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The Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival at Krumlin ran 14–16 August 1970 at Banquet House Farm near Barkisland.
The Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival at Krumlin ran 14–16 August 1970 at Banquet House Farm near Barkisland.
Halifax Music Heritage Trail preserves a confirmed running order for Friday and Saturday and explicitly marks Sunday as cancelled due to weather.
Halifax Music Heritage Trail preserves a confirmed running order for Friday and Saturday and explicitly marks Sunday as cancelled due to weather.
Documented performers included Elton John, Atomic Rooster, The Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Groundhogs and Fotheringay.
Documented performers included Elton John, Atomic Rooster, The Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Groundhogs and Fotheringay.
Specialist archives and contemporary press describe extreme rain and wind, widespread tent destruction and at least one death from exposure.
Specialist archives and contemporary press describe extreme rain and wind, widespread tent destruction and at least one death from exposure.
Why this event matters
Krumlin is almost disaster history. The festival's meaning lies in the gap between promotional promise and meteorological reality, and in how vulnerable outdoor festival infrastructure still was in 1970. The Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival at Krumlin ran 14–16 August 1970 at Banquet House Farm near Barkisland.
Place, site and audience
Halifax Music Heritage Trail preserves a confirmed running order for Friday and Saturday and explicitly marks Sunday as cancelled due to weather. Documented performers included Elton John, Atomic Rooster, The Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Groundhogs and Fotheringay.
What the audience experienced
Specialist archives and contemporary press describe extreme rain and wind, widespread tent destruction and at least one death from exposure. Temporary sound, power, stage access and changeovers determined how the advertised programme became a live event.
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What happened afterward
Krumlin Festival 1970 is followed through later editions, institutional change and its documented endpoint.
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Sources and further reading
- Halifax Music Heritage Trail – Krumlin FestivalEditorial source spine · accessed 23 July 2026
- UK Rock Festivals – Krumlin archiveEditorial source spine · accessed 23 July 2026
Image credits5 licensed images
Fairport Convention, Cropredy 1982. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Tony 1212 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 · source record · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Elton John 1. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Eddie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 · source record · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Pretty Things go Saltburn4 (9973349944). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — deargdoom57 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0 · source record · CC BY 2.0
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De Engelse folkgroup Pentangle., Bestanddeelnr 922 1752. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0 · source record · CC0
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Fairport Convention 1971. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Heikki Innanen / Museovirasto — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 · source record · CC BY 4.0
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