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Sidmouth FolkWeek

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One of the longest-running folk festivals in the UK (now over 50 years!) Sidmouth FolkWeek happens from Friday 31 July - Friday 7 August 2009.If you've been before, you'll know all about having a whole week filled with a fantastic selection of music, singing, pubs, seaside, dancing, more pubs, and sitting up late on the campsite with brand new best friends. The choice is yours because - as Jim Moray said – ‘The important thing about Sidmouth, as someone who has attended most years of my life, is that it doesn’t belong to “them” in the way that other festivals do, it belongs to everyone to make their own thing out of.’
The full programme is available to download now from sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk featuring over 500 concerts, dances, workshops and events. We think this might be our most award winning line-up yet, with the likes of Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, Lau, Spiers and Boden all recipients of several BBC Folk Awards in recent years.
This year at Sidmouth there's a whole new area called The Hub. The entire Port Royal and Ham area is now a new performance centre, bringing together the extended Ham Concert venue, the Ham Lawn (where you can eat and drink), an open mic stage and a pedestrianised area with dance displays, the Festival’s own brand of street theatre and the Festival Box Office. Come and visit The Hub every day.
Visit sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk to book your tickets now.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/05/2006
Band Website: www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
Sounds Like: Artists in alphabetical order. For more up to date details keep checking the Festival website
3D • Abalino Dance Theatre • Adam Hughes • Alison & Merv Davey • Alistair Anderson • The Amycrofters • The Andrews Sister • The Askew Sisters • Babylon Lane • Bampton Traditional Morris • Banditaliana • Barbara Hawkins • Barry Lister • Ben Paley • Bill Murray • Billy Teare • Blabbermouth • Blackthorn Band • The Boat Band • Bob & Gill Berry • Bob Hay • Bob Lewis • Bob Shatwell • Catbrain Hill • Chequered Flag Appalacian • Chiltern Hundreds • Chris Coe • Chris Metherell • Chris Rose • Circo Rum Ba Ba • The Claque • Cliff Stapleton • The Climax Ceilidh Band • Cole Stacey • Colin Andrews • Coracle • Craig, Morgan, Robson • Crucible • Dalla • Damien Barber & Mike Wilson • Dan Quinn • Darren Breslin • The Dartmoor Pixie Band • Dave Denford • Dave Hunt • The Demon Barber Roadshow • Derek Schofield • The Destroyers • The Dhol Foundation • Dick Stanger • Doc Rowe • Dogan and the Deerhunters • Dyer:Cummings • Ed Rennie • Eddie Upton • Edward II • Eliza Carthy • Elysium • English Contra Dance Band • English Vertival Contra Band • Eric Bogle & John Munro • The Exmouth Shantymen • Faustus • The Fay Hield Trio • Fee Lock • Fishermen's Friends • Frances Richardson • Gaorsach Rapper & Step • Genticorum • George Frampton • George Papavgeris • The Gillie Boys • Glorystrokes • Gordon Potts • Great Western Morris • Hannah & the Madding Crowd • Harberton Navy • Heather Bradford • Hekety • Hexham Morris • Hexhamshire Lasses • Holly Sheldrake • Hotel Palindrone • Hugh Lupton • Ian Smith • Instep Clog • Jackie Leven • Jackie Oates • Jamie Roberts & Katriona Gilmore • Janet Russell • Jim Moray • Jo Freya Trio • Joe Aitken • John Howson • John Jones • John Kirkpatrick • John Scholey • Judy Dunlop • Kathleen O’Sullivan • Katie Howson • Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham • Ken Langsbury & Bernie Cherry • Kerfuffle • Kerry Fletcher • Kevin Sheils • Kirsty Cotter & Charlie Heys • The K-Zee Zydeco Band • The Lark Rise Band • Lau • Laurel Swift • Lauren McCormick Trio • Lester Simpson • The London Bulgarian Choir • Margaret Palmer • Martin Carthy • Martyn Harvey • Martyn Joseph • Mary Howells • Masquerade • Matt Norman • Matt Price • Matt Quinn & Tom Moore • Mawkin:Causley • Megan & Joe Henwood • Melonious Funk • Meridian • Mic Spenceley • Michael Wright • Mick Ryan & Paul Downes • The Mighty Quinns • Mike Courthold • Mike Waterson • Miranda Sykes • Moe Keast • Moveable Feast • Mog • New Deal String Band • Nick & Mary Barber • Nick Walden • Nigel Corbet • Norma Waterson • Nuala Honan & Alchemy Quartet • Ochre Lane • OK Brandy • The Old Swan Band • Orlaith & Brogan McAuliffe • Ouse Washes Molly • The Outlandish Knights • Oysterband • The Oyster Ceilidh Band • Oyster Morris • Pam Ayres • Pam Hayes • Paper Heroes • Paprika Balkanicus • Paul Sartin • Peatbog Faeries • Pendragon • Pete Webb & Ken Hall • Pete Coe • Pete Lawrence • Pete McClelland • Pete Rees • Peter Cox • Peter Maw • Peter Wilton • Phil Bassindale • Phoenix • Pip Barnes • Poisson Rouge • Poppets Puppets • Prego • The Pyrates • Random • Rhodri Davies • Riccardo Tesi • Rocas • Roger Watson • Roots Union • Rose & Castle • Rosie Davis • Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson • Sam Lee • Sam Sweeney & Hannah James • Sandra Kerr • Sara Grey & Kieron Means • Sarah Bazeley • Saul Rose & Maclaine Colston • Shiela Miller • Shirley Collins • Sidmouth Steppers • Sidmouth Town Band • Sidmouth Traditional Mummers • Simon Care • Simon Costin • Simon Ritchie • Sisters Unlimited • Smutt Rapper • Spiers & Boden • Spinach For Norman • Spinndrift • The Spooky Men's Chorale • Steve Hunt • Steve Knightley • Stick Shift • Stream of Sound • Stringfury • Stroud Morris • Subject to Change • Sue Coe • Taffy Thomas • Tanec Bulgarian Dance Group • Tan Ha Dowr • Three Way Split • Tim Chipping • Tom Addison • Tom McConville & David Newey • Tom Paley • Toothless Mary • Trevor Monson • Valérie Romanin • Vertical Expression • Vic & Tina Smith • Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer • The Watch • Waterson Carthy • The Weatherby Quire • Wendy Graham • West Country Concertina Players • West Gallery Music Association • Whapweasel • Wheeler Street • Will Lang • Will Noble • Will Pound • The Witchmen • The Wreckless Engineers • Wynndebagge • The Yardarm
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

We've gone all modern

............ Sidmouth Folk Week has gone all modern. If you use Twitter, please follow @SidmouthFolk for news and updates plus pics and videos from the festival as it happens. We'll be filmin...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:43:00 GMT

Download the full Sidmouth programme now

The full Sidmouth Folk Week programme is now available to download now from sidmouthfolkweek.co.ukIt's enormous, with over 500 performances, dances, workshops and events. Get your tickets now!
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:39:00 GMT

Jo Whiley loves Sidmouth Folk Week!

Radio 1's Jo Whiley came out as a folkie, and a Sidmouth veteran, on her programme this morning. She said her family would sit in beer gardens listening to people with beautiful voices singing thei...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:37:00 GMT