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Folk Groups in The Lake District

Have a great evening with one of our The Lake District Folk Groups

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Here are some of our folk groups in different parts of the UK. To find folk groups in The Lake District select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our folk groups that perform in your part of the country.

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History is reflected in the words of many songs of many folk groups

To A Haggis - Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, - Great chieftain o' the Puddin-race! - Aboon them a' ye tak your place, - Painch, tripe, or thairm: - Weel are ye wordy of a grace - As lang's my arm - - 2. The groaning trencher there ye fill, - Your hurdies like a distant hill, - Your pin wad help to mend a mill - In time o' need, - While thro' your pores the dews distil - Like amber bead. - - - 3. His knife see Rustic-labour dight, - An' cut you up wi' ready slight, - Trenching your gushing entrails bright - Like onie ditch; - And then, O what a glorious sight, - Warm-reekin, rich! - - - 4. Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive, - Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, - Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve - Are bent like drums; - Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, - Bethankit hums.

What has been said about Folk Groups.

Quotations about folk groups and their instruments crop up throughout literature. Here are some quotations:-

To handle folk tunes is one of the most difficult tasks; equally difficult, if not more so than to write a major original composition. If we keep in mind that borrowing a tune means being bound by its individual peculiarity, we shall understand one part of the difficulty. Another is created by the special character of folk tune. We must penetrate into it, feel it and bring out its sharp contours by the appropriate setting.~ Bela Bartok

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in The Lake District

Weddings - With one of our Folk Groups you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with music and dancing that everyone can enjoy.

Hear online music from our folk groups

Parties & Corporate events - a Barn Dance Band will get everyone up and enjoying the evening

Folk Groups can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'

Ragwagon Band, The; Red Meat; Rincon Ramblers; Risky Business; Sackful of Sovereigns; Sacramento Street; Stone Circle; Sun Mountain Fiddler; Tale; Tanglefoot; Durty Linen; The Aardvarks ; Albireo ; All Blacked Up - Gig list - Notes and Recordings ; Alf Alfa and the Wild Oats ;