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  • GET WELL SOON PHIL

    Our best wishes go out to Phil Beer of Show of Hands who has just had a coronary stent fitted (no wonder he was tired after the gig here!). He's apparently recovering well, and you can get updates on www.showofhands.co.uk. Get well soon Phil....
  • BOXOFFICE NEWSFLASH ONLINE SALES ONLY

    As the Festival gets underway, please note that online CONCERT ticket sales will be withdrawn progressively, several hours in advance of each concert. Then, your only opportunity to buy tickets will be in person at the Box Office, or on the door at each e...
  • WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL

    MFAB2010 is now under way. If you're not there yet, you can still book tickets through PayPal provided you bring your acknowledgement to the Festival Box Office on the Main Site to pick up your tickets. Otherwise call in at the Box Office and pay on the s...
  • BOOK BY PHONE

    As well as the usual methods, you can now book tickets for all concerts on the 24-hour line at Quaytickets - 0843 208 0500....
  • FRINGE DETAILS ON THE WAY

    Watch out for details of Fringe performers and venues - we'll be publishing them soon....
  • TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

    Earlybird Tickets are now all gone, but you can still save money by purchasing Weekend, Saturday or Sunday tickets. Or, of course. you can just buy individual concert tickets. In case you’re holding back because you don’t know some of the per...
  • FAREWELL VICKI

    We've just heard the sad news that Vicki Williams lost her mercifully brief fight with cancer and passed away on the evening of March 25. She and Trefor had been great supporters and friends of the Festival for many years, and we had been looking forward...
  • IT'S GETTING CLOSER

    MFAB 201020TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONJUNE 18, 19 & 20 A Happy New Year to you all! And a reminder (to you and to us) that the 2010 Festival is now less than 6 months away! Thanks to all of you who sent details of artists to our wishlist mailbox - if w...
  • GET READY TO PARTY

    MFAB201020TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION JUNE 18, 19 & 20 2010 We're well into booking bands and artists now, as well as sorting out all the other great stuff you enjoy, and we now have the first of our EARLYBIRD Weekend Ticket Offers. Prices are bein...
  • YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL

    Well, we didn't make it onto the short list in the 2009 Festival Awards organised by Virtual Festivals, but thanks to all of you who voted for us. Maybe next year!...
  • LIZ LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE

       After one of the most successful Festivals in recent years – and one reckoned by many to be the best - Artistic Co-ordinator Liz Rosenfield has resigned from the committee After hinting strongly for some time, a couple of...
  • THANK YOU

    A big thankyou to all those who made the 2009 Festival such a success: the visitors, the artists, the stallholders, the Fringe Venues, the stewards and other helpers, and a thankyou from me to the whole Festival Committee for working so hard during the pa...
  • EVENT OF THE YEAR

    Stop Press 16th June: We've just heard we were highly commended at the Event of the Year Awards organised by Visit Chester and Cheshire! Apparently this is extremely rare, so well done to all the team and all our helpers....
  • STALLS APPLICATIONS - AN APOLOGY

    It has only today (2 June) been identified that there has been a problem with the Stalls Application Form in which the data entered was accepted, but not input to the database!! For anyone who has been patiently awaiting a reply we sincerely apologise for...
  • PATRON'S CORNER

    ...a news feature from MARK RADCLIFFE himself!"Greetings once again folking boat-people and welcome back to another weekend of high-end revelry and lock-side debauchery! I'm proud to be associated with this great little festival once again and th...
  • INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON SALE SOON

    Don't forget (as if you could) that tickets for individual concerts go on sale on May 1. And it's first come, first served....
  • INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW

    Tickets for individual concerts went on sale on May 1 — please visit the Box Office page from the main menu. If for any reason you're not seeing the additions to that page, it probably means that your browser cache needs clearing.  Don'...
  • Sunday Funday Fundraiser

    On SUNDAY MAY 3, in the middle of the coming Bank Holiday weekend, we’re staging a fund-raising Fun Day around the town.  The idea is to publicise the Festival, raise some money, and provide entertainment for the people of Middlewich. All the v...
  • BIG FUNDRAISING DAY

    We're having a big fundraising day on Sunday May 3 with music dance and poetry. Watch out for details....
  • RACHEL LIVE

    Rachel Harrington is preforming a live set on Bob Harris's Radio 2 Saturday show on the 18th. Don't miss it!...