Quirky, Quintessentially Cool, Queer and certainly Family Friendly, Limetree Music & Arts Festival is now in its fourth year, delivering a return to ‘how festivals used to be’.
This gorgeous little independent festival takes place at Lime Tree Farm at a nature reserve and conservation area in Nidderdale (about 40 miles from Skipton town centre)
Embracing music and culture, each area (there are 8!) has its own agenda, keeping the festival diverse with everything from choristers to dubstep and everything in between.
The Main Green Man stage hosts some of the bigger names such as Me and My Friends, Built on Tradition, Soul Funkful, Leonard Jones Potential, Al Morrison’s Blues Experience and Carleen Anderson but what unites all the stages is the depth and breadth of quality performances from established artists to fresh young talent.
Alongside the Green Man stage, there’s the Jason Rae stage, the Bet Lynch tent, the Sorted Dance tent, the JB World Music stage and three dance music therapy areas. The acts are too numerous to list and all too brilliant to single any few out!
Beyond the fantastic music, Limetree also provides a safe but rich and diverse playground for children, Amongst the array of adventures to be had there’s circus skills, pond dipping, dj and music workshops, nature walks and, new this year, an observatory to explore the night sky with projected images and music.
There’s so much to do for children of all ages – the very young will no doubt enjoy music and movement activities, singing, games and musical instruments as well as the puppet and mask making from hand-made templates. It’s open to all ages to join in and get spectacularly messy!
The beauty and diversity of the festival is also captured in the Health and Healing Field. And that all important aspect of food is covered with a feast of locally sourced food and drink at affordable prices.
For the full to bursting festival line-up,tickets, travel needs and details on all aspects go to www.limetreefestival.co.uk
