Welcome to The Young Folk Moot, an exclusive part of FolkEast for 11-18 year olds. Building on the foundations of the youth workshops at festivals past, The Young Folk Moot offers an exciting new addition to the FolkEast experience.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Young Folk Moot is a collaboration of some of the country’s brightest young talents from across the folk arts who have come together to create an opportunity to expand the bounds of what ‘folk’ is for future generations. We are excited to be offering a dedicated space at FolkEast 2021 for young people to create, learn and socialise.
The experience is aimed at all 11-18 year olds: whether musicians, singers, artists, makers of things, avid listeners of music or none of the above, The Young Folk Moot project is simply about creating an exclusive space for like-minded young people where you will feel that you belong.
Through sessions, workshops, performances or just hanging out, The Young Folk Moot will provide the opportunity for you to add flavour to your experience of FolkEast and to make it a festival of your very own.
Folk music is all about tradition, and while we respect and celebrate that, the project is also about creating new traditions, about the bigger picture and about keeping step with a changing world. The Young Folk Moot aims to foster this vision by bringing together the young talent that will lead this future with those who will support and live it.
If you are aged 11-18 we’d love you to take part. Equality and diversity are enshrined in what we do: folk is not a type of music, it is whatever you want it to be. This is an opportunity for you to explore the next generation of folk music, dance and arts in a secure and safe environment.
WHO ARE WE?
The Young Folk Moot was pioneered by a few of the older folkies of FolkEast who have been working alongside young talented advocates from across the country to create a unique experience for FolkEast 2021.
