Tor Festival 2016

Name: Tor Festival 2016
Start: 2016-09-30T10:00:00
End: 2016-10-01T23:59:00
Location: Todmorden Unitarian Church

Chris Horkan Last Updated 27 September 2016

Tor Festival 2016 at Todmorden Unitarian Church, 30 September — 1 October 2016 Tickets from £3.00 — Book now

Tor Festival will be held in the Pennine market town of Todmorden, right on the border of West Yorkshire and Lancashire. The town has a good selection of pubs, bars, cafe’s and restaurants as well as indoor/outdoor markets and even a small brewery.

The festival of psychedelic, experimental, folk, drone and noise music will this year feature over a dozen acts. The main event, on Saturday 1 October, will be hosted by the Todmorden Unitarian Church – with a warm up show taking place at the Golden Lion the previous evening.

Tor Festival 2016 at Todmorden Unitarian Church, 30 September — 1 October 2016 Tickets from £3.00 Book now

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