The festival started in 1995 and has grown from a single evening to a three-day festival. It is now the biggest festival in Antwerp (6,000 visitors in 2009[1]).
"Na Fir Bolg", which means "The round men" or "The bag men" in Gaelic, were a Gaelic tribe. This was mentioned by one of the crew of Na Fir Bolg in a pub in '95. Because all persons who thought of organising the festival were a bit fat, they called them self "the round men". "Na Fir Bolg" quickly became the name for the folk festival.
Non-profit festivaledit
Na Fir Bolg is a non-profit festival, every year a charity is chosen to support. In 2009 and 2010 they supported Catapa, an emerging volunteer movement in Belgium who are active in the fields of globalization (and how to change it) and sustainable development in Latin America.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Zesduizend folkliefhebbers trekken naar Na Fir Bolg".
bolg, bolg, folk, music, festival, held, annually, vorselaar, belgium, festival, always, takes, place, first, weekend, july, bolggenrerock, folkdatesfriday, sunday, around, beginning, julylocation, vorselaar, belgiumyears, active1995, presentfounded, byluc, ja. Na Fir Bolg is a folk music festival held annually in Vorselaar Belgium The festival always takes place on the first weekend of July Na Fir BolgGenreRock folkDatesFriday Sunday around the beginning of JulyLocation s Vorselaar BelgiumYears active1995 presentFounded byLuc JanssensWebsitehttp www folkfestival be Thumb The festival started in 1995 and has grown from a single evening to a three day festival It is now the biggest festival in Antwerp 6 000 visitors in 2009 1 A few known groups who have played at Na Fir Bolg are The Albion Band John Kirkpatrick Robb Johnson Yevgueni Bram Vermeulen Mira De Mens The Popes and Anam Contents 1 The round men 2 Non profit festival 3 References 4 External linksThe round men edit Na Fir Bolg which means The round men or The bag men in Gaelic were a Gaelic tribe This was mentioned by one of the crew of Na Fir Bolg in a pub in 95 Because all persons who thought of organising the festival were a bit fat they called them self the round men Na Fir Bolg quickly became the name for the folk festival Non profit festival editNa Fir Bolg is a non profit festival every year a charity is chosen to support In 2009 and 2010 they supported Catapa an emerging volunteer movement in Belgium who are active in the fields of globalization and how to change it and sustainable development in Latin America 2 References edit Zesduizend folkliefhebbers trekken naar Na Fir Bolg CATAPA VZW External links editfestival website Dutch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Na fir bolg amp oldid 1216942449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
