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=== Newsflashes 2024\\ ===== July 22nd\\ All over for another year. Roll on 2025!... although project **Raise the Roof **will be running through the summer. So look out for some special announcements as our plans take shape. ===== July 19th\\ Ready to roll! The 2024 Stainsby Festival is on. First run of the Stainsby Flyer at 5.30 from Chesterfield Station ===== July 18th\\ Nearly there, only one day to go! The site is looking good and the weather gods, every single one of them (gods please note that includes YOU so no hissy fits, please) are smiling. If you're thinking of buying tickets go straight to the [[http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/booking.shtml|Booking Page]] right now and save yourself twenty quid on the gate price (if we've still got any). ===== July 8th\\ A couple of last minute additions (puff, pant!): **Davey Jones Lunchbox** and **Megs Martin** added to this year's glittering line up (Phew! nearly there!)\\ ===== June 7th\\ **The Stainsby Flyer** rides again! Being much missed, The Flyer was left looking for fresh volunteer drivers under DVLA licence rules in 2022 and 23. So guess what? In true Stainsby fashion, fresh volunteers have stepped forward to get us back behind the wheel! Big thanks to **Rhubarb Farm** for the bus and **Doe Lea Centre** for the driver. Runs Chesterfield and back, every session, **FREE**. Full timetable on the [[http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/travel.shtml|Travel Page]] Poop! Poop! ===== June 6th\\ It gets better still! - a few more to catch up with here, including **Agent LaLa Acoustic** , **The Dilly Boys** and last year's acclaimed Competition winner **Erika Ward** . That's all plus **Wataplava**, the ceilidh specialists, and **By Our Hands We Make Our Way**. And don't forget the Festival has a whole load of other events happening throughout the weekend: open mics, music, craft and writing workshops, singer sessions, a singers competition and a trio of poets.\\\\ What's more, we've now had confirmation of grant funding for our **Raise the Roof** project to build a traditional oak framed barn on site as a permanent base for the festival, now that our **Dream of Fields** campaign has been realised. Watch out for more details about the construction programme. We hope to celebrate in style when we literally 'raise the roof" later in the year - more on this at the Festival. ===== May 10th\\ The line up gets better and better as Folk/HipHop/Rapper - & Poet! - **Dizraeli** joins the roster for some decidely modern takes on the folk and roots genre. And if you like your folk roots in a more traditional form how about joining **FOS Brothers** for pounding versions of some ancient celtic favourites. There's an example of their up tempo style recorded in one of their many visits to Stainsby in (gulp!) 2008. Check it out [[https://youtu.be/6Y_KwBnoY5E|Here]] with //"Tipping It Up to Nancy" //(Don't forget to skip the ad!) ===== March 29th\\ First reveal of this year's line up now on the [[http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk|home page]]. Keep coming back here for more details as we confirm them ===== March 3rd\\ **EarlyBird Weekend** tickets are now on sale on the [[http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/booking.shtml|Booking Page]]. **£10 off** the regular Weekend until May 31st, and **£30 off **the Gate price so don't miss the saving!! We've done our absolute best to keep prices as low as possible despite the crazy inflation of this last twelve months. We don't want anyone to miss out! Frankly £90 for a whole weekend camping and all must be a bargain. But keeping prices this low gives some distinct financial pressure of its own! On the booking page there's an option to help us out a bit (if you're lucky and you can) by buying the full price gate ticket now – which is more like the true cost of the festival. And if you can - Thank You!\\ PS: If you're of a mind to give us some regular support and gift aid it. Check out the donations section on our [[http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/appeal.shtml|Appeal Page]]. We're currently fund raising to build a traditional oak framed barn to give us a permanent base on site, now that we own the fields. === T-shirts! The **last few** Special limited edition, and dare we say Iconic, Stainsby Festival 2011 T-shirt are still available [[shop.shtml|in the shop]] - and we've reduced them to a fiver plus P&P.!!! === Facebook The Festival has its own Facebook entry and a discussion wall - Check in and check it out [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/5110505390/about/|here]]