Tupholme Folk Festival 1971

1971 TUPHOLME FOLK FESTIVAL

 * On a bright and sunny, Frederick Bannister Productions Ltd, staged a very successful concert of ‘Contemporary and Traditional Folk Music’, at .
 * Trains and coaches were overwhelmed with travellers attending this one-day festival. Hudson’s Bus Company and Pilgrim Tours were operating a shuttle service from station.
 * The crowd was estimated at 60,000, by Bill Hardy, the local farmer on whose land the event was held, with visitors from as far as  and .
 * Tickets for the day were £2-00p.
 * The list of  and American artists included:
 * Buffy Sainte Marie
 * Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy
 * Dion
 * Incredible String Band
 * James Taylor
 * Pentangle
 * Ralph McTell
 * Denny
 * Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
 * Steeleye Span
 * The Byrds
 * Tim Hardin
 * Tom Paxton  (did not attend)
 * The Byrds, who arrived late, by surprise, were going to play an acoustic set, but because of the fantastic way they went down playing electric at the previous year's Bath Festival, they again stole the show by being the only band to play an electric set, on the day.
 * It was described as a very successful, trouble-free event.