THE Brewery Arts Centre is building on Kendal's historic reputation as a hub for folk music by reviving its late summer folk festival.

The Sundown Folk weekend will fill the gap left after the venue stopped hosting the CAMRA Folk Festival which was popular in the area in the 60s ad 70s when the Brewery first opened.

It will feature a different headline act on each of the three nights, as well as workshops and sessions.

Hannah Flynn, Music Programme Coordinator at the Brewery, said: "The Brewery has a good reputation as a folk venue and the programme punches above its weight in terms of the level of artists we get to the area.

"We wanted to build on the fact that people used to come here for folk music in the past so we applied for funding from the local enterprise partnership, which is part of SLDC, and we were successful in that.

"We've tried to get a good spread of artists, including younger bands as well as bands that have been together for years.

"We want to put the folk weekend back on the map and build it up for the future."

The festival will kick off with a performance from Brewery favourite Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band on the Friday night.

The other headliners are long-established folk group Dervish from Ireland on the Saturday, and up-and-coming young Scottish band Rura, who will close the weekend on the Sunday.

Dervish are flying over from Ireland especially to perform at the event. The only other folk festivals they have done this year have been at Cambridge and Shrewsbury, placing Kendal's weekend among the most esteemed folk events in the country.

The weekend will also feature David Gibb, doing a family music show during the Saturday afternoon.

Hannah added: "We wanted to use the opportunity provided by the funding to get big artists to Kendal.

"The name of the festival comes from the fact it is taking place at the end of summer."

The Sundown Folk festival will take place across the weekend of Friday September 23 to Sunday September 25.