birmingham historian Carl Chinn, who’ll be recalling the infamous real life Peaky Blinders, and his own personal connection to the city criminals, while a team-up with Birmingham Comedy Festival sees Live At The Apollo star Ivo Graham and rising Brum comic Lindsey Santoro close the night’s Arts activities.

On Saturday, Professor Helen Pankhurst CBE, author of Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights – Then and Now, discusses women’s lives, past, present and future, as well as her family links to the suffragette movement, while Poet Laureate Simon Armitage reads verse from his acclaimed collections. The Arts strand winds up in the evening with a multi-nationalcomedy bill in collaboration with The Glee Club. Entitled From Europe With Love,it features Romanian Radu Isac, the Netherlands’ Micky Overman, and Parisian Ceyla AB.

Sunday sees appearances from ‘punk poet’ and icon Dr. John Cooper Clarke, and comedy siblings Flo and Joan, while rediscovered ’60s folk artist Vashti Bunyan discusses her career with writer (and Guardian music) Jude Rogers. Elsewhere, Birmingham artist (and charity shop fan) Tat Vision blurs the borders between comedy and art, and Singing For Joy give everyone a chance to find their inner voice and express themselves through song.

Meanwhile, the popular festival’s Family programme boasts an appearance from Nick Cope (the host of CBeebies hit musical series Nick Cope’s Popcast), while Foxcubs Nature Play showcase inventive creative play using the natural world, and the Black Country Living Museum bring our past alive, with talks and characters.

There’s also storytelling, music workshops, face painting, pirate adventures, wood carving and Sunday’s now traditional (and always lively) family-friendly Hay Down Ceilidh, led by traditional folk act, Cut A Shine.

Visitors of all ages will also be entranced by the colourful performances by Rajasthan’s elite street circus, Circus Raj, who show off their impressive circus skills.

Moseley Folk and Arts Festival tickets for the under 12s are free, while there’s also discounted tickets for under 16s, plus plenty of choice on the food and drink front, with a great selection of leading street food vendors.

John Fell, Moseley Folk and Arts Festival Manager, said: “While our music acts tend to get much of the attention, we’ve always prided ourselves in being so much more than a music festival – and this year’s line-up really emphasises that with people like John Cooper Clarke and Simon Armitage, but also the array of family activities we have on site: from creative workshops to appearances from people like Nick Cope.”

Moseley Folk and Arts Festival takes place in the wooded surrounds of Moseley Park and Pool, Moseley, Birmingham, from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 September 2022. For tickets and more information, see: www.moseleyfolk.co.uk

LISTINGS:

Friday 2 to Sunday 4 September 2022

Moseley Folk and Arts Festival93b Alcester Road, Birmingham B13 8DD

Friday 2 September 2022

Main Stage:

Supergrass, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Weather Station, Bess Atwell

Lunar Stage:

LYR, Novelty Island, Solar Eyes, Theo Bleak

Kitchen Garden Stage:

Martin Stephenson, The Often Herd, Different Thread, Jess Silk

Arts Stage:

Carl Chinn; Birmingham Comedy Festival presents: Ivo Graham and Lindsey Santoro

Saturday 3 September 2022

Main Stage:

Seasick Steve, The Longest Johns, Billie Marten, Buffalo Nichols, Talisk, Orange River Remedy

Lunar Stage:

William The Conqueror, Lady Nade, George Boomsma

Kitchen Garden Stage:

Gilmore & Roberts, Reg Meuross, The Magpies, Ellie Gowers, Brothers Gillespie, Jessie Reid

Arts Stage:

Simon Armitage; The Glee Club Presents: Radu Isac, Micky Overman & Celya AB; Nick Cope, Helen Pankhurst

Sunday 4 September 2022

Main Stage:

Jethro Tull, The Coral, Midlake, Anaïs Mitchell, Yasmin Williams

Lunar Stage:

The Golden Dregs, The People Versus, Margo Cilker, Bonfire Radicals, John Francis Flynn

Kitchen Garden Stage:

Alasdair Roberts, Diana Jones, Megson, Katie Spencer, Thorpe & Morrison

Arts Stage:

John Cooper Clarke, Vashti Bunyan Q&A with Jude Rogers, Flo and Joan, Tat Vision, Birmingham Folk, Singing For Joy

NB. Key artists-only. See website for full festival line-up

Festival Tickets

Adult – Day Tickets: £55; Weekend (3 Days) £135
Under 16 (ages 15-12) – Day Tickets: £25; Weekend (3 Days) £60
Under 12 (ages 11 and under): Free (with a paying adult)
Family Weekend (2x Adults + 2x U16): £280
Private Caravans (for up to 10 people): £375 per day (plus Day Tickets)
Club Class (Backstage Bar w/1x drink, programme, CD, T-shirt): £40 per day (plus Day Tickets)

NB. Booking fees apply.

Tickets/Information: www.moseleyfolk.co.uk

Social media:

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Multi-Media

Flo and Joan: I Drank Too Much (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTViy5WK-EY

Nick Cope’s Popcast: The Lizard Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQespETRVa4

Ivo Graham: Dinner, Card, Hanky Panky, Contract Renewal (Comedy Central)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY3rXFTQbP8

Tat Vision: Takeaway Papier Mache – Orb Weaver from Grounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61TppkcneJE

Radu Isac: English people are too polite
https://youtu.be/kJzK0ppiTCg