Club Archives
Club Logo
The original Jacob sheeps head logo was designed by founder member Andy Ramage. Originally in monochrome it first appeared on the 9th Folk Feast programme in 1987. Sometime later it was updated with a colour version and the words ‘Internationally Famous’ added. A further change was made when the club relocated to Kinross, due to the closure of the Glenfarg Hotel in 2015. The word ‘Village’ was dropped and the name of the club was changed to Glenfarg Folk Club. The current logo incorporates the new location ‘Gateside’ underneath. Whilst the word ‘Village’ remains within the logo it is no longer used as part of the clubs name.
Sandy Watt
Here is a fascinating clip of the one and only Sandy Watt being intervied by Brian Golbey. The year was 1979 and it took place in the Glenfarg Hotel.
First Club Meeting
The very first meeting of the club took place in April 1978 and luckily for us it was recorded on a cassette tape. Guest artistes included Andy Ramage, John Watt, Tich Frier, Lesle Hale, Cilla Fisher and Archie Tresize, Charlie Soame, Pete Shepheard and The Marsden Rattlers.
Glad4Trad
A track from one of Doris’s CDs has recently been played on a local radio station in the USA. The song is The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, from the CD 'My Joy Of You'. The programme is Glad4Trad presented by Judy Cook. Coincidentally the third track in is Di Henderson, also well known to Glenfarg, with the Great Leviathan.
Folk Feasts Programmes and guest details from the 1st to the present.
- 1st Folk Feast 1979 - The first birthday celebration for the club at the Glenfarg Hotel.
- 2nd Folk Feast 1980 - Both The Glenfarg Hotel and The Lomond Hotel were used.
- 3rd Folk Feast 1981 - Saffron Summerfield and Archie Fisher were among the guests.
- 5th Folk Feast 1983 - The Baiglie Inn, Aberargie was included for informal sessions.
- 8th Folk Feast 1986 - For the first time the Village Hall was used for the main concerts.
- 9th Folk Feast 1987 - The Dreich Quaich and the World Puff-s-Box Championsips took place.
- 10th Folk Feast 1988 - The 'Horniegolloch Goblet' competition was featured.
- 11th Folk Feast 1989 - The Shanty Chanty competition featured.
- 12th Folk Feast 1990 - The Stir-Up Cup was the competition theme.
- 13th Folk Feast 1991 - The 'Peedie Peerie' competition took place.
- 14th Folk Feast 1992 - Crooked Jack's Skullcrusher Show entertined the youngsters.
- 15th Folk Feast 1993 - The programme grows to 24 pages in A5 size.
- 16th Folk Feast 1994 - At The Lomond Hotel.
- 17th Folk Feast 1995 - At The Balgeddie Toll and Portmoak and Glenfarg Village Halls.
- 18th Folk Feast 1996 - Back to The Glenfarg Hotel.
- 19th Folk Feast 1997 - The 'Red, Red Rosebowl' competition took place.
- 20th Folk Feast 1998 - The Puff-a-Box Championship is in its 13th year.
- 21st Folk Feast 1999 - Another programme cover by the artiste Jim Douglas
- 22nd Folk Feast 2000 - The weekend ticket price was £20,00
- 23rd Folk Feast 2001 - The sponsors were Bell & Company and Tay Landrover.
- 24th Folk Feast 2002 - The 'Dreich Quaich' competition featured.
- 25th Folk Feast 2003 - It was the 25th Feast and the 'Silver Jublilee' celebration.
- 26th Folk Feast 2004 - The opning Ceilidh featured Ewen Sutherland & Friends.
- 27th Folk Feast 2005 - Risky business, Dennis Alexander & Deaf Sheperd were guests.
- 28th Folk Feast 2006 - Jim Payne & Fergus O'Byrne performed including a Step Dancing class.
- 29th Folk Feast 2007 - Dougie MacLean headlined the Final Fling
- 30th Folk Feast 2008 - Strathmiglo Village Hall was used.
- 31st Folk Feast 2009 - "A Song From The Heart" was the competition theme.
- 32nd Folk Feast 2010 - The Sands Family and Michael Marra were guests.
- 33rd Folk Feast 2011 - The Weekend ticket price was £35.00
- 34th Folk Feast 2012 - The Poozies and Mike Silver headline the two concerts.
- 35th Folk Feast 2013 - The programme changes to the smaller 'DL' size
- 36th Folk Feast 2014 - Red barn Studios continue to be our main sponsors.
- 37th Folk Feast 2015 - Vin Garbutt headlined the Sunday concert.
- 38th Folk Feast 2016 - The club moves to Backstage at The Green, Kinross.
- 39th Folk Feast 2017 - Another cover design by Stan Ginter.
- 40th Folk Feast 2018 - We celebrate our 40th Folk Feast!.
- 41st Folk Feast 2019 - Les Barker and Anthony Toner were two of our guests.
- 42nd Folk Feast 2020 - For the first time in 42 years the Folk feast was cancelled! A pandemic Corona Virus put life on hold with countless events across the globe affected. The brochure shows the guest artistes who were due to perform.
Weekly Club Nights and Guest Details 1986 to the present…
- 1986
- 1986 - Jan to Feb These are the only records for this year
- 1987
- Sep to Oct The club met in the Lomond Hotel at 8.30 p.m.
- Nov to Dec The club met in the Lomond Hotel at 8.30 p.m.
- View combined lists For convenience view all the records for the year here
- 1988
- Jan to Feb Guest lists ran for two months
- Mar to May The AGM was due in May
- May to Jun Tich Frier and Ian Walker were among the guests
- Jun to Aug The annual picnic at Lochore Meadows was announced, as was the Golf Competition at Bishopshire.
- View combined lists For convenience view all the records for the year here
- View combined lists For convenience view all the records for the year here
- View combined lists For convenience view all the records for the year here