best quiet, small, folky and child friendly festival?

[elliott]

I have this idea that I'd like to go to a festival some day with the dcs - but it needs to be a kind of middle aged quiet affair with interesting acoustic music and fun for the dcs. Any ideas?

Dh and dd,9, just got back from 2000 trees festival here and had a great time but not much organised for dc. Am looking at Larmer tree for next year. It gets good reviews, not sure if the music suits you but good for dc.

thanks, just been browsing the festival awards site and others....2000 trees and larmer tree both mentioned!
Also needs to be not a million miles from the north of england which probably counts out a lot of the best in the south west...

no more ideas? So far on my shortlist are shambala, latitute, beautiful days...has anyone been to these?

Cambridge Folk Festival is lovely, has kids' concert, creche and kids' activities, plus walkabout characters in the main site.

But gets booked up extremely quickly and it's this coming weekend - so maybe one to keep in mind for another year?

my ex boss with whom I lunched today was telling me about some festy in Kent that sounds like what you want
On a hop farm or something

there is is
actually is 20,000

What's Cropredy like for children?

Oh this is for next year - I never do last minute Cambridge folk is probably worth thinking about, there's also cropredy (sp?) which might be what I'm after.

towersey folk festival? bank holiday weekend nr reading somewhere. it has ceilidhs, workshops, acoustic music. and morris dancers, though not sure if that is a selling point...

Copredys full of aging hippies sitting around drinking quietly and being very friendly. (not been to the festival as such but been in town, on the canal, when its been on)

I really want to go to Cambridge but the only person who will go with me is my Dad and I have to wait for him to moe back

oops, just saw you are north west

bronze I really want to go too but dp is not keen (on camping or folk) and my dad lives too far away as well. D'you think we could manage 7 kids between us ?

how sad am I, cropredy sounds great...! (I particularly like the 'quietly drinking beer' idea...
I am north east not north west. Don't mind a bit of a drive if its school hols so can stretch the weekend...

"how sad am I, cropredy sounds great"

I thought so too - glad you said it first.

Just looked at the line-up
surprised to see Buzzcocks ........and Nik Kershaw

the quieter festivals sound nicer to me too

I could perhaps offload my eldest two (my dps not folk/tent friendly either) but next year that would still leave me a toddler ahhh and a madam (hopefully she'll have grown up a bit)

Cropredy at the fairport convention convention too. Don't really know the fairport convention but the people seemed lovely then too

How about Bromyard folk festival? Lots of tthings for children to do too. My Dad goes to loads of the folk festivals and recommended this one for me to take my 2 year old son to this year

www.bromyardfolkfestival.org.uk/

Fylde
Bromyard
Edale
Sidmouth
Holmfirth
Cropredy

all lovely for families

belladrum is child friendly but in scottish highlands

We went to Larmer Tree this year and it is fantastic for kids. Loads of crafty workshops, largely centred on making decorations for the big carnival procession on the last day. The music varies but is mainly folky, and there are woods, healing tents for Reiki etc, the food is lovely, camping is very close to the car parks, award-winning toilets, beautiful surroundings, loads of people there with young kids, and a wide range of ages overall. It's one of the bigger "small" festivals, with around 4,000 - 5,000 people there, but it never feels crowded, never feels vast, and it always feels safe. We could walk from our tent to the main stage in under 5 minutes (unless we got distracted by someone busking or a food stall or some lovely clothes). There's enough to keep you busy for about a fortnight, let alone a weekend.
For all the music and everything that is laid on, my favourite memories are of walking through the woods and hearing the sound of people singing in one of the workshops. Just beautiful. Thoroughly recommended, even in the mud!

I am going to Bromyard this year with DD (age 6) and my parents (age 60+, ageing hippies). It looks v nice and child friendly - has daytime dancing etc.
Last year we went to one in CUmbria (name escapes me) - this year's has just been on a few weeks ago - v similar, v child friendly, full of old hippies, v wet, v muddy. There were child activities etc.

off to Cambridge folk festival tommorow with DH and the boys (8,6) Cannot wait. I will report back in a couple of a weeks

Our annual holiday was to the cropredy festival when I was a child. Age ranged from 2 to 14 in our party.
Really friendly, quiet considering the number of people, they often put on a bit of child friendly entertainment in the afternoon.
Toilets were alway fine, showers very few and far between( mum used to heat u a large bowl of water so we could have a wash down in the tent each morning - things might have changed a bit now.
I am planning on taking my 2 next year
Maybe I will see you there

god I love croppers

I am now smiling that you are all like minded