Fell Facts

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 Folk Fell is a brand new, one day event based in the stunning landscape of the Cumbrian Fells. Join us on the 23rd of July 2022 and settle down in the grounds of Holker Hall, Cark in Cartmel, as you look out over the rolling Fells and take in the sounds of some of the most amazing Folk Musicians the World has to offer.  Please read this section before booking,  below  is all the information you will need when booking and attending Folk Fell and a run down of our Terms and Conditions, it is important that you read them before booking a ticket.

 Folk Fell is an open air Music event which will go ahead come rain, or shine.  You will be able to enter the car park, and use Holker Halls facilities, from 11am however the Fell Lawn will not open until 12 noon with music beginning shortly after. Running times will be announced a month before the event goes live. You will arrive and park with support from parking stewards and your parking is included in your ticket. You are not entering the grounds via the usual entrance so please pay attention to all signage as you arrive. Once parked stewards will guide you to the wrist band exchange where you will show your ticket confirmation in exchange for a wrist band. 

Folk Fell 2022 will mainly be based on one lawn space which will house the main stage, food and drink vendors, the merchandise stall and any facilities needed however your pass will allow you to visit the gardens, the courtyard and the other areas of Holker Halls grounds. There will be a few hidden performances (well signposted and announced prior to the event start date), and the Holker Hall Café and Shop will be open should you wish to visit them. 

Chairs are permitted on the lawn until dusk, at which point an announcement will be made and you will be asked to pack down chairs or to move to the rear lawn if you wish to remain seated for the final acts of the day. 

Please see the food and drink section below to find information about picnics.

Please note, that although there will be some lighting,  the site will be dark when you leave for the evening, you may wish to pack a torch to help you get all of your belongings back to the car. 

You must remove your car from the site on the evening of the event, please ensure you have a designated driver within your party and that you leave site immediately after the closing of the final act of the evening. 

 We are incredibly excited to confirm that our main stage line up will be headlined by non-other than the incredible power house of folk “Kate Rusby”,  Kate and her band will be closing the day after stunning performances from “Cara Dillon”, “The Leisure Society”, “Bella Hardy”, “Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman”, “Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys” and “Flats and Sharps”. 

We will also be joined by Cumbrian based, or Home Grown Artists on the day.  Home Grown Acts to be confirmed early in 2022.

Timings for all acts will be announced 30 days before the festival and you will be able to find the full line up and timings here then, please note the site will open for parking at 11am, you will not be allowed onto the main lawn until 12 noon and the evening will have come to a close by 10:30pm.

The order of the day will be in the reverse of that which is noted above, with the day opening with the barn storming Flats and Sharps and winding down to a beautiful closing set from Kate Rusby. 

We are unable to offer refunds if an act, or portion of the line-up is changed or amended. Please come along and enjoy the day as a whole. Line up may change. 

 Holker Hall and its beautiful gardens are located in Cark in Cartmel, Nr Grange over Sands.

Holker Hall, Cark in Cartmel, Nr Grange over Sands, LA11 7PL

If you are a regular visitor to Holker then please forget all you know! You will be experiencing the grounds in a whole new way when you attend Folk Fell but please head to the site as you ordinarily would and look out for signage so you know where to enter the grounds. 

Cark is accessible by bus and by train but we advise checking train and bus times much nearer to the festival date as these change regularly.

 Please note that Folk Fell will be home to some wonderful food and drink traders, and all of the information for the traders who will be with us will be announced in January 2022.  However, you are able to bring food and soft drinks onto the site with you. 

If you are arriving by car please ensure you know who your designated driver is before arriving at the site, you must remove your car from the site after the event closes. We are allowing a reasonable amount of alcohol to be brought onto the site, but this must appear reasonable. Audience members will not be allowed to bring spirits, crates or kegs onto the site. Glass is not permitted. There will be a series of bars and traders onsite selling alcoholic drinks. These will be announced in January of 2022 along with some price guides to help you prepare for your visit. No glass of any kind is to be brought onto site and we reserve the right to check your picnic hamper for glass or an unreasonable amount of alcohol.   

The Folk Fell team and the team at Holker Hall are working hard to ensure that all attendees to the Festival have the same beautiful experience. The site is fully accessible and an accessible seating area will be available. If you feel you need access support, or need to be seated in the accessible seating area you must email us prior to the event. Whilst our staff will do all they can to help all attendees access the site in a safe and accessible manner we would welcome prior knowledge of attendees who feel they may need additional support as it ensures we are ready to welcome you, and have any provision you require in place prior to the event. 

A visual descriptive pack can be collected for the hearing impaired, or those who feel this will aid their experience, upon arrival. This will include a transcript of the days events, announcements, the running order for each artist and the lyrics for each track. These packs must be pre-booked by emailing us via the contact tab.  They can also be sent out prior to the festival. 

Tickets for Folk Fell will go on sale mid-October, look out for updates on our socials and please note all types of tickets are limited and on a first come first served basis. 

There will be a limited number of Early Bird Adult Tickets available at £42.50 from the launch, until the 30th of April 2022. After this ticket prices will increase to £50 per adult. Children aged 4 to 16 will require a children’s ticket for £15, Children aged 3 and under are free but will need a free pass so we are aware they are attending. 

A limited number of Dogs are welcome onsite but they must have a dog pass for £10. They must be music loving dogs who will cope with a large number of people and loud music – if your dog appears to be stressed when they are onsite you may be asked to remove them from the main lawn. 

Our tickets can be booked via the links on the “ticket” page and you will receive an email confirmation from Eventbrite through whom we sell our tickets. Please keep this email safe. On the day of attending you will need to show the confirmation email only, you can print this or you can present it to us via your phone or app. We do ask that you bring with you something which can verify your identity if needed, this can be a named bank card. 

You will be given a wrist band when you arrive onsite which you must wear during the entirety of your visit. 

We have a limited number of free tickets available for low income families, or families who feel they would be unable to attend without financial support. If you feel this is you please email us via the contact form on the website and we will get back to you in due course – please note these tickets have been very kindly sponsored so are limited, once they have been allocated we cannot allocate anymore. 

 Folk Fell is unable to refund tickets once they have been purchased, because of this, we ask that you only book tickets for Folk Fell if you are confident, you can attend the event.  Folk Fell will go ahead in all weathers, so please also ensure that you are happy to attend the event should the weather be, well, Cumbrian! 

Whilst we do not offer refunds we know that things pop up in day to day life that mean that things change, and that you may find yourself in a situation where you are unable to attend the event. Firstly, we are happy for you to pass your ticket onto a friend, or family member and you can email us to change the name on the ticket up to 14 days before the event. Secondly, you can ask us for a credit, which will allow you guaranteed entry to our 2023 festival (line up pending). Lastly, if you feel you have no option but to ask us for a refund, then please apply to us in writing via the contact section of the website no later than the 1st May 2022 and we will of course consider your request. 

After the 1st of May we are sorry to say we will be unable to offer ANY refunds and cannot consider refunds of any kind after this point, but that we can still offer credits for the following years event in extreme circumstances so please do still contact us if you find you are unable to attend the event after the 1st of May 2022 but before the event date, 23rd July 2022.

An administration fee may be charged for the processing of a refund. Your booking fee may also be retained by Eventbrite.  Please note the booking fee is not something that Folk Fell has any control over. This is the fee you pay to Eventbrite to book the ticket. It does not come to Folk Fell. When a ticket is refunded, Eventbrite doesn’t guarantee that they will also refund the booking fee.  

Should the event be cancelled for reasons beyond Folk Fell's control we cannot guarantee that tickets will be refunded, however we strive to ensure that all attendees are refunded should this occur. 

 When you book for Folk Fell, you book via our ticketing partner Eventbrite. Eventbrite is a third party site which allows us to make booking simple and effective for all involved, however, using this service means that attendees do need to pay a booking fee. This booking fee goes straight back to Eventbrite for their services, should you require a refund this may not be refunded. 

For your safety there will be stewards and well-marked safety instructions around the site, please take the time to familiarise yourself with these. There will be a well-marked first aid and help section adjacent to the main lawn. There will also be a safety announcement ahead of the events first act, this will be repeated later in the day. We are continually watching Covid guidance and post an updated Covid policy to the site nearer the event date, however by booking a ticket you agree to adhere to any guidance put in place by the festival, which will be created with support from national organisations. Whilst we adhere to make the site as safe as possible you are responsible for your own safety while you are visiting Holker Hall and attending Folk Fell, it is your responsibility to report anything you deem to be a hazard to the site team.   

 We hope you have an absolutely smashing time with us, but should you feel you need to make a complaint then there is a really simple way to do this. If this is before the festival then please ping us an email via our contact form and allow up to 14 days for a response from us. Should you have a problem while you are attending the event, please come and speak to a member of staff, we will do all we can to ensure we resolve your problem there and then, but if we can't then please email us within 7 days of the event closing to raise your concern. After this time we will be unable to respond to complaints.