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Welcome ... from the Festival Director Now in its afternoons plus blockbuster evenings. Don’t Sidmouth welcomes you to the 65th – another 65th year, miss The Big Nights Out, Kennaway great Festival. Enjoy every moment and bring our vibrant House’s ‘Cellar Full of Folkadelia and Bedford your memories back with you in 2020. Festival starts Hotel-based EFDSS Presents concerts. Plus all a new era, our other town venues. Huge choice and superb John Braithwaite with refreshed quality. Experience that unique Folk Festival Festival Director branding and a atmosphere across the town, with music and clearer name, The ; ‘still dance everywhere. Environmental 2019 uniquely glorious and gloriously unique’. One Young people get a special place at our Festival. This year will see the introduction of reusable of the highest profile folk events in the world, The setting for the Children’s Festival in the souvenir drinks cups at our bars, no single use the Festival offers huge diversity to suit all town centre Blackmore Gardens is idyllic. The plastics at our catering stands and zero waste tastes, ages and interests. Its scope is unique, Youth programme offers the next stage with to landfill through our new waste management stretching from the genre’s highest profile energetic and challenging activities –never a system. Why not bring your own reusable artists to a 10 person masterclass, going via dull moment with Shooting Roots! drinks bottle and use our Water Refill Points. 270 workshops, concerts of all sizes and styles, These are located at The Ham, the Market storytelling and every variety of folk dance, with Food is important too, so we have brought in a Square (on the side of the Market building to- a new in-town main venue. To avoid missing celebrated local restaurant and event caterer, wards the town), in the ‘arches’ on the seafront out, plan carefully to make the most of what’s the Rusty Pig, as the main caterer at the Ham (at the western end of the Esplanade), below on offer. Don’t miss the many notable celebra- and extra food offerings at The Bulverton. Drinks the Cricket Ground, at the Campsite and at The tions this year – details on the following pages. also feature, with our bars serving Gloucester’s Bulverton (in the Garden area). Our next era will be as exciting and demanding Wickwar Brewing Company ales, Crediton’s These are just some of the initiatives we are as the last. We aim to meet the challenge of Sandford Orchards prize winning ciders, plus implementing as we continue to reduce our our customers’ expectations and developments wines, spirits and cocktails. reliance on single use plastics and to make in the Festival arena. Be assured though that The Festival is very big and complex. To make the festival a more environmentally sustainable we won’t lose sight of our unique, special it happen, our many supporters, the 3 Councils event. Sidmouth attributes: the things that persuade and partner organisations including fRoots, you to spend up to 8 days in this lovely, EFDSS, Creative Scotland, Hobgoblin and Accessibility 2019 flower-laden town on ’s extraordinary Halsway Manor play a vital role – Thank you. For 2019 we have simplified the process for red coastline, where everyone can create their We are also particularly grateful to our local obtaining a Personal Assistant ticket and as an own festival. sponsors – thanks for your essential support. ongoing process we are improving the acces- I’m really looking forward to The Ham Finally, we rely on our 500 volunteers and the sibility information that we provide. If you have concert venue programme, our strongest in Core team – thank you too for your time and any questions relating to accessibility please years – great shows at lunchtimes and in the skills. email [email protected].

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With over 750 programmed events we Diane Silver direct from North Carolina. The Eye on the Future programming aim to celebrate this national treasure’s Special shows created for Sidmouth showcases some brilliant young talent 65th birthday in style! Make the festival include: a revisited Living By The Sea with the National Youth Folk your own – throwing yourself headlong show at the Ham – a feast of words and Ensemble, Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail, into the huge programme of concerts, music celebrating Sidmouth’s seaside Stream of Sound and our own dances and workshops with a best value communities; Adrian Williams’ Hey in Shooting Roots. Season Ticket. Dip in and out of selected the Hay, bringing to life the rural lives events at leisure and make the most of of the ‘Dixton Haymakers’ painting with And keeping it firmlyIn the Tradition at all that the beautiful seaside location music and dance, and a Tribute to the The Woodlands Hotel, guests include the has to offer. much-missed Roy Bailey. Then there’s wonderful Tony Hall, Eileen O’Brien Dartmoor at The Seaside celebrating & Conor Keane, Sheena Wellington, The following daily programme the moor’s thriving traditional music and Harbour Lights Trio and more. pages are a guide to creating your own dance scene, past and present; The Road custom-built festival experience. Read to Peterloo’s broadside ballad show and Wall-to-wall fun and activities for your on here for a tip-of-the-iceberg taster of The Young Uns’ touching musical ad- family take place at the Children’s what’s special for 2019. venture, The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff... Festival. Enjoy the festive atmosphere and much more. of Blackmore Gardens during the day, It’s a BIG birthday for the festival this and head out to the superb Family week – 65 years on from that very first Big Nights Out at The Bulverton feature Evening Shows before sleep-time! folk dance event in 1955. But there the incendiary Celtic party sounds of are a lot of other notable celebrations Peatbog Faeries, local hero Seth Or, ‘now for something completely differ- to make a noise about too. Born in Lakeman, Anglo-French dance music ent’? A superb programme of Sidmouth, the wonderful Shooting innovators Topette!! and folk rock left-field sounds at the Cellar Full of Roots Youth events turn 25 this week. favourites Merry Hell. Make a full night Folkadelia, Ukulele Workshops, Storytell- Festival favourite Sandra Kerr’s Festival of it and stay on for Late Night Extra ing, New Poetry Open Mic, Choir workshop also celebrates 25 Ceilidhs and early hours sessions! Sidmouth Horse Trials and Spooky years. The one and only Token Women Men’s Chorale’s world record attempt at celebrate 30 years since they got Feel like a dance? You can trip the light the MANCARENA! Don’t ask! Just join in! together at Sidmouth, with a special fantastic in fun-filled ceilidhs each day one-off reunion with former members. with the likes of Whapweasel, Banter Have a great birthday week! Blackbeard’s Tea Party take over and Kirkophany and a New Callers’ The Bulverton for a night for their 10th Showcase. Want to try a different dance anniversary. And Festival Patron Steve style? We have Lindy Hop, Salsa and Knightley celebrates 50 years since he Indian joining old festival favourites, first came to the festival with a mega European, Balkan, Scandinavian and Irish concert at The Ham with special guests. Set! And don’t miss Morris Wednesday, Dance Spectaculars, Processions and the Big Concert Names at the Ham this year legendary Competition. include the debut Sidmouth appearance Sidmouth Horse Trials of the legendary Richard Thompson, just a few months before he celebrates his 70th year at the Albert Hall. We are delighted to welcome back the extraor- dinary English/Irish musical explorers Flook, Quebecois firebrandsLe Vent du Nord, dulcet Gaelic song ambas- sador Julie Fowlis and the deliciously unexplainable Spooky Men’s Chorale!

Folk Dance remains at the centre of the festival with three in town evening venues including the splendid Music Room at Sidholme Hotel as well as three hour Square and Contra workshops with

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Thursday 1st August 001 7:30-9:30 pm Market Square Welcome To Sidmouth 2019. The traditional informal start to FolkWeek with Great Western Morris, Sidmouth Steppers, Sidmouth Traditional Mummers and Mrs. Midnight’s. MC. Mike Boston. Collection 002 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Pre-festival Special Lindisfarne. Plus . MC. Derek Schofield. Not included in All-In-One, Week and Weekend tickets. Supported by Sidmouth Rugby Club £24/£20 (£12/£10) Friday 2nd August 101 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Mrs. Midnight’s. Caller Mike Boston. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 102 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Boxwood Chessmen. Collection 103 3:00-5:15 pm The Ham Pre-Festival Special with Ralph McTell. Plus Kitty Macfarlane. MC. Derek Schofield. Not included in All-In-One, Week and Weekend tickets. Supported by White Horse Café £24/£20 (£12/£10) 104 4:30-6:00 pm St Teresa’s Absolute Beginners’ Dance Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt and Chris Church Hall Walshaw. If you think you can’t dance then this is for you! We’ll cover the basic dance rhythms and steps you’ll need to join in the dances at the rest of the festival. You don’t need to bring a partner, just some enthusiasm! Beginners. W £12 105 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Jam and Crumpet Band. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 106 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with The Dillyboys, The McSmiths, Scott Phillips. Collection 107 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s Welcome Dance – An American Evening. A fun start to the week with Diane Silver calling Church Hall American contras and squares. Music by English Contra Dance Band. £12 (£6) 108 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore Welcome Ceilidh with Threepenny Bit. Caller Barry Goodman. £12 (£6) Gardens Marquee 109 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club. Mic Spenceley kicks off a week of mixed social dance at the Church Hall Festival Dance Club. Come along and enjoy a fun evening, music by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 110 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Welcome Concert with and The Askew Sisters. MC. Jo Freya. No additional charge for Week and Weekend ticket holders. Supported by the Royal York & Faulkner £20/£16 (£10/£8) 111 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Jeff Warner, Ragged Trousers, Alice Jones. MC. Bob Walton. Kennaway House £12 (£6) 112 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by Alan Austen & Linda Smith. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 113 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Welcome To The Bulverton with Banter (9.10pm). Preceded at 8.15pm by dance spots by Alton Morris, Crooked Moon, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. MC. Michael Catovsky. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. Doors 7pm. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £18 (£9) 114 8:30-11:00 pm Bedford Hotel Welcome Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with Damien Barber and Bill Pynes Bar Murray. All welcome. Supported by Bedford Hotel Collection 115 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Tautas Roks. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. £12 Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers Saturday 3rd August through the Festival Week! 201 9:30-10:45 am St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Join Black Swan Rapper to learn rapper dancing in their unique Church Hall style. Suitable for all levels including advanced. W £12 202 9:30-10:45 am The Bulverton Appalachian Dance Workshop with Crooked Moon. This first workshop is aimed at begin- ners, introducing you to some of the core Appalachian steps through a short routine. Taps or hard soled shoes recommended. W £12 203 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 204 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop. Mainly contras, some squares. Diane Silver will have you Gardens Marquee dancing with grace and finesse to theEnglish Contra Dance Band. The first hour will be a Back to Basics reminder of the structure and flow of contra dance. W £14 205 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist English Dance Workshop. Victoria Yeomans leads the English Dance workshop with “Modern Church Hall British Choreographers” – a selection of English country dances written by choreographers from the British Isles, all written in the last 100 years or so. Music from Mollie and Dave. W £14 206 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Moulton Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection Bedford Steps page 7

Saturday 3rd August 207 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris. 208 11:00-12:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Tutors Meet Up. All Shooting Roots tutors to attend to discuss plans for the

(The Bulverton) week and for a festival briefing. 209 11:00-12:30 pm St Teresa’s Cotswold Morris Workshop with Five Rivers Morris. Learn a dance from the Oddington Church Hall tradition in Five Rivers’ vigorous, energetic and traditional style. Beginners to intermediate. Bring long sticks if possible. W £12 210 11:00-12:30 pm The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Earlsdon Morris Men will be teaching North West Morris dances, and may include traditional or their own. All welcome. W £12 211 11:15-12:30 pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Ragged Trousers. Introduced by Bill Crawford. £10 (£5) 212 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar The Askew Sisters: Enclosure. Emily and Hazel Askew present songs from their new album Kennaway House Enclosure. Introduced by Kevin Sheils. £10 (£5) 213 11:30-1:00 pm The Ham Opening Welcome Concert featuring Eileen O’Brien and Conor Keane, Halsway Young Folk, Star and Shadow Rapper, Sid Vale Folk and Sidmouth Town Band. MC. Barry Goodman. Free to everyone. Supported by Churches Together In Sidmouth. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Rev. David Slater. Collection 214 11:30-1:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop “How to learn a story to tell” with Janet Dowling. Progressive, participatory. For Beginners and Improvers who want to refresh the basics. Bring pen and paper and something to lean on. Limit 32. W £12 215 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Workshop. John Dipper will explore how to develop and get the most out of the tune. Devoran Hotel, Looking at how to make your bow behave and create the sound you want and push the bounda- Kingswood Room ries of a tune. Improvers / Advanced. Bring fiddle and recording device. W £12 216 12:00-2:00 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 217 12:00-12:30 pm The Anchor Garden Lunchtime Ceilidh with Out of Hand. Caller Gordon Potts. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 218 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore Private Reception for all booked dance groups. Gardens Marquee 219 1:30-2:45 pm Woodlands Mini Concert with Mary Humphreys & Anahata and Annie Winter & Paul Downes. Hotel Introduced by Barry Lister. £10 (£5) 220 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room The Life and Songs of Robert Burns with Sheena Wellington. A pictorial and musical look Sidholme Hotel at the most famous of Scotland’s Makars. It gets behind the cliches of the Burns Supper with knowledge, passion and humour. W £12 221 2:00-3:30 pm The Bulverton Sing Like A Bloke Workshop with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. We will explore the particular worlds of sweet and boofy musical sounds which have been our inspiration during the grand spooky journey. It’s very likely that we’ll do something Georgian, something very foolish, and something tender-hearted. This will also be the rehearsal for Sunday’s world record attempt at the largest MANCERENA ever. W £12 222 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop. Maggie Daniel gives an introduction to Irish set dancing, Church Hall including basic steps and practice of some of the common moves to give a grounding for the workshops later in the week. Music by The Perfect Cure. W £12 223 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Bhangra Dance Workshop. The first of two workshops on Indian Dance. You’ll learn the basics, Sidholme Hotel steps and moves, and a dance. Dress colourfully. Led by Avtar Indian Dance. W £12 224 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child. A linked series of workshops Church Hall about square dance. Today, Ivan will teach and walk through Southern Squares, followed by Jeremy taking you through some Modern Western Squares. With music from The Linda Game Trio. W £14 225 2:30-3:00 pm Esplanade to Procession of invited teams along Esplanade and through the Market Place to Blackmore Blackmore Gardens, followed by dance display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. Teams to assemble at Gardens the west (Connaught Gardens) end of seafront by 2.15pm. Collection 226 2:30-3:45 pm Methodist Church Start The Week. A Taster Concert with Canaan’s Land, The Weatherbury Quire, Mike Bailey and Peter Wilton. West Gallery, Shape-note Music and British Community Songs. £8 (£4) 227 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with SkillicorneMAX. All welcome. Pynes Bar Collection 228 2:45-3:45 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Give It A Go. Considering moving on from the Children’s Festival or new to Shooting Roots and want to see what it’s all about? Come along to meet the tutors and discover Keep an eye on social media for Special the fun, creativity and new skills that await in the rest of the week’s workshops. Bring an instrument Offers through the Festival Week! if you have one. Ages 12-17. Free page 9

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229 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Fountaineers. Collection 230 3:00-4:30 pm Manor Pavilion Halsway Young Folk In Concert. Halsway Young Folk is Halsway Manor’s programme for young musicians, singers and dancers. The participants spend a week-long intensive residential with professional folk artists, led by Will Lang, to create a festival performance of new traditional arrangements and self-penned material. £6 (£3) 231 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Hannah Rarity, Jeff Warner, The Brothers Gillespie. MC. Bob Walton. £12 (£6) 232 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Kitty Macfarlane and Jon Wilks. Kennaway House MC. Tim Chipping. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6) 233 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Damien Barber and Tony Hall. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5) 234 3:15-4:45 pm Blackmore Dance Spectacular. A brief taste of some of this year’s dance teams with Alton Morris, Gardens Marquee Black Swan Rapper, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris, Toby Bennett. MCs Chris Rose and Graham Lee. £8 (£4) 235 3:15-5:15 pm The Ham Concert with Hannah James’ JigDoll Ensemble. MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Hobgoblin Stage Hobgoblin Music £18 (£9) 236 3:50-5:10 pm Methodist Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops for beginners Church Hall or dancers wanting to improve their techniques. Covering Playford to modern English, American, and English Ceilidh. Music from meg’n’mor. W £12 237 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto. Suitable for all levels from beginners to Sidholme Hotel advanced. Over the week, Megan will teach polskas from various regions in Sweden including Finskogs pols, plus vals and schottis. Music from Chris Dyer. W £12 238 4:00-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Theme Session. Anniversary edition! (age 12-17 years) Make new friends and catch up with old ones during our birthday themed welcome session! Free 239 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Playing For Early Dance Music 1. Playing effectively for dancers of dances from the 15th Sidholme Hotel and 16th centuries. Acoustic instruments welcomed that can blend. Simple tunes taught by ear in D and G. Music available from July via http://eglamore.wordpress.com/workshop-music/ . Confident players can progress to the dance event. Led byAndy Richards, Fayre Play and Helen Richards & Eglamore. W £12 240 4:15-5:00 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Oakenyouth, Rivington Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection York Steps 241 4:30-6:00 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Workshop for Relative Beginners with Bob Ellis. One of two workshops for those who can pick out a few tunes on a D/G melodeon but want to develop more fluency in their play- ing. Progressive but not essential to attend both. Ability to read music not essential. Beginners/ Improvers. Not suitable for complete beginners. Limit 40. W £12 242 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Afternoon Ceilidh with Jigfoot. Caller Jane Bird. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 243 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Alton Morris, Black Swan Rapper, Five Rivers Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection 244 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 245 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest Ragged Trousers. All welcome. £6 (£3) 246 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Morris, Toby Bennett. Collection 247 5:30-7:00 pm Arts Centre Talk and Tales: Lust and Revenge; the passions of the night sky presented by Janet Dowling. Stories of the Constellations retold and illustrated by Urania’s Mirror in a Victorian Candle Lit Theatre Box. All Levels Welcome. Not suitable for under 14’s – adult themes. W £12 C218 7:00-9:00 pm All Saints Family Ceilidh with Ray Langton and Adam Courthold. Calling by Barry Goodman plus Church Hall performances by Jeff Warner and Star and Shadow Rapper. £10 (£5) F £15 248 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Swing’it Dixieband, Tamar, Bad Cat. Collection 249 7:15-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Halsway Young Folk. The final fling ofHalsway Young Folk 2019! After a packed day of (The Bulverton) performances come see the great young musicians perform their last high-energy, fun set! Free 250 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Ivan Aitken calls a fun evening of American dance, all types of contras and Church Hall squares, for everyone. Music from Wild Ride. £12 (£6)

page 11 Saturday 3rd August 251 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore One Step Beyond Ceilidh. Whapweasel invite you to the Sidmouth Ska ceilidh. Come Gardens Marquee dressed as your favourite Madness song or your favourite Ska hit. There will be a prize for the best dressed, judged by the band and a signed album awaits the winner. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Five Rivers Morris. £14 (£7) 252 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club. A fun mix of social dance every evening. Come and join in. Mic Church Hall Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 253 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: English Dance. A very special evening dance of modern choreographers from Victoria Sidholme Hotel Yeomans with music by Mollie and Dave. £14 (£7) 254 8:00-9:30 pm Manor Pavilion Dispatches On The Red Dress presented by Rowan Rheingans. Rowan sings to the past, the present and the future as she unravels an urgent and pertinent message hidden in the folds of a true story passed down from her grandmother. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by The Mocha Group £16 (£8) 255 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions – A-Chapella: English music session hosted by The Old Chapel Band. All welcome. £6 (£3) 256 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs, Alice Jones, Annie Winter & Paul Downes. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 257 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. Plus Hannah Rarity. MC. Kevin Sheils. Supported by Sidmouth Cricket, Tennis & Croquet Clubs £26/£22 (£13/£11) 258 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel The Tradition Gathers hosted by John Howson and Dan Quinn with Sheena Wellington, Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Harbour Lights Trio, Bill Murray, Damien Barber, Tony Hall, Ragged Trousers. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 259 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood Devoran Hotel, Room. style with guests Mary Humphreys & Anahata and Mo Keast. Lots of Kingswood Room opportunities to perform. Bob & Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4) 260 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews), Hannah James & Toby Kuhn, The Kennaway House Brothers Gillespie. MC. Jo Freya. £12 (£6) 261 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by The Ship Band. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 262 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Bulverton Big Night Out with Merry Hell (9.10pm) and Jon Wilks (8.15pm). MC. Michael Catovsky. Preceded by Halsway Young Folk in Betsy’s Lounge at 7.15pm. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £18 (£9) 263 11:00-12:00 am Woodlands Hotel Late Night Stories. Join Tom Goodale and friends for an hour of tales to chill your blood and make your spine tingle. Collection 264 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Banter. Caller Nick Walden. Performance by Windsor Morris. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. £12 Keep an eye on social media for Special Sunday 4th August Offers through the Festival Week! 301 9:15-10:45 am The Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop. Moulton Morris will teach two dances from the Brackley Tradition, including learning how to step and twirl at the same time. All levels. Bring a morris stick if possible. W £12 302 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir. Sandra Kerr celebrates her 25th year as Director of this friendly, hard-working and musical choir. Each session starts with a gentle warm-up then begins rehears- ing this years’ repertoire. Expect a mixture of traditional & contemporary pieces in 3 or 4 part harmony. Everything is taught by ear so you don’t need to be able to read music, though words & music are supplied. W £12 303 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club How To Learn Tunes By Ear with Bob Ellis. A workshop for players of any melody instrument providing a step-by-step guide to learning tunes by ear in the keys of D, G and E minor. Not suit- able for complete beginners. You will need to know where to find each note on your instrument. Limit 50. W £12 304 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Join Black Swan Rapper to learn rapper dancing in their unique Church Hall style. Continuation of Saturday’s workshop- suitable for all levels including advanced. W £12 305 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 306 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Tune Learning Workshop with John Adams (Village Music Project). Tune learning by ear plus Devoran Hotel, music sheets provided for readers. The north-east of England has been a rich repository of tunes Kingswood Room and distinctive players. You can learn a few of the tunes and take away some more for later (keys: D and G). Participatory for musicians of intermediate standard. W £12 page 12 Sunday 4th August 307 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Shaker Workshop with Jo May. Shakers are often more difficult to play than we realise! Come Primary School Hall and learn some basic techniques on a variety of different types of shakers. Plenty of shakers will be provided but do bring your own if you’d like to! W £12 308 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Advancing your Dancing – understanding Gardens Marquee nuances. Once you “get” a few details you can think less and just enjoy the ride. Wilth Wild Ride providing the Ride. W £14 309 10:00-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Craft Day. Get stuck in for the whole day, or pop along for a shorter time, either way, there will be something for you. Come and learn a new crafty skill! Ages 12-17. W £6 310 10:30-11:30 am Connaught Folk Festival Christian Service. Hosted by Churches Together in Sidmouth. All welcome. Gardens Keep an eye on social media for Special 311 10:30-11:30 am Church of the Most Folk Mass. Festival visitors and musicians welcome. Offers through the Festival Week! Precious Blood 312 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection 313 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Five Rivers Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection Bedford Steps 314 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Windsor Morris. York Steps Collection 315 11:00-2:00 pm Esplanade Massed Dance Display with local, visiting and guest dance groups – all dance sides welcome. Collection 316 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Sounds Of Modern Scotland. An Hour or So with Hannah Rarity, BBC Radio Scotland Young Kennaway House Traditional Musician of the Year 2018. Introduced by Bob Walton. £10 (£5) 317 11:15-12:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop. How to tell a story with Janet Dowling. Once you have the bones of a story, how to put the flesh back on so that it becomes your story to tell. Participatory. Progressive. Bring pen and paper. W £12 318 11:15-2:00 pm St Teresa’s English Dance Workshop. “Modern European Choreographers” led by Victoria Yeomans. A Church Hall selection of English country dances written by choreographers from continental Europe, all written in the last 100 years or so. Musically supported by Mollie and Dave. W £14 319 11:30-12:00 pm Port Royal The Mancarena – World Record Attempt with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. Don’t ask, just come and join in. Collection 320 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music Workshop. Led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Asso- ciation. Featuring carols and other pieces from the Rollo G Woods Collection. Suitable for all line-playing instruments in C or Bb, and singers with enthusiasm. Music provided. Instrumental- ists should bring a music stand. Singers will find it a help to read music. W £12 321 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops leading up to a public ceilidh with the workshop participants forming the band. The music played will be from English sources dating from around 1800. Participatory. Progressive. All levels. Bring a music stand. W £12 322 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Alice Jones and The Brothers Gillespie. Introduced by Katy Spicer. £10 (£5) 323 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood English Fiddle Workshop with John Dipper. See Saturday for details. W £12 & Devoran Hotel, Kingswood Room 324 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Shape-Note Singing Workshop. What are these Shapes? Beginners and Brush Up, with Primary School Hall Canaan’s Land. W £12 325 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. A series of stand alone workshops for all abilities. Using poems and other techniques as writing prompts, participants will be encouraged to write their own poems in a supportive environment. No previous experience, just bring pen, paper and enthusi- asm. There may be an opporrtunity to read your poems in Friday’s Showcase Concert. Collection 326 11:45-12:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth. Collection Bedford Steps 327 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Lunchtime Concert with National Youth Folk Ensemble plus Finn Collinson. MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Sweetcombe Cottages £12 (£6) 328 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 329 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with SkillicorneMAX. Caller Nick Walden. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 330 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Black Swan Rapper and Star and Shadow Rapper – two of the Gardens Marquee country’s finest rapper dance teams go sword to sword. MCGraham Lee. £8 (£4) page 13 Keep an eye on social media for Special Sunday 4th August Offers through the Festival Week! 331 1:00-2:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Epic Storytelling Workshop with Mike O’Connor. Moving from ten minute fireside tales to the epics of folk art. How do you begin to work on ‘big’ tales? Learn how to plan, structure and craft the story. Suitable for storytellers or interested listeners. W £12 332 1:15-3:15 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Tutors’ Rehearsal.This is a time for band tutors and Stream of Sound to get (The Bulverton) together to rehearse some tunes and songs for the Betsy’s Bash sessions. 333 1:30- Port Royal Sidmouth Horse Trials. An all-comers event for Hobby Horses, Unicorns, Goats, Morris animals and other Beasts of Disguise. Canter along to Port Royal for a bit of horseplay. A splendid trophy has again been created and donated by Aardman Animations, to be awarded to the Sidmouth Folk Festival Best Beast by Peter Lord. MC. Stephen Rowley. Collection 334 1:30-3:00 pm Rugby Club Big Gospel Sing with Jeff Warner. A great sing-along session, with chorus words handed out. The joy is in the singing together. £8 (£4) 335 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing.For more than 25 years members and friends of the West Gallery Music Association have sung to the public in the shelter diagonally opposite the Bedford Hotel. Join us again to sing and play this lively music. All levels welcome. Collection 336 2:00-3:00 pm Kingswood & An Hour In The Company of Tony Hall. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5) Devoran Hotel, Kingswood Room 337 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Song Accompaniment on the Melodeon Workshop with Hazel Askew. A chance to learn Primary School a song and explore different tools and techniques to accompanying it on the melodeon. Inter- Classroom mediate / Advanced Level. W £12 338 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Harmony Workshop. Ragged Trousers explore some of the approaches that they use to com- Sidholme Hotel municate traditional song through harmony and acapella arrangement. All levels. Participatory / Lecture / Q & A. W £12 339 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Bhangra Dance Workshop.The second of two workshops on Indian dance led by Avtar Indian Sidholme Hotel Dance. All abilities. Learn steps, moves and dance. W £12 340 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing. A linked series of workshops about square dance with Ivan Aitken and Church Hall Jeremy Childs. Today Ivan will teach and walk through Quadrilles, followed by Jeremy looking at squares with unusual choreography. When is a square not a square? Music by The Linda Game Trio. W £14 341 2:30-3:15 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection Bedford Steps 342 2:30-3:15 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Rivington Morris. Collection York Steps 343 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. For King and Country. Patriotic songs, any song concerning royalty or a country or serving one’s country. Hosted by Colin & Sonja Andrews. Collection 344 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with Jigfoot. All Welcome. Collection Pynes Bar 345 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Newtown Roots Band. Collection 346 3:00-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel The Bashful Boys. An afternoon of music hall songs, monologues and mayhem with Dan Quinn and Matthew Crampton. Expect the well-known, the little known and the best-forgotten. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5) 347 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews), Damien Barber, Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by Vinnicombes Bakery £12 (£6) 348 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Cigdem Aslan & Tahir Palali and Kennaway House Gwenifer Raymond. Introduced by Steve Hunt. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6) 349 3:00-6:00 pm Blackmore The 32nd John Gasson Memorial Jig Competition covers Solo and Double with Audi- Gardens Marquee ence Appeal, Best Over 40 and Best New Entrant categories. Sponsored by Trefor Owen, Janet Dowling, Dave and Fee Lock, The Seven Champions, His Old School Friends, Outside Capering Crew, Kerry Fletcher and Chris and Tracey Rose. Judges are Barry Goodman, , Simon Newman and Roy Pinder. Entertainment by Banter. MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4) 350 3:15-5:30 pm The Ham Concert with Merry Hell Acoustic and Nick Hart. MC. Kevin Sheils. Supported by Hobgoblin Hobgoblin Stage Music £16 (£8) 351 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon 1 with Ed Rennie (5 days progressive). A great opportu- Devoran Hotel, nity to get started on playing the D/G Melodeon! Ed’s numbering system (Rennie tab!) will help Kingswood Room those who can’t read music. Ed has a number of melodeons available to borrow for the lessons. The borrowing melodeons are allocated by a lottery, entry tickets available at the box office until closing time, Saturday 3rd August. W £10 352 3:30-4:30 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Young Performers’ Workshop. A great opportunity to learn some perfor- (The Bulverton) mance tips and tricks and get some individual advice on your playing, or brush up on your skills before our Open Mic events on Tuesday and Wednesday! 12-17 years. W £6 page 14 Sunday 4th August 353 3:30-4:45 pm Manor Pavilion 1918 – The Untold Stories Of The Great War. Chris Hoban takes the listener through the war in a chronological journey of music and narrative. With special guests Sidmouth Town Band and a vocal quartet (along with a possible star visitor.) The less familiar characters of World War 1 finally have their say. Introduced byGail Duff. £12 (£6) 354 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops. Music from Sidholme Hotel meg’n’mor. See Saturday for details. W £12 355 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Explore Your Voice with Tim Eriksen. Come make a noise and get better acquainted with your Sidholme Hotel voice. The class will move from voice production and overtone singing to solo unaccompanied singing and shape-note harmony. Open to all levels of experience and musical ability. W £12 356 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon 2 with Ed Rennie. See workshop 1. (3.30pm). W £10 Devoran Hotel, Kingswood Room 357 4:30-6:00 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Workshop for Relative Beginners with Bob Ellis. A progressive series of two workshops for beginners who can pick out a few tunes but want to develop more fluency in their playing and add or improve bass lines. Bring a D/G melodeon but the ability to read music is not essential. W £12 358 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Old Chapel Band. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 359 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Oakenyouth, Star and Shadow Rapper . Collection 360 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 361 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guests Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham. All welcome. £6 (£3) 362 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Rivington Morris, Toby Bennett. Collection 363 5:30-6:45 pm Arts Centre Talk: Folk On Foot. You’ve heard the podcast – now join us for the film show.Matthew Bannister takes you behind the scenes of his award winning podcast. He shares some of the film footage he’s shot along the way, featuring artists including , Steve Knightley, and Julie Fowlis, often performing against spectacular backdrops. W £10 364 6:00-7:00 pm Parish Church Folk Festival Songs Of Praise. 365 6:00-7:00 pm St Francis Church Taize Church Service. A service of meditation, readings and the music of Taize. All welcome. 366 6:30-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots 25th Anniversary Party. Happy Birthday to...US! Shooting Roots is turning 25 (The Bulverton) this year, and we’re going to have a party! Take a normal (awesome!) Betsy’s Bash and spruce it up with unique takes on traditional party games, memories, friends and food to share! Free C325 7:00-8:00 pm Unitarian Hall Family Story Show with Dave Tong: The Yarnsmith of Norwich. MC. Donna Cliftlands. £10 (£5) F £15 367 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Adam Sweet Band, Velvet and Stone, Glorious Rascals. Collection 368 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Jeremy Child calls a fun evening of American dance, contras and squares, Church Hall for everyone. With music from The Linda Game Trio. £12 (£6) 369 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore Remember The Drill Hall Ceilidhs? Dance like it’s 1994 with The Committee Band. Caller Gardens Marquee Nick Walden. Dress appropriately! Performance by Alton Morris. £12 (£6) 370 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: The Festival Dance Club. A fun evening of mixed social dance. Come and join in. Mic Sidholme Hotel Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £14 (£7) 371 8:00-10:15 pm Manor Pavilion The Road To Peterloo. A moving and passionate concert performance to mark the 200th anniversary of Manchester’s notorious Peterloo Massacre, telling the story through street ballads and folk songs of the time. Presented by Pete Coe, Laura Smyth, Brian Peters. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by The Mocha Group £18 (£9) 372 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions. East Anglian Night with Harbour Lights Trio and The Harbour Inn Crowd and a guest spot by Tony Hall. Hosted by Derek Simpson. All welcome. £6 (£3) 373 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Hannah Rarity, Ragged Trousers, Nick Hart. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 374 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham 50 Shades Of Sidmouth with Steve Knightley and Friends. Steve first came to Sidmouth Folk week in 1969. In this show he will look back over the last 50 years with songs and guests that reflect his own musical journey from beachside busker to Festival patron. WithPhil Henry and Hannah Martin, Evie Knightley, Barry Lister, Chris Hoban, Paul Downes, Mike Selley, Keep an eye on social media for Special The Sidmouth Town Band. Opening set by Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs. MC. Barry Offers through the Festival Week! Goodman. Supported by Devon County Council, Stuart Hughes, Members’ Locality Fund £24/£20 (£12/£10)

page 15 Sidmouth www.sidmouthcricketclub.co.uk CRICKET, TENNIS & CROQUET CLUBS Lots of convenient Town Centre parking, right by the seafront on Station Road.

Great food, bar and music in the Clubhouse. All welcome.

Delighted to be supporting Sidmouth Folk Festival Sunday 4th August 375 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Jeff Warner, Katie Howson, Bill Murray, Sheena Wellington, Damien Barber, Alice Jones, Bill Crawford. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 376 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk Club style event with guests Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham and The Brothers Kingswood Room Gillespie. Bob and Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4) 377 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Tim Eriksen, Jo Freya & Kathryn Locke, Ian A. Anderson. Kennaway House MC. Jon Wilks. £12 (£6) 378 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by English Rebellion. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 379 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Sounds Of Modern Scotland: Party Night with Peatbog Faeries (9.10) and OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews) (8.15). MC. Tim Chipping. Preceded by Shooting Roots’ 25th Anniversary Party in Betsy’s Lounge from 6.30pm. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £30. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £24 (£12) 380 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Whapweasel. Caller Fee Lock. Performance by Black Swan Rapper. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £30. £12 Keep an eye on social media for Special Monday 5th August Offers through the Festival Week!

401 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12 402 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Film Show: The Dartmoor Entertainers is a film about the music, song and dance traditions in the north-east of Dartmoor. It is centred on an evening of Dartmoor entertainment featuring Bob Cann, The Dartmoor Pixie Band and many others including Bob’s grandson Mark Bazeley. A wonderful reminder of how things were and the characters who provided local entertainment in 1979. Introduced by Bill Murray who initiated the film. W £12 403 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five ses- sions playing from written tune arrangements. Suitable for players of any acoustic instrument who are not complete beginners, but no electronic instruments or keyboards, please. The workshop culminates in a showcase event on Friday lunchtime. It helps to be able to read music, but ear players will have opportunity to pick the tunes up. Bring music stand and pen /pencil. W £12 404 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop. Ouse Washes will be teaching some simple molly dances featuring Church Hall vigorous movements, colourful clothing and lively music. All welcome. W £12 405 9:30-11:00 am Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop. Singing from Shapes – Gentle Songs with Canaan’s Land. W £12 406 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 407 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginner and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. Just starting out, or stuck in a rut? Devoran Hotel, Kitty will help you lay the foundations of good fiddle playing. Develop technique and musicianship Kingswood Room through beginner-friendly repertoire – plus the chance to have all your fiddle questions answered! W £12 408 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginners’ Workshop with Pat Brennan. A progressive, participatory series of Primary School lessons. Worthwhile to attend all five leading to a solid grasp of the instrument and a great group Classroom spirit. Bring Tin Whistle in key of D and a folder for tutor sheets. W £12 409 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Earlsdon Morris Men will be teaching North West dances, and may include traditional or their own. All welcome. W £12 410 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Mainly contras, and squares. Diane is demys- Gardens Marquee tifying the secrets of shadows, end effects and other tips that make more complex dances not so challenging after all. Wild Ride will make you dance. W £14 411 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist English Dance Workshop with Victoria Yeomans. The final one from Victoria: “Modern Amer- Church Hall ican Choreographers”. A selection of English country dances written by choreographers from the United States, all written in the last 100 years or so. Music from Mollie and Dave. W £14 412 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Beginners’ Pipe and Workshop with Terry Mann. A basic introduction to playing the Church Hall pipe and tabor. Through a series of exercises you will start to understand the techniques needed to play the two instruments, and hopefully take at least one tune away with you at the end! Pipes provided for the duration of the workshop. One-off. Limited to 20. W £12 413 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection 414 11:00-11:45 am Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. Collection

page 17 Monday 5th August 415 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians). Collection 416 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Nick Hart Sings Nine English Folk Songs. Nick Hart sings as much of “Nick Hart Sings Nine Kennaway House English Folk Songs” as Nick Hart can sing in an hour or so. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5) 417 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Cotswold Morris Workshop. A chance to learn a Sherborne dance in Five Rivers Morris’ Church Hall vigorous, energetic and traditional style. Intermediate to advanced. Bring hankies if possible. W £12 418 11:15-12:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Talk And Tales: Collecting Devon Ghost Tales with Janet Dowling. This talk is about searching out the stories, retelling them as tales and being mistaken for a ghost. Plus some of the Tales will be told! W £12 419 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton Appalachian Dance Workshop. A continuation of Crooked Moon’s first workshop, using the steps learnt in some interesting choreography. Taps or hard soled shoes recommended. W £12 420 11:30-12:45 pm Arts Centre Stellar A Capella. Harmonies from here, there and everywhere, with the madcap singers of Stream of Sound. For anyone aged 13 to 21. W £6 421 11:30-12:45 pm Kingswood & Youth Folk Workshop with tutors and members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble. Play Devoran Hotel, alongside the Ensemble and and Rob Harbron. You will learn a tune from the Kingswood Room Ensemble’s repertoire by ear and turn it into a full band arrangement. 12-19 years. All instru- ments welcome. Not suitable for beginners. Limit 25. The Ensemble is an EFDSS programme funded by Arts Council England www.efdss.org/youthfolk. W £6 422 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for full details. W £12 423 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for full details. Limit 70. W £12 424 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Kim Lowings and Finn Collinson. Introduced by Katy Spicer. £10 (£5) 425 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Mountain Dulcimer Workshop. The basics with Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. Getting the feel of Primary School the instrument; everyone will end up playing at least two recognisable tunes using single string Hall and simple chord playing. Dulcimers provided but feel free to bring your own. W £12 426 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Fiddle Masterclass with John Dipper. Participants will be given time to play a prepared piece Primary School of their choice from the English repertoire. Each participant will then work on their chosen piece Classroom with John. Participant numbers strictly limited, apply in advance via the website. Spectators are welcome. Second price applies to spectators. W £12 (£6) 427 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. See Sunday for full details. Collection 428 12:00-12:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris. Collection Bedford Steps 429 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Sounds Of Modern Scotland. Concert with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews) and Ross Couper & Tom Oakes. MC. Bob Walton. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £12 (£6) 430 12:00-1:30 pm Lower Methodist Podcasts. Podcasting has democratised the media. Now anyone can be a radio station. Fancy a Church Hall go? Stephen Rowley introduces you to the basics and helps you develop your own podcast. W £12 431 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 432 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Lunchtime Ceilidh with Token Women. Callers Jo Freya and Fi Fraser. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 433 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Bourrée and with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt & Chris Church Hall Walshaw. Bal Classics, with variations for more experienced dancers, with a focus on style and dynamic turns. Mixed level. W £12 434 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Earlsdon Morris Men. Find out about the origins, dances and music of one Gardens Marquee of England’s best known North West Morris teams. MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4) 435 1:00-2:15 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band. Join our team to learn some exciting new tunes and arrangements to take away with you, and work together as one big old funky band to create some stomping musical numbers for our showcase on Friday. All abilities welcome. 12-17 years. W £6 436 1:30-2:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. Collection 437 1:30-2:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Come Dine with The Harbour Lights Trio and friends. Lunchtime Open Concert with a song or two from the audience. Hosted by Derek Simpson. £10 (£5)

page 18 Monday 5th August 438 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Beginners’ Guitar Workshop. Flatpicking with Steve McEleney-Smith. This session will help Devoran Hotel, you master the basic techniques of flatpicking. Whether a folk, country or blues guitarist, capable Kingswood Room of playing basic chords, flatpicking is a great way of making your guitar work for its living.W £12 439 1:30-3:30 pm Rugby Club Well Known Tunes at a Steady Pace with Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart. These are struc- tured sessions suitable for those new to tune sessions, or with limited experience who would like Keep an eye on social media for Special a gentle introduction to them. More experienced session musicians are welcome provided they Offers through the Festival Week! are happy to play well known tunes at a slower tempo than normal. Bring acoustic instruments of choice. W £12 440 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for more details. Collection 441 2:00-3:30 pm Lower Methodist Recorder (and Whistle) Workshop for intermediate/advanced players. Finn Collinson will Church Hall teach a tune or work with material already known by the participants. He will work on folk specific techniques including articulation and ornamentation and give tips on arranging tunes for perfor- mance when playing a solo melody instrument. W £12 442 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Playing Reels Workshop 1 with Kirsty Cotter. This pair of workshops will look at how to play a Primary School so that it sounds like a reel. Improving beginners- intermediate or for musicians that are new Classroom to playing . This workshop will be taught by ear, but music will be available if required. Progressive. W £12 443 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Medieval Music for Folk Musicians with Emily Askew. In medieval times the boundary Sidholme Hotel between folk and art music was more blurred. Come along and learn some medieval melodies that work well as folk tunes and songs. Open to all instruments. Tuition will be by ear. W £12 444 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop. Led by Maggie Daniel, music from The Perfect Cure. Practice Church Hall of the steps and moves in a complete Irish set dance. Suitable for beginners and experienced dancers, no need to have attended earlier workshops. W £12 445 2:15-3:35 pm All Saints Lancashire Clog Workshop with Melanie Barber, Ruth Bibby and Mike Adamson. An intro- Church Hall duction to the style and technique of Competition Steps. It will cover a variety of steps and judging criteria and some time for Q and A. Clogs, hard soled shoes. No taps. W £12 446 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto. Music from Chris Dyer. See Saturday for Sidholme Hotel details. W £12 447 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child and The Linda Game Trio. A Church Hall linked series of workshops about square dance. Today Ivan will teach and walk through Sets in Order Part 1 (1944 to 1950) followed by Jeremy developing the moves and concepts used by Ivan. W £14 448 2:30-3:30 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre. A great workshop for making new friends, gaining confidence and having a laugh while working together to create some high quality theatre! Expect games, larks, tableaux, devising, ridiculous plots, and much more! 12-17 years. W £6 449 2:30-4:00 pm Connaught Dance Spectacular with Black Swan Rapper, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Gardens Five Rivers Morris, Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. MCs Chris Rose and Graham Lee. Collection 450 2:30-4:00 pm Blackmore Salsa: Rueda Workshop with Hannah Moore & Andy Wright. Rueda: The ceilidh dancing of Gardens Marquee the salsa world – a progressive dance done in a circle with a caller. Slick, sociable and danced to the irresistible rhythms of Latin America. One-off. Participatory. Beginners. Wear shoes you can turn in. W £12 451 2:30-4:00 pm Methodist Church Choir Workshop: Out Of The Horse’s Mouth. Join for “Songs from the Folk Stable.” The workshops will be progressive, culminating in a showcase performance on Friday. W £12 452 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Down Under. Songs of mining, underground, anything buried, under the weather or connected with the other side of the world. Hosted by Colin & Sonja Andrews. Collection 453 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel English Country Music and Song Session with Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham. Pynes Bar All Welcome. Collection 454 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Cleverly Brothers. Collection 455 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Broom Bezzums, Ragged Trousers, Annie Winter & Paul Downes. MC. Barry Lister. £12 (£6) 456 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full Of Folkadelia with Owl Light Trio and Ma Polaine’s Great Kennaway House Decline . Introduced by Jon Wilks. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6) 457 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Album Launch: Lost Lands. Ben Moss is an exciting new voice reimagining traditional songs alongside original compositions written to address the challenges of the modern day. Join him for the launch of his debut album. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5) page 19

Keep an eye on social media for Special Monday 5th August Offers through the Festival Week! 458 3:15-5:15 pm Manor Pavilion Ordinary Giants presented by Robb Johnson. A solo performance version of a song suite about the life & times of Robb’s father, a family history of the 1930s, World War Two & the Welfare State. MC. Kevin Sheils. £14 (£7) 459 3:15-5:30 pm The Ham Concert: The Unfinished Violin with Sam Sweeney plus Emily Portman & Rob Harbron. Hobgoblin Stage MC. Barry Goodman. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £18 (£9) 460 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 1 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. & Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 461 3:30-4:30 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Young Performers’ Workshop. A great opportunity to learn some perfor- (The Bulverton) mance tips and tricks and get some individual advice on your playing, or brush up on your skills before our Open Mic events on Tuesday and Wednesday! 12-17 years. W £6 462 3:45-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Dance. A split structure to our Dance workshops this year will allow us to learn a dance or two for our Dance Out on Friday, as well as getting to try out other different exciting styles of dance throughout the week! There’s something for everyone! 12-17 years. W £6 463 3:50-5:10 pm Methodist Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops. Music from Church Hall meg’n’mor. See Saturday for details. W £12 464 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Early Dance Workshop 1. Led by Helen Richards & Eglamore. Try your feet at a first set of Sidholme Hotel dances from the 15th and 16th centuries. No partner required. No prior knowledge assumed. Players from music workshop may add to the band of Andy Richards and Fayre Play. W £12 465 3:50-5:15 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Dances from the Morvan region with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Church Hall Watt & Chris Walshaw. Mazuka and Bourrée from the Morvan region of East Central France, where the French half of Topette!! come from – so you’ll be ready to dance in style with their music tonight! Mixed level. W £12 466 4:00-4:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon Appalachian, Five Rivers Morris. Collection York Steps 467 4:00-5:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Mummers Skills Workshop. Founder of the Mummers Festival, Stephen Rowley, returns with Primary School a set of essential skills for mummers. How to be loud, without straining the voice. How to fight Hall without tears. How to die for laughs. W £8 468 4:00-5:30 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Masterclass with Saul Rose for G/D melodeons, 8, 12 and 18 bass welcome. A chance to learn techniques to get the best out of your melodeon. We’ll use common tunes to practice embellishments, grace notes, bass runs and triplets. Limit 30. First of three sessions. W £12 469 4:00-5:30 pm Lower Methodist Left Hand Workshop with John Kirkpatrick. First of two linked workshops on how Church Hall to play interesting stuff on regular (“Stradella”) accordion basses. Not suitable for melodeons. All levels welcome but second session suitable for experienced players. W £12 470 4:00-5:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Anglo Workshop. Two Hands in Harmony with Brian Peters. Brian explores ways Primary School in which the left hand can provide chordal accompaniment to right hand melodies. Suitable Classroom for players of intermediate level upwards. in C/G, preferably with at least 30 buttons, is required. W £12 471 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room A Round Of Rounds. Rounds are a part of our cultural heritage, come along and sing some Sidholme Hotel wonderful ones, old and new, with Stream of Sound. All welcome. W £12 472 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 2 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 473 4:30-6:00 pm Blackmore The Forty Niners! At the 1989 festival, those born forty years previously gathered to mingle and Gardens Marquee celebrate. Thirty years later The Forty Niners are invited to get together again. There will be cake! Welcome drink free. Partners welcome. 474 4:30-6:00 pm Methodist Church Community Songs Workshop with Peter Wilton and Mike Bailey. Folk songs, national songs, parlour songs, glees from the 19th and early 20th century song books. Suitable for all singers who can pick up a tune by ear. Music and words provided. First of two linked workshops. W £12 475 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Afternoon Ceilidh with English Rebellion. Caller Martyn Harvey. Collection 476 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Windsor Morris. Collection 477 5:00-6:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Motley Mummers. Invitation to anyone wishing to be in the Motley Mummers performance on Primary School Thursday. Free Hall 478 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection

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Monday 5th August 479 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest Sheena Wellington. All welcome. £6 (£3) 480 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Oakenyouth. Collection 481 5:30-7:00 pm Arts Centre Panel Discussion. The role of competitions in step dance traditions. Chris Metherell, Jenny Read, Lisa Sture, Melanie Barber, Toby Bennett, Katie Howson. W £10 482 7:00-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Betsy’s Bash. Come and make some beautiful noise in our energetic, inclusive sessions. Bring (The Bulverton) your instruments, dances, games, and songs and we’ll find a place for all of it. 12-25 years.Free

C424 7:00-8:00 pm All Saints Family Circus Show with Solid State Circus. MC. Greg Smallbone. £10 (£5) F £15 Church Hall 483 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with The Leylines, Spin 2, Out of Hand. Collection 484 7:30-9:30 pm Methodist Church Eye On The Future Concert with Stream of Sound, Missing Richard, Finn Collinson, Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell. MC. Gail Duff. £8 (£4)

485 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Diane Silver calls a fun evening of American dance, contras and squares, for Church Hall everyone, with great music from Wild Ride. £12 (£6)

486 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore 30th Anniversary Ceilidh with Token Women. Callers Jo Freya and Fi Fraser. ‘The ‘Divas’ of Gardens Marquee the folk dance music world play an exclusive retrospective for Sidmouth Festival. Performance by Makeney Morris. £14 (£7)

487 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club is a fun evening of mixed social dance every evening. Come and join Church Hall in. Mic Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6)

488 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: English Dance. A pleasant evening of 18th century dance in the company of Stuart Sidholme Hotel Marsden and Boldwood. £14 (£7)

489 8:00-10:30 pm Manor Pavilion Dartmoor At The Seaside with The Dartmoor Entertainers including Mark Bazeley, Jason Rice, Thomas White, Christabel White, Rob Murch, Carl Allerfeldt, and Bill Keep an eye on social media for Special Murray. Together this line-up brings the full flavour of a traditional night of merry- making on the Offers through the Festival Week! moor with Dartmoor songs, tunes and step-dancing. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by Branscome Brewery & The Mocha Group £16 (£8) 490 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club Steppin’ Time Session. Hosted by Jo and Simon Harmer with Jigfoot and members of Instep. £6 (£3) 491 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Emily Portman & Rob Harbron, Brian Peters, Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail. MC. Bill Crawford. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 492 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with Julie Fowlis plus Matthew Byrne. MC. Derek Schofield. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Simon Schwartz. Supported by Friends of Sidmouth Folk Festival. £22/£18 (£11/£9) 493 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Jeff Warner, Sheena Wellington, Martin Carthy, Ragged Trousers, Sandra Kerr, Bryony Griffith, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 494 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk Club style event with guests Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs and Harbour Kingswood Room Lights Trio. Lots of opportunities to perform. Bob & Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4) 495 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Broom Bezzums, Nick Hart, Kim Lowings. MC. Tim Chipping. Kennaway House £12 (£6) 496 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music And Song Session hosted by The Harbour Inn Crowd. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 497 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Bulverton Big Dance Night with Topette!! (8.15pm). MC. Kerry Fletcher. Preceded at 7pm by Betsy’s Bash in Betsy’s Lounge. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £26. £20 (£10) 498 11:00-12:00 am Woodlands Hotel Late Night Stories. Join Tom Goodale and friends for an hour of tales to chill your blood and make your spine tingle. Collection 499 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Threepenny Bit. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Moulton Morris . Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £26. £12

page 23 Tuesday 6th August 501 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12 502 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Talk – Cotswold Morris Music. The mid 20th Century Cotswold Morris revival focused on the dances, but through historic recordings, Stephen Rowley reveals how two schools of thought developed in how to play for morris. W £12 503 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five ses- sions playing from written arrangements of four or five tunes. See Monday for full details.W £12 504 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop. Ouse Washes will be teaching some simple Molly dances featuring Church Hall vigorous movements, colourful clothing and lively music. All welcome. W £12 505 9:30-11:00 am Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop with Canaan’s Land. New Songs, New Challenges. The workshops are participatory and progressive. Loaner books provided. Limit 65. W £12 506 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 507 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginners and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. See Monday for full details. Devoran Hotel, Keep an eye on social media for Special W £12 Kingswood Room Offers through the Festival Week! 508 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginners’ Tin Whistle Workshop with Pat Brennan. Progressive series. See Monday for Primary School details. W £12 Classroom 509 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Rivington Morris will teach Marston, a dance based on a Cheshire renamed and adapted to dance with sticks. Progressive 1 of 2. W £12 510 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Mainly contras, some squares. Diane takes off. Gardens Marquee Flying Figures. Dancing on the fly (medleys and no walkthroughs) and dances that make you feel like you’re flying.English Contra Dance Band on the joystick. W £14 511 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist 18th Century English Dance Workshop. Stuart Marsden leads a workshop that will focus on Church Hall English dances from the late 18th century and the early 19th century; a wonderfully rich source for dancers and musicians. Music from Boldwood. W £14 512 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Balkan Instrumental Music Workshop. Join Chris Edmunds, Dave Hiscock and Dave Church Hall McKeown as they prepare for the Balkan Social Dance on Friday. All instruments welcome to come and explore these fascinating modes and rhythms. Sheet music provided. W £12 513 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection 514 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Alton Morris, Moulton Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Toby Bennett. Collection 515 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians). Collection 516 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Horizon Lines: Matthew Byrne. In Concert with one of Newfoundland’s finest traditional Kennaway House singers and storytellers. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5) 517 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Cotswold Morris Workshop. Makeney Morris will be teaching one of their own dances Church Hall “Gathering Storm” in the style of Ascott-under-Wychwood. Suitable for all levels. Bring 2 morris sticks if possible. W £12 518 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton Flatfooting Workshop with Crooked Moon. Learn to freestyle, play around with the four sound walking step, 3 sounded basics and more. Ideal for people with stepping experience. Taps or hard soled shoes required. W £12 519 11:30-12:40 pm Woodlands Hotel Sounds Of Modern Scotland. An Hour or So with Kim Carnie. BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2017 finalist and the voice of THQ Nordic’s ‘Black Mirror’ trailer. Introduced by Bob Walton. £10 (£5) 520 11:30-12:45 pm Arts Centre Stellar A Capella with Stream of Sound. See Monday for more details. 13-21 years. W £6 521 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for full details. W £12 522 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for full details. Limit 70. W £12 523 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Nicola Beazley and Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell. Introduced by Katy Spicer. £10 (£5) 524 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Intermediate Fiddle Workshop with Sarah Matthews. “From Shuttle to Clog” – Learning a Devoran Hotel, new tune and exploring bowing techniques. Music will be taught by ear, and notes handed out Kingswood Room after the workshop. Intermediate. Bring your own fiddle etc. W £12 page 24 Keep an eye on social media for Special Tuesday 6th August Offers through the Festival Week! 525 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Mountain Dulcimer Workshop with Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. A hands-on exploration of the Primary School dulcimer’s development to the modern day; learning older styles of playing suitable for old time Hall music/Americana and newer chord/melody styles. Dulcimers provided but feel free to bring your own. W £12 526 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E The Music In The Words Workshop with Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs. Music can Primary School make or mar a performance. Successful integration of stories and music takes planning and skill. Classroom Find out how it should be done. Suitable for storytellers, any instrumentalists, interested listeners. W £12 527 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. See Sunday for full details. Collection 528 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Lunchtime Concert with Token Women and Jeff Warner. MC. Barry Goodman. Supported by 529 12:00-1:30 pm Lower Methodist Royal Glen Hotel £12 (£6) Church Hall Swedish : An Introduction with Terry Mann. A chance to find out a bit more about the bagpipes of Sweden, and have a go yourself. Only six sets of pipes to share round, but numbers not limited . Participatory / Lecture. All levels welcome. W £12 530 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 531 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Committee Band. Caller Hannah Moore. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 532 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Bal Classics with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt & Chris Church Hall Walshaw. Mazurka and , with a focus on technique, dancing as one with your partner and a flowing style. With variations for more experienced dancers. Mixed level. W £12 533 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Rivington Morris. Find out all about the origins, dances and music of this Gardens Marquee leading women’s North West team. MC. Graham Lee. £8 (£4) 534 1:00-2:15 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band. See Monday for details. Ages 12-17. W £6 535 1:15-2:30 pm Woodlands Hotel CD Launch – Meanders. Rob Harbron launches his long-awaited solo CD: an entirely solo showcase of Rob’s distinctive playing of a 1930s Wheatstone Aeola concertina. Featuring an assortment of new compositions alongside settings of several traditional tunes. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5) 536 1:30-2:00 pm Port Royal Remember Hiroshima. Hiroshima Day commemoration. You are welcome to bring a song or poem for a few moments of remembrance. 537 1:30-2:15 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Star and Shadow York Steps Rapper. Collection 538 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Beginners’ Guitar Workshop. Fingerstyle with Steve McEleney-Smith. Help create a new Devoran Hotel, dimension to your guitar playing. You will need some knowledge of chords. We’ll explore some Kingswood Room basic finger patterns used by many guitarists in a number of different styles of music. W £12 539 1:30-3:30 pm Rugby Club Well Known Tunes at a Steady Pace with Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart. Suitable for those who are new to tune sessions and would like a gentle introduction to them. See Monday for full details. W £12 540 2:00-2:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Makeney Morris. Collection Bedford Steps 541 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for more details. Collection 542 2:00-3:30 pm Lower Methodist Songwriting Workshop with Broom Bezzums. Mark Bloomer and Andrew Cadie will share Church Hall their tricks in this interactive workshop, with everything from how to generate ideas through to finishing off a ditty ready for the next singaround or gig. W £12 543 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Playing Reels 2 with Kirsty Cotter. This pair of workshops will look at how to how to play a reel Primary School so that it sounds like a reel. Improving beginners – intermediate or for musicians that are new Classroom to playing folk music. This workshop will be taught by ear, but music will be available if required. Progressive. W £12 544 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Ukulele Workshop with Rusty Wright. Bring a ukulele with you to the Workshop – Soprano, Sidholme Hotel Concert, Tenor, Baritone, U-Bass from beginners to experienced players of all ages. Come and join us, with or without an instrument and find out what ukuleles and ukulele people are all about. W £12 545 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop. led by Maggie Daniel, music from The Perfect Cure. Practice Church Hall of the steps and moves in a complete Irish set dance. Suitable for beginners and experienced dancers, no need to have attended earlier workshops. W £12 546 2:15-3:35 pm All Saints Stepping Workshop. Finding your feet with Simon and Jo Harmer, Janet Keet Black. Church Hall Simple steps in polka, waltz and jig time from the southern counties to help you discover and release the step dancer within you. We’ll also use the steps in a social dance or two. Hard shoes. W £12 page 25 Vegan kebabs – delicious, healthy and honestly homemade! All the way from pickling chillies to fermenting Kimchi, Luke and Justa are fully dedicated to getting your taste buds going! Their kebabs come in freshly cooked flatbreads plus their signature dips and sauces too...... Food Passion and Fine Flavours at The Bulverton Tuesday 6th August 547 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto. Music from Chris Dyer. See Saturday for Sidholme Hotel details. W £12 548 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child. Today Ivan will teach and walk Church Hall through Singing Calls, followed by Jeremy looking at fast squares. Music from The Linda Game Trio. W £14 549 2:30-3:30 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Theatre. See Monday for details. Ages 12-17. W £6 550 2:30-4:00 pm Methodist Church Choir Workshop: Out Of The Horse’s Mouth with Paul Sartin. See Monday for details. W £12 551 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Ales and Ailments. Songs about the pleasures or consequences of drinking or mentioning any affliction, disease or disability. Hosted byColin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 552 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music And Song Session hosted by Derek Simpson with Harbour Lights Trio. All welcome. Pynes Bar Collection 553 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail and Sidmouth Ukulele Band. Collection 554 3:00-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Stories, Poems and Ballads hosted by Bill Crawford with Debs Newbold, Jan Dean, Sheena Wellington. £10 (£5) 555 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Squeezebox Concert hosted by Keith Kendrick with Conor Keane, Katie Howson, Brian Peters. £12 (£6) 556 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full Of Folkadelia with Lisa O’Neill and Burd Ellen. Introduced by Kennaway House Tim Chipping. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6) 557 3:15-4:45 pm Blackmore Dance Spectacular with Alton Morris, Crooked Moon, Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris, Gardens Marquee Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Toby Bennett. MC. Graham Lee. £8 (£4) 558 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 1 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, Keep an eye on social media for Special W £10 Kingswood Room Offers through the Festival Week! 559 3:30-4:30 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Open Mic (12-17 Years). Individual feedback and the chance to perform in our (The Bulverton) week-ending Showcase are on offer at our friendly, relaxed Open Mics. Visit Shooting Roots in the Arts Centre between 11 and 5 Sun-Wed to sign up. You can also turn up on the day, but signing up is recommended to ensure a place. Free 560 3:30-5:30 pm Manor Pavilion What You Do With What You’ve Got. A Tribute to Roy Bailey. Hosted by Martin Simpson with John Kirkpatrick, Martin Carthy, Sandra Kerr, Robb Johnson and Nancy Kerr & James Fagan. £16 (£8) 561 3:30-5:30 pm The Ham The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff with The Young ’Uns. The story of one man’s adventure from Hobgoblin Stage begging on the streets in the north of England to the Spanish Civil War. A timely, touching and often hilarious musical adventure following the footsteps of one working-class hero. MC. Kevin Sheils. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £20 (£10) 562 3:45-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Dance. See Monday for details. Ages 12-17. W £6 563 3:50-5:10 pm Methodist Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops. Music from Church Hall meg’n’mor. See Saturday for details. W £12 564 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Playing For Early Dance Music 2 with Andy Richards, Fayre Play and Helen Richards & Sidholme Hotel Eglamore. The previous workshop is not a requisite but see Saturday’s entry for requirements and music. Confident players can progress to the dance event. W £12 565 3:50-5:20 pm All Saints Folk Dances from The Balkans Workshop with Cathy Meunier with Chris Edmunds, Dave Church Hall Hiscock, Dave McKeown, Ffiona Eaves, Chris Planel. Discover the wonderful music and dances from the Balkans. No partners are needed. We dance in a circle or in lines. Dance steps range from simple walking to more intricate footwork. All levels. W £12 566 4:00-5:30 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Masterclass with Saul Rose. See Monday. W £12 567 4:00-5:30 pm Lower Methodist Intermediate D/G Melodeon Workshop. How to Take Your Playing to the Next Level with Mel Church Hall Biggs. Each day we’ll look at a ‘tune with a technique’. Discover tunes from Norway, France and Mel’s own repertoire. (Participants should have a good grasp of their instrument and be able to play with both hands.) W £12 568 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room The Stream Of Sound Sound. Grown-ups, it’s your turn again! Come and learn a few of our Sidholme Hotel songs, sing harmony the Stream of Sound way! W £12 569 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 2 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 570 4:30-6:00 pm Methodist Church Community Songs Workshop with Peter Wilton and Mike Bailey. See Monday. W £12

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Keep an eye on social media for Special Tuesday 6th August Offers through the Festival Week! 571 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Jigfoot. Caller Barry Goodman. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 572 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Makeney Morris, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper. Collection 573 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 574 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Poetry Open Mic. New for Sidmouth, the first poetry open mic! Sign up on the door to read for up to four minutes, either your own work or bring a favourite poem or two to share. Experienced writers or newcomers welcome or if you just fancy relaxing and listening to some poetry for a couple of hours come and join us. Hosted by Ilse Pedler with guest, local poet Jan Dean. £6 (£3) 575 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Alton Morris, Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection 576 5:30-6:30 pm Arts Centre Talk: Morris From The Archives. Jameson Wooders has been an active participant in morris dancing at Sidmouth for almost 30 years. Join Jameson as he shares his morris discoveries from the archives. Think you know the history of morris? You may be surprised! W £12 577 7:00-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Presents Sam Sweeney. New and exciting opportunity to come and meet one (The Bulverton) of English folk’s finest musicians. A multi-award winning multi-instrumentalist, Sam will be joining us for an informal live session hosted by John Sandall. Bring your finest questions and find out more about Sam, his music, and his influences. Aimed at 12-25 years. Free C524 7:00-8:00 pm All Saints I Am The Song – Charles Causley’s Poems for Children with Jim Causley, Keith Kendrick Church Hall and Sylvia Needham. MC. Martyn Harvey. £10 (£5) F £15 578 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Sweet Black Angels, Devonbird, Anna Hamill. Collection 579 7:30-9:15 pm Methodist Church Eye On The Future Concert with Don’t Feed The Peacocks, Arthur Coates with Kerran Cotterell, Burdock and Molly Pipe. Introduced by Gail Duff. £8 (£4) 580 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Jeremy Childs leads a great evening of American dancing, contras and Church Hall squares of all types. For everyone. Music from English Contra Dance Band. £12 (£6) 581 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore New Callers’ Showcase Ceilidh. A chance to dance to some new voices that you will not have Gardens Marquee heard call at the festival before, combined with the infectious dance rhythms of The Gloworms. It’s sure to be a irresistible night of dancing at the cutting edge of emerging talent and is hosted by Michael Catovsky. £12 (£6) 582 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club is a fun mix of social dance every evening. Come and join in. Church Hall Mic Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 583 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Ball. A fun evening of varied Scandinavian dances with Megan Hatto. Music Sidholme Hotel from Chris Dyer and Jamie Huddlestone. £14 (£7) 584 8:00-9:30 pm Manor Pavilion King Lear Retold with Debs Newbold. An explosive, emotive retelling of the legend of Lear, King of the Britons. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by The Mocha Group £16 (£8) 585 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions. Come and join in an English music session with lots of opportunities to join in or lead your own tunes. SkillicorneMAX will also recreate some of the tracks on their new CD ‘Gold Bars’ featuring both string and brass sections. £6 (£3) 586 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Martin Carthy, Kim Carnie, Mary Humphreys & Anahata. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 587 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with Flook and Lisa O’Neill. MC. Tim Chipping. Supported by Kia Cars £22/£18 (£11/£9) 588 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Rob Harbron, Chris Ormston, Alvar Smith, Bill Murray, Burd Ellen, Brian Peters, Katie Howson. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 589 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood & Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk club style event with guests Jeff Warner and Sheena Wellington. Your hosts are Kingswood Room Bob and Gill Berry. £8 (£4) 590 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Nancy Kerrr & James Fagan, Robb Johnson, Feis Rois Ceilidh Kennaway House Trail. MC. Bob Walton. £12 (£6) 591 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session with Alan Austen & Linda Smith. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 592 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Bulverton Big Night Out with Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys (9.10pm) plus Broom Bezzums (8.15pm). MC. Simon Care. Preceded by Meet The Artist in Betsy’s Lounge at 7pm. Big Gig Ticket available £28. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £22 (£11) 593 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Out of Hand. Caller Fee Lock. Performance by Crooked Moon. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £28. £12 page 29 Keep an eye on social media for Special Wednesday 7th August Offers through the Festival Week! 601 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12 602 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Talk: Cecil Sharp: Saint or Sinner? Brian Peters discusses the truth behind the common caricature of Cecil Sharp as a neo-fascist bully who exploited his singers and was fatally selective in his collecting practices, using archive material that Sharp’s critics choose to overlook. W £12 603 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five sess- ions playing from written arrangements of four or five tunes. See Monday for full details. W £12 604 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Cotwold Morris Workshop. Makeney Morris will be teaching their newest original dance Church Hall “Squatters’ Rights”, in the style of Adderbury. Intermediate to advanced. Bring a morris stick if possible. W £12 605 9:30-11:00 am Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop with Canaan’s Land. New Songs, New Challenges. The work- shops are participatory and progressive. Loaner books provided. Limit 65. W £12 606 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 607 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginners and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. See Monday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £12 Kingswood Room 608 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Sidmouth Percusstra led by Jo May. Come and be part of this year’s Percusstra! In these three Primary School sessions, we’ll be putting together some percussive arrangements leading up to a performance at Hall the showcase on Friday 9th. No experience necessary. W £12 609 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginners’ Tin Whistle Workshop with Pat Brennan. Progressive series. See Monday for Primary School details. W £12 Classroom 610 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton Clog Dance Workshop. Oakenyouth teach a dance in the Lancashire Toe/Heel style: Pat Tracey’s Old Lancs A Routine. Progressive, part 2 Friday. Suggest hard soled shoes or clogs. W £12 611 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Diane takes a nod to tradition. Favourite Gardens Marquee Chestnuts, a focus on triplets, plus a few modern choreographies that have earned classic status. With favourite chestnuts, Wild Ride. W £14 612 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist 18th Century English Dance Workshop. Stuart Marsden leads a workshop that will focus on Church Hall English dances from the late 18th century and the early 19th century; a wonderfully rich source for dancers and musicians. Music from Boldwood. W £14 613 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Bones Workshop. Beginners with Louisa Davies-Foley. Learn to play the Bones, the world’s Church Hall oldest percussion instrument. An introductory workshop covering the hold, single beats, ornamen- tation and playing to music. Bones provided but please bring your own if you have them. W £12 614 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection 615 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Alton Morris, Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection 616 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians). Collection 617 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop with Star and Shadow Rapper will be teaching traditional and Church Hall adapted figures, looking at stepping and sword handling and putting them together into a dance. Progressive – 1 of 3. W £12 618 11:15-12:45 pm Cellar Bar Hither Side Of The Hedge celebrates folk song collector, author and artist Alice Gillington, Kennaway House using her own words as well as traditional Hampshire songs and dances she collected from Gypsy families in the New Forest. Presented by Simon and Jo Harmer, Jigfoot, Janet Keet- Black and Peter Ingram. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £12 (£6) 619 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Rivington Morris will teach Marston, a dance based on a Cheshire garland dance renamed and adapted to dance with sticks. Progressive 2 of 2. W £12 620 11:30-12:45 pm Arts Centre Stellar A Capella with Stream of Sound. See Monday for more details. 13-21 years. W £6 621 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for full details. W £12 622 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for full details. Limit 70. W £12 623 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Granny’s Attic and Harri Endersby. MC. Katy Spicer. £10 (£5) page 30 Wednesday 7th August 624 11:30-1:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Run The Film Backwards. A song, music and verse presentation on the life and work of Sydney Carter presented by Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. W £12 625 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Intermediate Fiddle Workshop. “Sing John Ball” – Exploring fiddle playing and singing Devoran Hotel, together with Sarah Matthews. Sarah will take a well known song and explore singing with Kingswood Room fiddle accompaniment. Music will be taught by ear, and notes handed out after the workshop. Intermediate. Bring your own fiddle and be prepared to sing! W £12 626 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Mountain Dulcimer Workshop with Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. Slow Jam: session playing Primary School from scratch – an opportunity to practise dulcimer skills and play with others (banjos, mandolins, Hall , guitars etc welcome to join in!). Dulcimers provided but feel free to bring your own. W £12 627 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Intermediate Whistle Workshop. Slow Airs with Jacquelyn Hynes. Learn how to play two Primary School beautiful slow airs from the Sean Nos tradition of Ireland, and the stories behind them. Bring a D Classroom whistle (high D or Low D acceptable). W £12 628 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. See Sunday for full details. Collection 629 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Lunchtime Concert with Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Alice Jones. MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Hunter’s Moon Hotel £14 (£7) 630 12:00-1:30 pm Lower Methodist Music For Cotswold Morris. “What did the old dead guys ever do for us?” Most morris musi- Church Hall cians just pick it up as they go along, so it may come as surprise to discover there are distinct ‘methods’.Drawing on the research and their own musical journeys, Stephen Rowley and Andy Richards with dancer, Alex Merry, help us learn the secrets of playing for Cotswold. W £12 631 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 632 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Old Chapel Band. Caller Barry Goodman. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 633 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Schottische Special with Kerry Fletcher, Chris Walshaw and Church Hall Frances Watt. Style and technique. Some variations and fusions of Schottische, with a chance to get creative with your own variations. Mixed level. W £12 634 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Oakenyouth. Find out more about this group of prize-winning young Gardens Marquee dancers and musicians. MC Chris Rose. £8 (£4) 635 1:00-2:15 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band. See Monday for details. Ages 12-17. W £6 636 1:30-2:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris. Collection 637 1:30-2:00 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris. Collection Bedford Steps 638 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Slide Guitar Workshop with Matt Price. Feel like playing some down ‘n’ dirty bottleneck Devoran Hotel, guitar but don’t know where to start? This workshop will cover the tunings and techniques you Kingswood Room need to get your mojo workin’. Open to anybody with a steel string guitar, a slide/bottleneck, but some guitar playing experience helpful. W £12 639 1:30-3:30 pm Rugby Club Well Known Tunes At A Steady Pace with Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart. Suitable for those who are new to tune sessions and would like a gentle introduction to them. See Monday for full details. W £12 640 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for more details. Collection 641 2:00-3:30 pm Lower Methodist English Concertina Song Accompaniment Workshop with Jeff Warner. Exploring song Church Hall phrasing, use of drones and dissonances, playing melody and chords together, best fingering Keep an eye on social media for Special techniques and use of scales in building of chords. Knowing your scales on the ’tina is helpful, Offers through the Festival Week! but not required (but it will be someday…). W £12 642 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Jigs Workshop. Making your jigs jiggy with Kirsty Cotter. Improving beginners – intermediate Primary School or for musicians that are new to playing folk music. This workshop will be taught by ear, but Classroom music will be available if required. W £12 643 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Ukulele Workshop with Rusty Wright. See Tuesday for details. W £12 Sidholme Hotel 644 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop led by Maggie Daniel, music from The Perfect Cure. Practice Church Hall of the steps and moves in a complete Irish set dance. Suitable for beginners and experienced dancers, no need to have attended earlier workshops. W £12 645 2:15-3:35 pm All Saints The Dartmoor Stepdance Tradition with Lisa Sture and Thomas White. Lisa provides Church Hall back-ground information about the Dartmoor Stepdance tradition from recent research and from her own experience of learning from ‘the old boys’. Part information, part dancing. Hard shoes, no taps or clogs. W £12

page 31 Wednesday 7th August 646 2:15- 3:35 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto and Chris Dyer. See Saturday for details. Sidholme Hotel W £12 647 2:15-4:15 pm Woodlands Hotel Tales From The Bawdy Bardess. A consummate teller of tales, Debs Newbold knows the meaning of the word ‘bawdy’. In this masterful piece of ribald ‘stand-up storytelling’ you can hear three of her most frolicksome medieval tales. Please note, this show has been cheekily crafted for audiences 17+. Introduced by Gail Duff. £12 (£6) 648 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child. A linked series of workshops. Ivan Church Hall will be doing Running Set followed by a short break during which Jeremy will take any willing callers through how to call a patter chorus. There will then be more square dancing during which callers can try out their patter calling skills. Music by The Linda Game Trio. W £14 649 2:30-3:30 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Theatre. See Monday for details. W £6 650 2:30-4:00 pm Connaught Gardens Dance Spectacular with Alton Morris, Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Makeney Morris, Oakenyouth, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris. MC. Graham Lee. Collection 651 2:30-4:00 pm Blackmore Gardens Lindy Hop Workshop with Hannah Moore & Andy Wright. Lindy Hop: The swinging social Marquee dance of the 20s, 30s and 40s, the music is joyful and this dance is all about energy, connection and playfulness between partners. Participatory. Beginners/Improvers. Wear shoes you can turn in. W £12 652 2:30-4:00 pm Methodist Church Choir Workshop: Out Of The Horse’s Mouth with Paul Sartin. See Monday for details. W £12 653 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Lucky Dip. Pick two cards from a bag. Each card has one word (e.g. Soldier, Animal). Sing a song related to the word on one of the cards. Be imaginative. Card swapping permitted. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 654 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Mrs Midnights with Bill Crawford. All welcome. Pynes Bar Collection 655 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Jacob & Drinkwater. Collection 656 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full Of Folkadelia with Mama’s Broke and The Kimberleys. Kennaway House Introduced by Steve Hunt. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6) 657 3:15-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel In The Tradition Concert with Harbour Lights Trio, Chris Ormston, Bill Murray. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by Upper Crust Bakery £12 (£6) 658 3:15-5:15 pm Manor Pavilion Sounds Of Modern Scotland with Iona Fyfe, Kim Carnie, Sheena Wellington, Arthur Coates with Kerran Cotterell, Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail. MC. Bob Walton. £14 (£7) 659 3:15-5:30 pm The Ham Concert with Martin Simpson and Rachael McShane & The Cartographers. MC. Kevin Hobgoblin Stage Sheils. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £20 (£10) 660 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 1 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 661 3:45-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Dance. See Monday for details. W £6 662 3:50-5:10 pm Methodist Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops. Music from Church Hall meg’n’mor. See Saturday for details. W £12 663 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Early Dance Workshop 2. Try your feet at a second set of dances from the 15th and 16th Sidholme Hotel centuries. No partner required. No prior knowledge assumed. Led by Helen Richards, music from Andy Richards and Fayre Play. Players from the music workshops may add to the band. W £12 664 3:50-5:20 pm All Saints Folk Dances from The Balkans Workshop with Cathy Meunier, Chris Edmunds, Tim Church Hall Heming and Dave McKeown. See Tuesday. W £12 665 4:00-5:30 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Masterclass with Saul Rose. See Monday. W £12 666 4:00-5:30 pm Lower Methodist Intermediate D/G Melodeon Workshop with Mel Biggs. See Tuesday for details. W £12 Church Hall 667 4:00-5:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Accordion Left Hand Workshop with John Kirkpatrick. Second of two linked workshops on Primary School how to play interesting stuff on regular (“Stradella”) accordion basses. Not suitable for melodeons. Classroom This second session is suitable for experienced players. W £12 668 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Song Arrangement Workshop. Nancy Kerr and James Fagan explore how to give traditional Sidholme Hotel and original songs that extra edge for performance. Perhaps you have a song and feel that your current arrangement needs some tweaks? Bring it along! W £12 669 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 2 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, Keep an eye on social media for Special W £10 Kingswood Room Offers through the Festival Week! page 32 Keep an eye on social media for Special Wednesday 7th August Offers through the Festival Week! 670 4:30-6:00 pm Methodist Church 20th Century Folksong Arrangements with Peter Wilton. 20th-century folksong arrange- ments mainly with piano accompaniment. Including some of Cecil Sharp’s more elaborate arrangements. W £12 671 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Afternoon Ceilidh with The Gloworms. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 672 5:00-5:45 pm Market Square Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Makeney Morris, Oakenyouth. Collection 673 5:00-6:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Motley Mummers Rehearsal. See Monday 5pm for details. Free Primary School Hall 674 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 675 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session hosted by Sheila Miller with Moira Craig with Brian Peters. £6 (£3) 676 5:30-6:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Alton Morris, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper. Collection 677 5:30-6:45 pm Arts Centre Talk: 25 Years Of Abc Notation. The de-facto text-based folk music notation system was released 25 years ago and has since spread far and wide. In this illustrated talk, Chris Walshaw, who formalised and named it, will give a gentle introduction to its principles & practice and a whistle- stop tour of some highlights. W £12 678 7:00-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Open Mic (12-17 Years). Individual feedback and the chance to perform in our (The Bulverton) week-ending Showcase are on offer at our friendly, relaxed Open Mics. Visit Shooting Roots in the Arts Centre between 11 and 5 Sun-Wed to sign up. You can also turn up on the day, but signing up is recommended to ensure a place. Free C625 7:00-8:00 pm All Saints Family Puppet Show. The Mystery of Memory Lane with Hand to Mouth Theatre. MC. Ian Church Hall France. £10 (£5) F £15 679 7:00-10:30 pm Blackmore Morris Wednesday. Windsor Morris presents Super Sidmouth. Bring your inner Superhero to Gardens Marquee fight crime and save the Folk Festival! From 7:00pm fancy dress fun with games, challenges and competitions in the world of Superheroes. From 8:00pm, enjoy heroic spots from super teams including your hosts. Then from 9:00pm ceilidh dance with Faustus. MC and caller Emma Wooders. £12 (£6) 680 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Folklaw, Vincent Tyrell, Jacquelyn Hynes & Martin Vogwell. Collection 681 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Ivan Aitken leads a great evening of American dance, contras and squares. Church Hall Come and have fun. Wild Ride providing the music. £12 (£6) 682 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club. A fun mix of social dance every evening. Come and join in. Mic Church Hall Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 683 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: The 18th Century Assembly. Stuart Marsden leads a glorious event featuring English dances Sidholme Hotel from the late 18th century and the early 19th century; dances taught during the workshops and perhaps others. With fair Boldwood. £14 (£7) 684 8:00-9:15 pm Kingswood & An Hour Or So with Burd Ellen. Burd Ellen is the solo project of Debbie Armour. Join her for Devoran Hotel, a specially curated, unamplified set of material from‘Silver Came’ and some of her favourite Kingswood Room ballads. Introduced by Barry Lister. £10 (£5) 685 8:00-10:30 pm Manor Pavilion Odysseus Dreaming. The ultimate adventure, the ultimate story. Presented by Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs. Powerful storytelling and breathtakingly beautiful music. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by The Mocha Group £16 (£8) 686 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions: Music session led by musicians from Shooting Roots, Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail and National Youth Folk Ensemble with Arthur Coates with Kerran Cotterell and a song spot from Stream of Sound. All welcome. £6 (£3) 687 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Rachael McShane & The Cartographers, Kim Carnie, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 688 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with Le Vent du Nord plus Mama’s Broke. MC. Jo Freya. Supported by Wickwar Wessex Brewing Company £22/£18 (£11/£9) 689 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by Dan Quinn with Bill Murray, Chris Ormston, Debs Newbold, Jeff Warner, Harbour Lights Trio, Mary Humphreys & Anahata, Alice Jones. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 690 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Iona Fyfe, Granny’s Attic, Harri Endersby. MC. Tim Chipping. Kennaway House £12 (£6) 691 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session with The Ship Band. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner

page 33 Wednesday 7th August 692 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Bulverton Big Night Out with Seth Lakeman (9.15pm) plus Jacob & Drinkwater (8.15pm). MC. Simon Care. Preceded at 7pm by Shooting Roots Open Mic in Betsy’s Lounge. Big Gig Ticket available £32. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £26 (£13) 693 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with The Committee Band. Caller Nick Walden. Performance by Rivington Morris. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £32 £12 Keep an eye on social media for Special Thursday 8th August Offers through the Festival Week! 701 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12 702 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Talk: As I Walked Out, Sabine Baring-Gould and the Songs of the West. Presented by Martin Graebe. Martin’s’s award-winning book is the first serious study of the pioneering folk song collector. Martin will explain how Baring-Gould formed relationships with singers and other collectors to recover, publish, and promote the old songs of Devon and Cornwall. W £12 703 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five sessions playing from written arrangements of four or five tunes. See Monday for full details. W £12 704 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Border Morris Workshop with Alton Morris. Starting off with the basics of stepping and Church Hall sticking, learn to dance one or two simple Border Morris dances. Bring own sticks if possible. All welcome. W £12 705 9:30-11:00 am Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop with Canaan’s Land. New Songs, New Challenges. The workshops are participatory and progressive. Loaner books provided. Limit 65. W £12 706 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection 707 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginners and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. See Monday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £12 Kingswood Room 708 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Sidmouth Percusstra with Jo May. See Wednesday for more details. Beginners. W £12 Primary School Hall 709 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginners’ Tin Whistle Workshop with Pat Brennan. Progressive series. See Monday for Primary School details. W £12 Classroom 710 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop with Windsor Morris. Learn ‘Windsor-on-Thames’, Windsor’s ‘new’ tradition – suitable for all levels. Bring hankies if possible. W £12 711 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Diane has a special touch – dances that have Gardens Marquee something just a little bit different. Wild Ride grooving now. W £14 712 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist 18th Century English Dance Workshop. Stuart Marsden leads a workshop that will focus on Church Hall English dances from the late 18th century and the early 19th century; a wonderfully rich source for dancers and musicians. Music from Boldwood. W £14 713 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Balkan Instrumental Music Workshop. Join Chris Edmunds, Dave Hiscock and Dave Church Hall McKeown as they prepare for the Balkan Social Dance on Friday. All instruments welcome to come and ex-plore these fascinating modes and rhythms. Sheet music provided. W £12 714 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection 715 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Five Rivers Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Rivington Morris. Bedford Steps Collection 716 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Makeney Morris, Oakenyouth. Collection 717 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians). Collection 718 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Sounds Of Modern Scotland. An Hour or So with Iona Fyfe. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year Kennaway House at the MG ALBA 2018. Introduced by Bob Walton. £12 (£6) 719 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Star and Shadow Rapper will be teaching traditional and Church Hall adapted figures, looking at stepping and sword handling and putting them together into a dance. Progressive 2 of 3. W £12 720 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton Cotswold Jig Workshop with Moulton Morris. Bampton jigs – learn how to make the dance and music become a complete performance – and become a potential Jig Competition winner. W £12 page 34 Thursday 8th August 721 11:15-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents. A Showcase of EFDSS Bursary recipients featuring Ben Walker & Rob Harbron, Thom Ashworth and Grace Smith. MC. Katy Spicer. £10 (£5) 722 11:30-12:15 pm Arts Centre Stellar A Capella with Stream of Sound. See Monday for more details. 13-21 years. W £6 723 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for full details. W £12 724 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for full details. Limit 70. W £12 725 11:30-1:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Short, Sharp Shanties. Presentation, talk and demonstration on John Short’s shanties with Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. W £12 726 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Intermediate Fiddle Workshop. “Limousin Mazurka”– Learning a new dance tune and explor- Devoran Hotel, ing accompaniment. Sarah Matthews will teach a traditional French mazurka. Music will be taught Kingswood Room by ear, and notes handed out after the workshop. Bring your own fiddle etc. W £12 727 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Advanced Whistle Workshop with Jacquelyn Hynes. Ornamentation – learn how to play Primary School more advanced ornaments in the context of a traditional tune. Bring a high D whistle. W £12 Classroom 728 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. See Sunday for full details. Collection 729 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Living By The Sea. Building on its popular debut last year, this feast of words and music re- unites storyteller Matthew Crampton and musical director Paul Sartin with the band Faustus and a choir of festival goers and townsfolk. MC. Kevin Sheils. Supported by Swan Inn £14 (£7) 730 12:00-1:30 pm Lower Methodist The Ballad Trail with Sheena Wellington. The Trail will trace a ballad from its earliest extant Church Hall version through its journey across Europe, its many variants in the British Isles and on to the Americas. Though Child Ballad 12 is the focus, others may be used for illustration. W £12 731 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 732 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Jigalots. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 733 12:30-1:15 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Funky World Band Rehearsal. Final Band Rehearsal before the Showcase. Don’t miss it. 12-17 years. £4 734 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Mountain Dances with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt & Chris Church Hall Walshaw. A selection of lively dances from mountainous regions, including the Rigadon from the French Alps and Lo Sbrando from Piedmont region of Italy. Mixed Level. W £12 735 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Five Rivers Morris and Makeney Morris – the battle of the hankies! Gardens Marquee Which team can stick the fastest? Who has the highest split caper? Whose kit has more sartorial swagger? Find out the answer to these questions and suggest your own challenges for the teams at this Cotswold derby! MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4) 736 1:30-2:45 pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Granny’s Attic. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5) 737 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Guitar Open Tunings Workshop with Terry Mann. An exploration of various open tunings for Devoran Hotel, the guitar for tunes and song accompaniment. Participatory. Improvers / Advanced. Please bring a Kingswood Room steel-string guitar with new strings. W £12 738 1:45-2:30 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Theatre Rehearsal. Final Theatre rehearsal before the Showcase. Don’t miss it! 12-17 years. £4 739 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for more details. Collection 740 2:00-3:30 pm Rugby Club FolkTED Workshop. Bringing the dialogue about our folk heritage into the C21st. Would you like to be involved in a Folk related TED Talks type event? This is a workshop to develop a Podcast folk event for future festivals. If you have appropriate skills or knowledge, or an inquiring mind then come along and be part of an exciting new development. W £8 741 2:00-3:30 pm Lower Methodist Birds & Botany In Traditional Song with Mary Humphreys & Anahata. An opportunity to Church Hall sing, discuss and listen to traditional songs which include a theme of flowers, trees and birds. Bring a song that you would like to talk about. There is a wealth of imagery and symbolism in English songs. Together we might discover some hidden meanings. W £12 742 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Slow Airs Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. Make your slow airs sing – looking at how to make Primary School your slow airs musical and beautiful. Improving beginners/ intermediate or for musicians that are Classroom new to playing folk music. Taught by ear, but music will be available if required. W £12 743 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Ukulele Workshop with Rusty Wright. See Tuesday for details. W £12 Sidholme Hotel Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers through the Festival Week!

page 35 Thursday 8th August 744 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Church Irish Set Dance Workshop led by Maggie Daniel, music from The Perfect Cure. Practice Hall of the steps and moves in a complete Irish set dance. Suitable for beginners and experienced dancers, no need to have attended earlier workshops. W £12 745 2:15-3:35 pm All Saints Dartmoor Stepping Workshop “Making it your own” with Jenny Read and members of Church Hall Instep. Intermediate and above. W £12 746 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto and Chris Dyer. See Saturday for details. Sidholme Hotel W £12 747 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child. A linked series of workshops. Church Hall Today Ivan will teach and walk through Sets in Order Part 2 (1950 to 1970) followed by Jeremy developing the moves and concepts used by Ivan, including some full patter squares. Music by The Linda Game Trio. W £14 748 2:30-3:00 pm Esplanade to Procession of invited teams along Esplanade, then into Blackmore Gardens, followed by dance Blackmore display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. All teams assemble at the west (Connaught Gardens) Gardens end of the seafront at 2.15pm. Collection 749 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Time and Tide. Any song involving a clock, specific time or date or related to the sea. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 750 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session with Alan Austen & Linda Smith and Out of Hand. Collection Pynes Bar 751 2:45-4:00 pm Manor Pavilion Shooting Roots Showcase Rehearsal. How are all these little things you’ve been working on throughout the week going to come together in the Showcase? If you want to perform in the Showcase then this is the chance to put it all together for the fantastic final performance. 752 3:00- 4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Cracknakeel. Collection 753 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Two By Two Concert with Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs, Annie Winter & Paul Downes, Bob and Gill Berry. MC. Bill Crawford. £12 (£6) 754 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Harbottle & Jonas and Kirsty Merryn. Introduced by Steve Hunt. Kennaway House £12 (£6) 755 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel A Dash Of Dartmoor. Jim Causley and Bill Murray will entertain you with traditional songs, tunes & dialect of Dartmoor and Devon. Introduced by Barry Lister. £12 (£6) 756 3:15-4:45 pm Blackmore Dance Spectacular with Alton Morris, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Gardens Marquee Morris, Oakenyouth, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris. MC. Graham Lee. £8 (£4) 757 3:15-5:30 pm The Ham Concert with Nancy Kerr and James Fagan and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith. MC. Hobgoblin Stage Tim Chipping. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £18 (£9) 758 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 1 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 759 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Playing For Early Dance Music 3. The previous music workshop is not a prerequisite but see Sidholme Hotel previous entry for requirements and music. Led by Andy Richards with Helen Richards & Eglamore and Fayre Play. Confident players can progress to the dance event. W £12 760 3:50-5:20 pm All Saints Folk Dances From The Balkans Workshop with Cathy Meunier, Chris Edmunds, Tim Church Hall Heming and Dave McKeown. See Tuesday. W £12 761 3:50-6:00 pm Methodist The Grand Tea Dance Beginners. A dance to finish the beginner’s week. All welcome to enjoy Church Hall all the styles of dance from the workshops. Led by Amy Burton with meg’n’mor. £10 (£5) 762 4:00-4:45 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Makeney Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection Bedford Steps 763 4:00-5:30 pm Lower Methodist Intermediate D/G Melodeon Workshop with Mel Biggs. See Tuesday for details. W £12 Church Hall 764 4:00-5:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Northumbrian Smallpipes Workshop with Chris Ormston. A participatory workshop for Primary School Northumbrian pipers to develop their repertoire and playing technique, with reference to the Classroom music and traditions of the last 200 years. Observers welcome. W £12 765 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Dissecting Leveret. Leveret demonstrate and discuss the process and methodology that allows Sidholme Hotel them to create spontaneous settings of tunes as they are playing them. They will dissect their ensemble playing, explore the individual elements and show how these can be used when playing in a small group or session. For all instrumentalists (non-participatory). W £12 766 4:30-5:00 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection York Steps page 36 Thursday 8th August 767 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon Workshop 2 with Ed Rennie. See Sunday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £10 Kingswood Room 768 4:30-5:30 pm Manor Pavilion Shooting Roots and Stream Of Sound Showcase. Come and show your family and friends all the fun you’ve been having and the skills you’ve been learning this week with a showcase for everyone to watch, to celebrate 25 years of Shooting Roots workshops and 22 years of Stream of Sound inspiring the next generation of folkies. Collection 769 4:30-6:00 pm Arts Centre Talk: Jollyboys and Limberjacks. “The jig doll in the British Isles and North America.” An illus- trated talk and demonstration presented by Jeff Warner and Katie Howson (one of the authors of “The Brightest of Entertainers” published in 2018). W £12 770 4:30-6:00 pm Methodist Church Gregorian Chant Workshop with Peter Wilton. A 10th-Century service using the notation from the Swiss Hartker Antiphoner from Sankt-Gallen, when chant was still an oral tradition. W £12 771 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with HiJinx Ceilidh Band. Caller Nick Walden. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 772 5:00-5:45 pm Market Square Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Oakenyouth, Star and Shadow Rapper. Collection 773 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 774 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest Iona Fyfe. All welcome. £6 (£3) 775 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection 776 6:00- Esplanade: Motley Mummers invite you to enjoy a traditional English Mummers play. Collection York Steps 777 6:00-7:30 pm Rugby Club The Best Of Well Known Tunes At A Steady Pace. Our Greatest Hits led by Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart. Primarily for those who have attended one or more of the earlier structured tune sessions. Others are welcome provided they are happy to play at a slower tempo than normal. Bring acoustic instruments of choice. £6 (£3) 778 6:30- Port Royal Motley Mummers invite you to enjoy a traditional English Mummers play. Collection 779 7:00-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Young Performers’ Showcase with Arthur Coates with Kerran Cotterell, Missing Richard, (The Bulverton) Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell. MC. Hannah Cumming. Free 780 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Count to Fire, Keith Smart with Adrian Hillier, Under The Covers. Collection 781 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s Irish Dance. Maggie Daniel leads the Irish set dance ceili where the dances learnt earlier in the Church Hall week will be danced, together with a selection of popular dances from around Ireland. All dances will be called, so suitable for beginners and experienced dancers alike. Music from The Perfect Cure. £12 (£6) 782 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club is a fun mix of social dance every evening. Come and join in. Mic Church Hall Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 783 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: The Early Dance Ball led by Helen Richards & Eglamore, with music by Andy Richards Sidholme Hotel and Fayre Play. Theme “Courtly Countryfolk”– Renaissance Shepherdess, Shepherd and Sheep costumes encouraged! Dancing and playing the Early Dances learned this week. A brief reminder of each dance and strut your stuff in dance or music. Small prize for the best costume. £14 (£7) C724 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore Stomping Ceilidh with the Sidmouth Seaside Stompers, calling by Nick Walden and Gardens Marquee appearances from Exmouth Shanty Men and Oakenyouth. £10 (£5) F £15 784 8:00-10:00 pm Manor Pavilion Hey In The Hay. An original show by Adrian Williams, specially developed for Sidmouth, bringing to life through music, words, song and dance the rural lives depicted in the famous 18th century painting of the ‘Dixton Haymakers.’ Featuring John Kirkpatrick, Barry Goodman, Keep an eye on social media for Special Stephen Rowley, Molly Pipe and dancers from Fools Gambit Morris. Preceded by dance Offers through the Festival Week! performances from Crooked Moon and Star & Shadow Rapper, and music from Ben Moss and Laurel Swift. MC. Chris Rose. Supported by The Mocha Group £14 (£7) 785 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions – Steppin’ Time. With Jo and Simon Harmer and members of Instep, Jigfoot. Clogs, taps and shoes welcome. £6 (£3) 786 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Granny’s Attic, Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Harbottle & Jonas. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 787 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with Richard Thompson (Solo Acoustic). Plus Kirsty Merryn. MC. Derek Schofield . Sidmouth Town Council Civic Night £34/£29 (£17/£15) 788 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Bill Murray, Grace Smith, Jim Causley, Iona Fyfe, Chris Ormston, Katie Howson, Sheena Wellington, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6)

page 37 Thursday 8th August 789 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk club style event with guests Annie Winter & Paul Downes and Bill Crawford and Kingswood Room lots of opportunies to perform. Bob and Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4)

790 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Ben Walker, Moirai. Kennaway House MC. Kevin Sheils. £12 (£6) 791 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by The Harbour Inn Crowd. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 792 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Blackbeard’s Tea Party’s Ten Year Anniversary Celebration! To mark ten years of folk-rock mayhem Blackbeard’s will be taking over The Bulverton. The theme is Kids TV Characters! Band Keep an eye on social media for Special on stage 9.10pm preceded by Thom Ashworth at 8.15pm. MC. Simon Care. Doors and Young Offers through the Festival Week! Performers’ Showcase in Betsy’s Lounge at 7pm. Stay on for Blackbeard’s L.N.E.Ceilidh with a Bulverton Big Gig Ticket £28. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £22 (£11) 793 11:00-12:00 am Woodlands Hotel Late Night Stories. Join Tom Goodale and friends for an hour of tales to chill your blood and make your spine tingle. Collection 794 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Blackbeard’s Tea Party. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Star and Shadow Rapper. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £28. £12 Friday 9th August 801 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12 802 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Cornish Music Workshop with Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs. Cornwall has a little known and fascinating repertoire. Learn some new tunes and learn a little of the unique history of Cornish music. Music provided. Suitable for all instrumentalists and interested listeners. W £12 803 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five ses- sions playing from written arrangements of four or five tunes. See Monday for full details. W £12 804 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Border Dance Workshop with Alton Morris. Following on from Wednesday’s initial workshop, Church Hall we’ll progress to more complicated stepping and sticking patterns. Bring own sticks if possible. W £12 805 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection

806 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginners and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. See Monday for full details. Devoran Hotel, W £12 Kingswood Room 807 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Sidmouth Percusstra with Jo May. See Wednesday for more details. W £12 Primary School Hall 808 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginner’s Tin Whistle Workshop with Pat Brennan. Progressive series. See Monday for Primary School details. W £12 Classroom 809 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton Clog Dance Workshop. Oakenyouth teach a dance in the Lancashire Toe/Heel style: Pat Tracey’s Old Lancs A Routine. Continuation from Wednesday. Suggest hard soled shoes or clogs. W £12 810 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Diane’s final workshop. A Grab Bag – recap of Gardens Marquee the week; revisit ideas that warrant more time; enjoy the mix. English Contra Dance Band in the mix. W £14 811 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop. The culmination of Canaan’s Land shape-note workshop week, open singing where the participants choose the songs and lead them if they wish. Loaner booklets provided. W £12 812 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist 18th Century English Dance Workshop. Stuart Marsden leads a workshop that will focus on Church Hall English dances from the late 18th century and the early 19th century; a wonderfully rich source for dancers and musicians. Music from Boldwood. W £14 813 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Bones Workshop. Improvers with Louisa Davies-Foley. Aimed at bones players with some Church Hall experience or those that have previously attended one of Louisa’s beginners’ workshops. Explore varying the pitch, playing double-handed and playing to music of different time signatures. Bones provided, but please bring your own if you have them. W £12 814 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection page 38 Keep an eye on social media for Special Friday 9th August Offers through the Festival Week! 815 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Bedford Steps Collection 816 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Five Rivers Morris, Makeney Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection 817 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians). Collection 818 11:15-12:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Dance Rehearsal. Final Dance rehearsal before our Dance Out on the seafront – don’t miss it! 12-17 years. W £4 819 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Album Showcase: Many A Thousand. Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith focus on their Kennaway House latest album “Many A Thousand”. Songlines ‘Top of the World’ 5* Album. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5) 820 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Star and Shadow Rapper will be teaching traditional and adapted Church Hall figures, looking at stepping and sword handling and putting them together into a dance. Progressive 3 of 3. W £12 821 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop with Windsor Morris. Learn the athletic style and fluid dynamic of the under-danced ‘Badby’ traditon. Suitable for dancers who can confidently double step. Bring hankies if possible. W £12 822 11:30-12:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Last Chance To Hear Stream Of Sound. Introduced by Bob Walton. All welcome. £8 (£4) 823 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for full details. W £12 824 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for full details. Limit 70. W £12 825 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel New Roots Plus. Showcasing some of this year’s finalists of the New Roots Competition with Burdock, Missing Richard and Molly Pipe. Plus one or two of the stars of this week’s Open Mic. MC. Gail Duff. £8 (£4) 826 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Tunes Arranging Workshop with John Adams (Village Music Project). Some of the old man- Devoran Hotel, uscripts written down by 18thC/19thC musicians had tunes with a second part. This workshop Kingswood Room will use some of these as a starting point and maybe add some new parts. Music provided. Participatory. Intermediate / Advanced. W £12 827 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Traditional Silver And Wood Flute Workshop for all kinds of flutes withJacquelyn Hynes. Primary School Learn how to adapt traditional music for the silver flute, and how to use ornamentation on the Classroom wooden flute. If you have both, bring them! W £12 828 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Grand Workshop Showcase. A chance to see the fruits of some of the week’s workshop series including John Kirkpatrick’s Festival Concert Band, Sandra Kerr’s Festival Choir, Jo May’s Percusstra, Louisa Davies-Foley’s Bones group, Paul Sartin’s Choir and Ilse Pedler’s Poets. MC. Barry Goodman. Collection 829 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests. Collection 830 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Lunchtime Ceilidh with Mrs. Midnight’s. Caller Mike Boston. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection 831 12:30-1:30 pm Esplanade: Shooting Roots Dance Out. Shooting Roots participants have been working hard this week York Steps learning dances from different traditional styles. Come and watch to support the next generation of young folk dancers and to enjoy our new take on tradition! Collection 832 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt & Chris Walshaw. Re-cap Church Hall of the classic Bal dances such as mazurka, waltz, bourrée and schottische, and variations we have worked on over the week. Mixed level. W £12 833 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Crooked Moon. Find out about the origins, dances and music of this Gardens Marquee Brighton-based Appalachian dance team. MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4) 834 1:15-2:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Telling The Song Workshop with Jeff Warner. Exploring effective singing using traditional singers as models; participatory workshop for all singing levels. W £12 835 1:30-2:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Moulton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection 836 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Banjo Workshop with Paul Downes. Trying to make the 5-string banjo sound English/British. Devoran Hotel, Discussing avoiding American styles (e.g. failing, bluegrass) and using the 5-string banjo as an Kingswood Room accompanying instrument for British folk songs. W £12 837 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association. See Sunday for more details. Collection page 39 Keep an eye on social media for Special Friday 9th August Offers through the Festival Week! 838 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Ukulele Workshop with Rusty Wright. See Tuesday for details. W £12 Sidholme Hotel 839 2:15-4:30 pm St Teresa’s The Last Afternoon Dance. Ivan Aitken wraps up the week with a mixed selection of his Church Hall favourite dances. Music from meg’n’mor. £12 (£6) 840 2:30-4:00 pm Connaught Dance Spectacular with Alton Morris, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Gardens Morris, Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow Rapper, Windsor Morris. MCs Chris Rose and Graham Lee. Collection 841 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Heads or Tails: Any song about heads (body, state, etc) or tails, or about dilemma, chance, luck or gambling. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 842 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with The Old Chapel Band. All welcome. Pynes Bar Collection 843 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Keltia. Collection 844 3:00-4:15 pm Arts Centre Sidmouth Folkweek 2019. Come and have your say about this year’s festival and suggest what you’d like to see in the future. 845 3:00-4:15 pm Cellar Bar Album Showcase: Namer Of Clouds. with Kitty Macfarlane. Gathering inspiration from the Kennaway House sky to the seabed, Kitty’s lyrics touch on intervention and rewilding, climate change and migra- tion. Introduced by Tim Chipping. £10 (£5) 846 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Granny’s Attic, Chris Ormston, Intarsia. MC. Barry Lister. £12 (£6) 847 3:00-5:00 pm Blackmore Balkan Social Dance with Cathy Meunier, Chris Edmunds, Dave Hiscock, Dave Gardens Marquee McKeown, Ffiona Eaves, Chris Planel. £10 (£5) 848 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel A Village Concert with Harbour Lights Trio and Friends. Hosted by Derek Simpson. £10 (£5) 849 3:15-5:15 pm The Ham Concert with The Shee and Amythyst Kiah. MC. Jo Freya. Supported by Hobgoblin Music Hobgoblin Stage £18 (£9) 850 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Shooting Roots Anniversary Adult Band. For one year only, Shooting Roots is opening Sidholme Hotel its doors to the rest of the festival! To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we’re holding a one-off Band workshop for anyone over 18. Come along to learn a tune and some funky arrangements, Shooting Roots style. All abilities welcome, just bring yourself, your instrument and enthusiasm! W £12 851 4:30-6:00 pm Methodist Church Advanced Harmony Singing Workshop for expert singers with Mike Bailey. Unaccompanied glees from the 18th century glee clubs, in 3 to 5 parts for SATB voices in various combinations. Participants should be confident sight-singers who can hold a part independently. W £12 852 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Big Band Ceilidh led by Nick and Mary Barber. Caller Martyn Harvey. Collection 853 5:00-5:45 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Five Rivers Morris, Oakenyouth, Star and Shadow Rapper. Collection York Steps 854 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Alton Morris, Moulton Morris, Rivington Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection 855 5:00-6:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig and their guest Jeff Warner. All welcome. £6 (£3) 856 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection 857 5:15-6:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Makeney Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection 858 7:00-9:15 pm The Music Room: Last Chance to Euro Dance with Kerry Fletcher, Chris Dyer, Megan Hatto, Jamie Sidholme Hotel Huddleston, Frances Watt & Chris Walshaw. £12 (£6) 859 7:00-9:30 pm Blackmore Celebration Contra. A final dance to say goodbye. Mainly fun contras.Diane Silver calls, music Gardens Marquee from members of Wild Ride and English Contra Dance Band. £12 (£6) 860 7:00-10:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Marnie, The McSmiths, Blue Honey. Collection 861 7:30-9:15 pm Manor Pavilion Tall Ships and Tavern Tales. Voyage in song from the high seas to a dockside alehouse with Exmouth Shanty Men. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by Middle Bar Singers & The Mocha Group £12 (£6) 862 7:30-9:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood Devoran Hotel, Room. Last chance to perform. Bob & Gill Berry are your hosts. £6 (£3) Kingswood Room 863 7:30-10:00 pm The Ham Final Concert with Belshazzar’s Feast and Granny’s Attic. MC. Kevin Sheils. (No additional charge for Week and Day Ticket holders.) Supported by The Dairy Shop £20/£16 (£10/£8) page 40 Friday 9th August 864 7:30-10:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Farewell hosted by Dan Quinn, with Chris Ormston, Harbour Lights Trio, Jeff Warner, Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs, Annie Winter & Paul Downes, Mary Humphreys & Anahata. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6) 865 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session with Jigfoot. All welcome. Collection and Faulkner 866 10:00-10:30 pm Esplanade Torchlight Procession from Glen Road to the Lifeboat Station.The procession leads along the Esplanade onto the beach, followed by the traditional Firework Display. (Participants please assemble in Glen Road by 9.45pm at the latest). Collection 867 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Kirkophany. Caller Barry Goodman. Performance by Earlsdon Keep an eye on social media for Special Morris Men. Doors and bar 9.30pm. £12 Offers through the Festival Week!

See you next year – 31st July to 7th Aug 2020 (The Sidmouth Folk Festival always includes the 1st Monday in August)

page 41 Keep an eye on social media for Special Venues and Directions Offers through the Festival Week!

All Saints Hall Dukes Peacock Lawn The venue for afternoon dance workshops and The hotel’s seafront forecourt is a venue for live Home of the Official Craft Village, next door to evening Family Shows. All Saints Road. music. Esplanade. Blackmore Gardens. Craft stands and a café. Access: level access. Access: flat access at entrance nearest to the Access: pathways around the Lawn, over grass and building. trackway to craft stalls, small curbs from pathways to Anchor Inn & Garden grass. Stalls are raised from trackway. The Garden is located to the left of the pub building. Ceilidhs lunchtimes and late afternoon, with bands Esplanade: Bedford Steps & York Steps Port Royal and singers through to late evening. Fringe events Pedestrianised area. upstairs and inside the pub. Old Fore Street. Two performance spaces on the Esplanade. Dance teams are programmed throughout the day with Access: pedestrianised area with public toilets, Access to Garden: level access, mainly tarmacked including an accessible unit secured by RADAR key. but with some steep or rough areas. opportunities for visiting dance groups and acoustic Access to upstairs: access via steep staircase. musicians. See A Boards on site for available times. Access: flat access at various points along the Sidholme Hotel Arts Centre Esplanade. Afternoon instrumental and song workshops in The Morning and early evening Talks. Daily Shooting Richmond Room and afternoon dance workshops Roots and Stream of Sound events. Festival Box Office and evening Folk Dances in The Music Room. Access: flat access from side path or two steps and Next to the swimming pool and Tourist Information Follow signs from Vicarage Road. Hotel will be serving sloped front path. The side path is located on an Centre. teas, coffees, cakes and light lunches. inclined road. Access: level access. Access: level access via hotel front entrance. Bedford Hotel Festival Campsite Rugby Club Concerts in the dining room. Programmed Afternoon See separate section on p. 56. First floor room used for a variety of workshops and Sessions in Pyne’s Bar. Located on the Esplanade at sessions. Heydon’s Lane. the junction with Station Road. Festival Car Park Access: via stairs which have a stair lift. Access: three steps at entrance, wheelchair ramp Please note that the Festival Car Park is not suitable available from hotel reception. Please note that the for people who cannot traverse uneven, sometimes Sidmouth C of E Primary School ramp is very steep and may not be suitable for some muddy, grassed ground. Used for Dance and Music workshops in the School electric wheelchair users. Hall and Instrumental and Song workshops in the The Ham Classroom. Blackmore Gardens Access: level access for all patrons through the Home to the Children’s Festival, the Blackmore Three major concert daily. End of Port Royal. Access: sign-posted entrance. Gardens Marquee (for Folk Dance workshops, dance level in and around the area, over grass to Ham Access to the school is via an inclined driveway so displays and ceilidhs – and a bar), the Music Fair venue and Catering outlets, slight curbs at edge of may not be suitable for some patrons. (for instruments, books and DVDs) and Festival grass and some trackway. Spaces for wheelchair users within the venue. Catering stalls serving all day. Open-air stage in the St Teresa’s Church Hall Gardens. Enter from Blackmore Drive or through Used for dance events, workshops and evening folk parish churchyard. The Kingswood Room – Kingswood & Devoran Hotel dances. It is on Vicarage Road, north of the Radway Access: access is over grass and trackway to venue Cinema. spaces, small curbs from pavement to grass. Used for instrumental workshops and “folk club” style evenings. Esplanade. Access: is from the hotel Access: level access via the main entrance at the The Bulverton & Betsy’s Lounge terrace, through the hotel and down a few steps. rear of the hall. The Bulverton hosts concerts, ceilidhs and Level access to the Kingswood Room is at the rear workshops. Food and a bar with Early Bird Specials. of the Hotel. Unitarian Hall Betsy’s Lounge hosts Sessions, Open Mics Show- Used for Children’s Festival workshops. Corner of All cases and is a late night space for relaxation, playing Manor Pavilion Saints Road and High Street. and singing. Secure instrument store. Access: based Afternoon and evening concerts and morning Access: step down through the door and narrow on farmland, the field where The Bulverton is located workshops. Corner of Manor Road and Station Road. doorways. has two entrances. There is one from opposite the Access: level access at entrance, spaces for wheel- Festival Car Park and one by foot from Station Road chair users in auditorium. The Manor Pavilion is on Volunteer Inn opposite the Campsite. There is blue badge holder an inclined road. Lunchtime informal “in the tradition” events. parking available adjacent to the venue. Afternoon and evening entertainment arranged by the There is flat access over trackway to the venue from Methodist Church pub. Temple Street. the paved entrance next to the Festival Car Park. The Church is used for daytime workshops and some Access: level access. The entrance for patrons walking from Station Road evening concerts. The Methodist Church Hall is used is a steep walk over a grass field. This is officially a for folk dances and workshops. The Lower Methodist Woodlands Hotel standing venue, but there are a limited number of Hall is used for workshops. High Street, close to The Conservatory is used for storytelling, workshops chairs around the edge and back of the venue space. Blackmore Drive. and traditional informal concerts. Station Road, There is seating in the adjacent Betsy’s Lounge but Access to Lower Hall: short flight of stairs from front opposite All Saints Road. Use the main entrance and no sightlines to the stage. entrance with stair lift. follow the signs. Access to Church: via lift or steps from front Access: access is via one step. There is a ramp Cellar Bar, Kennaway House entrance. Access to Church Hall: level access via available from hotel management to provide level Used for late morning, afternoon and evening con- side entrance. access. certs. Located on the Triangle, Coburg Road. Access: access for all patrons to the Cellar Bar is Please note that access to any festival space If you have any questions relating to accessibility at the side of the building. Level access available that involves grass is subject to the prevailing please email: through same entrance via a lift. weather conditions. [email protected] page 42 Venues and Directions

page 43 page 44 page 45 Taking Part Please see the daily listings for details and levels of ability required. Dance 18th Century English Dance Stuart Marsden Methodist Church Hall 9:30-12:30 pm Tue-Fri Absolute Beginners Dance Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt and Chris Walshaw St Teresa’s Church Hall 4:30-6:00 pm Fri 2 American Dance Diane Silver Blackmore Gardens Marquee 9:30-12:30 pm Sat-Fri Appalachian - beginners Crooked Moon The Bulverton 9:30-10:45am Sat Appalachian - beginners Crooked Moon The Bulverton 11:15-12:45 pm Mon Beginners’ Dance Amy Burton & meg’n’mor Methodist Church Hall 3:50-5:10 pm Sat-Wed (Sun : Music Room: Sidholme Hotel) Bhangra Dance Avtar Indian Dance Music Room: Sidholme Hotel 2:15-3:35 pm Sat & Sun Border Dance - Progressive Alton Morris St Teresa’s Church Hall 9:30-11:00 am Thu & Fri 9 Clog Dance - Progressive Oakenyouth The Bulverton 9:30-11:00 am Wed & Fri 9 Cotswold Jig Moulton Morris The Bulverton 11:15-12:45 pm Thu Cotswold Morris - all levels Windsor Morris The Bulverton 9:30-11:00 am Thu Cotswold Morris - all levels Makeney Morris St Teresa’s Church Hall 11:15-12:45 pm Tue Cotswold Morris - all levels Moulton Morris The Bulverton 9:15-10:45 am Sun Cotswold Morris - Beginners / Intermediate Five Rivers Morris St Teresa’s Church Hall 11:00-12:30 pm Sat Cotswold Morris - Intermediate Windsor Morris The Bulverton 11:15-12:45 pm Fri 9 Cotswold Morris - Intermediate / Advanced Five Rivers Morris St Teresa’s Church Hall 11:15-12:45 pm Mon Cotswold Morris - Intermediate / Advanced Makeney Morris St Teresa’s Church Hall 9:30-11:00 am Wed Dartmoor Stepdance Tradition Lisa Sture and Thomas White All Saints Church Hall 2:15 -3:35 pm Wed Dartmoor Stepping - Intermediate + Jenny Read and members of Instep All Saints Church Hall 2:15-3:35 pm Thu Early Dance Helen Richards & Eglamore, Andy Richards and Fayre PlayMusic Room: Sidholme Hotel 3:50-5:10 pm Mon & Wed English Dance Victoria Yeomans & Mollie and Dave Methodist Church Hall 9:30-12:30 pm Sat & Mon English Dance Victoria Yeomans & Mollie and Dave St Teresa’s Church Hall 11:15-2:00 pm Sun European Dance (Morvan) - mixed level Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt and Chris Walshaw All Saints Church Hall 3:50-5:15 pm Mon European Dance - mixed level Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt and Chris Walshaw All Saints Church Hall 12:30-1:50 pm Mon-Fri 9 Flatfooting Crooked Moon The Bulverton 11:15-12:45 pm Tue Folk Dances From The Balkans - all levels Cathy Meunier All Saints Church Hall 3:50-5:20 pm Tue-Thu Irish Set Dance - mixed level Maggie Daniel Methodist Church Hall 2:15-3:35 pm Sat, Mon-Wed Lancashire Clog Melanie Barber, Ruth Bibby and Mike Adamson All Saints Church Hall 2:15-3:35 pm Mon Lindy Hop - Beginners/Improvers Hannah Moore & Andy Wright Blackmore Gardens Marquee 2:30-4:00 pm Wed Molly Dance Ouse Washes St Teresa’s Church Hall 9:30-11:00 am Mon & Tue North West Morris Earlsdon Morris Men The Bulverton 11:00-12:30 pm Sat North West Morris Earlsdon Morris Men The Bulverton 9:30-11:00 am Mon North West Morris Rivington Morris The Bulverton 9:30-11:00 am Tue North West Morris Rivington Morris The Bulverton 11:15-12:45 pm Wed Rapper Dance - Progressive Star and Shadow Rappper St Teresa’s Church Hall 11:15-12:45 pm Wed-Fri Rapper Dance - all levels Black Swan Rapper St Teresa’s Church Hall 9:30-10:45 am Sat & Sun Salsa: Rueda - Beginners Hannah Moore & Andy Wright Blackmore Gardens Marquee 2:30-4:00 pm Mon Scandinavian Dance - all levels Megan Hatto & Chris Dyer Music Room: Sidholme Hotel 3:50-5:10 pm Sat, Mon-Thu Square Dance Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child & The Linda Game Trio St Teresa’s Church Hall 2:15-5:10 pm Sat-Thu Stepping Simon and Jo Harmer, Janet Keet Black All Saints Church Hall 2:15-3:35 pm Tue Instrumental D/G Melodeon - Absolute Beginners Ed Rennie Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 3:30-4:15 pm Sun-Thu D/G Melodeon - Absolute Beginners Ed Rennie Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 4:30-5:15 pm Sun-Thu Accordion Left Hand - All levels John Kirkpatrick Lower Methodist Church Hall 4:00-5:30 pm Mon Accordion Left Hand - Experienced John Kirkpatrick Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 4:00-5:30 pm Wed Anglo Concertina - intermediate Brian Peters Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 4:00-5:30 pm Mon Balkan Instrumental Music Chris Edmunds, Dave Hiscock and Dave McKeown Lower Methodist Church Hall 10:00-11:30 am Tue & Thu Banjo Paul Downes Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 1:30-3:00 pm Fri 9 Bones - Beginners Louisa Davies-Foley Lower Methodist Church Hall 10:00-11:30 am Wed Bones - Improvers Louisa Davies-Foley Lower Methodist Church Hall 10:00-11:30 am Fri 9 Cornish Music Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs Arts Centre 9:30-11:00 am Fri 9 D/G Melodeon - Intermediate Mel Biggs Lower Methodist Church Hall 4:00-5:30 pm Tue-Thu English Concertina Song Accompaniment Jeff Warner Lower Methodist Church Hall 2:00-3:30 pm Wed Festival Concert Band - progressive John Kirkpatrick Rugby Club 9:30-11:00 am Mon-Fri Fiddle - Improvers/ Advanced. John Dipper Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Sat & Sun Fiddle - Intermediate Sarah Matthews Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Tue-Wed Fiddle Masterclass John Dipper Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 11:30-1:00 pm Mon Fiddle - Beginner And Beyond Kitty Greenwood Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 9:30-11:00 am Mon-Fri Guitar - Beginners Steve McEleney-Smith Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 1:30-3:00 pm Mon & Tue How To Learn Tunes By Ear Bob Ellis Rugby Club 9:30-11:00 am Sun Jigs - Improving beginners - intermediate Kirsty Cotter Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 2:00-3:30 pm Wed Medieval Music For Folk Musicians Emily Askew Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 2:00-3:30 pm Mon Melodeon - Relative Beginners Bob Ellis Rugby Club 4:30-6:00 pm Sat & Sun Melodeon Masterclass Saul Rose Rugby Club 4:00-5:30 pm Mon-Wed Mountain Dulcimer Nonsuch Dulcimer Club Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall 11:30-1:00 pm Mon-Wed Music For Cotswold Morris Stephen Rowley, Andy Richards, Alex Merry Lower Methodist Church Hall 12:00-1:30 pm Wed

page 46 Taking Part Please see the daily listings for details and levels of ability required. Northumbrian Smallpipe Chris Ormston Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 4:00-5:30 pm Thu Percusstra Jo May Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall 9:30-11:00 am Wed-Fri Pipe And Tabor - Beginners Terry Mann Lower Methodist Church Hall 10:00-11:30 am Mon Playing For Early Dance Music Andy Richards, Fayre Play and Helen Richards & Eglamore Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Sat Playing For Early Dance Music Andy Richards, Fayre Play and Helen Richards & Eglamore The Music Room: Sidholme Hotel 3:50-5:10 pm Tue & Thu Playing Reels - intermediate - Progressive Kirsty Cotter Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 2:00-3:30 pm Mon & Tue Recorder (and Whistle) – intermediate+ Finn Collinson Lower Methodist Church Hall 2:00-3:30 pm Mon Shakers Jo May Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall 9:30-11:00 am Sun Shooting Roots Anniversary Adult Band Shooting Roots Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Fri 9 Sidmouth Big Band Nick and Mary Barber Rugby Club 11:30-1:00 pm Sun-Fri Slide Guitar Matt Price Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 1:30-3:00 pm Wed Slow Airs - intermediate Kirsty Cotter Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 2:00-3:30 pm Thu Song Accompaniment On The Melodeon Hazel Askew Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 2:00-3:30 pm Sun Swedish Bagpipes: An Introduction Terry Mann Lower Methodist Church Hall 12:00-1:30 pm Tue Tin Whistle - Beginners Pat Brennan Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 9:30-11:00 am Mon-Fri Traditional Silver and Wood Flute Jacquelyn Hynes Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 11:30-1:00 pm Fri 9 Tune Learning - intermediate John Adams Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 9:30-11:00 am Sun Tunes Arranging - intermediate/ Advanced John Adams Kingswood & Devoran Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Fri 9 Ukulele - all levels Rusty Wright Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 2:00-3:30 pm Tue-Fri Well Known Tunes At A Steady Pace Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart Rugby Club 1:30-3:30 pm Mon-Wed Whistle - Advanced Jacquelyn Hynes Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 11:30-1:00 pm Thu Whistle - Intermediate Jacquelyn Hynes Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 11:30-1:00 pm Wed West Gallery Music Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association Manor Pavilion 11:30-1:00 pm Sun-Fri Song A Round Of Rounds Stream of Sound Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Mon Birds & Botany In Traditional Song Mary Humphreys & Anahata Lower Methodist Church Hall 2:00-3:30 pm Thu Choir - Progressive Paul Sartin Methodist Church 2:30-4:00 pm Mon-Wed Community Songs Peter Wilton and Mike Bailey Methodist Church 4:30-6:00 pm Mon & Tue Explore Your Voice - all levels Tim Eriksen Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Sun Gregorian Chant Peter Wilton Methodist Church 4:30-6:00 pm Thu Harmony - All levels Ragged Trousers Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 2:00-3:30 pm Sun Harmony Singing - Advanced Mike Bailey Methodist Church 4:30-6:00 pm Fri 9 Shape-Note Singing - Progressive Canaan’s Land Methodist Church 9:30-11:00 am Mon-Thu Shape-Note Singing - Progressive Canaan’s Land Methodist Church 9:30-12:30 pm Fri 9 Shape-Note Singing - Beginners Canaan’s Land Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall 11:30-1:00 pm Sun Sidmouth Festival Choir Sandra Kerr Manor Pavilion 9:30-11:00 am Sun-Fri Sing Like A Bloke The Spooky Men’s Chorale The Bulverton 2:00-3:30 pm Sat Song Arrangement Nancy Kerr and James Fagan Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Wed Songwriting Broom Bezzums Lower Methodist Church Hall 2:00-3:30 pm Tue Telling The Song - all levels Jeff Warner Woodlands Hotel 1:15-2:45 pm Fri 9 The Stream Of Sound Sound Stream of Sound Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Tue 20th Century Folksong Arrangements Peter Wilton Methodist Church 4:30-6:00 pm Wed Storytelling Epic Storytelling Mike O’Connor Woodlands Hotel 1:00-2:30 pm Sun Mummers Skills Stephen Rowley Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall 4:00-5:00 pm Mon Storytelling “How to learn a story to tell” Janet Dowling Woodlands Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Sat Storytelling “How to learn a story to tell” Janet Dowling Woodlands Hotel 11:15-12:45 pm Sun Talk & Tales: Collecting Devon Ghost Tales Janet Dowling Woodlands Hotel 11:15-12:45 pm Mon Talk & Tales: Lust And Revenge Janet Dowling Arts Centre 5:30-7:00 pm Sat The Music in The Words Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs Sidmouth C of E Primary School Classroom 11:30-1:00 pm Tue Talks & more Dissecting Leveret Leveret Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 4:00-5:30 pm Thu Film Show: The Dartmoor Entertainers Bill Murray Arts Centre 9:30-11:00 am Mon FolkTED Stephen Rowley Rugby Club 2:00-3:30 pm Thu Discussion. Step Dance Competitions Chris Metherell and others Arts Centre 5:30-7:00 pm Mon Podcasts Stephen Rowley Lower Methodist Church Hall 12:00-1:30 pm Mon Poetry for All Ilse Pedler Royal Glen Hotel 11:30-1:00pm Sun-Thurs Run The Film Backwards Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham Woodlands Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Wed Short, Sharp Shanties Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham Woodlands Hotel 11:30-1:00 pm Thu Talk- Cotswold Morris Music Stephen Rowley Arts Centre 9:30-11:00 am Tue Talk: 25 Years Of Abc Notation Chris Walshaw Arts Centre 5:30-6:45 pm Wed Talk: As I Walked Out, Sabine Baring-Gould Martin Graebe Arts Centre 9:30-11:00 am Thu Talk: Cecil Sharp: Saint or Sinner? Brian Peters Arts Centre 9:30-11:00 am Wed Talk: Folk On Foot Matthew Bannister Arts Centre 5:30-6:45 pm Sun Talk: Jollyboys And Limberjacks Jeff Warner and Katie Howson Arts Centre 4:30-6:00 pm Thu Talk: Morris From The Archives Jameson Wooders Arts Centre 5:30-6:30 pm Tue The Ballad Trail with Sheena Wellington Sheena Wellington Lower Methodist Church Hall 12:00-1:30 pm Thu The Life And Songs Of Robert Burns Sheena Wellington Richmond Room Sidholme Hotel 2:00-3:30 pm Sat

page 47 Keep an eye on social media for Special Folk Festival Fringe Offers through the Festival Week! Festival Fringe noon starting Monday. Now included in from Collections Office in the Festival Sidmouth’s “Festival Fringe” is a part the main programme. Centre, Sidmouth C of E Primary School, vicarage Road just above the Radway of the Folk Festival experience, This is the 20th year that Herbaceous cinema, on the opposite side of the complementing the main Festival but Border (with Kurt Sauter) has run Border road. Tins or buckets can be collected not organised by it, so not responsible Morris workshops on the Esplanade out- and returned between the hours of for what takes place – but many enjoy side the Royal York and Faulkner Hotel. 9.30am and 6pm, or up to 7.30pm by participating, or just taking in the atmos- If you’re a dancer or musician without a special arrangement with the Collections phere. All Fringe events are free – but side at Sidmouth, join us 6pm to 7pm, Office. Please make sure that all make a collection for the Festival. If you preferably in kit, each evening starting tins are returned by 6pm on the last are having a good time, please drop a Sunday when we’ll celebrate with a Friday evening, prior to the Torchlight pound coin or two into the Collection tin picnic at 4pm in Blackmore Gardens. now and then. Here is a rough guide of Procession. what goes on, plus places where things Street Performers could happen: Please note that licensing arrangements Special Arrangements for and street closures for the folk festival Song sessions limit use of the Market Square in particu- the Torchlight Procession Please collect buckets for the Torchlight Middle Bar Singers: Upstairs at lar, and unprogrammed performers could Procession from the Collections Office by the Anchor to drink, laugh and sing. be moved on. Unaccompanied singarounds are from 7pm. After the procession please return 12.30-3pm and 8-11pm each day, Looking for somewhere the buckets to the rendezvous point on starting on Thursday, the day before to perform? Bedford Lawn car park. the Festival officially starts. Tuesday There are two large Festival Performance evening is usually a shanty fundraiser spaces on the Esplanade at York Steps for Sidmouth Lifeboat and Thursday pm and opposite the Bedford Hotel. Apart the singers jump into the sea and carry from scheduled sessions by Festival The Bill Rutter on singing: opposite the Bedford Hotel dance teams, if you play acoustically, at 3pm. Collections Awards sing or dance, please make use of the Bill Rutter, Sidmouth Festival Director Royal York and Faulkner: Morning opportunity these spaces provide. Dukes from 1961-79, encouraged everyone singarounds with Kitty Vernon and Tim has Open Mic sessions from 3pm-6pm. to participate and become part of the Edwards and evening sessions with a Festival team. The Festival has a long variety of hosts now appear in the main Collections tradition of busking from all kinds programme schedules. The Gloom, Sidmouth FolkWeek Ltd (Registered of musicians, dancers, singers and Doom and Despondency Competition is Charity 1111958) has obtained the artists. The award is presented to the on Thursday at 4.30pm. street licence from District dance team which collects the highest Council to collect in Sidmouth during amount during the festival and is keenly Esplanade Shelter: West Gallery Music the festival. Street collections from sessions from Sunday to Friday, 2-3pm. contested. In addition, a second award is performances are an important part of made to the group of musicians, singers Opposite Bedford Lawn Car Park. Now in the festival’s income. main programme schedules. or storytellers who collect the most If you are busking as musicians, singers during the week. The presentations will Music sessions or a dance team, please register your take place during LNE at The Bulverton Anchor Inn: In the main bar (street name and collect an official tin or bucket around midnight on the final Friday. level). Bedford Hotel Pynes Bar: Afternoon Volunteers Volunteers are an integral part of The Sidmouth Folk Festival and we massively value their sessions are now programmed by the contribution before, during and after the main week of festivities. main festival. See programme pages. Volunteering roles include staffing the box offices, venues, charity collecting, the Children’s Swan Inn: Music sessions all day. Festival, Campsite, Workshops, Processions, Merchandise to name but a few. Radway Inn: English music session In return for 5 hours a day, volunteers will receive a day pass or Week Ticket if working 35 lunchtimes and evenings, starting Friday. hours or over, plus free camping, food discounts, subsidised Festival bus travel and without a doubt, make new friends and have a fabulous experience. We are always on the lookout for new volunteers and if you are interested in helping for one Dance or two days, or for the whole festival, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch. On the Esplanade outside the Royal Either visit our website, email [email protected] or pop in to the York and Faulkner Hotel. Wild Thyme volunteer office between Wednesday 31st July-9th Aug and chat with Sue and her team. Border Morris (with Sue White) is for all, Volunteers are based at: Sidmouth Primary School, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8UG including complete beginners: 11am- page 48 Workshops Youth Workshops at the Sidmouth Folk Festival: Shooting Roots For everyone aged 12-17 A quarter of a century ago, in August 1995, Shooting Roots was born. This year, for the 25th year, we will be back for another year of fun, friends, and folk, and we hope you’ll be able to join us! If you are new to Shooting Roots you will have the opportunity to meet the tutors, try out the workshops, and start making new friends at our Give it a Go Session on Saturday. In this workshop we welcome anyone of any ability aged 12-14, and our enthusiastic, talented tutors ensure that lots of fun is had, new skills learnt, and great friendships formed. Over 270 workshops! Contras, Early Dance, 18th Century For those of you coming back for English Dance, Clog, Dartmoor Stepping, another year, we have plenty on offer More workshops than ever this year; Flatfooting and more. too! Get ready for a party atmosphere some are progressive courses, some are in Theatre, some stomping big tunes in Funky World Band, and the chance to one off tasters. Then there’s Storytelling, Mummers, try out new styles of dance in our Dance Poetry and lots of Talks and Discussions workshops. The sumptuous Stream There’s plenty for Beginners to get you covering FolkTed, Podcasts, Morris of Sound are also back again with an started in Folk Dance, Melodeon, Fiddle, Archives, Jig Dolls, Song Collectors, exciting week of Song workshops and Tin Whistle, Ukulele, Bones, Morris and Robert Burns and more. more. concerts, or drop into our Craft Day on Sunday to discover a new craft skill. Musicians will find series at different Workshop Tickets And if you are looking for some tips levels in melodeon, fiddle and whistle and tricks to improve your performance skills, don’t miss our Young Performers and the chance to join the Big Band Workshops are included in All in One, workshops and Open Mics which give playing for Ceilidh or the Concert Band. Week, Weekend and Day tickets. you invaluable personal feedback and There’s West Gallery, Balkan and Medie- Admission on the door is usually £12, experience. We couldn’t let this special val music and workshops on Concertina, (£14 for some longer workshops and year go by without doing something Guitar, Accordion, Mountain Dulcimer, £10 for some shorter workshops). A to commemorate it, so make sure you Northumbrian Smallpipes, Percussion, book of 6 workshop passes offers great come along to celebrate in style at our Banjo, Flute and a chance to dissect the savings and can be bought either from Betsy’s Bash: Anniversary Party on music of Leveret! the Festival Box Office or at the door of Sunday! workshop venues. Also keep your eyes peeled for a Singers can join the choirs with Sandra special Meet the Artist event, competi- Kerr and Paul Sartin and try Shape- The pass costs £50 for 6 workshops (of tions, and more surprises! And, for one note, Rounds, Gregorian Chant or a any length/ price) and can be “traded in” year only, we’re opening our doors to the variety of one offs including Harmony at all workshops marked with a W in the rest of the festival! Our one-off Anniver- Singing, Sing Like a Bloke with the event listings. sary Adult Band workshop is a chance Spooky Men’s Chorale and Song for over 18s to come and experience Arrangement with Nancy Kerr and all the excitement of a Shooting Roots James Fagan. Workshop Showcases workshop. Encourage your parents to come along and see the kinds of things Lots for Dancers too. New this year Several of the workshop series lead you get up to all week! Join us to cele- are Indian Dance, Lindy Hop and to a Showcase event at the end of the brate 25 years of inspiring young folkies Salsa, whilst you can enjoy European, week. This is clarified in the individual and to look forward to another fantastic Scandinavian, Balkan, Squares and programme entries. 25 years and more! page 49 page 51 Children’s Festival A taster of children’s events from the Children’s Programme A warm welcome awaits all children and The Children’s Programme provides some- families who join in the events at the thing special for each dedicated age group. Children’s Festival. Don’t forget a high- Three stars *** indicate that the workshops a tune or two to perform in the final Show- lighter pen to mark off favourites for the are progressive, building on the previous case event with the Ukulele Workshop week! The Children’s Festival programme days’ activities and culminating in a special ***, spend time singing some wonderful offers fantastic opportunities to embark showcase opportunity. songs to perform with the Sidmouth on music and dance journeys of discovery, Songswell Choir ***. For those who can plus there are great things to make in the For 4 years and under, little ones can already play a few tunes with confidence, craft workshops, activities to join in with start their Musical Journey by enjoying: bring instruments along and join the and shows to watch. The evening family Little Songstars Music, Action Songs famous Sidmouth Seaside Stompers shows are renowned for providing brilliant and Percussion and Songs. For those Ceilidh Band Workshop.***. There are entertainment. This year we are delighted who want to Dance and Move, there are also some special opportunities to try out to kick the evening events off with a Family opportunities to try out Yoga, Dancing Appalachian Step Dancing *** along Ceilidh, and then everyone can look forward around the and Reflexology with learning Cotswold Morris Dancing to a Circus Show, Story Evening, Special for Little Ones. Everyone loves to make ***. For hands-on creatives, there is the Family Concert, an enchanting Puppet things so there are some special Creative famous Craft Carousel where special Show and the Stomping Ceilidh finale on Craft Workshops for Children. Oh, and festival mementos can be made to take Thursday evening. During the week there is don’t forget the famous Teddies Hospital, away. How about making a rocket and firing a huge range of activities on offer for young where teddies, dollies and an assortment it from the Garden Stage in the Stomp people to enjoy and the most cost effective of soft toys can be bandaged to cure all of Rockets Workshop? Or have a go at way is to buy a Children’s Festival Season their aliments. This year we also welcome activities and exercises, stories and arts in Ticket, which gives priority access to all a special show for little ones: Crabby, Robin Hood Drama and make a fabulous events in the Children’s Programme (space offering an opportunity to try out some dancing doll in Jack-in-the-Green-Jig- permitting). Edwardian seaside activities. Doll Workshop ***.

Have a great fun-filled family week. For 5–7 year olds with musical interests, A highlight for many families is spending there is a chance to make lots of noise afternoons in the Children’s Festival Ray and Bev Langton, in Percussion and Songs, to sing in Torchlight Processional Build Work- Children’s Festival Producers the special choir for younger ones – shop. This year everyone will be working The Sidmouth Mini Singers***. The towards creating a musical processional Minims Beginners’ Band caters for all extraordinaire by making fantastical illumi- instruments and provides an opportunity to nated headdresses, simple costumes and play and perform together on the Garden learning great noisy percussive rhythms, Stage. Active youngsters can flex, stretch ensuring that no one will miss the and have fun in Yoga or learn their first Children’s Festival in the final Friday ceilidh dance moves in the Ceilidh Dance evening Torchlight Procession. Workshop. Crafty young people can make things and sing songs around the theme “The Herring Is The King Of The Sea” in DAILY ENTERTAINMENT IN Crazy Crafts, be part of an Edwardian BLACKMORE GARDENS Seaside Story with songs and puppets in Every day there will be performances on Crabby, make something to take home in the Garden Stage featuring stunning Young the Pottery Workshop, or make Performers. The Gardens will also feature Gargoyles and Windsocks to put up dance displays, walkabout and pop outside their tent or bedroom. up entertainment. There will be family ceilidh dancing and face painting. Seek For 8 years and over, the musical journey out the brand new Threads, Strings and includes an opportunity to try out Body Yarns area and there is even an opportu- Percussion, make unique junk musical nity for young people to perform at the new instruments in Non-Messy Music, learn BUSKIT spot. page 52 Adults £10 Child £5 Family Children’s Festival ticket £15. Season ticket priority applies. A “family” is 2 adults and Evening Family Fun up to 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children (babes in arms are free). Adults who are accompanied by SATURDAY solve the Mystery of Memory Lane. children have priority over those Family Ceilidh with Ray Langton Help them find where puppet dog who are not. and Adam Courthold, calling by Toby belongs, as they tell stories Barry Goodman plus perform- and sing songs using tin toys, hand A Children’s Week Season ticket is ances by Jeff Warner and Star carved wooden marionettes, seaside £56 which gives priority entrance and Shadow Rapper. All Saint’s Punch and Judy puppets and vin- to all Children’s/Family events, Church Hall tage musical instruments. All Saints space permitting. Church Hall SUNDAY Children’s Festival Workshops Family Story Show with Dave THURSDAY can be paid for on the door at the Tong, The Yarnsmith of Norwich. A Steamy Stomping Ceilidh! with prices shown in the Children’s The performance promises a the Seaside Stompers led by Ray Festival Programme. Children 4 compelling mix of humorous and re- Langton and Team STOMPIT!, years and under whose parent/ vealing tales, interwoven with crafty calling by Nick Walden plus carer has purchased the approp- and relevant riddles. Tale telling that appearances from The Exmouth riate adult season ticket have free brings the long past into the here Shanty Men and Oakenyouth. entry to events for the under 4s. and now. The Unitarian Hall We’re going green for tonight’s ceilidh so look out your green outfits MONDAY and head on down to Blackmore Family Circus Show – Big Gardens Marquee for an evening of Tops and Tiny Tots with Solid fabulous ceilidh dancing. Blackmore Folk Festival Children’s State Circus. Walking a tightrope Gardens Marquee Festival events are supported by Sidmouth between circus and education, Big Town Council. Sidmouth Tops and Tiny Tots is a non-stop Town Council whirlwind of plate spinning, hula hooping and unicycling fun. All Saint’s Church Hall Keep an eye on social media TUESDAY for Special Offers through the Festival Week! Family Show – I Am The Song featuring the poems of Charles Causley set to music with a mix of nonsense, history, tradition and songs about real places by Jim Causley, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham. All Saint’s Church Hall

WEDNESDAY Family Puppet Show – The Mystery of Memory Lane. Hand To Mouth Theatre’s warm and nostalgic show based around a Bric-a-Brac market stall where Mr Shabby and Mrs Chic try to teach a new dog old tricks in an attempt to Ticketing for Family Evening Shows.

page 53 Tickets Collection of pre-booked tickets unless they occupy a separate seat. Children under 12 (16 at LNE) must All-In-One, All-In-One Weekend, Bulverton-In-One, Week, be accompanied by an adult. (See ticket purchasers will be sent a receipt Weekend, Day and Camping ‘Requirements for Care of Minors’ which is then exchanged for tickets on arrival in Sidmouth. The receipt opposite). shows which collection point you have chosen: Festival Box Office or Campsite. On the day of arrival, if the appropriate Box Office is closed, a ‘Advance Tickets No Longer Season Ticket receipt itself can be used to gain access to events. Available’ for any specific event means that tickets will then only be on sale at If requested, Advance Event Tickets purchased before 15th July will the door from about 10 minutes before have been posted to the address you gave when booking; otherwise they the event starts, depending upon space. will be held at the Festival Box Office, or Campsite Reception, as per your Seats are not pre-allocated and are selection when booking. From 15th July onwards, they will be held for available on a first-come, first-served collection at the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) until 4.00pm on 28th basis. The number of tickets available July, and from 29th July at the Festival Box Office. Event tickets pur- overall has been limited to ensure that chased online from 15th July onwards can be collected from the Festival All-In-One, All-In-One Weekend, Week, Box Office from 29th July. Tickets not collected up to 1 hour before the Weekend and Day Ticket holders can event can be collected at the venue. (The collection point for The Ham gain access to an alternative event should their first choice be full. events is the Festival Box Office). Workshop Tickets are mainly priced All-In-One Tickets give admission to Day and Weekend Tickets have the at £12 and are available on the door all Festival events including The Ham same conditions, for the relevant days, for individual workshops. Alternatively, Evening Concerts. They do not give as the Week Tickets above. The Week- a book of 6 workshop passes can be entry to the Pre-Festival shows on end Ticket covers Friday to Sunday. bought either from the Festival Box Thursday 1st or Friday 2nd August, but Ticket holders can purchase camping for Office or at the door. The book costs you can get a discount. Priority entry the weekend or for the night before and/ £50 for 6 workshops and can be used to all events (just arrive at least 10 or the night of the relevant Day ticket, as at all workshops marked with ‘W’ in the minutes before the event start) subject appropriate. events listing. to capacity. Separate campsite charges Advance Event Tickets give admission Bulverton Extended Hours: The apply. to specific events at The Ham, Manor Bulverton evening events usually All-In-One Weekend Tickets have Pavilion, Sidholme Hotel and The begin at 7.00pm and LNE will finish at the same conditions, for the relevant Bulverton. The number of advance 1.15am. This gives you the chance to days, as the All-In-One Tickets above. tickets available is limited. make an evening of it with a meal and The Weekend Ticket covers Friday to a drink at the bar, both at reduced Early Event Tickets will be available at the Sunday. Evening Special prices from 7.00pm to door of almost all events, subject to 8.15pm. Bulverton-In-One (18-25 & 25+) space after Season and Advance ticket give admission to all Bulverton events holders have been let in. Bulverton Late Night Extra (LNE) and also include full week’s Camping. tickets are available from the Festival Pre-Festival shows: These shows are They do not give access to other Box Office until 7.00pm each day. After planned particularly for people from the venues and shows but discounts are 7.00pm tickets for that night’s LNE will region, local residents and early Festival available. be available at The Bulverton entrance. arrivals and so are separately ticketed. Week Tickets give admission to All-in-One, Bulverton-In-One, Week and Big Gig Tickets are combined, all Festival events, except The Ham Weekend Festival Season ticket holders discount-price tickets for the Bulverton Evening Concerts and Pre-Festival can buy these tickets for these shows evening and LNE events. These are shows, but you can get a discount. at a discount – the 2nd price shown. All available in advance from the Festival Priority entry to all events (just arrive at events will take place at The Ham. Box Office until 7.00pm, or on the door, least 10 minutes before the event start ) subject to space. subject to capacity. Event Tickets for Children are half the Separate campsite charges apply. full adult price unless otherwise shown in brackets. Children 5 and under free, Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers through the Festival Week! page 54 Tickets Children’s Festival – Child Season tickets are good value and give the child priority entry to all Children’s Festival events. The Family Ticket Offer allows you to buy an Adult ticket and one youth/Child ticket and then get the next Child ticket FREE. You can also Pay on the Door for individual events, if space is available. For full details and prices, see the Children’s Festival programme. Family Concerts – there are reduced price Family Tickets for these early evening concerts for 2 adults and up to 2 children or 1 adult and up to 3 children. Requirements for Care of Minors Box Offices • Children 5 and under must be Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre Box Office accompanied by a responsible adult at Open until Sunday 28th July at 4pm. Ham Lane, Sidmouth, Devon all times. See the Children’s Festival EX10 8XR. Tel: 01395 577952, open 10am–5pm (4pm Sundays). Programme for information regarding By post, phone or in person. specific Children’s workshops. • Children under 12 years old must be Festival Box Office Open from Monday 29th July to Friday 9th August. Sited outside the accompanied by a responsible adult to Swimming Pool and Tourist Information Centre. Tel: 01395 577952 or in performance events. person; 12noon to 8pm 29th July, 9am to 8pm 30th July to 8th August, • Under 16s must be accompanied by 9am to 6pm 9th August. a responsible adult at any event that is programmed to run after midnight. We will accept telephone bookings for event tickets until 5pm on the day of the event for evening shows with advance tickets, and 1pm for Ham Queues at some events will be afternoon shows. inevitable. Doors cannot be opened until soundchecks have been completed Online and venue management are ready to www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk receive the audience. Please be patient Tickets can be bought online as follows: and co-operate with our stewards, who Weekend – until Thursday 1st August at midnight will let you in as soon as they can. At All-In-One, Bulverton-In-One and Week – until some venues, stewards may ask you to Saturday 3rd August at midnight form two queues; for instance, for ticket Day and Event – until midnight on the day before holders and non-ticket holders. Holders the event or day concerned of tickets will be let in first, then tickets will be sold at the door, subject to space Key to Ticket Prices being available. Children’s prices are half the full adult price, unless otherwise shown in Dogs Please note that dogs are not brackets, e.g. (£5). permitted in any Festival venues For The Ham Evening Concerts, two prices are shown, e.g. £20/16, the except for recognised assistance dogs. 2nd being the discount price for Week, Weekend, Day Ticket holders and Dogs are permitted on the Festival Residents. campsite if kept on leads. W Workshops at which the book of workshop passes can be used or entry paid for at the door. REFUNDS Sorry, we are not able to F Family prices for Family Concerts and Evening Ceilidhs are for give refunds on any tickets, and any lost 2 adults and up to 2 children, or for 1 adult and up to 3 children. tickets cannot be replaced. Please refer Note: At Family Concerts, priority will be given to children and people to the full buying terms and conditions with children. available at: Ticket prices include VAT at 20%. www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk page 55 Festival Campsite and Car Park Where Campfires & BBQ Postcode: EX10 9DW Campfires and ground-level barbeques Located on the B3176, Bulverton Road. are strictly prohibited. Barbecue units 1.5 miles from the centre of Sidmouth. are only allowed with the agreement of the Campsite Manager, so please check Available to – before buying food. All-In-One, Bulverton-In-One, Week, Weekend and Day Ticket holders for the Motorhomes, Caravans & appropriate night(s) and people who have bought advance event tickets, for the Live-In-Vehicles night before and night of the event. Sepa- A separate area from tents is provided rate charges for Caravan / Motorhomes / with limited availability. Book in advance. Live-in-Vehicles apply. Must remain in situ for the week once Camping is also available to Non-Ticket parked. Holders at a premium price as indicated. Facilities Opening Times Toilets including accessible facilities. Wednesday 31st July, 12.00, to Saturday Showers – Cubicles including one acces- sible unit for wheelchair users. Keys for 10th August, 12.00 Waste Disposal On Arrival, follow the instructions from the the accessible shower available from the campsite box office. Rubbish and recycling bins are at the Campsite volunteers. All campers must top of the campsite, by the entrance and complete a registration sheet. Cars are Drinking Water – Various taps around the campsite. between the two fields. Please keep this allowed on site for unloading / loading. area tidy. For the full Sidmouth Folk Festival Hot water washing up facilities. Campsite Guide, please see the website, Two Elsan points. Dogs or collect a copy of the guide when you Milk – Available from campsite shop. Dogs are permitted on site if kept on arrive. Main walkways are lit by fairy lights. a lead and under control at all times. Lockable storage – operated during Please exercise your dogs away from the Cars Campsite Box Office opening hours only. camping areas and clean up after them. Cars are allowed on the campsite. How- Available to all campers. Please note that Please note that dogs are not permitted ever, once parked no vehicle may move all items left must be available for search- in any venue, except for recognised until it leaves the festival. If you would like ing prior to depositing. Storage is locked assistance dogs. move your car during the festival, please overnight and is secure. (Free) use the free Festival Car Park on top of Access: the campsite is based on Festival Car Park Bulverton Hill. Cars must be parked as farmland that is at times sloping and The Festival Car Park is located off the indicated by the Campsite Stewarding undulating. B3176 Bulverton Road and accessible team. via one-way system from Broadway and Catering Bickwell Lane. It is in a grass field behind Family Area Wakey, Wakey, Eggs and Bakey return to the Bulverton Marquee. There is a designated quieter Family serve great breakfasts and tasty evening To access the town from the car park, Camping area – please keep the noise meals. walk past the Bulverton Marquee, down here to a minimum after 10:30pm. The Campsite Shop by Woolbrook News the hill to the bus stop just opposite the has increased its range of basics, papers, Campsite entrance (see Bus Timetable). Accessibility Area camping gear this year, so please support There is a dedicated area for people with them. mobility requirements. Parking costs: Per day – £4 per car (arrival before 5.30pm) Car parking in the town Evening – £2 per car (arrival after There are no parking concessions in Bedford Lawn car park (Folk Festival 5.30pm) any of the town car parks for Festival Donor): Opposite Bedford Hotel. Parking in the Festival Car Park is free to ticket holders, traders or stallholders. We Pay as you enter. All In One, Bulverton In One, Week, Week- advise you to use public transport or the end and Day Ticket holders. Access: the The Ham East, Ham West and Rox- Festival Bus wherever possible, thereby Festival Car Park is based on farmland burgh short stay car parks reducing the environmental impact and that is sloped and undulating and is not (EDDC): Charging 8am to 6pm daily. improving safety. suitable for people who cannot traverse 3 hours max stay, no return within 1 hour. uneven, sometimes muddy, grassed Sidmouth Cricket, Tennis & Croquet ground. The Festival Car Park is not Clubs (main festival supporter) and Manor Road car park (EDDC): suitable for large vans/motor homes due Sidmouth Rugby Club (Diamond Folk Western end of Manor Road. Charging 24 to width restrictions. Festival Sponsor): Each club operates hours daily. 24 hours max stay: no return a car park during the Folk Festival. Follow within 1 hour. the signs on the B3176 (Station Road) Keep an eye on social media for Special before reaching the Esplanade. Offers through the Festival Week! page 56 Sidmouth Folk Festival 2019 Bus Service 2nd to 9th August 2019 Campsite to Triangle Bulverton Campsite – Triangle Depart 08.00 08.20 every 20 minutes (or when buses are full) to 02.00

Triangle – Bulverton Campsite Depart 08.10 08.30 every 20 minutes (or when buses are full) to 02.10

Town Circular Route Campsite – Triangle – All Saints Road – Radway – Sidmouth Primary School – Woolbrook – Waitrose – Campsite Depart 08.00 09.00 every 60 minutes 21.00

This route provides for venues: All Saints Church, Sidmouth Primary School (Vicarage Road) and Sidholme Hotel. Additional service 31st July and 1st August A cut-down service in both directions between the Bulverton Campsite and the Triangle is in operation from Wednesday 31st July, 12:00 until midnight and on Thursday 1st August, from 08:00 until midnight.

Additional service 10th August On the morning of the 10th August a single coach will operate between 08.00 to 10.00hrs between the Campsite and the Triangle.

page 57 24 stalls with over 40 traders Craft Village in an English Garden setting. Fantastic on-site Cafe open throughout the day. Craft Village Open late on Friday and Saturday until 8pm. Easily found right next door to Come and browse... Blackmore Gardens on Peacock Lawn in the centre of town...... Undercover and open air seating across the lawn with LIVE Come and browse our stalls in an English Garden entertainment and displays. setting with traders selling everything from Jewellery, Artwork, Glass Carvings, Clothing and much more! We are here! Cafe Dish will be in its usual place offering a great selection of cakes, lunches and refreshments throughout the day with plenty of seating! NEW FOR 2019 – We are pleased to announce entertainment and workshops as well as demon- strations from many of our traders, locals and festival friends. Come and see the new traders as well as visiting your old favourites and even shop for longer on Friday and Saturday with late opening until 8pm!

If you are interested in being part of the Craft Village in 2020, please email: [email protected] for more details...... Out Of The Doldrums Samphire Jewellery Offering a wide range of high quality ethnic clothing Beautiful jewels handmade in alongside silk batik paintings and scarves by Denise Devon. Semi-precious, freshwater and sculptured leaded-glass insects, spiders and pearls, silver and gold hand- webs by Hugh. stamped...... WildWoodLove Flute CraftExe Each flute is unique and lovingly hand-crafted to Fused glass handmade in Exeter. provide you with something that sings with a sound as beautiful as the natural wood it is crafted from. page 58 Keep an eye on social media for Special Craft Village Offers through the Festival Week! Grandma Bees Natural Skincare Uniquely Suzy B Handmade in Monmouthshire with only pure natural Hand spun and weaved clothing and accessories ingredients. made with vegan yarn...... Textura Matneys Shed Unusual and distinctive clothing made from natural Handmade furniture and sculptures made from fibres, specialising in clothes made from nettles and recycled and reclaimed items. hemp...... Starfish Studios Beaujangles Quick portraits of people and animals in charcoal, Homemade jewellery and pencil or pastel as well as prints and cards. children’s paintings...... Handmade by Holly Glitzy Vintage Handmade jewellery, accessories Beautiful antique and vintage jewellery at affordable and homeware using fabric and prices. Every piece is different and could be Victorian, polymer clay. Art Nouveau, Art Deco or from the 50’s or 60’s...... Unique Boutique Kyle Baker Photography Showcasing some of the best emerging indie Official festival photographer selling Sidmouth prints makers in the south west. and more! ...... Made with Love by Mazz Hare Raising Designs & Handmade and upcycled handmade, personalised Zara Emily Designer gifts that can be made to order. High Quality, limited edition prints, cards, clothing and ...... homeware with a gothic feel. Jewelsangel Handmade copper and Cornish tin art, jewellery and ...... accessories. Jane Williams Silks Hand painted silk scarves ALSO – inspired by nature and the Palm reading, hand & foot massages, art classes stunning landscape of and much more! North Devon.

page 59 Music Fair Our highly respected music fair returns for 2019 in its usual Blackmore Gardens position. Come and meet the makers, try their instruments and enjoy the relaxed and creative atmosphere. With seating, food and drink available right outside in the gardens, it is a unique setting for this kind of fair in the UK.

Hobgoblin Devon Strings Workshop Instruments, accessories, books and CDs. Violin makers and restorers offering a range of 0845 1309500 fiddles, bows, cases, strings and accessories. 01392 433748 ...... New Premises in Exeter @ 3 Guinea Street, EX1 1BS The Music Room Acoustica & Oakwood Instruments ...... P J Music Instruments, accessories, books, CDs and starter kits. 01274 879768 An eclectic range of instruments for sale. 07968 687011

If you are interested in being part of the Music Fair in 2020, please email: [email protected] for more details.

page 60 Merchandise Festival Souvenir Shops at The Ham and in Blackmore Gardens ...... Something for everyone as souvenirs of the 65th Festival: new, special 65th David Owen designs. Card payments now available. Look out for “Sing a Song of Sidmouth” ...... competition Festival Artists CD sales: at The Ham Artists’ CDs will be on sale at the Ham Merchandise stall. Keep an eye on social media for Special (CDs also sold at venues where artists appear.) Offers through the Festival Week! Town centre parking, SidmouthRFC right next to www.sidmouthrfc.co.uk Blackmore Gardens

Follow the signs off Station Road

Food available on site, including all day breakfast

Delighted to be Diamond sponsors of Sidmouth Folk Festival

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Food and Drink

Highlights Special news this year at The Ham for Foodies There is a very fine restaurant in Ottery St Mary, The Rusty Pig, with a stellar and growing reputation around the South West for fine food at home and at events.

STOP PRESS: THE RUSTY HAS LANDED Crazy Crepes: The Crazy gang have at The Sidmouth Folk Festival as our new delivered a great range of sweet and main Ham caterer. (Recommended to us by savoury crepes, both tasty and authentic. Salcombe Dairy’s Ice Cream Parlour: previous incumbent, Tom’s Kitchen/Pies). Ham Bar: The Anchors Away Ham team will Delicious ices for small and big children in the Blackmore Gardens. Expect a great menu from Rusty be there with an excellent range of Wickwar presenting their own take on the best food craft ales, Sandford Orchards ciders and all Blackmore Marquee: the Blackmore at ANY festival. Super variety with loads of manner of wines, spirits and soft drinks. Volunteer Bar: These highly-tuned, bar- interesting dishes, plus, for you devotees, minding athletes do a great job hosting Tom’s pies from Rusty. The Bulverton all visitors to the Blackmore Marquee, including the Display Dance contingent who Bulverton News: loads more choice from NEW: 1: Bush Farm, Exmouth: Healthy, call it “Home from Home”. Impenetrable 2 excellent caterers for the whole evening naturally reared, low fat bison and venison and pithy West Country humour aside, they and late for the Betsy’s Loungers – details plus beef burgers, chilli nachos, bacon and do have a “must try” range of unique beers, below. egg rolls and chips – all you need to get through a serious Bulverton night out. ciders and skinny cocktails. It promises to be a fine year for food at Café Dish on Peacock Lawn: Kara’s Café the Festival with all the caterers looking NEW: 2: The Big Kebabski, Starcross, Dish nestles in the official Festival Craft to create something special to celebrate Exeter: Vegan kebabs – delicious, healthy Village on Peacock Lawn, just over the wall the 65th. and honestly homemade! Proud at making everything from scratch, from pickling from Blackmore Gardens. A hidden gem, Been a great year for our brewery sponsor chillies to fermenting Kimchi, Luke and just waiting for you to find them, offering Wickwar Brewing Company. Look out Justa are passionate and fully dedicated truly wondrous cakes, delicious vegan food for a superb new IPA to meet demand for to get your taste buds going! Their kebabs and loads of other food and drinks, like this increasing popular light ale. From the come in freshly cooked flatbreads and are nothing else at the Festival. rugged heartlands of Devon, the true home served with their signature dips and sauces. of cider, Sandford Orchards bring us deli- Festival Campsite Early Bird Bar and Food Special: cious craft and fruit varieties for discerning Wakey, Wakey, Eggs and Bakey: Apart cider drinkers. From 7.00 to 8.15 pm, we invite you to take advantage of the Early Bird food and from having the most outrageous name At The Ham bar deals, before the main entertainment and coming from Sidmouth, they do superb kicks in. Why not eat and drink at Bulverton breakfasts plus an excellent variety of Rusty Pig at the Festival: A hearty and make it a great night? early evening meals with good vegetarian welcome to the Rusty Pig from Ottery using options. All that remains is for hungry fresh, local and sustainable produce to Bulverton Bar: The Anchors Away campers to get down there in their droves. Bulverton team will be serving you fast produce the highest standards of cooking, Campsite Shop by Woolbrook News: which shows through in their lovely and with Wickwar craft ales, Sandford Orchards ciders and all manner of cocktails, wines, From a base less than a mile away, Teresa’s varied dishes. They are also bringing the team will be on site for the Festival doing famous Tom’s Pies back with them. spirits and soft drinks. The Bar stays open to serve those going into Betsy’s Lounge. newspapers, basics like eggs & milk, sand- wiches, household provisions, toiletries, Exe Coffee Roasters: Superb coffees, plus Blackmore Gardens & camping equipment and even an ice block a wide variety of teas and cakes. Ask for freezing service. the special Festival coffee blend. Peacock Lawn Goodness Gracious Healthy Foods: Lemon Jelli: The Jelli Babies sped up from Street Trading For more than a quarter of a century, the Newton Abbot in their classy French coffee East Devon District Council administers UK’s leading vegetarian event caterers and van on a mission. They have promised street trading on The Esplanade. Pitches “Healthiest Food” award winners. Unbeat- to deliver pasties, pies and sandwiches, for this year have normally been sold able quality. delicious coffees/teas, drinks, cakes and cream teas to make your day! before the Festival. Enquiries for future Salcombe Dairy’s Ice Cream Parlour: Festivals should be directed to East Devon Salcombe’s delicious handmade ice creams Sapeur Crepes: Never seen such District Council: application forms and are made with real Devon Double Cream. scrumptious crepes, both savoury and guidance notes are available from That’s why they win awards! Available on sweet. Plenty of choice – too many to get www.eastdevon.gov.uk or the Licensing the Ham and inside the Theatre space. through in a week. But have a go! Office on 01395 517410.

page 63 Sponsorship, Grants and Donations Sidmouth Town East Devon New Roots Council District Council New Roots is an annual event for singers and musicians under 25. Look out for Sidmouth Town Council has Sidmouth East Devon District again renewed its significant Town Council Council gives assistance New Roots finalistsBurdock , Molly Pipe, and long term support for the Festival, in support services and facilities, enabling Missing Richard and Arthur Coates. demonstrating the importance of this the complex task of running this large Thanks to Alison Macfarlane. internationally renowned event to the town Festival to be undertaken more effectively. www.new-roots.org.uk as a resort and to its businesses. EDDC departments also give advice and Town Council support has enabled us to support and we are grateful to the Council Friends of Sidmouth develop the Children’s and Youth Festivals, leaders, members, Executive and their Folk Festival our Social Dance offering and our main support staff for this. venue programmes. Your Support Really Counts For over sixty years, the Folk Festival in All areas of the Festival benefit from EFDSS this support, including the Festival’s Sidmouth has been a vibrant and innovative organisational structure and Marketing, The English event in the cultural life of the town, and in particularly our rapidly growing Social Folk Dance the national folk music and dance calendar. media coverage, with a reach of over 2m and Song Society curate a series of The town-based festival has an array of during festival week. “EFDSS Presents” concerts, Open Mics, a events reflecting the diversity of the folk arts, Showcase at Betsy’s Lounge and a Show- including dance, song, music and story- Devon County case of EFDSS Bursary recipients. telling. The continuation of the tradition has Council always been a priority for the Folk Festival fROOTS and this is reflected in the huge variety of We are grateful to our Devon County workshops for both adults and children. Council Member Stuart Hughes’s Locality Our media sponsors By becoming a member of the Friends of fund for its support of the Festival, which return with Cellar the Sidmouth Folk Festival, you would help is a major West Country event and particu- Full of Folkadelia in the Cellar Bar at to make a contribution to the continued larly important to Devon. County support Kennaway House. existence of the Festival and towards its helps us strengthen our main concert future development. Alternatively, you can programme and provide for new Young Halsway Manor support the Festival by making a one-off People’s initiatives. donation. The money raised is put into a fund administered by Sidmouth FolkWeek Halsway Limited, a registered charity (no. 1111958). Middle Bar Manor, the Singers’ National Centre How To Contribute Reunion for the Folk Arts, showcase the Halsway For more details, please pick up a leaflet Weekend Young Folk participants in concerts and from the Box Office or from a festival sessions. venue. Application forms can also be downloaded During the year, a number of events take from www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk place which raise funds for the Festival, in Creative Scotland under the Friends page under Information. particular the Middle Bar Singers Reunion We are grateful to Whether you are becoming a member or Weekend in February, not forgetting making a donation, please tick the Gift Aid Creative Scotland for their support to mention their collections during the box if you are a UK tax payer. This will signifi- of our Sounds of Modern Scotland Festival. Many thanks to the singers and cantly increase the value of your contribution. programme strand, showcasing emerging their supporters and to all other individuals young Scottish artists. and organisations making donations to Sidmouth Folk festival. Firework Display Following the Torchlight Procession on Friday 9th August, there will be the traditional spectacular Firework Display. The funding for the fireworks comes from a variety of Sidmouth businesses, kindly co-ordinated by Colin Pyne of The Bedford Hotel. We are most grateful to Colin for his hard work, and to the generous support of local businesses. A full list of these supporters will be published in the Sidmouth Herald. page 64 Sponsorship, Grants and Donations Sponsorship Programme for goers, town visitors and Festival marketing recipients. Sidmouth Businesses and Festival sponsors and advertisers are identified by Organisations posters on display at their premises and are listed below. Please support only these businesses when- The Festival greatly benefits town and local area ever you are able. businesses and organisations, which recognise that We now also have a Business Supporter scheme for significant sponsorship is needed to sustain the event. organisations which benefit indirectly from the Festival The Festival Sponsorship programme has 5 bands and would like to see it flourish. from Bronze to Platinum, providing graded packages We are pleased to welcome the following businesses of advertising and promotional opportunities at the and organisations as members of the Sponsorship Festival for businesses to reach thousands of festival Programme and as Business Supporters.

Platinum Sponsors Silver Sponsors Donors Anchor Inn – supporting ceilidhs in The Royal York & Faulkner Hotel – Sidmouth Cricket, Tennis & Croquet the Anchor Garden, daily at noon and supporting event 110 Clubs – supporting event 221 4:30pm Churches Together In Sidmouth – Bedford Lawn Car Park The Bedford Hotel – supporting supporting event 213 The Friends of Sidmouth Folk evening concerts in the Bedford Hotel The Dairy Shop – Festival – supporting event 492 The Mocha Group (The Mocha supporting event 863 Restaurant, Ice Cream Paradise, The The Woodlands Hotel – supporting Media Sponsor Prospect, The Donuterrie and the All evening events at Woodlands Hotel fRoots magazine – supporting Seasons Shop) – supporting evening A Cellar Full of Folkadelia afternoon concerts in the Manor Pavilion Bronze Sponsors events at Kennaway House Sidmouth Hotels (Dukes, Hotel Brewery – Elizabeth and The Kingswood & supporting event 489 Official Brewers and Cider Devoran Hotel) – supporting evening The Hunter’s Moon Hotel – Makers events at the Bulverton supporting event 629 Wickwar Wessex Brewing Company The Royal Glen Hotel – – supporting event 688 Diamond Sponsors supporting event 528 Sandford Orchards Ciders Sidmouth Rugby Club – The Swan Inn – supporting event 002 supporting event 729 Hobgoblin Music – supporting after- Sweetcombe Cottages – Business Supporters noon Ham concerts on the Hobgoblin supporting event 327 Hall & Scott Estate Agents stage Upper Crust Bakery – 01395 578791 supporting event 657 Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce Vinnicombes Bakery – Gold Sponsor 01395 514011 Kia Cars, Exeter – supporting event 347 supporting event 587 Middle Bar Singers – The White Horse Café – supporting event 861 supporting event 103 Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers through the Festival Week!

Future Sponsorship If you or your business would like to become involved with future Sidmouth Folk Festivals, or if you would like more information about sponsorship or advertising opportunities, or feel you would like to make a donation, please contact one of the following:

Colin Trussell [email protected] 07976 351324 John Braithwaite [email protected] 07831 873958

Or visit our website www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk

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10% off every purchase on production of this advert Aug 2nd - 9th Artists Adam Sweet Band play classic rock and blues melodeons, concertina and cello, bringing old Bill Murray has been singing songs from the at The Anchor. 367 dance music to life. 110, 212 northern slopes of Dartmoor for over fifty years: songs about country life, most of them humorous, Adrian Williams is a highly accomplished Morris Avtar Indian Dance Avtar Singh Panesar is learnt from older generations of singers at get- performer, and is bringing a fascinating new show from the Punjab region of India, home of Bhangra togethers in village halls, fairs and inns. 114, 258, to Sidmouth animating the world of the Dixton dance and song, traditionally linked to harvest 375, 402, 489, 588, 657, 689, 755, 788 haymaking painting. 784 festival, bringing dance workshops to Sidmouth which will offer insights to India’s rich and diverse Black Swan Rapper are a male rapper team Alan Austen & Linda Smith write and perform culture and great fun. 223, 339 from Leeds. Formed in the early 2000s, the team songs in traditional style about Kentish folklore has earned a reputation for its fast, acrobatic and history. 112, 591, 750 Bad Cat are a café swing quintet, featuring style. 201, 218, 225, 234, 243, 304, 330, 362, guitar, bass, accordion, trumpet, and vocals, play- 380, 414, 436, 449, 476 Alice Jones is a singer, multi-instrumentalist ing at the Anchor. 248 and dancer from Ripponden, whose background Blackbeard’s Tea Party celebrate their 10th is deeply rooted in the English folk tradition. Alice Banter are all about having a great night of birthday at Sidmouth. Expect a revitalised sound sings mostly traditional songs accompanying traditional English dance tunes and songs, played for the band, with a heftier rhythm section than herself on the piano or harmonium, tenor guitar with a cheeky twist, incorporating influences of ever before with a new double-drum set up. and sometimes only with foot percussion. 111, pop, jazz, soul and big band sounds, featuring Traditional songs and tunes are given a heavy rock 256, 322, 375, 629, 689, 786 Simon Care on squeezeboxes, Nina Zella on piano edge with earth-shattering riffs, playful arrange- and vocals and Tim Walker on percussion and ments and driving dance rhythms. 792, 794 Alton Morris are a lively mixed border side from cornet. 113, 264, 349 Alton in Hampshire. Although regular visitors to Blue Honey are a popular local trio fronted by Sidmouth, this is their first year for many years as Barry Goodman has worked as a caller with Joan Jules performing unusual covers in a bluesy full Festival team. 113, 206, 218, 225, 234, 243, many of the finest ceilidh bands in the country. way at The Anchor. 860 314, 341, 369, 514, 557, 575, C520, 615, 650, His clear but relaxed style of calling has made 676, 704, 748, 756, 762, 804, 840, 854, 866 him a popular choice at folk festivals and ceilidhs Bob and Gill Berry, who have run Chippenham nationwide. 108, 213, C218, 374, 459, 528, 571, Folk Festival for many years, are our regular hosts Alvar Smith is an unaccompanied solo Suffolk 632, 784, 828, 867 of Folk Arts Acoustic, in the Kingswood Room. singer, who plays harmonica, banjo and bouzouki Both are established singers of traditional and with Harbour Lights Trio. A retired gamekeeper Barry Lister is a long-time friend of the festival, contemporary folk songs. 259, 376, 494, 589, whose songs are entertaining and authentic. 588 stalwart of local theatre, fine unaccompanied 753, 789, 862 singer and previously member of acclaimed Amy Burton is our youngest caller this year. She groups including The Songwainers, Isca Fayre Bob Ellis is a melodeon player and workshop is already a regular caller at local dance clubs, and The Claque. 219, 347, 374, 455, 586, 657, leader who runs Melodeons in Wensleydale and writes dances, and loves to dance. 236, 354, 463, 684, 755, 846 plays in Les Panards Dansants, Crook Morris and 563, 662, 761 the Loose Knit Band. Jannette Stewart joins him to The Bashful Boys are Dan Quinn and Matthew run the Well-Known Tunes At A Steady Pace. 241, Amythyst Kiah is a Southern Gothic, alt-country Crampton performing music hall songs, mono- 303, 357, 439, 539, 639, 777 blues singer/songwriter based out of Johnson logues and mayhem. 346 City, TN. Her commanding stage presence and Bob Walton is a long-standing Sidmouth MC, powerful vocals, alongside her scholarship of Belshazzar’s Feast – Paul Hutchinson (accor- singer and fRoots contributor. 111, 231, 316, 429, African-American roots music, inform a moving, dion) and Paul Sartin (oboe, violin and vocals), 519, 590, 658, 718, 822 hypnotic sound, with accompaniment on banjo both prolific and renowned performers, bring their and acoustic guitar. 849 amazing musicianship coupled with wry humour Boldwood play from the 17th to the Sidmouth stage. 863 and 18th century. Making no attempt at authentic Andy Richards will merrily wield his pipe and performance, but instead focusing on the energy tabor, directing music for fun and magical early Ben Moss launches his debut album, Lost Lands and joyful nature of the tunes. 488, 511, 612, dances led by Helen Richards & Eglamore. 239, at Sidmouth. Well-versed in the folk traditions of 683, 712, 812 464, 564, 630, 663, 759, 783 England, and of his home county of Devon, he sings traditional songs and original compositions The Boxwood Chessmen are a semi-acoustic, Anna Hamill is a popular performer on the addressing contemporary challenges. 457 four piece band raiding a musical pantry stocked Devon music circuit: bold soulful and raw, playing with folk, Americana, Angliana, hokum and a light at The Anchor. 578 Ben Moss & Laurel Swift offer rich vocal dusting of swing all delivered with panache and harmonies and punchy arrangements of traditional fun, playing at The Anchor. 102 Annie Winter & Paul Downes are a unique and original songs with three fiddles, two voices, collaboration between the popular folk club one melodeon and a pair of clogs. 784 Brian Peters is an English folk singer and mus- singer from the Chichester Folk Song Club and ician, performing traditional songs and ballads accomplished acoustic guitarist, banjo player and Ben Walker, a sought-after multi-instrumentalist, with concertina, melodeon and guitar. Brian singer, bringing a new dimension to traditional composer and producer, well-known for his believes strongly in the power and relevance of songs. 219, 256, 455, 753, 789, 864 award-winning work with Josienne Clarke, was the old songs, specialising particularly in the great recently hailed as one of ‘the best acoustic guitar- ballads of the British Isles, riveting stories set in Arthur Coates is a talented young multi-instru- ists in the world right now.’ His new CD Echo has music. 371, 470, 491, 555, 588, 602, 675 mentalist from rural Aberdeenshire who has been just been released. 790 playing fiddle since the age of 7. 2019 saw the Broom Bezzums are an award-winning, powerful release of his new album and show featuring Ben Walker & Rob Harbron sees these two live acoustic duo comprising talents and striking just fiddle, vocals and foot percussion with guitar versatile instrumentalists bring their ‘Lost Tunes’ stage presence of Andrew Cadie and Mark accompaniment from Kerran Cotterell. 579, 658, set of traditional and original music to the stage, Bloomer. 455, 495, 542, 592 686, 779 one of the four projects awarded Creative Bur- saries by EFDSS this year. 721 The Brothers Gillespie are a Northumbrian The Askew Sisters are two of the foremost duo who sing traditional and original songs with performers and interpreters of English folk music. Bill Crawford is a singer actively involved in the lyrical and visionary intensity, rich with sounds of Their live performances brim with depth and folk traditions of the South West and is a regular soaring sibling harmony, guitars, flute, fiddle and connection, reworking and reinterpreting songs MC at the festival. 211, 375, 491, 554, 654, mandolin. 231, 260, 322, 376 and balladry and, as skilled multi-instrumentalists 753, 789 and expert players of dance music, using fiddles,

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Keep an eye on social media for Special Artists Offers through the Festival Week! Bryony Griffith is a highly accomplished English The Cleverly Brothers tempt fate at their 13th Devonbird are singer/songwriter Kath Bird, fiddle player and singer from Huddersfield in West show at the Anchor. Ridiculous songs, audience Sophia Colkin on violin and Andy Clarke on guitar Yorkshire with a rich repertoire of English dance participation and a lot of laughs. 454 and bouzouki, combining foot-stomping jigs and tunes and song. Bryony’s down-to-earth and reels with haunting ballads and songs, often with relaxed style of teaching and performing is much Colin and Sonja Andrews, Devon folk stalwarts, origins in old Devonshire folklore and dialect. 578 in demand. 493, C406, C506, C607, 786, C706, run themed workshops in new venue, Royal Glen C806, C810 Hotel. 343, 452, 551, 653, 749, 841 Diane Silver is one of the most sought-after dance callers in the United States: a diehard Burd Ellen is a new project from Debbie Armour The Committee Band first formed in January contra dancer, swing dancer, and kitchen flat- featuring Gayle Brogan and Lucy Duncan. The 1985, bringing a wealth of dance-band ex- footer for over 20 years. With a penchant for hot group uses traditional song to explore and evoke perience to ensure a great night of dancing with modern contras and squares, she loves sharing dark landscapes and deep stories. Innovative a repertoire of fantastic tunes from across the high-energy dancing that allows everyone to instrumentation, drone and sound-wash support British Isles and Europe. 369, 531, 693 “play” with the band. 107, 204, 308, 410, 485, detailed vocal work to create a unique sonic 510, 611, 711, 810, 859 atmosphere. 556, 588, 684 Conor Keane (see Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane) 555 The Dillyboys are an energetic folk band, Burdock are an exciting young trio who were bringing to life original and traditional songs and finalists in this year’s New Roots Competition in St Count To Fire are an English alt-country band tunes, using guitars, banjo, accordion, mandolin, Albans. 579, 825 from Exeter playing at The Anchor. 780 and carefully constructed harmonies. Their debut EP is a fine example of a sound they have Canaan’s Land sing and teach American psalm- Cracknakeel are a new band of mature souls coined ‘Shanty Chic’, drawing on the traditions ody of the 18th century to the present day: vibrant, playing a mix of original songs, new interpretations of folk music from around the globe, with strong rhythmic, vigorous, hard-edged unaccompanied of traditional British and American folk tunes as influences of blues and cabaret.106 shape note singing and exciting harmonies. In well as covers. 752 2019, Canaan’s Land are Steve Fletcher, Richard Don’t Feed The Peacocks are graduates of the Percival, Zuzanna Forster and Toby Goss. 226, Crooked Moon are a dynamic, energetic National Youth Folk Ensemble, a skilled and ener- 324, 405, 505, 605, 705, 811 Appalachian clogging team based in Brighton, getic young six piece collective. 579, C611, C710 incorporating traditional styles and steps with Cathy Meunier leads Balkan Dance workshops. contemporary choreography. 113, 202, 218, 225, Earlsdon Morris Men are a North West clog Attracted by the exciting rhythms of the music and 234, 246, 313, 342, 359, 419, 449, 466, 518, side from Coventry. Their repertoire includes the captivating melodies, her main expertise is 540, 557, 572, 593, 716, 748, 756, 772, 784, traditional dances from Lancashire and Cheshire, dances from the Balkans and Eastern Europe, but 816, 833, 840, 857, 866 and similar style dances of their own. 210, 218, she also regularly takes part in English folk dance 225, 234, 246, 326, 342, 359, 409, 434, 449, events. 565, 664, 760, 847 Damien Barber celebrates 30 years in folk this 480, 615, 637, 650, 672, 716, 748, 756, 775, year. Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced by 815, 840, 866, 867 Chris Dyer is a fiddle and nyckelharpa player and singers like Walter Pardon and , MC of the London Scandi Session. She’s a regular Damien is a distinctive singer, a cappella or Ed Rennie, former member of The Bismarks, performer and workshop leader at UK festivals and accompanied on guitar or concertina. Acclaimed returns to lead Absolute Beginners Melodeon dance clubs. 237, 446, 547, 583, 646, 746, 858 for his work with ‘The Demon Barbers XL’ and workshops. 351, 356, 460, 472, 558, 569, 660, ‘The Lock In’, Damien is now returning to the 669, 758, 767 Chris Edmunds, Dave Hiscock and Dave traditional songs of East Anglia that ignited his McKeown are musicians for the Balkan instru- passion in folk music. 114, 233, 258, 347, 375 Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane bring together mental workshops. 512, 565, 664, 713, 760, 847 the talents of O’Brien, from a long lineage of Dan Quinn is host of the Traditional Nights Out, traditional musicians, following in her family steps Chris Hoban is one of the leading songwriters in as well as appearing as one half of The Bashful playing in the North Tipperary style on fiddle, the folk tradition in the South West and is enjoying Boys with Matthew Crampton. 258, 346, 689, 864 piano as well as ballad singing and superb button a growing reputation as a solo performer and accordion player Keane. 213, 258, 347, 375, multi-instrumentalist, accompanying himself on The Dartmoor Entertainers revisits the legacy 493, 555, 588 guitar, piano accordion, or cello. 353 of the thriving Dartmoor traditional music scene captured in a late 70s BBC TV documentary. Emily Askew (see Askew Sisters) 443 Chris Metherell is an authority on clog dance, An eight-piece line-up bring the full flavour of a involved in the social stepping series with Instep traditional night of merrymaking on the moor with Emily Portman & Rob Harbron are two of the Research Team. 481 songs, tunes and step-dancing. 489 finest and most distinctive performers on the British folk scene. With multiple accolades for Chris Ormston is an award-winning Northum- Debs Newbold is an award-winning storyteller their years of work in different collaborations, now brian Piper. Early in his piping career he acquired whose powerful performances bring together the they have formed an inspired new collaboration. a taste for the classic repertoire of the pipes with poetic and the irreverent, the ancient and the Together they create a boldly stripped-back and its associated ‘detached’ fingering style and he defiantly modern. Her fresh, playful work gets intricately woven sound, exploring traditional song has continued to hone his understanding of that deep under the skin, and has helped redefine alongside new writing. 459, 491 approach ever since. 588, 657, 689, 764, 788, the art of contemporary storytelling. 554, 584, 846, 864 647, 689 Emma Wooders is a caller drawing her dances from a wide range of sources reflecting her variety Chris Rose is a Sidmouth regular, MC-ing for Derek Schofield, a regular Sidmouth MC, wrote of dance interests from Playford to Contra and dance displays and morris events throughout the festival’s history for the 50th in 2004. He is a everything in betweeen. 679 the week. 234, 349, 434, 449, 634, 735, 784, former editor of English Dance & Song magazine, 833, 840 and continues to write for a variety of periodicals. English Contra Dance Band, one of the best- He is currently researching the history of the folk known contra bands in the UK, is Linda Game on Chris Walshaw (see Kerry Fletcher) 677 dance and song revival. 002, 103, 235, 327, 492, fiddle and Gareth Kiddier on piano.107, 204, 510, 629, 787 580, 810, 859 Çigdem Aslan & Tahir Palali are the combi- nation of sublime Istanbul-born singer (in many Derek Simpson is a member of the Harbour English Rebellion offer up a heady brew of high languages and regional styles including Turkish, Lights Trio, and runs sessions in Suffolk. Playing energy English ceilidh dance music. 378, 475 Kurdish, Greek, Roma and beyond) and talented melodeon, concertina and guitar, he was a mem- instrumentalist, on Anatolian three-stringed ber of Ticklers Jam and has a fine line in Music Exmouth Shanty Men: Devon’s “original buoy Tembur/Dede Sazi from eastern Turkey. Aslan also Hall songs. 372, 437, 552, 848 band” hail from Sidmouth’s nearest port but can accompanies their music on frame drums. 348 also be found in ports across Northern Europe, page 71 Keep an eye on social media for Special Artists Offers through the Festival Week! furthering awareness of the region’s traditional The Gloworms play thumpy English music with her status as a rising talent has been further sea songs. C724, 861 metropolitan sophistication, swing and 100% consolidated by her Scots Singer of the Year commitment to dance rhythm. Laurel Swift, Jon nomination at the 2017 Scots Trad Music Awards Faustus are three of the leading lights of their Brenner and Colin Cotter create a layered texture and feature as ‘One to Watch in 2018’ in The generation: Benji Kirkpatrick, Saul Rose and Paul of driving rhythms and counter-melodies on fiddle, Scotsman. 231, 257, 316, 373 Sartin appear in two different roles this year, accordion, banjo and stompbox. 581, 671 playing for dancing at the Wednesday night Morris Harbottle & Jonas are a dynamic Devon duo party and as part of the Living By The Sea show at Gordon Potts took up calling by mistake whilst currently touring with their fourth album, The Sea The Ham. 679, 729 foreman of Hammersmith Morris, played guitar in Is My Brother. Combining a love of the richness of the Committee Band, and now with Panjandrum. traditional folk with their own original songwriting, Fayre Play is a trio from Cheshire, consisting A popular and enthusiastic caller, he has also the album’s maritime theme is maintained across of Dave Armitage, Chris Hocking and Joan made up some great new dances. 115, 217, 251, political, historical, and personal stories and Rogers. They play a wide range of European folk 499, 794 songs. 754, 786 and dance music dating from the 12th century onwards, on a variety of period-style instruments. Grace Smith is a fiddle player and clog dancer The Harbour Inn Crowd comprise musicians 239, 464, 564, 663, 759, 783 from Teesside. An experienced performer, she and singers from The Harbour Inn sessions, plays solo and with several bands including Southwold. 372, 496, 791 Fee Lock is a popular caller on the ceilidh circuit Monster Ceilidh Band and The Rachel Hamer with a ride repertoire of English dances. 105, 358, Band. 721, 788 Harbour Lights Trio – Alvar Smith, Derek 380, 593, 671, 732 Simpson and Rob Neal – play Suffolk traditional Graham Lee shares MC duties for dance displays songs and tunes, music hall and a few more Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail, back by popular demand, with Chris Rose. 234, 330, 449, 533, 557, 650, recent gems with an emphasis on entertainment are outstanding young musicians from across 756, 840 and audience participation. 258, 372, 437, 494, Scotland. The young people are between 16 and 552, 657, 689, 848, 864 25 and many of them are studying at some of Granny’s Attic – Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, the country’s leading music schools, including George Sansome and Lewis Wood – play with Harri Endersby blurs the lines of the folk genre, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 491, 553, verve, energy and their own inimitable style. acoustic to electronic, drawing inspiration from 590, 658, 686 Exceptional musicians and fine singers playing both contemporary and traditional music, as well English traditional and original music, expect lively as her native landscape of County Durham. Harri Fi Fraser plays fiddle and shares the calling in performances and maturity beyond their years. is joined by husband Rich, who also plays guitar Token Women. 432, 486 623, 690, 736, 786, 846, 863 and percussion. 623, 690

Finn Collinson is a recorder player and folk Great Western Morris, a local Exeter-based side Hazel Askew (see Askew Sisters) 337 musician from East Anglia. Barely in his twenties, with connections to Sidmouth going back to their Finn is already gaining a reputation as one of formation in the late 1960s, put on a good show Helen Richards & Eglamore lead fun and the foremost exponents of the recorder on the every year at the Welcome To Sidmouth in the magical early dances, with music with just the English folk scene. As well as recorder, Finn plays Market Square. 001 right dance speed and emphasis led by Andy guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and whistle. 327, 424, Richards, Fiz Markham, and Fayre Play. 239, 464, 441, 484 Gwenifer Raymond, a superb finger-style 564, 663, 759, 783 guitarist, combines punk sensibilities with pre-war Five Rivers Morris are a Cotswold Morris side blues, Appalachian folk and American Primitive HiJinx Ceilidh Band is a trio led by fiddle from Sheffield. Formed in 2008, they aspire to guitar stylings. She released her debut LP You player Kitty Greenwood with whistle player Moira dance in a traditional style with energy, vigour and Never Were Much Of A Dancer on Tompkins Bracknall and Garry Wiseman on guitar. 771 enthusiasm. 209, 218, 225, 234, 243, 251, 313, Square earlier this year to rapturous response. 417, 449, 466, 480, 615, 637, 650, 672, 715, 348 Ian A Anderson: veteran deathfolk, blues, psych- 735, 748, 775, C719, 816, 840, 853, 866 fi, traditional and world twangist & singer mixes Halsway Young Folk developed from the popular a huge variety of songs from his 50+ year career Flook are a virtuosic quartet who continue to Hothouse project, a week-long music residential with fascinating anecdotery. 377 inspire and enchant audiences. With their new for young musicians and singers designed as album Ancora, Flook hold fast to their reputation an intensive but fun introduction to British folk Ilse Pedler is an experienced poet and workshop as major musical innovators in Irish and English traditions. 213, 230, 249 leader. After the success of the poetry workshops music. With trademark flutes, frets and skins in last year’s festival, she is back to run them sound, they weave and spin traditionally-rooted Hannah Cumming is a member of The Ship again and also host Sidmouth’s first ever Poetry tunes over precise acoustic grooves in a rare Band playing in the Royal York sessions and Open Mic. 325, 427, 527, 574, 628, 728, 828 blend of fiery technical brilliance.587 MCs the Young Performers’ Showcase in Betsy’s Lounge. 779 Instep Research Team are a group interested in Folklaw perform songs with earthy lyrics and researching, sharing and encouraging participa- vocals accompanied by Celtic fiddle and distinctive Hannah James & Toby Kuhn is a brand new tion in clog and step dance. 481, 490, 745, 785 vocal harmonies at The Anchor. 680 duo featuring the award-winning musician, dancer and composer with outstanding French cellist. 260 Intarsia is a new duo featuring Jo May and The Fountaineers is a co-operative of people Sarah Matthews. 846 who play mainly traditional Irish music, across Hannah James’ JigDoll Ensemble weaves a Devon, Somerset and . 229 multi-layered soundscape (using looping technol- Iona Fyfe has become one of Scotland’s finest ogy and vocal, accordion and composition skill) young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing Gail Duff is an all-round folk performer, events as the backdrop for James’ spellbinding fusion of traditions of the North East of Scotland. She is a organiser and folk educator from Kent and MCs at traditional and original dance. 235 two-time nominee for Scots Singer of the Year at the festival. 353, 484, 579, 647, 825 the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2017/18 Hannah Moore is a caller for ceilidhs, barn dan- and has been described as “one of the best George Frampton is a Sidmouth regular and ces and Playford balls. She is joined by Andy Scotland has to offer.” 658, 690, 718, 774, 788 host of the lunchtime traditional sessions at The Wright for salsa and swing workshops. 450, Volunteer. 216, 328, 431, 530, 631, 731, 829 531, 651 Ivan Aitken, from Reading in Berkshire, is a caller with many years’ experience. He calls at Glorious Rascals are a four-piece band playing Hannah Rarity is one of Scotland’s foremost many local clubs’ dance weekends and festivals. an eclectic mix of feel-good folk and modern blues young singers. Winner of BBC Radio Scotland Ivan is noted for his wide and interesting reper- from Exeter playing at the Anchor. 367 Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018, toire which he always delivers with care, humour page 72 Artists and attention to detail. 224, 250, 340, 447, 548, as part of the Dartmoor Entertainers Show. 489, Julie Fowlis is a multi-award winning Gaelic 648, 681, 747, 839 C524, 755, 788 singer, deeply influenced by her early upbringing in the Outer Hebridean island of North Uist and Jacob & Drinkwater, UK alt-folk duo, have been Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith are one of a quiet torchbearer for the tradition. Known as a called ‘stand out new Folk’ by BBC6 Music and the most celebrated duos to have emerged onto presenter as well as a performer, she is much in ‘inventive and thrilling’ by R2 Magazine. 655, 692 the British folk and acoustic scene in recent years. demand – touring with the world-class Transatlan- Their combination of outstanding vocal work, tic Sessions, her own sell-out shows throughout Jacquelyn Hynes is an inventive flautist who sensitive instrumentation, and a powerful social the UK. 492 runs whistle/ flute workshops across the levels. conscience has brought them widespread critical She is joined by Martin Vogwell on guitar for a acclaim. 757, 790, 819 Katie Howson is a traditional musician (on melo- spot in the Anchor and is also part of Folklaw. deons and harmonica), tutor and animateur based 627, 680, 727, 827 Jo and Simon Harmer run step dancing ses- in Suffolk. 375, 481, 555, 588, 769, 788 sions and workshops this week. As members of The Jam and Crumpet Band offer fantastic the Instep Research Team, they have been come Katy Spicer is CEO of the EFDSS, and returns musicianship and a highly danceable repertoire involved in learning and recording step dances to MC the EFDSS series showcasing the next for ceilidhs. 105 from the south coast, and have been instrumental generation of talent. 322, 424, 523, 623, 721 in reviving step dancing in the area. 490, 546, Jameson Wooders is a longstanding Morris 618, 785 Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham perform dancer now sharing his research into Morris English traditional and contemporary songs in Archives. 576 Jo Freya is one of the folk scene’s most prolific striking (frequently acapella) harmony or accom- and active musicians, with a key role in a number panied on concertina (English, Anglo and Duet). Jamie Huddleston is a travelled multi-instrum- of seminal bands. A multi-talented singer and Hailing from Derbyshire, they are proud musicians entalist performing English and Scandinavian musician (saxophone, clarinet, whistle, piano), she for the Winster Morris Dancers. 361, 376, 453, tunes. 583, 858 appears with Token Women this week, as well as 493, 555, C524, 624, 687, 725, 788 in a duo with Kathryn Locke and with trio Moirai. Jan Dean is a popular local poet who guests in 110, 260, 432, 486, 688, 849 Keith Rusby, a Sidmouth regular and a well- our new Poetry Open Mic. 554, 574 known face in the London-based folk community, Jo Freya & Kathryn Locke, a much-anticipated returns as MC. 336, 416, 516, 618, 736, 819 Jane Bird calls traditional English dances and reunion of avant-garde cellist Locke, and multi- modern ceilidh classics with a clear, confident instrumentalist and singer Freya. 377 Keith Smart with Adrian Hillier play a set of style, enthusiasm, humour and a real love for Ronnie Lane songs, plus a few of Keith’s own, with sharing dances with everyone. 242 Jo May, a member of Token Women as well as Hillier will be joining him on second guitar. 780 a new duo Intarsia with Sarah Matthews, runs Janet Dowling is a Sidmouth-resident storyteller, percussion workshops this week. 307, 608, 708, Keltia brings together the talents of six experi- passionate about getting others to tell stories 807, 828 enced musicians in a fusion of Celtic and World themselves and encouraging the community to Music. 843 become a storytelling hub! 214, 247, 317, 418 John Adams is an established and revered player of English dance music, as well as being Kerry Fletcher is a festival favourite, noted Janet Keet-Black from East Sussex is an author a traditional arts researcher and activist. He as an experienced dance workshop leader and writing on the Gypsy Traveller community. She was awarded the EFDSS gold badge in 2017. accomplished performer in many styles. Frances joins us for step dancing sessions. 546, 618 306, 826 Watt and Chris Walshaw on flutes, whistles, bagpipes & sax breathe life into traditional tunes Jeff Warner sings traditional American folk John Dipper is a well-respected performer, from all over Europe, at Kerry’s workshops and the songs. From Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he has composer, teacher and instrument maker who Friday night bal. 104, 433, 465, 497, 532, 633, made Britain his second musical home, playing runs fiddle workshops this week. He currently 734, 832, 858 at festivals and clubs each year since 2004. performs in a plethora of musical innovators He plays banjo, English concertina and several including Methera, Dipper Malkin, Alma, Emily Kevin Sheils, from London, Resonance FM DJ “pocket instruments.” His songs and stories bring Askew Band, Purcell’s Polyphonic Party and more. and Walthamstow Folk Club stalwart, returns to us the latest news from the distant past. 111, 215, 323, 426 Sidmouth to MC a number of events. 212, 257, 231, C218, 334, 375, 493, 528, 589, 641, 689, 350, 458, 561, 659, 729, 790, 863 769, 834, 855, 864 John Howson will be MC-ing traditional events during the week. He is a musician, researcher, The Kimberleys, from Blackheath, have a Jenny Read is a versatile step-dancer, teacher founder of the Veteran recording label as well as traditional repertoire drawn from the British Isles. and choreographer. 481, 745 being recognised as a leading specialist in the Beautiful familial harmonies are supported by traditional music and song of Suffolk. 258, 375, Isobel playing guitar, harp, ukulele, shruti box and Jeremy Child is a dancer and caller who runs 493, 588, 788 Jim playing guitar. 656 the Exeter Contra and Exeter ceilidh dance series. His enthusiastic style and ability to talk people John Kirkpatrick has been dancing, singing, Kim Carnie, Gaelic singer, is the voice of THQ through complicated dances make him a much and playing his way round the English folk scene Nordic’s ‘Black Mirror’ and with soundtrack and sought-after caller. 224, 340, 368, 447, 548, for sixty years. John runs his ever-popular Festival on-screen appearances in Netflix’s ‘Outlaw King’ 580, 648, 747 Concert Band workshops this week and plays has a ‘velvet-voiced authority’ which has been with Kirkophany as well as some solo concert marked as one to watch by The Scotsman. 519, The Jigalots offer up dance vibes and grooves spots. 403, 469, 503, 560, 603, 667, 703, 784, 586, 658, 687 from a glorious instrument mix of melodeon, 803, 828 concertina, pipe and tabor, hurdy gurdy, fiddles, Kim Lowings is a British folk singer and song- keyboard and clarinets. 732 Jon Shapley is a Dartmoor singer who is hosting writer who uses the piano, guitar and trademark some of the new sessions in Pyne’s Bar (Bedford mountain dulcimer to accompany songs of love, Jigfoot play music for dancing. They approach Hotel.) 114, 227, 344, 842 loss and rebellion: tales old and new with a traditional dance tunes with energy, inventiveness modern twist and a purpose. 424, 495 and, above all, swing. Music that defies you to Jon Wilks’ live shows are an amusing mix of folk stay still! 242, 344, 490, 571, 618, 785, 865 song performance and conversation, throwing in Kirkophany sees John Kirkpatrick marshalling titbits of weird and wonderful information about his family into a joyful force for English ceilidh Jim Causley is a Devon singer with a rich, warm the original singers and collectors that he has dancing. John calls the dances and leads the vocal style, and charismatic stage presence, along come across during his writing research. 232, charge on button accordion, with his four sons with a wide-ranging repertoire – from traditional 262, 377, 456 in full flight behind him backing him to the hilt – and self-penned songs. He appears at Sidmouth page 73

Artists

Jobie on bass guitar, Benji on guitar, bouzouki, or Lisa O’Neill is one in a million… as a singer, Martyn Harvey is an experienced caller who banjo, George on melodeon, mouth organ, and writer and performer. Described by Dexy’s Kevin offers clear explanations coupled with a sense of selected percussion, and Fergus on drums. 867 Rowland as“… a true Artist – totally uncompro- fun. He has a whole crop of new dance gems to mising with an almost naive attitude to what she stimulate the novice and the ceilidh aficionados Kirsty Cotter is best known as a fiddle teacher, does, which makes for some of the purest music equally. 475, C405, C505, C524, C606, C705, playing with influences from I’ve heard.” Her recent first album for Rough Trade 852, C805 English and European traditions. 442, 543, 642, imprint River Lea is an outstanding collection of 742 traditional material interspersed with her own. Mary Humphreys & Anahata perform 556, 587 traditional English songs and tunes mainly from Kirsty Merryn is one of the most arresting and Cambridgeshire and East Anglian counties. They unconventional young singer songwriters on the Lisa Sture is a traditional fiddler, tune-writer, are best known for their interesting arrangements UK folk roots scene, with a style uniquely her own, Dartmoor step dancer and ceilidh caller. 481, 645 of traditional tunes for squeeze-boxes. 219, 259, combining emphatic piano-based songs with 586, 689, 741, 864 sharply observed lyrics, and delivered with crystal Louisa Davies-Foley is the daughter of the clear, assured vocals. 754, 787 late Len Davies ‘the Bonesman’ and has been Matt Price is a Whapweasel member and running workshops teaching his method for nearly Stream Of Sound tutor, who leads a slide guitar Kitty Greenwood is an acclaimed teacher, 20 years. She also MCs at the festival and is an workshop. 638 folk-fiddle specialist and director of ‘WiseWood accomplished fiddle player and singer.256, 373, Folk’ workshops for musicians. Kitty’s ‘Play It By C417, 613, 687, 786, 813, 828 Matthew Bannister is a well-known broadcaster, Ear’ method and recordings have established her whose Folk On Foot podcasts have seen him reputation for tuition excellence. 407, 507, 607, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline have been des- walking with a leading folk musician in a land- 707, 806 cribed as “like a young Billie Holiday gatecrashing scape that has inspired them, as they sing and a Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones recording play on location. 363 Kitty Macfarlane, Somerset singer songwriter, session”. The duo continue to build a reputation brings us her trademark poetic and sharply as an intriguing and hard to pigeon-hole act with Matthew Byrne is a traditional singer, storyteller, observed narrative songs, as featured on her new influences in folk, blues, jazz and country.456 and guitar player from Newfoundland with a reper- release Namer Of Clouds. 103, 232, 845 toire shaped by his musical lineage. He supports Maggie Daniel first tried Irish Set Dancing at his tradition with powerful vocals, polished guitar Kitty Vernon (with Tim Edwards) has been sing- Bromyard Folk Festival in 1996. This was followed work, and a presence that fills the room. Byrne ing, and welcoming and entertaining performers by her first trip to Ireland in 1998 where she was has inherited a unique repertoire as well as a and audiences, in friendly morning song sessions really bitten by the bug! She leads workshop and fascination with unearthing and reimagining for many years, latterly in the Royal York and dances at festivals and venues up and down the traditional songs. 492, 516 Faulkner Hotel. 312, 413, 513, 614, 714, 814 UK. 222, 444, 545, 644, 744, 781 Matthew Crampton is a storyteller/singer, who Lady Maisery offer a unique approach to Makeney Morris are a young Cotswold morris appears at Sidmouth this year as half of The harmony singing, with intelligent and thoughtful side from Derbyshire who pride themselves on en- Bashful Boys as well as revisiting his popular arrangements of both traditional repertoire and ergetic performances that capture the audience’s Living By The Sea show for the Ham. 346, 729 original compositions, Hazel Askew, Hannah attention while still upholding tradition. 428, 449, James and Rowan Rheingans harness and cele- 486, 517, 540, 557, 572, 604, 650, 672, C621, The McSmiths play original music written by brate their united voice. 110 716, 735, 748, 762, 816, 840, 857, 866 Steve McEleney-Smith and arranged by the band, a mixture of folk and blues, at The Anchor. Le Vent Du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s Mama’s Broke is a powerful Nova Scotian folk 106, 860 progressive francophone folk movement. The duo whose original – and often dark – compo- group’s vast repertoire draws from both tradi- sitions push the boundaries of tradition and the Megan Hatto lived in Sweden for a period of nine tional sources and original compositions, while constraints of genre. Their two strong voices blend years during which she trained in both folk music enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in to create haunting harmonies, while they artfully and dance. She leads sessions on Scandinavian the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global juggle fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin, and styles as part of the Folk Dance programme. 237, influences.688 incorporate traditional dance and foot percussion 446, 547, 583, 646, 746, 858 into their performance. 656, 688 Leveret, a unique collaboration between three of meg’n’mor bring their love of dancing to the England’s finest folk musicians (, Sam Marnie play an infusion of acoustic rock, funk rhythm and energy of their dance music. Featuring Sweeney and Rob Harbron) join us for a workshop and blues on The Anchor Stage. With live vocal Meg Winters on guitar, Heather Bexon on accor- session. 765 loops and harmonies, driving guitars, mandolin, dion and Jane Harrison, on fiddle, playing for the percussion, memorable melodies, Marnie often Pat Shaw Centenary workshops. 109, 236, 252, The Leylines are a West-country collective create the sound of a full band. 860 354, 370, 463, 487, 563, 582, 662, 682, 761, established in 2013, with a genre-defying, eclectic 782, 839 sound that ranges from traditional folk to full Martin Carthy, festival patron, has been one of blown festival rock. 483 English folk’s most-loved performers for the past Mel Biggs is a musician and melodeon teacher four decades. A ballad singer, a groundbreaking based in South Derbyshire. Mel is one third of The Linda Game Trio were formed by Linda guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of tradi- trio Moirai with Jo Freya and Sarah Matthews, Game (Token Women, English Contra Dance Band, tional material, he is unrelentingly driven by an and plays for the vibrant Harlequin Morris. 567, The Fold) in 2015 to play at Sidmouth. 224, 340, insatiable musical curiosity. 493, 560, 586 666, 763 368, 447, 548, 648, 747 Martin Graebe is a researcher and writer, best Melanie Barber is a member of Rivington Morris Lindisfarne are legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers, known for his study of the life and work of Sabine and an authority on clog dance. 445, 481 returning to form here with a classic five-piece Baring-Gould. He and his wife, Shan, perform line up of long-time members fronted by original traditional songs together in harmony. 702 Merry Hell is an agit-folk rock band, founded on founder-member Rod Clements. With a repertoire songs which came before them with words and of unforgettable songs (Meet Me On The Corner, Martin Simpson is one of the finest acoustic music forged from their own experiences. The Fog On The Tyne, Lady Eleanor, Run For Home) and slide guitar players in the world: his interpre- band, borne out of the Tansads, play both a set of their power to galvanise audiences remains tations of traditional songs are masterpieces of energized folk rock at The Bulverton and a pared- undimmed. 002 storytelling. His solo shows are intense, eclectic, down acoustic set at The Ham. 262, 350 spellbinding and deeply moving. His excellent new album Rooted is out this summer. 560, 659 Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers through the Festival Week! page 75 Keep an eye on social media for Special Artists Offers through the Festival Week! Mic Spenceley calls at all the major festivals Moulton Morris, from Northamptonshire, perform Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, from the flooded and has built up a large repertoire of dances and traditional English Morris dances authentically fenland bogs, proudly perform the traditional styles called with clarity and humour. 109, 252, and energetically. They specialise in local dances molly dances of The Fens with vigour, panache 370, 487, 582, 682, 782 from their own area. 206, 218, 225, 234, 246, and humour. 115, 207, 218, 225, 234, 243, 314, C211, 301, 326, 428, 449, 476, 499, 514, 537, 341, C319, 404, 449, 476, 504, 537, 557, 575, Michael Catovsky is a Dorset based caller who 557, 575, 720, 748, 756, 766, 815, 835, 840, 715, 748, 766, 815, 835, 840, 857, 866 has been the driving force behind the New Callers 854, 866 Showcase at Blackmore Gardens. 113, 262, The Old Chapel Band brings together melodeon, C216, 581 Mrs. Midnight’s from Exeter, is a compulsively fiddle, clarinet, and tenor sax in an English trad- move-your-feet band, playing traditional English itional dance band that plays with zest, lift and Mike Bailey is well known in the West Gallery dance tunes with acoustic instruments. 001, 101, skill for a great dancing experience. 255, 358, world as the leader of The Madding Crowd 654, 830 632, 842 in Hampshire for nearly 40 years. Coming to Sidmouth since the 1970s, he leads workshops Nancy Kerr and James Fagan are one of the Out of Hand are one of the most danceable, in West Gallery Music. 226, 320, 422, 474, 521, best-known and most experienced folk duos on young and vibrant bands on the ceilidh circuit right 570, 621, 723, 823, 851 the British circuit today. Outstanding musicianship, now. They mix folk rock with elements of jazz and a lifelong grounding in traditional singing and swing to make a stomping ceilidh and have just Mike Boston is Great Western Morris’ fool as instrumental playing, acclaimed original compo- released their debut album Too Young To Drive The well as an established and popular caller of sitions and a visceral chemistry, their latest live Bus. 217, 483, 593, 750 dances. 001, 101, 830 album captures it all. 560, 590, 668, 757 Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell met Mike Norris, presenter of the Classic Folk pro- National Youth Folk Ensemble celebrate as members of EFDSS’ National Youth Folk gramme on EFDSS radio, will MC some traditional excellence in youth folk music, bringing together Ensemble, and play instrumental folk music which events this week. 233, 346, 457, 535 talented young folk musicians from across reflects their diverse musical backgrounds.484, England to create and perform inspiring new 523, C611, 779, C710 Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs are arrangements of folk music and work with leading celebrated for their beautiful stories, lyrical songs folk artists. 327, 421 Owl Light Trio are Jim Penny on concertina, and atmospheric Cornish instrumental music on Jane Griffiths on fiddle and viola and Colin fiddles, harp and concertina. Theirs is the authen- Newtown Roots Band is a 30-piece group Fletcher on guitar. All three have deep roots in tic historical music for Poldark. Their Odysseus that make a big lush sound! They play a variety traditional music, share a passion for tunes from Dreaming show is a mixture of powerful oral of folk tunes from around the world with exciting Ireland, the UK and Brittany, and draw upon storytelling and beautiful music and song. 256, arrangements, energy and fun. 345 their combined influences to create compelling, 331, 374, 494, 526, 685, 753, 802, 864 heartfelt arrangements. 456 Nick and Mary Barber return to Sidmouth with Miranda Sykes, best known for her work with their popular Big Band workshops and playing at Pat Brennan is an experienced multi-instrumen- Show of Hands, builds on the success of her the Anchor with English Rebellion. 321, 423, 522, talist based in Birmingham, leading Beginners’ Borrowed Places tour, with a new project: Behind 622, 724, 824, 852 whistle workshops this week. 408, 508, 609, The Wall. 002 709, 808 Nick Hart is a singer and multi-instrumentalist Missing Richard are Harri Barton and Tom specialising in English traditional music. As well as Paul Downes (see Annie Winter and Paul Evans, a young accordion/violin duo who were being a solo performer, he has played in the band Downes) 374, 836 finalists in this year’s New Roots Competition in St Oss with Tom Moore and John Dipper and has Albans and are heavily involved in Shooting Roots. featured on several recordings by other artists. Paul Sartin is a singer, oboist, violinist, composer 484, 779, 825 350, 373, 416, 495 and arranger, working with English music, and in particular songs and tunes of Hampshire. A Mo Keast tells stories and sings songs from Nick Walden is a popular Sidmouth regular, member of the late , he continues to Cornwall. Mo is a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth. talking ceilidh dancers through their paces and work with Belshazzar’s Feast and Faustus, and 203, 244, 259, 305, 360, 406, 478, 506, 573, much in demand by the big name bands. 264, is Director of the Andover Museum Loft Singers. 606, 674, 706, 773, 805, 856 329, 369, 693, 771, C724 451, 550, 652, 729, 828

Moira Craig is an acclaimed Scottish singer, best Nicola Beazley is a Sheffield based traditional Peatbog Faeries, from the Isle of Skye, are the known for her work with Craig:Morgan:Robson. fiddle player, showcasing her EFDSS Creative figurehead trailblazers of the Celtic Dance Music She joins Sheila Miller in hosting daily ballads Seed funded composition and performance project renaissance. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of sessions. 245, 361, 479, 675, 774, 855 looking at new English dance tunes, influenced by influences from traditional jigs and reels through other traditional English music forms. 523 jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take trad- Moirai are Jo Freya, Melanie Biggs and and itional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced and Sarah Matthews who manage to create an orch- The Nonsuch Dulcimer Club is a UK-based breathless into the 21st century. 379 estra and a choir of sounds. Meaning ‘Spinners of organisation for anyone interested in hammered or Destiny’, the trio weave instrumental talents with mountain dulcimers. 425, 525, 626 The Perfect Cure is a trio of talented musicians, haunting vocals. 790 working mainly in Bristol and the South West, Oakenyouth are a young dance team from specialising in lively music for dancing. As keen Mollie and Dave are Mollie Koenigsberger (violin) Littleborough, specialising in clog and rapper dancers themselves, the band has a special and Dave Yeomans (accordion) joining together dancing. 113, 207, 218, 225, 234, 240, 326, affinity with its audience, carefully choosing the to play music for dance, including contemporary 341, 359, 414, 436, 449, 480, 610, 634, 650, best music to suit the genre. 222, 444, 545, 644, tunes for newly created dances. 205, 253, 318, 672, 716, 748, 756, 772, C724, 809, 840, 744, 781 411 853, 866 Pete Coe, Laura Smyth, Brian Peters’ ‘The Molly Pipe is a Future of Young Folk Award OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews) is a Scottish trio Road to Peterloo’ tells the story of one of the most winner and New Roots Finalist. Her repertoire consisting of Tom Oakes on guitars and wooden notorious incidents in British labour history – the ranges from the romantic to the comic, and is flute, Jon Bews on 5-string fiddle and Daniel ‘Peterloo Massacre’ in Manchester in 1819 – characterised by her expressive, inventive delivery. Thorpe on fiddle. Though traditional in essence the through some of the many broadside ballads that 579, 784, 825 music is full of contemporary arrangements and were printed around the time of the event. 371 surprises drawing on the combined with world influences.260, 347, 379, 429 page 76 Artists

Peter Ingram is a Romany storyteller joining us as Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys are led by award- Shooting Roots is a well-established youth part of the Hither Side of the Hedge show. 618 winning Bristol-based singer, songwriter, producer, project, created for Sidmouth 25 years ago. and multi-instrumentalist. The Lost Boys enlists 208, 228, 238, 309, 332, 352, 366, 435, 448, Peter Wilton is an acclaimed music researcher. He the talents of Ciaran Algar, Graham Coe, Toby 461, 462, 482, 534, 549, 559, 562, 577, 635, will be leading workshops on Community Song and Shaer and Archie Churchill-Moss. With a mix of 649, 661, 678, 686, 733, 738, 751, 768, 818, Vaughan Williams hymn tunes/arrangements. youthful exuberance and instrumental virtuosity, 831, 850 226, 474, 570, 670, 770 they breathe new life into traditional music, letting it rub shoulders with contemporary originals. Sid Vale Folk are a Sidmouth based community Rachael McShane & The Cartographers are 592, 629 non audition singing group joining us for the led by singer, cellist, fiddle and viola player based Opening Concert. 213 in the North East of England, best known as an Sam Sweeney, a veteran of Bellowhead, artistic original member of Bellowhead. Rachael’s latest director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble, Sidmouth Steppers are the local side, dancing album When All Is Still (on Topic Records) sees member of acclaimed trio Leveret, and a superb in the North West Tradition. 001 her reworking traditional songs with a new band. instrumentalist at the forefront of the revival in 659, 687 English traditional music, has recently released Sidmouth Town Band are a prize-winning band his first solo album,The Unfinished Violin (Island performing during the summer in the Connaught Ragged Trousers are a vocal trio from the Mer- Records) – a poignant expansion and development Gardens. They will play at Saturday’s Opening seyside area, singing folk songs, work songs and of his Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle: Made In The Great Concert and join Chris Hoban and Steve Knight- shanties. 111, 211, 245, 258, 338, 373, 455, 493 War. 421, 459, 577 ley’s main stage concerts. 213, 353, 374

Ralph McTell, one of the great storytellers, is a Sandra Kerr is an EFDSS Gold Badge-wearing Sidmouth Traditional Mummers bring their great favourite at Sidmouth. Known for his virtuoso tradition bearer, is one of Sidmouth’s most perennially popular Mummers’ play to the streets guitar style, he is primarily a prolific and gifted in-demand artists. She runs the Festival Choir, this week. Watch out for pirates roaming the town! songwriter. With a style that invites you into a celebrating 25 years in 2019, as well as being 001 unique world, he weaves a narrative that is both an accomplished singer and player of concertina, significant and poignant.103 guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp. 302, Sidmouth Ukulele Band are a group of all ages 401, 493, 501, 560, 601, 701, 801, 828 who have fun by meeting and playing ukuleles Richard Thompson performs a special solo together. 553 acoustic set at Sidmouth. Expect fleet-fingered Sarah Matthews is a folk musician and singer fretwork and poetic lyricism. His genre-defying living in Derby, teaching and performing. She plays Simon Care is a busy man this week as a mem- mastery of the guitar along with dizzying energy the fiddle, viola, tenor guitar and plays in a new ber of Banter and Moulton Morris Men, as well as and onstage wit, make him one of the most dis- duo with Jo May. 524, 625, 726 MC-ing at the Bulverton. 592, 692, 792 tinctive virtuosos and engaging performers in folk rock history. 787 Saul Rose is a melodeon maestro and singer, Simon Diegan is a regular MC at Sidmouth Folk who has played with many leading folk bands, Week, DJ and plays in local folk rock band Celtic Rivington Morris are North West morris dancers, including Faustus. 468, 566, 665 Heartbeat and acoustic trio Reunion Lane. 254, founded in Bolton in 1977. Regular festival-goers, 371, 489, 584, 685, 861 their costumes assist in providing a bright colourful Scott Phillips, from Honiton, is former lead display. 206, 218, 225, 234, 240, 313, 342, 362, singer and guitarist with folk rockers Sweet Black SkillicorneMAX is led by Paul Burgess on piano 509, 533, 557, 572, 619, 636, 650, 676, 693, Angels. He plays solo at The Anchor. 106 and Alistair Gillies on saxophones, playing a lively 715, 748, 756, 775, 816, 840, 854, 866 mixture of tunes from all over the place including Seth Lakeman is a real Sidmouth hit! The West England, Scotland & Ireland, Nova Scotia, New Rob Harbron is a multi-instrumentalist, composer Country folk singer, songwriter and multi-instru- England and beyond. 227, 329, 585 and workshop leader, and the country’s leading mentalist has successfully steered English folk into player of the English concertina, described by The the mainstream with high-energy performances Spin 2 perform songs and instrumentals written Guardian as a “concertina wizard’. He showcases and a series of best-selling albums. He performs with flavours of folk, bossa, eastern, jazz on The his long-awaited solo CD Meanders. 421, 535, 588 material from his latest, The Well Worn Path, Anchor Stage. 483 with a no-nonsense, organic, classic folk-rock Robb Johnson, widely recognised as one of the approach plus trademark foot-stomping, fiddle The Spooky Men’s Chorale are back. Bran- finest songwriters working in the UK today, brings bow-shredding and soaring vocals. 692 dishing a shiny brand new CD Welcome To The us ‘Ordinary Giants’, a song suite based on the life Second Half, that magnificent, craggy ensemblage and times of his father, Ron Johnson. It’s a moving The Shee are an exceptional all-female band of of heavenly singing male bodies, are ever more family history of the 1930s, the Second World War Cross-Border folk multi-instrumentalists. Powerful comfortable with their whimsical humour and and the Welfare State. 458, 560, 590 and emotional vocal performances and virtuoso musical breadth – an audience-winning repertoire musical prowess. Expect slow airs, Gaelic ballads, of Georgian songs, pindrop-beautiful ballads, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes are a duo of the original songs, high-energy tunes, hypnotic riffs. highly inappropriate covers, and immaculate man Shetland fiddler and Devonian guitarist, deeply 849 anthems. 221, 257, 319 rooted in the traditions of Scotland and Ireland but with a vital modernity that chronicles their many Sheena Wellington is one of Scotland’s finest Star and Shadow Rapper are a women’s musical journeys so far. 429 traditional singers. She has a warm clear voice rapper and clog team from Newcastle, performing and sings ballads, Burns, bawdry and the best of traditional and modern rapper dances – spot us Rowan Rheingans brings us her debut solo show contemporary songwriting, usually unaccompa- by our turquoise sashes and glasses of gin. 207, Dispatches on The Red Dress – an intimate concert nied. 220, 258, 375, 479, 493, 554, 589, 658, 213, 218, 225, 234, C218, 330, 359, 514, 537, showcasing brand new solo material inspired by 730, 788 557, 572, 617, 636, 650, 676, 719, 756, 772, her own family history. It is an adventurous and 784, 794, 820, 840, 853, 866 multi-layered musical exploration of identity, mem- Sheila Miller is a retired journalist who also runs ory, horror, beauty and trauma-recovery through the Cellar Upstairs, London’s longest-running Stephen Rowley is an authority on mumming, story, poetry, music and song. 254 folk club, and has co-run the ballad sessions at morris and other traditional folk arts. 333, 430, Sidmouth with Moira Craig for many years. 245, 467, 477, 502, 630, 673, 740, 776, 778, 784 Rusty Wright runs a series of Ukulele workshops. 361, 479, 675, 774, 855 Rusty teaches across the north of England and Steve Hunt is the booker at Bodmin FC, fRoots beyond, encouraging people to play, sing, start The Ship Band musicians, including Hannah- reviews editor, Sidmouth press officer, MC and their own groups and take music into their comm- Cumming, Jon Loomes, Adam Beresford-Brown musician. 348, 656, 754 unities. 544, 643, 743, 838 and Sam Mabbett, are hosting sessions in The Royal York & Faulkner. 261, 691

page 77 Friday 2 August - SKY LIZARD Saturday 3 August - STONEFOX Sunday 4 August - ROCK THE NIGHT Monday 5 August - EXTRACTOR Tuesday 6 August - FURIOUS PUSSIES Wednesday 7 August - WHITE SPIRIT Thursday 8 August - RANDOM 45 Friday 9 August - RED SKY Saturday 10 August - THE DOCKNEYS Keep an eye on social media for Special Artists Offers through the Festival Week!

Steve Knightley And Friends, our patron, Tim Chipping is an fRoots’ columnist, label Victoria Yeomans is a dancer, caller and mus- multi-award winning singer-songwriter/musician manager for River Lea and regular Sidmouth MC. ician. Her reputation as a caller is international and founder member of widely acclaimed acoustic 232, 379, 495, 556, 587, 690, 757, 845 but she also calls at local clubs. She believes that roots trail-blazers Show of Hands, and some very good dancing increases the enjoyment for all and special friends, bring us a very personal show, Tim Edwards is a longstanding Sidmouth regular this can only really be accomplished with good Fifty Shades Of Sidmouth, conveying Steve’s and host of all-welcoming morning singarounds at calling. 205, 253, 318, 411 longstanding involvement with and emotional The Royal York & Faulkner with Kitty Vernon. 312, attachment to this very special festival! 374 413, 513, 614, 714, 814 Vincent Tyrell is a popular local singer/guitarist appearing on the Anchor Stage. 680 Steve McEleney-Smith is a local music teacher Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming and member of The McSmiths, who leads two American tradition with his startling interpretations West Gallery Music Association is an informal beginners’ guitar workshops this week. 438, 538 of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and group of singers, instrumentalists and scholars, dance tunes from New England and Southern sharing an interest in the sacred music, psalmody Stream of Sound are a talented young Somerset Appalachia. 355, 377 and hymnody. 226, 320, 335, 422, 440, 521, choir who present all sorts of concerts: from tiny 541, 621, 640, 723, 739, 823, 837, C517, churches to great Town Halls, and from Folk Clubs Toby Bennett is a dancer and dance teacher C618, C176 to Festivals. They are an integral part of the youth specialising in English step dancing particularly harmony sessions at Sidmouth. 332, 420, 471, the rich traditions of English Step Clog. 234, 246, Whapweasel have been delighting and 484, 520, 568, 620, 686, 722, 751, 768, 822 362, 481, 514, 557 exhausting the folk dance enthusiasts for the last 20 years. The solid eight-piece folk rock dance Stuart Marsden is a dancer and teacher special- Token Women celebrate 30 years in the business band have over that time notched up 6 albums of ising in historical dance, especially social dancing of making joyful music to dance to, in a one-off enthralling, turbo-charged dance music attracting of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. 488, gathering of current and former members. Their rave reviews and packed dance floors. 251, 380 511, 612, 683, 712, 812 music is a smorgasbord of tunes from around Europe with influences beyond, and unusual and The Weatherbury Quire is made up of West Sweet Black Angels are a local indie/folk-rock inspiring arrangements. 432, 486, 528 Gallery Music Association members from around band playing on the Anchor Stage. 578 the country and comes together specifically for Tom Goodale is a storyteller with a large reper- Sidmouth. The MD is Mike Bailey who leads the Swing’it Dixieband, led by locally-based Jonah toire of stories, including ancient Greek myths, West Gallery workshop at the festival. 226 Hitchens, take us across the Atlantic to 1920s Celtic legends, Medieval romances and Grimm’s New Orleans! 248 fairy tales, running the gamut from fables to epics. Wild Ride features fiddles, piano, mandolin, banjo He hosts storyrounds and Late Night Story ses- and guitar in a sound combining the groove and Tamar are a West Country folk duo combining sions. 203, 244, 263, 305, 360, 406, 478, 498, drive of American contra music with infectious slide guitar and fiddle with stomping rhythms.248 506, 573, 606, 674, 706, 773, 793, 805, 856 tunes from the American, Scottish, Irish traditions and, when the dancing demands, the English Tautas Roks are a young and energetic band Tony Hall is a legendary melodeon player and tradition and the elegant strains of the Playford playing music from a range of genres…including singer considered widely as a master of his art. and pre-Playford canon. 250, 308, 410, 485, 611, lively ceilidhs. 115 Since his solo debut in 1979, Hall has contributed 681, 711, 859 to albums by (Penguin Eggs) and Terry Mann is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and (Silly Sisters) as Windsor Morris return to Sidmouth with their and instrument maker. He is running a workshop well as having a notable solo career. 233, 258, high-leaping, high-quality brand of Cotswold for Beginners’ Pipe and Tabor; a “have-a-go” 336, 372 Morris, bringing energy, enthusiasm and an as- Introduction to the Swedish Bagpipe and guitar tonishingly white kit for a super week of dancing. open tunings for intermediate/advanced. 412, Topette!! are a must see band, for anyone 113, 207, 218, 225, 234, 240, 264, 314, 414, 529, 737 interested in traditional European dance music, 436, 476, C420, 615, 636, 650, 679, 710, 748, for folk fans, French dancers and discerning 756, 762, 821, 840, 854, 866 Thom Ashworth, English folk singer & bassist listeners alike. With “sublime musicianship and a “is in the vanguard of a new generation of protest thumping set of tunes” (fRoots), leading players The Young ’Uns, three time BBC Radio 2 Folk singers” –Folk Radio UK. Equal parts interpreter of Andy Cutting, Tania Buisse, James Delarre, Julien Award winners, present a new and unique piece of traditional song and insightful political songwriter, Cartonnet and Barnaby Strading, play irresistible modern folk theatre, The Ballad of Johnny Long- Thom’s inventive musicality and powerful tenor and innovative dance music. 497 staff. With their trademark harmony, honesty and voice shine through. 721, 792 humour the Teesside trio bring together songs, Under The Covers are Lucy Dory and Andrew spoken word, imagery to tell a remarkable human Thomas White is a Dartmoor musician accomp- Torjussen, performing original songs and (not so story oozing with modern relevance. 561 anying steppers at sessions and workshops. 645 common) covers on the Anchor Stage. 780 Note Threepenny Bit are an example of how Velvet & Stone’s indie-folk combines haunting You are Wolf was advertised in much of the traditional dance music and contemporary sounds soundscapes with catchy pop hooks and great festival’s publicity. Kerry Andrew is unable to can be blended into a fresh interpretation of folk songs, offering a fresh and original take on a appear at this year’s festival due to illness. We music. This dynamic eight-piece band combines traditional genre. 367 wish her well. Her place has been taken in Cellar a group of diehard folkies with some of the finest Full of Folkadelia by Kitty Macfarlane. young jazz and classical musicians in the south. 108, 499 See you next year – 31st July to 7th Aug 2020 (The Sidmouth Folk Festival always includes the 1st Monday in August)

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Festival Supporters FolkWeek festival goers are remarkably loyal when it comes to patronising town shops and businesses, many of which support the Festival through sponsorship and advertising. These businesses display a Sponsor or Business Supporter poster in their windows and so are easily identified as supporters. They really appreciate your trade. Please do support them, as well as Official Festival Traders (displaying the Festival Trader poster) on our sites such as Peacock Lawn and Blackmore Gardens.

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