With its strongest line-up yet, rave reviews and artists queuing up to play, Sark Folk Festival goes from strength to strength. Shaun Shackleton talks to director Simon Harvey

FOLK music fans have been advised to book early if they want to attend Sark’s festival next year, as accommodation at hotels and a campsite is getting scarce.

SARK’S Island Games team returned to the island last weekend after an extremely successful foray into international sport.

FOLK Festival officials will discuss whether Sark could cope with more visitors after the sell-out event attracted 1,500 to the island.

THE view of the thousands of people who attended the first Guernsey Festival for the Performing Arts seemed pretty universal: use it or lose it.

TWO major festivals in the Bailiwick at the weekend entertained nearly 9,000 people.

BIG crowds, big hats and even bigger beards – music lovers turned out in droves for this year’s Sark Folk Festival.

SARK will benefit from a boost in business thanks to the Sark Folk Festival.

THE committee organising the Sark Folk Festival has become a company limited by guarantee.

SATURDAY night at the Fermain Tavern saw London Folk-pop quintet 6 Day Riot grace the stage with their second appearance in the Channel Islands since headlining the Friday night at this year’s Sark Folk Festival.