Stainsby Festival
Stainsby Festival is a small, annual folk music event held in the Derbyshire village of Stainsby, England. It usually takes place in July over three days.
The festival is one of the oldest folk festivals in the country, with the first being held in 1969. In 2008 it celebrated its 40th Anniversary festival - called appropriately enough - "Child of the Sixties".
It has music venues and several family-oriented events, with children's storytelling tents, group rhythm workshops and face painting activities. Camping is available in a field adjoining the main arena.
The festival has three stages. A large marquee constitutes the main stage, and there is a tent with a bar that makes up the second, known as 'The Hat Block'. Each year's lineup is varied, but tends to be predominantly acoustic folk. Since 2012 the festival includes in its programme, Earthwork, a series of talks and workshops. There is a smaller tent called 'The Third Thing' hosting multi-media events, poetry, theatre, spoken word and other workshops.
The festival usually ends with a procession, often involving the use of fire. In 2005, the procession was centered on a flame, apparently originating from the fires of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped. This coincided with the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.