Fairtrade festival for Burgess Hill

Big names are all part of a busy programme for the Burgess Hill Fairtrade Festival which runs from Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 11.

Festival spokesman Robert Eggleston said: “The Festival opens with Iona supported by Julie Hall on Friday, March 2 and then runs for ten days with a stunning array of events. It includes folk legends Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick on Friday, March 9. This heroic duo will be joined by 2011 BBC 2 Horizon Award winner Ewan McLennan.

“Between these two events we will be holding Burgess Hill’s first ever Day Of Dance on Saturday, March 3 with Morris sides, street dance and Latin American with a Strictly Fairtrade feel to it as it includes five leading international Latin American dancers. Local schoolchildren will also be taking part in this dance extravaganza. In the evening Kate’s Kitchen Band will be serving up their incredible ceilidh, wonderfully led by caller Whispering Dave.