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Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.
The furnace site also has craft workshops and a small nature reserve. Both the Youth Hostels Association's National Forest youth hostel and the Camping and Caravanning Club's National Forest campsite are in Moira and opened in 2008. [citation needed] There is a Co-Operative supermarket on Shortheath Road, which was given a new frontage in 2016.
This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the rural crafts .
The Newport Show returns on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days at the St. George's School Ice Rink, 375 Purgatory Road, Middletown.
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The Maryland Folk Festival — a vibrant, large-scale, multi-day outdoor event featuring countless colorful and cultural musicians and performers — is set to take place Friday beginning at 6 p.m ...
The Newport Folk Festival was cofounded in 1959 by jazz promoter George Wein and music manager Albert Grossman. (The latter is best known for representing Dylan between 1962 and 1970.)
Folk festivals held in the countryside attract a large number of tourists to come and watch. These festivals originated from farmers celebrating the harvest of crops and fruits. Most of the crops and fruits are harvested in the autumn and they are celebrated throughout the country in a fun folk festival.