Culture: Joyful Anticipation of an Intimate Festival of Folk ; Music There Are Festivals and There Are Boutique Festivals. Moseley Folk Festival Is the Epitome of the Latter.

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I remember Glastonbury. The one and only year I went it was hot. It was humid. And it was huge.

I suffered from Glastonbury leg as I traipsed from the car park to the stage, Glastonbury angst as I got lost en route and Glastonbury embarrassment as I got sunstroke and there was nowhere I could go to chuck without anyone seeing.

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Culture: Joyful Anticipation of an Intimate Festival of Folk ; Music There Are Festivals and There Are Boutique Festivals. Moseley Folk Festival Is the Epitome of the Latter.

The problem was one of scale. I liked the music. I liked the ale. I liked the camping stoves. I liked all the little stalls. I just didn't like sharing them with more than 100,000 people, that's all.

For people who prefer intimacy to mass euphoria, this weekend's Moseley Folk Fes...

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