Festival at the Edge

Festival at the Edge - The 17th Storytelling Festival at the Edge - 18 - 20 July 2008

Festival at the Edge is a celebration of story telling where you can experience tales from around the world that will make you laugh, cry and wonder. FATE is for everyone - for people looking for something new as well as for those already bitten by the story bug.

From Friday to Sunday, there is always a choice of something on offer - the best international storytellers in performance, music, comedy, poetry and related arts.  If you want to participate, there are workshops, story rounds and sessions.  At night the bonfire sessions continue until late (or dawn!).  Since 1999, the Festival has commissioned major new storytelling performances each year to premiere at the festival.  Details of this year's are on the web site.

As a family-friendly event we provide a children's festival that runs throughout the festival weekend, mixing specially booked children's performers with performers from the main festival.

We are working towards making the festival as accessible as possible to people with disabilities - both as performers and audience.  Please contact us for more information or to let us know if you have any special concerns or requirements.

The festival takes place over the third weekend in July (Fri - Sun) on a stunning greenfield site on Wenlock Edge, just outside the historic town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire.  The programme begins on Friday evening at 7pm and closes at 5pm Sunday afternoon.

There is on-site camping for weekend ticket holders, but the site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest - which means that the only fires allowed on site are the storytelling bonfires.  We also have a craft fair, on-site catering and a CAMRA real-ale bar.  There will also be hot showers, for which there will be a nominal charge.

www.festivalattheedge.org