Question - what is "FRIENDS of FOLK" ?

Answer - it is an organisation launched to help bring more live folk, acoustic, traditional and other quality live music to Central Lancashire. The idea has it's roots in a Maddy and the Girls concert in April 2005. It was promoted by two friends - Ken Linford and Jim Minall - under the banner of ‘Preston Grey Power Promotions’.

The evening was such a tremendous success that Ken and Jim decided to continue to organise more concerts in Central Lancashire. Therefore ‘Grey Power’ gave way to a rather more descriptive title of ‘Friends of Folk’.

The biggest motivation for launching this initiative was the tremendous feedback we received following the first concert and all the gigs organised since.

These have included a variety of artists and venues with dramatically different capacities. We have enjoyed organising them all - whether it be 100 at the Worden Arts Centre or 900 at Preston Guild Hall. We have had the same objectives for all, that people should enjoy their evening listening to, and sometimes joining in with, great musicians.

We are now entering our fourth year and trust that you will find the 2008 programme of gigs as exciting as we do. We hope that you will support the concerts/gigs we organise in the future and we will be very pleased to receive comments and advice.

See you at the next evening of great music.......

Ken Linford and Jim Minall
Joint Promoters - Friends of Folk