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Sidmouth FolkWeek is a unique week-long seaside celebration of music, dance and song taking place in the charming East Devon regency coastal resort – a must in every festival goer’s annual diary.

Besides the music you can expect ceilidhs, social dance, Morris, dance displays, workshops, Children’s Festival, Shooting Roots youth programme and more.

See www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/ for more information.

Sidmouth Folk Week Pre-Festival Concert

Thursday 30th July

Welcome To Sidmouth 2015

Thursday 30th July

Ham Evening Concert

Bulverton Marquee

Friday 31st July
  • The Demon Barbers
Saturday 1st August
Thursday 6th August

Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidhs

Friday 31st July
Saturday 1st August
Monday 3rd August
Tuesday 4th August
  • The Discussion Topic
Wednesday 5th August
Thursday 6th August
  • Simon Care Trio
Friday 7th August

Ham Afternoon Concert

Sunday 2nd August
Monday 3rd August
Tuesday 4th August
Wednesday 5th August

Bulverton Marquee: Will Lang's Silent School Disco

Sunday 2nd August

Special Manor Pavilion: Tunes From The Trenches

Sunday 2nd August

Bulverton Marquee: Roots Dance Party

Special Manor Pavilion: Lost In Blue

Monday 3rd August

Bulverton Marquee: fRoots Presents

Special Manor Pavilion

Tuesday 4th August

Special Manor Pavilion: Spotlight Scotland

Special Manor Pavilion: 321 Years Of Northumbrian Music

Thursday 6th August

Bulverton Marquee: Euro Dance Party

Friday 7th August

Special Manor Pavilion: Nautical Farewell

Friday 7th August

Kate Rusby

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Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate Rusby’s vocals never fail to connect the heart of a song to that of her audience.  Named as one of…

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Great Western Morris

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The Poozies

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Harps and harmonies from this all female Scottish folk band featuring Mary McMaster, Patsy Seddon, Eilidh Shaw, Sally Barker, and Mairearad Green…

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Altan

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Energy, passion, and technical brilliance from this Irish supergroup who transform old songs into resonant tunes for the new generation of Irish music…

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Show Of Hands

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Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are widely acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England. Knightley, who writes most of their inspired…

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Vin Garbutt

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One of the most sought-after and best-loved performers on the music scene, Vin Garbutt's songwriting was witty and powerful with a clear social…

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Blowzabella

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Blowzabella produce an inimitable, driving drone-based sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. Originally…

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The Spooky Men's Chorale

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Genial buffoonery and immaculate, testosterone drenched vocals define the Spooky Men's Chorale, a ruthless bunch of larrikins based in the Blue…

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Julie Fowlis

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Since being presented with BBC Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year award in 2008, the Daily Telegraph's prediction that "Fowlis could be the first…

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Peatbog Faeries

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Based on the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries have been nominated for Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012 and described as 'the future…

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Edward II

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Featuring a seven-piece line up of melodeon and sax, fiddle and trombone nestling snugly cheek-by-jowl, their repertoire strolls expansively from…

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Ceilidhography

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Hekety

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Sheffield's finest! Mixing traditional and self-penned tunes, they have been playing cutting edge English dance music since their formation in 1997…

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Whapweasel

Renowned folk dance band Whapweasel have been delighting and exhausting the folk dance enthusiasts for the last 20 years. This solid eight piece folk…

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Polkaworks

In 2008 piano player Gareth Kiddier was asked to put together a pit band for the Saturday night concert at a musicians’ weekend. He went for the…

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Random

Six-piece melodic folk-rock with traditional roots music. Scintillating but subtle ceilidh music that will make you want to dance.

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The Wilson Family

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Difficult to find better harmony singing. Always an evening of passionate fiery music with plenty of good banter thrown in.

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Emily Smith

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Dumfriesshire born singer Emily Smith first made her mark on the Scottish music scene when she won the 2002 BBC Radio Scotland's Young Scottish…

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Nancy Kerr

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Already a respected interpreter of traditional material, Nancy has emerged as a writer of rare style with a cornucopia of contemporary narratives…

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Andy Irvine

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Hailed as 'a tradition in himself', musician, singer and songwriter Andy Irvine has consistently been a major influence throughout his long career…

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Chris Smither

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“New Orleans-bred folk-bluesman Smither has few peers. As a musician he’s expanded the six-strings-and-foot-stomps delivery of John Lee Hooker into an…

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Martin Carthy

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Former member of Steeleye Span, The Albion Band and folk super group Band Of Hope, Martin Carthy was awarded the MBE in 1998 for services to folk…

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Jackie Oates

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It’s possible to remain a newcomer in folk music for far longer than in any other genre, but after 17 years and seven solo albums Jackie Oates must…

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Will Lang

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John Kirkpatrick

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An outstanding folk singer/songwriter who has some magnificent songs to his name and who is also probably this country's finest squeezebox player…

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Tantz

Defying genres and breaking musical boundaries, Tantz fuse the Eastern European Jewish folk sounds of Klezmer with ska grooves, hip hop grooves, and…

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Debs Newbold

Storyteller, word wrangler, crowd tamer Debs’ powerful storytelling brings together the poetic and the irreverent, the ancient and the defiantly…

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Spiro

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Take four musicians from backgrounds as diverse as classical and punk, and embark on a musical adventure. Tunes collide with rhythms and counter…

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Tashi Lhunpo Monks

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'Sacred Sounds from Tibet'. The dance and music of Tibetan monks from a monastery established in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa…

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The Mischa MacPherson Trio

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From the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Mischa, Conal and Innes grew up surrounded by music and the Gaelic tradition that is rooted in the natural…

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Alistair Anderson

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Internationally acknowledged as the master of the English concertina and Northumbrian pipes, Alistair has been as the forefront of traditional music…

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Topette

An Anglo-French sensation playing self-penned and traditional music from anywhere, creating exciting acoustic dance music, which is equally good to…

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Exmouth Shanty Men

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One of the most exciting, colourful and entertaining acts to appear on the traditional folk scene in years.

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Ninebarrow

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Ninebarrow are a Dorset-based duo, who combine tenor ukulele and vocal harmonies to create a rich blend of folk-influenced songs. Jon Whitley and Jay…

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Sidmouth Steppers

Folk dancers, who are eternally associated with the Sidmouth Folk Festival.

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Sally Barker

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Veteran folk-blues singer/songwriter Sally Barker became Tom Jones' finalist on The Voice UK 2014 after reducing her mentor, and many at home, to…

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Sidmouth Folk Week

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