Chester Folk Festival: 50 years of memories.

In 2025 Chester Folk Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary! How many have you been to? What memories have you collected over the years? We’d love you to share those memories with us, including the funny tales, the dramatic, the musical, the culinary disasters… We’re hoping to get tales from each and every one of the 50 years. Please help us by answering the questions below and sending your answers - and photographs! - to anniversary@chesterfolk.org.uk.

Please answer the following questions:

1. Your name

2. In which Festival year did this story happen?

3. What role did you have at the Festival? (e.g. attendee, performer, staff member, organiser, trader, etc.)

4. Please tell your story.

5. Are you happy to add your name to this story or would you prefer anonymity?