Warwick Folk Festival 2008

Campsite scene
Fun in camp
Warwick Folk Festival 2008 – Logistics report.
The festival is held yearly in the grounds of Warwick School – a private fee-paying school. The school has lots of green space and other facilities – halls, a small theatre, and even a swimming pool, all available to the festival. Camping and parking is on the same site, about a mile from the centre of the town.

The festival is quite popular and the camping areas correspondingly large, so if you have arranged to meet friends onsite and camp beside them, finding them could be something of a trial. All organised music performances are under cover with seating, the main stage being in a marquee. There are some off-site events (sessions, dance performances) in the town itself. Catering and toilet facilities were adequate, and there was floodlighting at night.

As for the music, Warwick attracts some leading folk acts each year, and there is a full programme of support acts and workshops, not to mention the informal camp-site sessions.
If you want something else, Warwick Castle offers special festival deals.

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