The programme for this year’s Festival has been published (and updated 18 August 2021 with additional guests).
You can download your copy below.
Scalby Folk Festival 2021: Programme
Scalby Fair 2021
Scalby Folk Weekend 2021
Scalby Folk Weekend this year will take place 3, 4 and 5 September 2021 at the Nag’s Head, Scalby, YO13 0PT.
We have already staged three very successful weekends and have managed to raise over £6,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice and St Catherine’s Hospice. This year our choice of charity will be St Catherine’s Hospice.
We will be producing a high program with a full page dedicated to each guest. In the past three years we have been lucky to be able to host an excellent guest line up for no performance fee. This year will follow the same model.
Our aim is to enjoy a few of days of excellent music, help to promote new artists and raise much needed money for worthwhile causes.
This year will not only feature excellent music but also have a good selection of craft beers, ciders and freshly cooked food. We will also be putting on open sessions and various workshops.
Current Covid guidelines will be rigorously observed.
Kind regards
The Nags Head Team @SFW 2021
All surplus proceeds to be donated to St Catherine’s Hospice.
Scalby Fair and Scalby Walk are cancelled for 2021
Dear Scalby Fair Supporter,
I very much regret to inform you that the Scalby Fair Committee has decided that we must cancel both the Easter Scalby Walk and the June Scalby Fair for this coming year, 2021.
Obviously the prime reason is the COVID-19 crisis which, according to the government, is going to be a significant problem at least until the autumn.
Below are just some of the main points of many that the Fair Committee has considered to arrive at our decision:
A. Our Fair public liability insurance policy now contains a specific clause excluding liability for Covid-19 claims.
B. The toilets in the village will not be available which would force us to hire portaloos at considerable expense.
C. Scalby Fair is designed to bring people together whereas the object of government Covid response legislation is to do the exact opposite,
D. The compulsory Risk Assessment as well as the Event Management plan would likely impose very burdensome conditions for operating the Fair (possibly involving barriers at all four entrances to the village centre to control access – and even take temperatures). We do not have enough people to run the Fair and to cover barriers all day in a safe manner.
E. If the event was held there is the strong possibility that many members of the public would stay away to avoid risk.
F. Certain events in the Fair week such as the wine tasting event are only successful if everyone is seated in close proximity. This is not possible with social distancing rules.
I’m awfully sorry to be the bearer of this bad news which will be a significant disappointment to many of us, not least to me. However, I do believe that the Fair Committee decision here is the correct one given the circumstances in which we find ourselves
Best wishes and keep safe
Tom Cathcart
Chairman
Scalby Fair
