from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Sidmouth 

Town Council 

FESTIVAL 

PROGRAMME 


Hotels 

£5 

Festival Patron Martin Carthy MBE

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Welcome … … from the Festival Director 

Welcome to Sidmouth 

FolkWeek 2012 

So here we are at the 58th Sidmouth 

FolkWeek Festival, not just the oldest, 

but finest Folk Festival in the UK. With 

over 650 events there’s a range of 

activity that isn’t matched anywhere 

else. Throw in the prettiest seaside town 

in the South West, some great music 

and dance, workshops galore, fun family 

events and so much more besides like 

ice creams, tasty festival food and drinks 

and you have got quite a party, or even 

an action packed holiday! 

Our job is to make this unique 

We know that Sidmouth FolkWeek has 

a special place in people’s hearts. Is it 

because of the stunning seaside 

location? Is it the sheer diversity of the 

programme – celebrating all aspects of 

culture with roots in tradition, from the 

grass roots to the cutting edge, from 

home grown to distant shores? Is it the 

sense of community here – welcoming 

one and all, across the generations? Is it 

the opportunity to participate at every 

level with the extensive workshop 

events? We think it’s all of those things 

… and more. It is many festivals within a 

festival – offering something new and 

something different whatever your 

interests. Sidmouth FolkWeek is all 

about new adventures and old friends. 

What makes this 

year special? 

We want to shout from the rooftops 

about so many aspects of this year’s 

festival, but a few special events are 

particularly noteworthy. 

We are delighted that Norma 

Waterson makes her return to 

performing this week after a prolonged 

illness. Her velvet-rich voice has been 

much missed and she joins with 

daughter Eliza Carthy and The Gift 

Band in a Ham Concert. Welcome back 

Norma. 

Spotlight Scotland events run 

throughout the week showcasing the 

wealth of talent from 

north of the border – 

thanks to the generous 

support of Creative 

experience better each year for our 

customers. This year we are bringing 

you a bigger, more exciting festival with 

season tickets at 2011 prices and no 

booking fee, so costing you less. Expect 

to find the usual tweaks and 

improvements in the facilities and 

venues – even in-house loos for Ham 

Marquee concert goers – whatever 

next? 

A special thank you to you for 

coming to share the experience with us. 

And thanks to our supporters in the 

Town, District and County Councils and 

local business sponsors. Together with 

Scotland. The breadth and depth of 

creativity and talent found 

in contemporary Scotland is well 

represented. Amongst those we 

welcome are legendary greats Dick 

Gaughan and Archie Fisher and 

fast-rising stars such as young singer 

and guitarist Ewan McLennan, Rura 

featuring three of BBC Radio Scotland 

Young Traditional Musician of the Year 

finalists and multi-award winning Rua 

Macmillan Trio. Don’t miss the 

epically proportioned Treacherous 

Orchestra at The Bulverton who 

promise to blast your socks off with their 

mighty wall of sound. And a special 

Caledonia’s New Hardy Sons show 

features both contemporary and 

traditional arts from Scotland with 

Sokobauno Puppet Theatre and altfolk 

singer Alasdair Roberts presenting 

Scottish Mummers play Galoshins with 

live music, puppetry and shadow theatre, 

and also songs from Gaelic singer 

Gillebride MacMillan and Roberts and 

friends. 

Two pre-festival special events 

get the week off to an inspirational start. 

The emotional triumph War Horse 

will be performed as a unique reading by 

one of Britain’s most 

celebrated children’s authors and 

former Children’s Laureate, Michael 

Morpurgo with songs, to cradle the tale, 

from song-makers John Tams and 

Barry Coope. A rare and moving 

opportunity to hear the Devon-based 

author tell his own story of Joey and his 

journey from peaceful Devon to the First 

our 

dedicated 

Volunteers, 

they help 

to keep 


at the 

head of UK Festivals. 

From the whole Festival team and 

the town, a very warm welcome. 

John Braithwaite 

Festival Director 

See page 55 for 

Key to Ticket Prices 

What makes Sidmouth FolkWeek so special? 

World War battlefields of 

France, from farm horse to War Horse. 

The Big Chris Barber Band bring 

their unique brand of traditional jazz and 

blues to town. Now in his 63rd year as a 

bandleader, jazz trombonist Chris Barber 

heads up a fantastic 10-piece band, 

filling the night air with soulful blues, 

stylish grooves and the steamy sounds of 

New Orleans. An evening of stirring and 

joyful music from a master of his art! 

This year, our media sponsors 

fRoots magazine present A Cellar Full of 

Folkadelia at some funky afternoon 

shows at Kennaway House showcasing 

some of the sounds from the leftfield 

with The False Beards, Zimbabwean 

mbira player Chartwell Dutiro, Jonny 

Kearney and Lucy Farrell, English 

eccentrics Duck Soup, Cornish duo 

Corncrow, Nova Scotian banjo songster 

Old Man Luedecke, Scottish singer 

Alasdair Roberts, ‘English Emmylou’ 

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What makes Sidmouth FolkWeek so special? continued 

Naomi Bedford and darkly-crafted 

folksters Telling The Bees and local 

singer-songwriter Lori Campbell. 

Having established a reputation for 

fun-filled roots mayhem and high-energy 

dance parties, evenings at Bulverton get 

off to an early start with sessions and 

parties from 7pm (Early Bird Specials at 

Secret Ingredient catering and the Bar!) 

and two great bands each night from 

8.15pm. Get there early! 

Morris Offspring’s joyful, 

energetic and vital celebration of the 

power and grace of English traditional 

dance Must Come Down promises to 

be an exuberant dance spectacle with 

beautiful music, stunning singing and 

heart-stopping stories featuring Jackie 

Oates and Debs Newbold. 

Social Dance steps up its profile in 

2012 with a brand new, state of the art 

evening venue, as well as daytime 

events in town venues and back-to-back 

morning workshops at Blackmore 

Gardens Marquee. We are delighted that 

Malcolm Storey is able to be with us at 

the festival as dance advisor and is 

already planning for next year. Thanks to 

Sidmouth Town Council for financial 

support to expand and improve social 

dance provision in 2012. 

Traditional music events find a 

comfortable home at The Woodlands 

Hotel with John Howson, Dan Quinn 

and Peta Webb and Ken Hall hosting 

Traditional Nights Out and afternoon 

‘specials’. The Arts Centre houses the 

festival folk club, hosted by Bob & Gill 

Berry, where singers, musicians and 

storytellers are welcome to take to the 

floor. Informal sessions and themed 

singarounds run at the Rugby Club. 

Keith Owen Funding 

This year the Keith Owen Fund of the 

Sid Vale Association has generously 

funded two related projects that allow 

the festival to further engage with the 

local communities. 

Stiltskin Creative Arts and 

Theatre Company have worked with 

children at the Sidmouth Primary School 

to developing the children’s performance 

and circus skills, leading to their 

performance in Blackmore Gardens 

through the day on Saturday 4th August. 

This year’s Torchlight Procession 

will have an Olympic theme, particularly 

focusing on the sailing events held at 

nearby Weymouth and emphasising 

Sidmouth’s maritime history and the 

local communities’ ongoing relationship 

with the sea. Our maker, Martin West, 

will mastermind the creation of large 

structures reflecting this theme with the 

support of local and festival assistants. In 

addition to their earlier schools project, 

Stiltskin will also work as part of the 

Young Sidmouth programme. Their main 

role at the Festival will be to teach stilt 

walking and other circus skills to visiting 

and local children and, where appropriate, 

take part in the Torchlight Procession. With 

the support of the Keith Owen Fund we 

have also been able to programme street 

band workshops to enable further 

participation in this year’s procession. 

The Sidmouth Smile 

Sidmouth FolkWeek has been delighted 

to support the children of Sidmouth 

Primary School who have been working 

on their superb newspaper aimed at 

bringing good news to their community. 

The summer edition of The Sidmouth 

Smile featured FolkWeek very 

prominently and included festival news, 

programme and interviews with artists 

conducted by the children. Look out for 

the newspaper around the festival. 

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Friday 3rd August 

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001 7:30-9:30pm Market Square Welcome To Sidmouth 2012 the traditional informal start to FolkWeek 

with Great Western Morris, Sidmouth Steppers and Skylark & Artforge 

(Karelia), Mrs.Midnight’s. (Blackmore Gardens Marquee if wet). 

MC. Mike Boston. Collection 

002 8:00-10:00pm Ham Marquee An Evening with The Big Chris Barber Band introduced by Barry Lister. 

A special pre-festival event. Not included in All-In-One Ticket. 

Lowest price listed is available to All-In-One and Week Ticket 

holders before 30th July. Supported by The White Horse Café £20/£18/15 (£10/£9) 

101 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Mrs.Midnight’s. Caller Mike Boston. 

Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection 

102 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Absolute Beginners Dance Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, 

Church Hall Chris Walshaw and Richard Jones. If you think you can’t dance then come to 

this! We’ll cover the basic dance rhythms and steps you’ll need to join in the 

dance at the rest of the festival. You don’t need to bring a partner, just some 

enthusiasm! W £8 

103 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Morning Rush. Collection 

104 3:00-4:30pm Ham Marquee War Horse – The Concert 

Michael Morpurgo with John Tams and Barry Coope. (Suitable for children 10+). 

MC. Barry Goodman. 

Supported by Fields of Sidmouth £18/£16/14 (£9, £8, £7) 

105 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Ship Band. Caller Gordon Potts. 

Supported by The Anchor Inn 

Collection 

106 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, 

Skylark & Artforge (Karelia). Collection 

107 5:00-7:00pm Dukes Live Music from The Blue. Collection 

108 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse - Welcome Party with Kissmet (9.15) and 

Marquee Gadarene (8.15). Introduced by Jim Moray. Preceded by a welcome session 

with Mrs.Midnight’s from 7.00. Supported by Dukes £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

109 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Pink Pyjama Party – Ceilidh with Tickled Pink. Caller Nick Walden. 

Gardens Marquee First hour is aimed at families. Performance from Jig Crew. £10 (£5) F £15 

110 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

Social Dance with Chris Turner and Masquerade. £10 (£5) 

111 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Contra and Squares Dance with Frances Oates and Barefoot. £10 (£5) 

Community Centre 

112 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Evening Concert with guests presented by the Anchor Inn. Collection 

113 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Church Concert with Tim Edey plus Maz O’Connor. MC. Derek Schofield. 

114 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel The Full English Concert with The Claque, The Dollymopps, 

Gavin Davenport, Peter & Barbara Snape. MC. Bill Crawford. 

Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 

115 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes plus Phillip Henry 

& Hannah Martin. MC. Barry Goodman £21/£19/£16 (£11/£10/£9) 

116 9:00-11:00pm Dukes Live Music from Spin 2. Collection 

117 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse - Late Night Extra with Polkaworks. 

Marquee Caller Pete Rees. Performance by Mortimer’s Morris. 

£13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20 

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Saturday 4th August 

201 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Contra/Square Dance Beginners Workshop with Frances Oates and 

Gardens Marquee Mollie Koenigsberger. A chance to learn the basics to stand you in 

good stead for the rest of the week. W £8 

202 9:30-10:50am Methodist Social Dance Workshop A ‘sweet and ayry activity’ – dances from the 

Church Hall John Playford editions of the Dancing Master 1651-1686. 

With Andrew Shaw and Barefoot. W £8 

203 9:30-11:00am Bulverton North West Morris Workshop with Earlsdon Morris Men. Traditional clog 

Marquee morris dancing from North West England, including dances from Clitheroe, 

Colne, Preston and Whalley. No previous experience required. W £8 

204 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Karelian Dance Workshop – Skylark & Artforge from Karelia, a region of 

Church Hall Russia, teach some of the communal dances of their homeland. W £8 

205 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or 

just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale. Collection 

206 11:00- Dukes Duke Box Live Music from a selection of local young artists. Collection 

207 11:00-12:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Lancashire Wallopers, Seven Champions 

Molly Dancers, Windsor Morris. Collection 

208 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Square Dance Workshop Intermediate with Mike Courthold and Mollie 

Gardens Marquee Koenigsberger. ‘Squares with attitude’– Don’t try these at home! W £8 

209 11:00-12:20pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop ‘The Newest and Best Dances’ – dances from 

Church Hall the Henry Playford editions of the Dancing Master, 1687-1703. With 

Andrew Shaw and Barefoot. W £8 

210 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton Southern African Dance with Black Umfolosi. Suitable for all ages and levels. 

Marquee No need to bring anything, except your Wellies for the Gum Boot Dance! W £8 

211 11:15-12:45pm St Teresa’s Morris Workshop An introduction to Kirtlington Morris with Nigel Holt. 

Church Hall Intermediate/advanced level-dancers need to be familiar with morris steps 

and figures. Bring along dance shoes and hankies. W £8 

212 11:30-12:30pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Stream of Sound. Introduced by Bill Crawford. £8 

213 11:30-1:00pm Ham Marquee Opening Welcome Concert with Debby McClatchy, Exmouth Shanty 

Men, Somerset Young Folk Musicians at Halsway Manor, Roots 

Acoustic and Sidmouth Town Band. MC. Barry Goodman. Free to everyone 

214 12:00-2:30pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton 

with special guests. Collection 

215 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Tickled Pink. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection 

216 12:40-2:00pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop of contemporary Contra Dances from 

Church Hall this side of the pond with Chris Turner and Masquerade. £8 

217 1:00-2:00pm Blackmore 

Gardens Marquee 

Private Reception for all booked dance groups. 

218 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Bal Basics & Etiquette with Kerry Fletcher. Come and learn the basic European 

Church Hall European dances to get you ready to swirl and twirl around the dance floor throughout 

the week. Try out the schottische, mazurka, bourrée and Italian polka. For beginners to 

explore the basic dances and develop confidence in couple dancing. W £8 

219 1:30-2:15pm The Hub Folk Orchestra North Devon led by Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll. Collection 

220 1:30-3:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Tutors Meet & Greet Come meet your colleagues for Sidmouth. 

There will be time to make ready for the week ahead and prepare a super-short 

taster workshop for the following event. 

221 2:15-3:35pm Methodist How To Dance Social and Ceilidh – all you need to know but were too scared to ask! 

Church Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. A basic guide in 5 workshops for 

complete beginners and those with some experience. Different aspects will be 

covered every day, but there will be lots of overlap and time for questions. W £8 

222 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Jig Crew. Collection 

223 2:30-3:45pm Methodist Start The Week A taster concert with Babylon Lane, The Weatherby Quire and 

Church Peter Wilton. West Gallery, Shapenote music and British community songs. £8 

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224 2:30-4:00pm Esplanade to Procession of all invited teams along Esplanade, through the Market Square, 

Blackmore up Old Fore Street and High Street to Blackmore Drive, then into Blackmore 

Gardens Gardens, followed by dance display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. All teams 

assemble at the west (Connaught Gardens) end of the seafront at 2.15pm sharp. 

Collection 

225 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Waltz & Variations with Kerry Fletcher. A whirlwind tour of European waltzes from 

Church Hall the everyday to the exotic 5 and 8 time variations! We’ll be looking at grace, poise 

and momentum. Mixed level: a chance to focus on improving your flair, technique 

and variations for dancing with style. W £8 

226 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Moltenamba. Collection 

227 3:00-5:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Tasters! Come try a bit of everything before our 

workshops start in full force tomorrow! W £4 

228 3:00-5:00pm Bedford Hotel Songwriters In Concert ‘And Then I Wrote’ with Gavin Davenport, 

Otis Gibbs, Reg Meuross. MC. Lester Simpson. £10 (£5) 

229 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House Welcome Concert with The Dollymopps, Maz O’Connor, Racker Donnelly. 

MC.Jon Brenner. £8 (£4) 

230 3:00-6:00pm Dukes Open Mic Session Come along on the day and sign your name up! Collection 

231 3:15-4:45pm Blackmore Dance Display A brief taster from some of this year’s booked teams. 

Gardens Marquee MC. Chris Rose. Collection 

232 3:15-5:15pm Ham Marquee Concert with Black Umfolosi, Frank Yamma. MC. Derek Schofield. 

Hobgoblin Stage Supported by Hobgoblin Music £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

233 4:30-6:00pm Manor Pavilion Wren Music Concert Okehampton Youth Roots Ensemble, Torbay Folk Choir, 

Voices in Common, West Devon Folk Choir, North Devon Folk Choir. 

MC Marilyn Tucker £8 (£4) 

234 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s Breton Dance Workshop with Yannick Minvielle-Debat & Steve Turner. 

Church Hall Come and learn the basic Breton dances as experienced in a Fest-Noz, 

as well as more unusual ones. No partner necessary. W £8 

235 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Church Somerset Young Folk Musicians At Halsway Manor Somerset Young Musicians is 

run by Will Lang and a team of young tutors at Halsway Manor the week before the 

festival. The participants of SYM meet for 5 days of music-making and singing to 

create a performance to showcase here. Supported by Halsway Manor Collection 

236 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Tea Dance with Lynne Render and Barefoot. Lynne’s menu will include 

Church Hall Squares and Contras. W £8 

237 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Ceilidhography. Caller Cat Kelly. 


238 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Kirtlington Morris, 

Mortimer’s Morris. Collection 



A Chance To Meet Morris Offspring. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

240 5:00-6:30pm The Volunteer Storyround An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. 

Garden Hosted by Moe Keast and Tom Goodale. Collection 

241 5:00-7:00pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest 

Debby McClatchy. All welcome. Collection 

242 5:30-6:00pm The Hub Rough Music East Devon Folk Orchestra, leader David Faulkner. Collection 

243 5:30-6:45pm Arts Centre Illustrated Talk The Mighty Ship Titanic. A look at the songs that were inspired by 

the disaster, to mark the centenary. Presented by Peta Webb and Ken Hall. £8 

244 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Roots A Capella Collection 

245 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Euro Dance Party with Stygiens (9.15) and Moltenamba (8.15). 

Marquee Preceded by a welcome Euro-music session (7.00) with Frances Watt, Chris 

Walshaw and Richard Jones. MC. Kerry Fletcher. Supported by Dukes 

£16/£14 (£8/£7) 

C217 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh with Polkaworks. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by £10 (£5) F £15 

Gardens Marquee Earlsdon Morris Men. First hour is aimed at families. 

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246 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

American Dance with Mike Courthold and Barefoot. £10 

247 7:30-10:30pm Methodist Dancers’ Dance Best Foot Forward, with Andrew Shaw and 

Church Hall Paul Hutchinson, Linda Birt and Iona Hassan. £10 

248 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise English Country Dance with Madeleine Smith and Masquerade. £10 


249 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Rosco, Morning Rush and Stream of Sound. Collection 

250 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Concert with Exmouth Shanty Men, The Dollymopps, Roots Acoustic. 

MC. Bill Crawford. Supported by The Mocha Restaurant £13/£11 (£7/£6) 

251 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Words And Music with Pat Ryan, Peter & Barbara Snape, 

Church Racker Donnelly and Gavin Davenport. MC. Sue Coe. £10 (£5) 

252 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club hosted by Bob and Gill Berry, with their guests 

Kirsty Bromley and Potiphar’s Apprentices. Singers, musicians and 

storytellers welcome. £8 

253 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions West Country Songs and Music 

led by Eddie Upton. Collection 

254 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Debby McClatchy, Reg Meuross, Maz O’Connor and 

Pete Coe. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 

255 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Dervish, The Voice Squad. MC. Bob Walton. £18/£16/£13 (£9/£8/£7) 

256 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel The Tradition Gathers hosted by John Howson with Geordie Murison, 

Joe Aitken, Simon Ritchie, Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Peta Webb 

and Ken Hall, Will Duke & Dan Quinn, Jerry O’Reilly and Jeff Wesley. £8 

257 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert ‘Something To Say’ with Frank Yamma and Otis Gibbs. 

MC. Lester Simpson. 

£10 (£5) 

258 9:00 - Dukes Live Music from Lights and Clockwork. Collection 

259 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse-Late Night Extra with Tickled Pink. Caller Barry Goodman. 

Marquee Performance by Windsor Morris. £13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20 

Sunday 5th August 

301 9:30-10:45am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop with Seven Champions Molly Dancers. Learn Seven 

Church Hall Champions Style Performance Molly Dancing. We will teach a couple of dances at 

each workshop. No previous molly experience required. W £8 

302 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Square Dance Workshop ‘Squares from the New England Masters’ with 

Gardens Marquee Mike Courthold, Paul Hutchinson and Liv Dunn. W £8 

303 9:30-11:00am Bulverton Karelian Dance Workshop – Skylark & Artforge from Karelia, a region of Russia, 

Marquee teach some of the communal dances of their homeland. W £8 

304 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal warm up 

followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. The workshops 

will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on Friday afternoon. W £8 

305 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Talk-Topic Records’ Early Irish Recordings Peta Webb and Ken Hall play 

and discuss tracks focusing on Irish traditional singers and musicians. W £8 

306 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back 

and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection 

307 9:30-11:00am Conservative Appalachian Singing Workshop with Debby McClatchy. A chance to learn 

Club new songs and examine the physical and social histories of the Appalachian 

mountains, the Anglo-Celtic traditions that influenced the ‘high-lonesome 

sound’, as well as material from the 1920s String Band Era which influenced 

mountain musicians. W £8 

308 10:30- Church of the 

Most Precious 

Blood 

Folk Mass Festival visitors and musicians welcome. 

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309 10:30-11:30am Connaught Folkweek Christian Service Hosted by Churches together in Sidmouth. 

Gardens All welcome. 


311 11:00-12:20pm St Teresa’s Social Dance Workshop with Chris Turner and Masquerade. ‘The Ramblings 

Church Hall of a London Gentleman – including a few from book 3’ Keep NYT. W £8 

312 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Social Dance Workshop ‘Small and Trifling Collections’-dances from the sets of 

Gardens Marquee Twenty Four New Country Dances for the year… published by John Walsh. With 

Andrew Shaw and Paul Hutchinson & Liv Dunn. W £8 

313 11:00-2:00pm Esplanade Massed Dance Display with local, visiting and guest dance groups 

– all dance sides welcome. Collection 

314 11:15-12:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots-Playing By Ear Come along to learn the simple tools 

that help you navigate unknown tunes and have fun in a session. W £4 

315 11:15-12:15pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with The Dollymopps. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8 

316 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton Welsh Clog Workshop with Jane Sheard of Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth. 

Established traditional Welsh clog steps. All abilities. W £8 

317 11:15-12:45pm Manor Pavilion Carols From The Shires with the West Gallery Music Association. 

Gallery carols and other celebratory music from Southern England, East Anglia 

and the Midlands. A booklet of printed music is provided, available on daily 

loan or purchase by way of donation to FolkWeek. Instrumentalists should bring 

music stand. Elementary to Intermediate level for Singers and Instrumentalists. 

Ability to read music is not essential. W £8 

318 11:15-12:45pm Arts Centre Stream Of Sound Youth Choir Workshop Give your lungs a good workout with 

these young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary – you just 

need your enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4 

319 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Beginners’ Storytelling Workshop with Pat Ryan. This session will involve 

sharing stories that are simple and fun to learn. Including exercises and activities, 

as well as looking at how to work from traditional and literary sources. W £8 

320 11:30-1:00pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band with Nick and Mary Barber. Sidmouth Big Band is a large 

ceilidh band suitable for any acoustic instrument, any standard. A series of linked 

workshops working on the skills required and leading to a public ceilidh with a 

caller. This year’s workshops will feature music from the Lakeland fiddler William 

Irwin. W £8 

321 11:30-1:00pm Kennaway House Singing With Ancestors A chance to learn some traditional Zimbabwean mbira 

music in Shona, led by Chartwell Dutiro. Songs are taught by ear – just come 

along and have fun! W £8 

322 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Rua Macmillan Trio and Maz O’Connor. 

MC Bob Walton. £10 (£5) 

323 12:00-2:00pm The Hub Dance Display All available teams. Collection 



325 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Ceilidhography. Caller Pete Rees. 


326 12:30-1:50pm St Teresa’s Social Dance Workshop with Frances Oates and Masquerade. Going on holiday 

Church Hall – dances with place names in their titles. Intermediate to advanced. W £8 

327 12:30-2:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots-Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring ideas for 

your own projects! All abilities. W £4 

328 1:00-2:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots-Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the showcase. 

We’ll be filming sections to be projected at the f-Factor finale as well as performed 

live! W £4 

329 1:00-2:00pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Skylark & Artforge from Karelia, Russia. MC. Chris Rose. 

Gardens Marquee £8 

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330 1:00-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Songwriting Workshop with Gavin Davenport. A chance to look at the 

bare bones of putting together a ‘folk’ song-getting words to scan, rhyme and 

fit to a tune and developing them into something you can sing in a pub, band, 

or singing session. W £8 

331 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Accordion Workshop with Jon Brenner. Playing Accordion for dancing – 

how to make your box playing a joy to dance to. W £8 

332 2:00-3:50pm Stowford Rise Social Dance Tea for Two: First Sitting-A traditional treat of mostly 

Community Centre English country dances. With Barefoot and Chris Turner. £8 

333 2:10-3:30pm St Teresa’s Social Dance Workshop Dance Technique with Madeleine Smith and Stick the 

Church Hall Fiddle. Intermediate level. ‘I’m alright, Jack! The art of co-operative dancing.’ W £8 

334 2:15-3:15pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Morris Pick a tradition or two, learn a dance or three, then 

perform them accompanied by a whole bunch of singers! Suitable for 

newcomers and experts alike. W £4 

335 2:15-3:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Song For Dance Learn singing styles and arrangements 

suitable for dancing, and challenge the dancers to work around your songs. 

Then team up with the Morris workshop for double the fun! W £4 

336 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Mortimer’s Morris. Collection 

337 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Debby McClatchy, Kirsty Bromley, Kirsty Cotter and Barry Watson. 

MC. Bill Crawford. Supported by the Friends of Sidmouth FolkWeek £10 (£5) 

338 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with The Galleons. Collection 

339 3:00-4:30pm Woodlands Hotel Return To Ingrave The Story and Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams in 

Essex with Potiphar’s Apprentices. Introduced by Sue Coe. £8 

340 3:00-5:00pm Manor Pavilion World Of Dance Featuring Skylark & Artforge (Karelia), Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, 

Yannick Minvielle-Debat & Steve Turner, Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, 

Newcastle Kingsmen and Lancashire Wallopers. MC. Derek Schofield. 

Supported by The Royal York and Faulkner Hotel £9 (£5) 

341 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with The False Beards and 

Chartwell Dutiro. Introduced by Sarah Coxson. 

Supported by fRoots magazine £8 (£4) 

342 3:00-6:00pm Blackmore The John Gasson Memorial Jig Competition There are categories for Solo and 

Gardens Marquee Double Jigs, Audience Appeal, Over 40 and Best New Entrant. Judges are: Brian 

Manders, Shirley Dixon, John Bacon and Mikey Radford. Sponsored by: Pete Collinson, 

Trefor & Rhiannon Owen, Janet Dowling, Dave & Fee Lock, Chris & Tracey Rose, Seven 

Champion Molly Dancers and John’s Old School Friends. Entrants please report to 

Blackmore Gardens Marquee at 2.30pm. Plus a performance by Jonny Kearney 

and Lucy Farrell. MC. Chris Rose. £8 


344 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Chris Wood and Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell. 

Hobgoblin Stage MC. Lester Simpson. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

345 3:30-4:45pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots-Funky World Band Big-band bombast, little ensemble 

pieces... Come join Sidmouth’s best scratch-band and play some stonking 

trad tunes with the SRoots twist! W £4 

346 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘Them Sinarounds’. Songs of murder, rape, pillage 

or any other sin of your choice. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 

347 4:10-6:00pm Stowford Rise Social Dance Tea for Two: Second Sitting-A tasty selection to suit all tastes. 

Community Centre With Barefoot and Frances Oates. W £8 

348 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s Breton Dance Workshop with Yannick Minvielle-Debat & Steve Turner. 

Church Hall Come and learn the basic Breton dances as experienced in a Fest-Noz, 

as well as more unusual ones. No partner necessary. W £8 

349 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Katie’s Quartet. Caller Bobby Ritchie. 


350 5:00-6:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots-Rapper Come learn some rapper steps, figures and dances. 

With Gaorsach! W £4 

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351 5:00-6:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots-Storytelling Rachel Rose Reid and her assistants are back to help 

you become a master talesmith. Working towards a story-round session at the end of 

the week. All abilities welcome! W £4 

352 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, 

Lancashire Wallopers. Collection 




Geordie Murison. All welcome. Collection 

355 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House Upon A Stranger Shore – Maz O’Connor launches her new CD. 

Introduced by Hannah Bright. £8 (£4) 

356 6:00-7:00pm Parish Church Folkweek Songs Of Praise Canon David Slater leads a festival service 

at St Giles and St Nicholas. 

357 6:00-7:00pm St Francis Church Taize Type Church Service All welcome. 

358 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre Illustrated Talk – ‘There Was A Lord Who Lived In This Town’. 

Early Classic Ballads in the Irish Song Tradition with Jerry O’Reilly. W £8 

359 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Kirtlington Morris. Collection 

360 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse with Seth Lakeman (9.15) plus Jonny Kearney and 

Marquee Lucy Farrell (8.15). MC. Jon Brenner. Preceded by a music session 

with The Ship Band. (7.00) Supported by Dukes £18/£16 (£9/£8) 

361 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore European Bal with Stygiens, Yannick Minvielle-Debat & Steve Turner 

Gardens Marquee and Kerry Fletcher. With Skylark & Artforge (Karelia). 

First hour is aimed at families and will be led by Yannick and Steve. £10 (£5) F (£15) 

C319 7:30-9:30pm Unitarian Hall Singing Counties-Songs From Somerset with Eddie Upton. £8 (£4) 

362 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s Social Dance Callers Choice with Andrew Shaw and Paul Hutchinson & Liv Dunn. 

Church Hall £10 

363 7:30-10:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Saturday Sun, Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler Hall, 

The Drystones. Collection 

364 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Contra Dance with Lynne Render and Masquerade. £10 


365 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Irish Voices Concert with The Voice Squad and Len Graham & Jack Lynch. 

MC. Bruce Gomersall. Supported by Ice Cream Paradise £13/£11 (£7/£6) 

366 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club hosted by Bob and Gill Berry with their guests Pete Coe 

and Gavin Davenport. Singers, musicians and storytellers welcome. £8 

367 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions Song and music session hosted by Dave Hunt. Collection 

368 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Rua Macmillan Trio, The False Beards, The Dollymopps. 

MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 

369 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle and 

Donal Maguire and Sean Corcoran. MC. Barry Goodman.£18/£16/£13 (£9/£8/£7) 

370 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by Peta Webb and Ken Hall with Jerry O’Reilly, 

Joe Aitken, Peter & Barbara Snape, Will Duke, Racker Donnelly, Dan Quinn, 

English String Band and Jeff Wesley. £8 

371 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with Jon Boden, Debby McClatchy, Potiphar’s Apprentices. 

MC. Lester Simpson. Supported by Sidmouth Rugby Club £10 (£5) 

372 9:00 - Dukes Live Music from Cole Stacey and The Story. Collection 

373 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse-Late Night Extra with Jim Moray’s Silent Disco plus 

Marquee special guests. Performance by Jake Jones and Dan Eccles. 


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Two Sidmouth Teenage Brothers who lost 

their uncle to cancer in 2011, were gifted his 

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On 16th August 2012 they will ride from John 

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900 miles in 11 days 

They are only 13 and 15 years old 

Please support them by visiting 

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and click on the Just Giving Link 

All proceeds go to these three wonderful Cancer Charities:

Monday 6th August 

401 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop But which way is up? Dances where the orientation 

Gardens Marquee changes with Frances Oates, Rod and Frances Stradling. Intermediate to 

advanced. W £8 

402 9:30-10:50am Methodist Social Dance Workshop ‘Compos’d by Mr Kynaston’ – Nathaniel Kynaston 

Church Hall dances published by John Walsh. 1710-1718. With Andrew Shaw and Paul 

Hutchinson & Liv Dunn. W £8 

403 9:30-11:00am Bulverton North West Morris Workshop with Earlsdon Morris Men. Traditional clog morris 

Marquee dancing from North West England, including dances from Clitheroe, Colne, Preston 

and Whalley. No previous experience required. W £8 

404 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal 

warm up followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. 

The workshops will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on 

Friday afternoon. W £8 

405 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Illustrated Talk The Life and Collecting of William Henry Long (1839-1896). 

Traditional Songs from the Isle of Wight. Presented by The Dollymopps. W £8 

406 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop with Newcastle Kingsmen. An introduction to the 

Church Hall unique and fun style of the winners of 5 awards and this year’s DERT. W £8 

407 9:30-11:00am Methodist Shapenote Singing Workshop with Babylon Lane. Vibrant American 4-part 

Church psalmody, with English roots. Singing from The Sacred Harp, New England 

sources and modern compositions. All welcome, from beginners to experienced. 

Loan music available, or learn by ear. W £8 

408 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, 

or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection 

409 9:30-11:00am Conservative Festival Concert Band Workshop with John Kirkpatrick. Five daily accumulative 

Club sessions suitable for all acoustic instruments (no electric instruments please). 

The workshops will focus on a written arrangements of just a few tunes, with a 

view to a final performance at the workshop showcase event on Friday afternoon. 

Bring your own music stand and a pen or pencil to make notes. 

Ability to read music helpful, but not essential. W £8 

410 9:30-11:00am Lower Methodist Making A Song Your Own with Fay Hield. Spend some time picking a song apart 

Church Hall through both its words and tone to really get inside it and give it your own 

interpretation. We will work on a piece together but you might also want to 

bring an idea of a song you are having trouble getting to grips with. W £8 

411 9:30-11:00am Chapel Street Guitar In Open Tunings Workshop with Gavin Davenport. Workshop 1 of 2. 

Hall Intermediate level, bring your own guitar. This workshop will focus on exploring a 

tune, basic chord shapes and familirarising yourself with the tuning. Steel string 

instruments preferable. Bring a capo to get the most from the workshop. W £8 

412 10:00-6:00pm Upper Methodist Strike A Match with Laurel Swift, Ben Moss, Kirsty Bromley, Laura Hewison 

Church Hall and Tom Wright. Five young performers create and rehearse a new performance 

piece to be premiered across the festival on Tuesday. 

Open for ‘viewing’ 10-11am, 2-3pm and 4-5pm. Free 


414 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Social Dance Workshop Do not adjust your set (1)-let the dance do it for you. 

Gardens Marquee Some dances have fairly predictable shapes and evolutions; those in this series of 

workshops have a quirky move, or an unusual layout. And one or two are quite 

tricky. See tomorrow’s notes. 

With Nigel Close and Rod and Frances Stradling. W £8 


Church Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. Workshop 2 of 5. 

See Saturday for full details. W £8 

416 11:15-12:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots-Playing By Ear Come along to learn the simple tools that 

help you navigate unknown tunes and have fun in a session. W £4 

417 11:15-12:30pm Bedford Hotel Informal Concert with Jeff Wesley, Pat Ryan, Peter and Barbara Snape. 

Hosted by Eddie Upton. £8 

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418 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop For beginners. Windsor Morris will teach you how to 

Marquee dance the Morris tradition from the village of Badby, as developed by the teamlearn 

how to perform double-stepping, the ‘leg across’ and plain capers while 

working in a team. Bring a pair of large hankerchiefs. W £8 



and the Midlands. See Sunday for full details. W £8 


these young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary-you just 

need your enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4 

421 11:15-12:45pm St Teresa’s Molly Workshop with Seven Champions Molly Dancers. Learn Seven 

Church Hall Champions Style Performance Molly Dancing. We will teach a couple of 

dances at each workshop. No previous molly experience required. W £8 

422 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Writing And Performing Comedy in verse, song or story with Racker Donnelly. 

Bring material to perform if you wish to. W £8 

423 11:15-12:45pm Lower Methodist Bodhran Workshop with Will Lang. Beginners’ level, focusing on the basic 

Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for 

playing at home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8 

424 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culminating 

Hall in a performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all 

ability levels. 1 of 4-Making slow airs sing. W £8 

425 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Jonny Kearney. 

Interviewed by Lester Simpson. £8 

426 11:30-1:00pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band with Nick and Mary Barber. Sidmouth Big Band is a 

large ceilidh band suitable for any acoustic instrument, any standard. A series of 

linked workshops working on the skills required and leading to a public ceilidh 

with a caller. This year’s workshops will feature music from the Lakeland 

fiddler William Irwin. W £8 

427 12:00-1:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jig Crew, 

Kirtlington Morris. Collection 

428 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Ancience and Gavin Davenport. 

MC. Jim Moray. Ancience commissioned by Distil with funding through 

Beyond Borders. £10 (£5) 



430 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with English String Band. Caller Nick Walden. 


431 12:30-2:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots-Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring 

ideas for your own projects! All abilities. W £4 

432 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Offbeat Squares-American Square Dance Workshop 

Church Hall with moves or timings that are not quite as you might expect. 

With Barefoot and Lynne Render. W £8 

433 1:00-1:30pm The Hub Remember Hiroshima Meet outside the Ham Marquee for a short commemoration. 

Bring music, songs, poems and join in the minute’s silence. 

434 1:00-2:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots-Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the showcase. 

We’ll be filming sections to be projected at the f-Factor finale as well as 

performed live! W £4 



A Chance To Meet KEGS. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

436 1:00-2:15pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Finest Kind. Introduced by Bruce Gomersall. £8 

437 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Polska For Beginners with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. An introduction to the fabulous turning and swirling couple dance 

from Scandinavia. Beginners level: exploring the basic dances and developing 

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confidence in couple dancing. W £8


438 1:00-2:30pm Methodist Church Big Sing Spookmeister Stephen Taberner will be offering his unique 

smorgasbord of warm ups, vocal grooves, world music and originals. 

The end result will be the Sidmouth Big Sing choir, who may very well 

Sing Big somewhere in Sidmouth. W £8 

439 1:00-2:30pm Lower Methodist Bodhran Workshop with Will Lang. Intermediate/ Advanced. A chance to develop 

Church Hall your skills by looking at ornamentation, cross-rhythms and the influence of worldpercussions 

on contemporary Bodhran styles. W £8 

440 1:00-2:30pm Chapel Street Music Workshop The Dance Tunes of Benjamin Rose of Dorset, with Tim 

Hall Laycock and Colin Thompson. A chance to learn tunes from the recently 

discovered manuscript of Benjamin Rose, farmer, alehouse keeper and fiddler. 

All acoustic instruments welcome. Music provided or you can learn by ear. 

Not for beginners. W £8 

441 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Playing Accordion In A Band Workshop with an emphasis on left hand 

techniques, Lebedek’s Katrina Warcaba looks at playing the accordion in a band 

environment. W £8 

442 2:00-3:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jig Crew, 

Seven Champions Molly Dancers, Windsor Morris. Collection 

443 2:00-3:30pm All Saints Street Band Workshop with Paul Midgley and Alex Cumming. A series of 

Church Hall 5 workshops for percussionists and moderately loud tuned instruments to form a 

band for Friday night’s Torchlight Procession. You will need to be mobile whilst 

playing your instrument. W £8 


perform them accompanied by a whole bunch of singers! Suitable for newcomers 

and experts alike. W £4 




446 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Kirtlington Morris, Newcastle Kingsmen. Collection 

447 2:30-3:50pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Do not adjust your set (2)-You may find yourself not 

Church Hall where you expected, but do not adjust your set: it will all work out beautifully. 

With Nigel Close and Fiddler’s Elbow. W £8 

448 2:30-4:00pm Blackmore Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Earlsdon Morris Men, Jake 

Gardens Marquee Jones and Dan Eccles, Kirtlington Morris, Seven Champions Molly Dancers. 

MC. Chris Rose. £8 

449 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Duck Soup, Sandra Kerr, Dunlop and Ryan. MC. Bill Crawford. 

Supported by Upper Crust Bakery £10 (£5) 

450 2:45-4:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Improvers level with Ed Rennie. Progressive series of 

Hall workshops for those who can play some tunes on the DG melodeon with simple 

bass. Looking at different techniques and some sneaky tricks! Ability to read 

music not necessary. W £8 

451 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Start To Ceilidh Dance And Dance Better! with Martyn Harvey and 

Church Hall Mrs.Midnight’s musicians. For those fairly fresh to ceilidh dancing and also those 

who need a few more tips, come and learn the steps and figures and even how to 

move well! Bring dancing shoes. W £8 

452 2:45-4:15pm Lower Methodist Anglo Concertina Workshop with John Kirkpatrick. Adding chords on the left 

Church Hall hand. In these two accumulative sessions, John will look at how to add left hand 

chords to the Anglo. We’ll deal with C/G and G/D boxes, and your instrument needs 

not less than 30 buttons. Not suitable for beginners. W £8 

453 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Saturday Sun and Matt Quinn. Collection 

454 3:00-4:15pm Woodlands Hotel Louth Mouths From Drogheda Traditional songs from County Louth 

presented by Donal Maguire, Sean Corcoran and Gerry Cullen. 

Introduced by John Howson. £8 

455 3:00-5:00pm Manor Pavilion Spotlight On Scotland with Rua Macmillan Trio and Ewan McLennan. 

MC. Bob Walton. £9 (£5) 

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456 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia, with Jonny Kearney and 

Lucy Farrell and Corncrow. Introduced by Ian Anderson. 



458 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Jackie Oates and Old Man Luedecke. MC. Lester Simpson. 

Hobgoblin Stage Supported by Hobgoblin Music £15/£13 (£8/£7) 

459 3:30-4:45pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band Big-band bombast, little ensemble pieces... 

Come join Sidmouth’s best scratch-band and play some stonking trad tunes 

with the SRoots twist! W £4 

460 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘Colours Of My Mind’. Any song with a colour 

in its title, or theme, or in the text if you’re really pushed. 

Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 

461 4:00-6:00pm All Saints 

Church Hall 

Tea Dance with Madeleine Smith and Stick the Fiddle. £8 

462 4:15-5:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Beginners I with Ed Rennie. Starting from scratch, this 

Hall progressive series of workshops will take you step by step through mysteries of 

playing the DG melodeon. Ability to read music not necessary. Bring a DG 

melodeon, a limited number available to borrow. Application forms available at 

ticket office. W £8 

463 4:30-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Windsor Morris. Collection 

C421 4:30-5:45pm Blackmore Family Concert with Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Racker Donnelly, 

Gardens Marquee Stream of Sound. MC. Philippa Toulson £8 (£4) 

464 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

Irish Set Dance Workshop with Jerry O’Reilly. W £8 

465 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Schottische & Polka with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. Lively variations building on the basics learnt earlier in the week. 

More holds, more steps and more fun! Mixed level: a chance to focus on 

improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8 

466 4:30-6:00pm Lower Methodist Community Songs Workshop with Peter Wilton. Folk songs, national songs, 

Church Hall parlour songs, glees and carols, from 19th and early 20th century song books. 

Reading music desirable, but not essential. W £8 

467 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Lebedek. Caller Simon Loake. 


468 5:00-6:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Rapper Come learn some rapper steps, figures and dances. 


469 5:00-6:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Storytelling Rachel Rose Reid and her assistants are back to 

help you become a master talesmith. Working towards a story-round session 

at the end of the week. All abilities welcome! W £4 

470 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Seven Champions Molly 

Dancers, Windsor Morris. Collection 

471 5:00-6:15pm Methodist Church An Hour Or So with Pat Ryan and friends, including Pete Coe and Sue Coe 

and Bob and Gill Berry. £8 



473 5:00-7:00pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their 

guest Phil Callery. All welcome. Collection 

474 5:15-6:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Beginners II with Ed Rennie. Starting from scratch, this 



melodeon, a limited number available to borrow. Application forms available at 

ticket office. W £8 

475 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House The Last Bird To Sing – Ewan McLennan showcases his new album. 

Introduced by Jon Brenner. £8 (£4) 

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476 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre Talk-The Folk Trail 2011 presented by Clare Penney, Naomi Hughes and 

Moira Bracknell. The Folk Trail was a walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats 

stopping off at as many local folk sessions as possible along the way. The aim 

was to produce a snapshot archive of folk music in 2011. This talk, given by 

people who walked the entire 1240+ miles, will give an insight into the findings 

of the project so far. £8 

477 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Jig Crew, Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth. Collection 

478 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse with Edward II (9.15) and Old Man Luedecke (8.15). 

Marquee MC. Hannah Bright. Preceded by a music session with 

The QP (7.00). Supported by Dukes £18/£16 (£9/£8) 

479 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh with Peeping Tom. Caller Pete Rees. Performance from 

Gardens Marquee Kirtlington Morris. Celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary. Dress suitably grandly. 

First hour is aimed at families. £10 (£5) F (£15) 

480 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

American Dance with Fiddler’s Elbow and Mike Courthold. £10 

481 7:30-10:30pm Methodist 

Church Hall 

Playford Ball-Part 1 with Andrew Shaw, Paul Hutchinson and Liv Dunn. W £10 

482 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise English Dance-It’s Not What You Know-It’s Who You Know. An evening 

Community Centre of dances named for, or dedicated to, a particular person. 

With Barefoot and Nigel Close. W £10 

483 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Gadarene, Day of the Rabblement, Kirsty Cotter 

and Barry Watson. Collection 

484 8:00-10:00pm Manor Pavilion Benjamin’s Book a period costume play with music written by Tim Laycock, 

inspired by the 1820s music manuscript book of North Dorset farmer 

Benjamin Rose (1796-1877), Colin Thompson provides most of the music 

and plays the ghost of Benjamin Rose. Introduced by Sue Coe. 

Supported by Prospect Plaice £13/£11 (£7/£6) 

485 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Raised Voices Concert with The Claque and Dunlop and Ryan. 

Church MC. Eddie Upton. Supported by C&C Electrical £10 (£5) 

486 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club hosted by Bob and Gill Berry with their guests 

Jerry O’Reilly and Peter & Barbara Snape. Singers, musicians and 

storytellers welcome. £8 

487 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions Music session led by The Ship Band. Collection 

488 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Duos Concert with Jon Boden and Fay Hield, Jonny Kearney and 

Lucy Farrell, Mary Humphreys and Anahata. MC. Steve Hunt. 


489 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with The Gift Band plus 

Finest Kind. MC. Derek Schofield. 

Sidmouth Town Council: Civic Night. £20/£18/£15 (10/£9/£8) 

490 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by Ken Hall with Duck Soup, Geordie Murison, 

Katie’s Quartet, Peta Webb, Maz O’Connor and Phil Callery. £8 

491 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with John Doyle, Donal Maguire, Sean Corcoran and 

Steven Johnston, Racker Donnelly. MC. Barry Goodman. £10 (£5) 

492 9:00 - Dukes Live Music from Sound of the Sirens supported by Jake Morley. Collection 

493 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Blackbeard’s Tea Party. 

Marquee Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Newcastle Kingsmen. 


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Tuesday 7th August 

501 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop ‘The Choicest Old and New Tunes’-dances from the 

Gardens Marquee William Pearson editions of The Dancing Master, 1706-1728. 

With Andrew Shaw, Paul Hutchinson & Liv Dunn. W £8 

502 9:30-10:50am Methodist Social Dance Workshop Ladies First! Dances written by lady choreographers. 

Church Hall Intermediate to advanced. With Frances Oates, Stick the Fiddle. W £8 

503 9:30-11:00am Bulverton North West Morris Workshop with Mortimer’s Morris. ‘Butterley Brick’ 

Marquee and ‘Carr Lodge’. Wear suitable footwear. No Irons. W £8 

504 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal 

warm up followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. 

The workshops will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on 


505 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre An Introduction To Bothy Ballads with Geordie Murison, Joe Aitken. 

Introduced by Sheila Miller. W £8 

506 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Morris Workshop Novel Winter Dances. Redbornstoke Morris will teach some 

Church Hall dances in their unique ‘Marston’ winter tradition. Sticks would be handy – 

wavers not needed! Learn to spin with style! W £8 

507 9:30-11:00am Methodist Church Shapenote Singing Workshop with Babylon Lane. Vibrant American 4-part 

psalmody, with English roots. Singing from The Sacred Harp, New England 

sources and modern compositions. All welcome, from beginners to experienced. 



just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection 


Club sessions suitable for all acoustic instruments (no electric instruments please). 

The workshops will focus on a written arrangements of just a few tunes, with 

a view to a final performance at the workshop showcase event on Friday afternoon. 

Bring your own music stand and a pen or pencil to make notes. 

Ability to read music helpful, but not essential. W £8 

510 9:30-11:00am Lower Methodist Song Repertoire & Performance with Pete Coe. Building a varied song 

Church Hall repertoire so you can choose the right song for the moment and engage 

your audience. W £8 

511 9:30-11:00am Chapel Street Guitar In Open Tunings Workshop with Gavin Davenport. Workshop 2 of 2. 

Hall Intermediate level, bring your own guitar. This workshop will focus on additional 

tunes, minor modes and scales, advanced tricks and techniques. Steel string 

instruments preferable. Bring a capo to get the most from the workshop. W £8 

512 10:00-11:30am Upper Methodist Sidmouth Spoons Orchestra with Jo May. Learn the spoons from scratch, 

Church Hall working on a number of arrangements for the Friday showcase, including some body 

percussion and songs too. An assortment of wooden, metal and cow horn spoons 

will be provided, but do feel free to bring your own! For adults and children aged 

11 upwards. W £8 


514 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Social Dance Workshop ‘Transatlantic Contras’ – longways dances from the 

Gardens Marquee Playford, English and American Traditions. With Mike Courthold, 

Paul Hutchinson and Liv Dunn. W £8 

515 11:10-12:30pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Do not adjust your set (3). With Nigel Close 

Church Hall and Rod and Frances Stradling. W £8 

516 11:15-12:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Playing By Ear Come along to learn the simple tools 

that help you navigate unknown tunes and have fun in a session. W £4 

517 11:15-12:30pm Bedford Hotel Meet The Band-Lebedek. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8 

518 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton English And American Clog Stepping Workshop with Lancashire Wallopers. 

Marquee A chance to learn a Lancashire social dance with stepping – known as the 

Irish jig only because it was usually danced to the tune ‘The Irish Washerwoman’. 

All abilities welcome. W £8 

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520 11:15-12:45pm Arts Centre Stream Of Sound Youth Choir Workshop Give your lungs a good workout 

with these young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary – 

you just need your enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4 

521 11:15-12:45pm St Teresa’s Barefoot Flamenco Workshop with Valerie Romanin. Flamenco Delscalzo is a 

Church Hall graceful and innovative dance fusion revealing the roots of the flamenco dance. 

Today’s session will introduce 2-beat rhythm dances such as the Rumba and Malfuf. 

Suitable for all levels of ability. Please wear comfortable clothes, and no shoes 

necessary! W £8 

522 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop A Sense of Place-Jack Lynch considers and illustrates 

with myths, legends and folklore, how the Irish storytelling tradition is rooted 

in the local landscape. W £8 


Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for 

playing at home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8 

524 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culmintating in a 

Hall performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all abilty levels. 

2 of 4 – Harmonies and reels. W £8 

525 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Old Man Luedecke. 






Irwin. W £8 

527 12:00-1:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jig Crew, Mortimer’s Morris.Collection 

528 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Mawkin and Strike a Match. MC Jon Brenner. 

Supported by The Swan Inn £10 (£5) 



530 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The QP. Caller Cat Kelly. Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection 

531 12:30-2:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring 


532 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Church Social Dance Workshop Dance Workshop with Chris Turner, Fiddler’s Elbow. 

Hall ‘The Ramblings of a London Gentleman including a few from Book 3.’ W £8 

533 1:00-2:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the showcase. 


live! W £4 



A Chance To Meet Seven Champions Molly Dancers. MC. Chris Rose £8 

535 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Couple Dancing Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw, 

Church Hall Richard Jones. 1 of 3-Leading and following. A chance to explore the 

subtleties of leading well and following nicely! Mixed levels: a chance to focus 

on improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8 

536 1:00-2:30pm Methodist Big Sing Spookmeister Stephen Taberner will be offering his unique 

Church smorgasbord of warm ups, vocal grooves, world music and originals. The end 

result will be the Sidmouth Big Sing choir, who may very well Sing Big 

somewhere in Sidmouth. W £8 




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538 1:00-2:30pm Chapel Street English Fiddle Workshop with English String Band. A chance to look at English 

Hall fiddle styles, how to bring tunes to life and how to make them danceable. A selection 

of tunes will be used illustrate this and sheet music will be available. W £8 

539 1:15-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Ballads Of Bohemian Essex – Adrian May performs his own songs and poems 

from his new book. Introduced by Bruce Gomersal. £8 

540 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Ukulele For Beginners with Clive Harvey. Learn the basics from scratch. No 

previous musical knowledge or experience needed. Tuning, basic chords, basic 

strumming. Most beginners can be up and running by the end of 90 minutes. 

Under 12s should be accompanied by an adult. W £8 

541 2:00-3:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Kirtlington Morris, 

Redbornstoke Morris. Collection 

542 2:00-3:30pm All Saints Street Band Workshop with Paul Midgley and Alex Cumming. A series of 5 

Church Hall workshops for percussionists and moderately loud tuned instruments to form a 





and experts alike. W £4 

544 2:15-3:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Song For Dance Learn singing styles and arrangements suitable 

for dancing, and challenge the dancers to work around your songs. Then team up 

with the Morris workshop for double the fun! W £4 


Church Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. Workshop 3 of 5. 

See Saturday for full details. W £8 

546 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection 

547 2:30-4:00pm Blackmore Dance Display with Jig Crew, Lancashire Wallopers, Morris Offspring, 

Gardens Marquee Valerie Romanin, Windsor Morris, Strike a Match. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

548 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert- The Full Irish with Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Maz O’Connor, 

Racker Donnelly. MC. Bill Crawford £10 (£5) 





550 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Dance Writing Workshop with Dave Hunt. For those who want to have a go at 

Church Hall writing dances, or participating in group composing-working in small groups to 

try out figures/dances. With musicians from Mrs Midnight’s. W £8 

551 2:45-4:15pm Lower Methodist Concertina Workshop ‘Rose and Rolls’– Dorset dance tunes for all concertina 

Church Hall systems led by Tim Laycock. A participatory workshop focusing on 18th and 19th 

century dance tunes from Benjamin Rose and Daniel Rolls. Music will be provided. 

Please bring an instrument and a music stand. W £8 

552 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with The Cleverly Brothers. Collection 

553 3:00-4:15pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Mary Humphreys & Anahata. MC. Bob Berry. £8 

554 3:00-5:00pm Manor Pavilion Concert with Finest Kind and Jackie Oates. MC. Lester Simpson. 

Supported by The Royal Glen Hotel £9 (£5) 

555 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Duck Soup and Lori Campbell. 

Introduced by Ian Anderson. Supported by fRoots magazine £8 (£4) 


557 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Brass Monkey and Fay Hield and The Hurricane Party. 

Hobgoblin Stage MC. Steve Hunt. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £16/£14 (£8/£7) 




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559 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘Relatively Speaking’. Mother, father, sisters, brother, or any 

other family connection in song. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 

560 4:00-6:00pm All Saints Social Dance ‘A Choice Collection of Favourite Country Dances’ published by 

Church Hall John Johnson and other later 18th century publishers, 1740 onwards. 

With Andrew Shaw and Paul Hutchinson. £8 




melodeon, a limited number available to borrow. Application forms available 

at ticket office. W £8 

562 4:30-5:30pm The Hub Dance Display with Lancashire Wallopers, Mortimer’s Morris, 

Windsor Morris. Collection 

C522 4:30-5:45pm Blackmore Family Concert with Pat Ryan, Sandra Kerr, Wynndebagge. £8 (£4) 

Gardens Marquee MC. Philippa Toulson 

563 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 


564 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Mazurka Variations with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. Having mastered a basic mazurka, this is your time to add extra 

flourishes and panache! We’ll be refining the classic French mazurka and adding 

variations such as the Mazango. Mixed levels: a chance to focus on improving your 

flair, technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8 




566 4:30-6:00pm Upper Methodist Talk-Naming The Green Man Of The Medieval Church with Janet Dowling. 

Church Hall One of the great mysteries of the medieval church is the prevalence of what 

we call Green Man heads. Janet presents an explanation and offers the 

Green Man a new name. W £8 

567 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Monty’s Maggot. Caller Fee Lock. 




569 5:00-6:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Storytelling Rachel Rose Reid and her assistants are back 

to help you become a master talesmith. Working towards a story-round session 


570 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jig Crew, 

Kirtlington Morris. Collection 

571 5:00-6:15pm Methodist Church Sean Corcoran Sings His Mind Introduced by Ken Hall. £8 




Jeff Wesley. All welcome. Collection 






575 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House Stories And More with Debs Newbold and her guests Strike a Match. 

Introduced by Hannah Bright. £8 

576 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre An Hour Or So with Bob and Gill Berry. Introduced by Bill Crawford. £8 

577 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Half An Hour Or So with Wynndebagge. Collection 

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578 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Spotlight on Scotland with Treacherous Orchestra (9.15) 

Marquee and Rura (8.15). MC. Hannah Bright. Preceded by a music session with Kirsty 

Cotter and Barry Watson. (7.00) Supported by Creative Scotland. £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

579 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh with The Playford Liberation Front. Caller Gordon Potts. 

Gardens Marquee Performance by Valerie Romanin. First hour aimed at families. £10 (£5) F (£15) 

580 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s Social Dance ‘The practice of Country Dancing maintained by tradition’ – 

Church Hall traditional English dances with Andrew Shaw and Fiddler’s Elbow. £10 

581 7:30-10:30pm Methodist Social Dance ‘Dance-Here and There’. An evening of geography: 

Church Hall all the dances include a place name. With Nigel Close and Stick The Fiddle. £10 

582 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Social Dance Mix and Match-An evening of Contrasts as opposed to 

Community Centre or including Contras with Frances Oates and Barefoot. £10 

583 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Corncrow and Day of the 

Rabblement. Collection 

584 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Church Concert with Finest Kind and Tim Laycock. MC. Dave Hunt. 

Supported by Middle Bar Singers £10 (£5) 

585 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Sisters Unlimited In Concert Celebrating Sandra Kerr’s 70th Birthday in 

style and launching their new CD ‘No Change of Heart’. Introduced by Sue Coe. 

Supported by The Beach Hut £13(£11) 

586 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Informal Concert with Gavin Davenport, Kirsty Cotter and Barry Watson, 

Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Maz O’Connor, Strike a Match. 

Introduced by Eddie Upton. £8 

587 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions Music session with the English String Band. Collection 

588 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Clive Harvey’s Big Ukulele Band and Duck Soup, 

Lester Simpson. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12(£6) 

589 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Spiers and Boden plus Pete Coe. 

MC. Derek Schofield. £20/£18/£15 (£10/£9/£8) 

590 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Donal Maguire, 

Sean Corcoran and Steven Johnston, Geordie Murison, Jerry O’Reilly, 

Joe Aitken, Phil Callery and Pat Ryan. £8 

591 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with Mawkin, Old Man Luedecke, Stephen Taberner. MC. Jim Moray. 

Supported by Hunter’s Moon Hotel £10 (£5) 

592 9:00-11:00pm Dukes Live Music from Mama Stone’s Band featuring Leigh Coleman. Collection 

593 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Peeping Tom. Caller Martyn Harvey. 

Marquee Performance by Lancashire Wallopers. 

Supported by Dukes £13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20 

Wednesday 8th August 

601 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop Do not adjust your set (4). With Nigel Close, 

Gardens Marquee Rod and Frances Stradling. W £8 

602 9:30-10:50am Methodist Social Dance Workshop with Madeleine Smith and Stick the Fiddle. The dances 

Church Hall of Pat Shaw, traditionalist and innovator. Intermediate/ advanced level. W £8 

603 9:30-11:00am Bulverton North West Morris Workshop with Mortimer’s Morris. ‘Butterley Brick’ and 

Marquee ‘Carr Lodge’. Wear suitable footwear. No clogs. W £8 

604 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal warm up 

followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. The 

workshops will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on Friday 

afternoon. W £8 

605 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre More Songs Collected In Cambridgeshire with Mary Humphreys & Anahata. 

Mary will give an illustrated talk and perform Cambridgeshire songs reconstructed 

from manuscripts of Vaughan Williams, Sharp and Ella Bull of Cottenham. W £8 

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606 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Appalachian Dance Workshop Jake Jones and Dan Eccles run a fun, relaxed 

Church Hall Appalachian flatfooting workshop in an easy to understand way, accessible by 

dancers who have had a go before. Wear hard soled shoes! W £8 


psalmody, with English roots. Singing from The Sacred Harp, New England sources 

and modern compositions. All welcome, from beginners to experienced. 


608 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, 

or just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection 


Club sessions suitable for all acoustic instruments (no electric instruments please). The 

workshops will focus on a written arrangements of just a few tunes, with a view to a 

final performance at the workshop showcase event on Friday afternoon. Bring 

your own music stand and a pen or pencil to make notes. Ability to read music 

helpful, but not essential. W £8 

610 9:30-11:00am Lower Methodist Song Workshop-Can’t Sing, Won’t Sing Would you like to be able to join in 

Church Hall choruses but feel you shouldn’t because you ‘can’t sing’? Come along to this 

absolute beginners singing workshop and learn some techniques and exercises to 

improve your skill and build your confidence. Led by Jess Arrowsmith. W £8 

611 9:30-11:00am Chapel Street Strings And Things Workshop with Pete Coe. A chance to learn tunings and playing 

Hall techniques on bouzouki, 5-string banjo and mountain dulcimer. All stringed 

instruments and abilities welcome. Some additional instruments provided. W £8 

612 10:00-11:30am Upper Methodist Sidmouth Spoons Orchestra with Jo May. Learn the spoons from scratch, working 

Church Hall on a number of arrangements for the Friday showcase, including some body 


will be provided, but do feel free to bring your own! For adults and children 

aged 11 upwards. W £8 

613 11:00- Dukes Duke Box Live Music from a selection of local young artists Collection 

614 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Contra Dance Workshop with Adam Hughes and 

Gardens Marquee Rod and Frances Stradling. W £8 

615 11:10-12:30pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Dance Workshop – ‘The Ramblings of a London Gentleman 

Church Hall – including a few from Book 3’. With Chris Turner and Stick the Fiddle. W £8 

616 11:15-12:15pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Playing By Ear Come along to learn the simple tools that 

help you navigate unknown tunes and have fun in a session. W £4 

617 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton Extending Morris with Morris Offspring. Extrapolate from the tradition to 

Marquee choreograph ‘large scale morris’. W £8 





these young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary-you just need 

your enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4 



Today’s session will introduce 4 beat rhythm dances such as the Tango and 

Maqsoum. Suitable for all levels of ability. Please wear comfortable clothes, and no 

shoes necessary! W £8 

621 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Shakespeare’s Storybook-Folk Tales that inspired the Bard with Pat Ryan. This 

workshop will look at stories that Shakespeare drew from for his plots, and also at 

stories that his characters make reference to. We’ll look at how such stories can be 

found in original sources and how these stories can be used to help young and old 

enjoy and learn more about Shakespeare. W £8 


Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for playing at 

home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8 

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623 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culminating in a 

Hall performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all ability levels. 

3 of 4 – How to play strathspeys. W £8 

624 11:30-12:45pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Sisters Unlimited. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8 

625 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Jon Boden. 






Irwin. W £8 

627 12:00-12:45pm The Hub Dance Display with Lancashire Wallopers, Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, 

Pig Dyke Molly, Strike a Match. Collection 

628 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy plus Lauren McCormick. 

MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Port Royal Sailing Club £10 (£5) 



630 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Lebedek. Caller Martyn Harvey. 


631 12:30-2:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring 


632 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop with Fiddler’s Elbow and Mike Courthold. 

Church Hall ‘Wave Motion’– dances with energy, to give a mid-week boost. W £8 

633 1:00-2:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the showcase. 


live! W £8 



Dance Display with KEGS, Valerie Romanin. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

635 1:00-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Harmony Workshop with Crucible Trio. Jess, Gav and Rich teach some songs in 

parts and explore some techniqes for improvising and building your own harmonies. 

Aimed at anybody who enjoys a good sing. W £8 

636 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Couple Dancing Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw 

Church Hall and Richard Jones. 2 of 3-developing technique and style. Focusing on holds, 

turns and moving gracefully around the floor! We’ll be experimenting with how 

to adjust to different partners. Mixed levels: a chance to focus on improving your 









639 1:00-2:30pm Chapel Street String Instruments In Ceilidh Bands with English String Band. A chance to 

Hall look at the pleasures and challenges of using the string family of instruments in 

a ceilidh band, specifically fiddles, violas, cellos and double bass. Participants 

should be at least intermediate level and be able to pick up tunes by ear or 

read music. W £8 

640 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Ukulele For Improvers with Clive Harvey. For players who are not starting from 

scratch. More chords, more complex strumming techniques, how to read tab. 

Under 12s should be accompanied by an adult. W £8 

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perform them accompanied by a whole bunch of singers! Suitable for 

newcomers and experts alike. W £4 





Church Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. Workshop 4 of 5. See 

Saturday for full details. W £8 

645 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Lancashire Wallopers. Collection 

646 2:30-4:00pm Blackmore New Dances For Old – Pete and Sue Coe have some new dances to share, bring 

Gardens Marquee some of yours and help create even more. £8 

647 2:30-4:00pm Esplanade to Procession of all invited teams along Esplanade, through the Market Square, up Old 

Blackmore Fore Street and High Street to Blackmore Drive, then into Blackmore Gardens, 

Gardens followed by dance display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. All teams 

assemble at the west (Connaught Gardens) end of the seafront at 

2.10pm sharp. Collection 

648 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Rura, Donal Maguire, Sean Corcoran and Steven Johnston, 

Katherine Hurdley & Alex Percy. MC. Bill Crawford. £10 (£5) 





650 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

Ceilidh Calling For Beginners with Fee Lock and Mrs.Midnight’s musicians. £8 

651 2:45-4:15pm Lower Methodist Anglo Concertina Workshop with John Kirkpatrick. Adding chords on the left hand. 

Church Hall In these two accumulative sessions, John will look at how to add left hand chords to 

the Anglo. We’ll deal with C/G and G/D boxes, and your instrument needs not less 

than 30 buttons. Not suitable for beginners. W £8 

652 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Blackbeard’s Tea Party. Collection 

653 3:00-4:30pm Woodlands Hotel An Introduction To Scottish Gaelic Song with Gillebride MacMillan. In this 

presentation various song styles will be discussed and taught, such as the 

rhythmic mouth music and waulking songs. No previous knowledge of Gaelic or 

Gaelic singing is necessary. All welcome. 

Introduced by Ken Hall. W £8 

654 3:00-5:00pm Manor Pavilion An Afternoon Out In Essex with Potiphar’s Apprentices and Simon & Bobbie 

Ritchie. A trip in music and song through a county with a rich, deep and varied 

wealth of traditional material. Introduced by John Howson. 

Supported by Hayman’s Butchers £9 (£5) 

655 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Old Man Luedecke and Alasdair 

Roberts. Introduced by Ian Anderson. Supported by fRoots magazine £8 (£4) 


657 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee The Pauper’s Path To Hope A folk opera by Mick Ryan celebrating the extraordinary 

Hobgoblin Stage resilience of ordinary people. Introduced by Steve Hunt. 

Supported by Hobgoblin Music £15/£13 (£8/£7) 




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659 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround –‘Songs Of The Ups And Downs’. Going up – up in the air, 

uphill, upsets. Going down – drink, shipwrecks, mines etc. Hosted by Colin and 

Sonja Andrews. Collection 

660 4:00-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with KEGS, Lancashire Wallopers, Redbornstoke Morris. Collection 

661 4:00-6:00pm All Saints Tea Dance T Dance – A light hearted afternoon of dances beginning with 

Church Hall the letter ‘T’. With Nigel Close and Stick the Fiddle. £8 






663 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

Irish Set Dance Worshop with Jerry O’Reilly. W £8 

664 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Perfecting The Polska with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. A chance to practise the enigmatic polska, take your partner on a 

turn around the slängpolska and relax with the trancelike långdans. Mixed levels: a 

chance to focus on improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with 

style. W £8 




666 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Dyer:Cummings. Caller Alex Cummings. 




668 5:00-6:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Storytelling Rachel Rose Reid and her assistants are back 

to help you become a master talesmith. Working towards a story-round session 


669 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Mortimer’s Morris, 

Pig Dyke Molly. Collection 

670 5:00-6:00pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Valerie Romanin. 

Gardens Marquee MC. Chris Rose. £8 

671 5:00-6:15pm Methodist Church Garlic And Sapphires is a new interpretation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets by actor 

and theatre director Peter Wynne Wilson and musician Paul Saunders. The themes 

of music, dance, elements and season are brought to life by Peter’s reading and 

Paul’s score reflecting the individual settings of the Quartets in time and place. 

Introduced by Dave Hunt. £8 

672 5:00-6:15pm Woodlands Hotel My Way To Song From his long career as a singer Len Graham introduces us to 

singers and songs he encountered from the Ulster tradition. Introduced by 

Derek Schofield. £8 








675 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House An Hour Or So with Archie Fisher. Introduced by Bob Walton. £8 (£4) 

676 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre A Few Words with Pat Ryan, Racker Donnelly, Tim Laycock. 

Hosted by Bruce Gomersall. £8 

677 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Pig Dyke Molly. Collection 

678 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Must Come Down – Morris Offspring with special 

Marquee guests Jackie Oates and Debs Newbold (8.45). Plus Jake Jones and 

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Dan Eccles (8.20). Introduced by Jon Brenner. Preceded by The Return of 

The Morris Party – A quadrennial global event. Amid the mayhem who will be the 

winners and the losers? There will be seven champions. 

Supported by Dukes £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

679 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh In The Dark with Monster Ceilidh Band. Caller Nick Walden. 

Gardens Marquee Performance by Pig Dyke Molly. First hour aimed at families. UV lighting 

from 8.30pm. Bring those glow sticks. £10 (£5) F(£15) 

C623 7:30-9:30pm Unitarian Hall Singing Counties-Songs From Dorset with the Bride Valley Band. £8 (£4) 

680 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with The QP, Blabbermouth, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin. Collection 

681 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 

Social Dance American Extravaganza with Mike Courthold and Barefoot. £10 

682 7:30-10:30pm Methodist 

Church Hall 

Social Dance Mix with Chris Turner and Fiddler’s Elbow. £10 

683 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Contra Dance with Rod and Frances Stradling and Adam Hughes. £10 

684 8:00-10:00pm 


Methodist Church Concert with John Kirkpatrick and Peter & Barbara Snape. 

MC. Eddie Upton. £10 (£5) 

685 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Spotlight Scotland Caledonia’s New Hardy Sons featuring Galoshins; 

presented by Sokobauno Puppet Theatre and Alasdair Roberts and 

performances by Gillebride MacMillan and Alasdair Roberts and Friends. 

Introduced by Bob Walton. Supported by Nosh Sandwich Kitchen £13/£11 (£7/£6) 

686 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Political Song Session – Sisters Unlimited swap songs with guests 

Lester Simpson and Donal Maguire and yourselves. £8 

687 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions Music Session with The Ship Band. Collection 

688 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Old Man Luedecke, Tim Laycock and Lauren McCormick. 

MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel£12 (£6) 

689 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Martin Simpson Trio plus special guests June Tabor, 

Dick Gaughan, Fay Hield and Jon Boden. MC. Barry Goodman. 

Supported by Sidmouth Cricket Club £20/£18/£16 (£10/£9/£8) 

690 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by Dan Quinn with Martin Carthy, members of 

English String Band, Jeff Wesley, Simon Ritchie, Pat Ryan and Will Duke. £8 

691 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with Rura, Clive Harvey, Pete Coe. MC Jim Moray. £10 (£5) 

692 9:00-11:00pm Dukes Live Music from Mad Dog Macrea. Collection 

693 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Spiers and Boden. 

Marquee Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Seven Champions Molly Dancers. 


Thursday 9th August 

701 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop with Mike Courthold and Stick the Fiddle. 

Gardens Marquee ‘Dance Algebra’ – with the aid of Roodman’s ‘Calculated Figures’. W £8 

702 9:30-10:50am Methodist 

Church Hall 

Bouncy Playford Workshop with Adam Hughes and Barefoot. W £8 

703 9:30-11:00am Bulverton Molly Dance Workshop Jubilee Molly: 1887 to 2012 with Pig Dyke Molly. 

Marquee What was Molly like in 1887? What has one Fenland team made of it now? 

What can you make of it? Using the collected repertoire and the dances of Pig Dyke 

Molly, explore approaches to interpreting the tradition for modern audiences. 

Open to all. Wear non-slip shoes. W £8 

704 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal warm 

up followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. The 

workshops will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on Friday 

afternoon. W £8 

705 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Illustrated Talk – ‘That Precious Legacy’ Songs collected in Essex by Ralph 

Vaughan Williams. Sue Cubbin of Potiphar’s Apprentices tells the story of 

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Vaughan Williams’s visits to Essex 1903-1906, the people he met and the songs 

he collected. W £8 

706 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Appalachian Dance Workshop with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles. 

Church Hall See Weds. W £8 


psalmody, with English roots. Singing from The Sacred Harp, New England sources 

and modern compositions. All welcome, from beginners to experienced. Loan music 

available, or learn by ear. W £8 

708 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just 

sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. £8 



workshops will focus on a written arrangements of just a few tunes, with a view to 

a final performance at the workshop showcase event on Friday afternoon. Bring 



710 9:30-11:00am Lower Methodist Working With Scottish Dialect In Songs workshop with Janet Russell. Join Janet 

Church Hall to discuss the meaning of dialect words, accents from different parts of Scotland, the 

language of Robert Burns and the fact that songs have migrated all over the world, 

with the people that sang them. Bring songs you would like to discuss and be 

prepared to sing! W £8 

711 9:30-11:00am Chapel Street Song Accompaniments Workshop with Pete Coe. A chance to look at basic 

Hall song arrangements and adding variations. All song accompanying instruments 

and abilities welcome. W £8 

712 10:00-11:30am Upper Methodist Sidmouth Spoons Orchestra with Jo May. Learn the spoons from scratch, working 

Church Hall on a number of arrangements for the Friday showcase, including some body 


will be provided, but do feel free to bring your own! For adults and children 



714 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Social Dance Workshop with Frances Oates, Stick the Fiddle. Strange shapes, 

Gardens Marquee different formations – what it says! Intermediate to advanced. W £8 

715 11:00-12:30pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop with Madeleine Smith and Rod and Frances Stradling. 

Church Hall Golden Oldies from the classic Playford reportoire: Newcastle, Nonesuch, Fandango 

and more, demystified and clearly taught. If you vaguely know them, learn them 

properly. Never heard of them? Come and enjoy some great dances. W £8 

716 11:15-12:00pm Arts Centre Stream Of Sound Youth Choir Workshop Give your lungs a good workout with these 

young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary-you just need your 

enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4 

717 11:15-12:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Rapper Come learn some rapper steps, figures and dances. 


718 11:15-12:30pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Crucible Trio. Introduced by Barry Lister £8 

719 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop Advanced. Shirley Dickson & Emma Wooders of 

Marquee Windsor Morris will share their experience of adapting and creating dances in the 

Badby and the Brackley traditions, with the emphasis on performance and invention. 

Bring a pair of large hankerchiefs. W £8 






Today’s session will introduce 12-beat rhythm dances, such as the Fandango and 

Sevillanas. Suitable for all levels of ability. Please wear comfortable clothes, and no 

shoes necessary! W £8 

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722 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Advanced Storytelling Workshop with Pat Ryan. Searching, finding and 

developing stories for performance. An advanced workshop for storytellers, singers, 

teachers, librarians and other performers or educators looking for new material. 

All participants encouraged to bring their own sources, resources, ideas and tips 

for sharing. W £8 


Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for playing at 

home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8 

724 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culminating in a 

Hall performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all ability levels. 

4 of 4 – Putting together an arrangement. W £8 

725 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Alasdair Roberts. 






Irwin. W £8 

727 12:00-12:30pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Mortimer’s Morris. Collection 

728 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert Whapweasel showcase ‘Festivalis’ their new CD, plus 

Katherine Hurdley & Alex Percy. MC Jim Moray. 

Supported by Booker Wholesale £10 (£5) 



730 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Monster Ceilidh Band. Caller Gordon Potts. 

Supported by The Anchor Inn 

Collection 

731 12:15-12:45pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the 

showcase. We’ll be filming sections to be projected at the F-Factor finale 

as well as performed live! £4 

732 12:15-12:45pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring ideas for 

your own projects! All abilities. £4 

733 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Church Social Dance Workshop Do not adjust your set (5). With Nigel Close and 

Hall Rod and Frances Stradling. W £8 



and experts alike. £4 

735 1:00-1:30pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Song Song for Dance: learn singing styles and arrangements 

suitable for dancing, and challenge the dancers to work around your songs. Then 

team up with the Morris workshop for double the fun! £4 



A Chance To Meet Lancashire Wallopers. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

737 1:00-2:30pm Chapel Street Swedish Tunes Workshop Augment your session repertoire by learning some 

Hall Swedish tunes. Led by Vicki Swan on the Swedish nyckelharpa and Swedish 

bagpipes, you’ll soon have polska, schottish, röros and maybe even a finnskog 

under your fingers. All instruments and levels welcome. W £8 

738 1:00-2:15pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Peter & Barbara Snape. Introduced by Eddie Upton. £8 

739 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Couple Dancing Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw 

Church Hall and Richard Jones. 3 of 3-Non-contact partner work & flair. With the bourrées of 

Central France, we’ll be dancing without touching your partner! Mixed levels: a 

chance to focus on improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with 

style. W £8 



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742 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Accordion Workshop with Jon Brenner. Accordions-the other side! 

Add imagination and interest to your bass end. W £8 

743 1:45-2:30pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band Big-band bombast, little ensemble pieces ... 

Come join Sidmouth’s best scratch-band and play some stonking trad tunes with 

the SRoots twist! £8 


Church Hall workshops for percussionists and moderately loud tuned instruments to form a band 

for Friday night’s Torchlight Procession. You will need to be mobile whilst playing your 

instrument. W £8 

745 2:25-3:45pm Methodist Church How To Dance Social and Ceilidh – all you need to know but were too scared to ask! 

Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. Workshop 5 of 5. See 

Saturday for full details. W £8 

746 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Jig Crew, Pig Dyke Molly. Collection 

747 2:30-4:00pm Blackmore Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Lancashire Wallopers, 

Gardens Marquee Mortimer’s Morris, Pig Dyke Molly, Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris. 

MC. Chris Rose. £8 

748 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Pete Coe, Debs Newbold and Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler Hall. 

MC. Bill Crawford. £10 (£5) 


Hall workshops for those who can play some tunes on the DG melodeon with simple bass. 

Looking at different techniques and some sneaky tricks! Ability to read music not 

necessary. W £8 

750 2:45-4:15pm Manor Pavilion Rehearsal For Shooting Roots Showcase Prepare for F Factor. 

751 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Eastern European Dance Workshop – Lebedek teach dances from Ukraine, 

Church Hall Macedonia and Poland. W £8 

752 2:45-4:15pm Lower Methodist The Tunes Of Scan Tester (Sussex musician 1887-1972) with Will Duke. 

Church Hall Playing by ear for competent musicians, any instrument. W £8 

753 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Blabbermouth. Collection 

754 3:00-4:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jig Crew, 

Newcastle Kingsmen. Collection 

755 3:00-4:30pm Woodlands Hotel A Woman’s Place. Sisters Unlimited host a session of songs from a 

woman’s perspective. Bring your songs. W £8 

756 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Naomi Bedford and 

Telling The Bees. Introduced by Ian Anderson. 



758 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee Spotlight Scotland Concert with Archie Fisher and Dick Gaughan. 

Hobgoblin Stage MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Creative Scotland £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

759 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘I Wanted To Go On The Stage’. Music Hall songs, 

songs related to films, plays, acting, performance. Hosted by 

Colin and Sonja Andrews. £8 


Church Hall 

Tea Dance with Lynne Render and Barefoot. £8 






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762 4:30-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Pig Dyke Molly, 

Redbornstoke Morris. Collection 

C720 4:30-5:45pm Blackmore Family Concert with Gacko, Rosie and Nye, Revellion. 

Gardens Marquee MC. Philippa Toulson £8 (£4) 

763 4:30-6:00pm Manor Pavilion Shooting Roots Showcase 

Shooting Roots and Stream of Sound present ‘The F-Factor’. Collection 

764 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s 

Church Hall 


765 4:30-6:00pm Methodist The Big 3 Bourrées with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. Three repertoire bourrées: 1. Bourrée Tournante des Grand Potteries, 

2. Lo Cruzado, 3. Montagnarde. Mixed levels: a chance to focus on improving your 


766 4:30-6:00pm Lower Methodist Community Songs Workshop with Peter Wilton. Folk songs, national songs, parlour 

Church Hall songs, glees and carols, from 19th and early 20th century song books. Reading 

music desirable, but not essential. W £8 

767 4:30-6:00pm Upper Methodist Talk – Sex, Lies And Videotape: the Brothers Grimm Experience (and what Disney 

Church Hall did after) with Janet Dowling. Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Brothers Grimm’s 

Tales. This will be a talk and tales, sharing some interesting insights into some of the 

stories, and a rollicking telling like you’ve not heard before! £8 

768 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with English String Band. Caller Dave Hunt. 


769 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jig Crew, 

Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection 

770 5:00-6:15pm Methodist Church Songs And Stories with Len Graham & Jack Lynch. Introduced by Pat Ryan. £8 




Joe Aitken. All welcome. Collection 






774 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House An Hour Or So with Pete Coe. Introduced by Steve Hunt. £8 

775 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre Landscape Of The Past – Phil Callery showcases his new album. 

Introduced by Ken Hall. £8 

776 6:45-7:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Windsor Morris, Newcastle Kingsmen. Collection 

777 7:00-8:00pm Anchor Garden Big Band Ceilidh Led by Nick and Mary Barber with caller Sue Coe. Collection 

778 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse with The Jason Wilson Band with guest band members 

Marquee Dave Swarbrick and Dick Gaughan (9.15). Plus Telling The Bees (8.15). 

MC.Jon Brenner. Preceded by a party session with 

Shooting Roots (7.00). Supported by Dukes £16/£14 (£8/£7) 

779 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh with Hekety. Caller Martyn Harvey. Performance from 

Gardens Marquee Redbornstoke Morris. First hour aimed at families. £10 (£5) F (£15) 

780 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s Social Dance Anglo Irish Ceilidh-an evening of dance, music and song for enjoyment 

Church Hall by all. With Robin Dunn and Jerry O’Reilly with Fiddler’s Elbow. £10 

781 7:30-10:30pm Methodist Caller’s Choice American Dance with Adam Hughes and Rod and Frances 

Church Hall Stradling. W £10 

782 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Playford Ball – Part 2 “From John to Jane” with Nigel Close and Stick The 

Community Centre Fiddle. A not too taxing evening of English Country Dances spanning the period 

from John Playford’s first edition to Jane Austen’s death. W £10 

783 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Church From East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon. European Roots and Historical 

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Music presented by Revellion. Plus an opening set from Stream of Sound. 

Introduced by Dave Hunt. Supported by White Horse Café £10 (£5) 

784 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion A West Country Ramble Eddie Upton celebrates 20 years of Folk South West with 

John Kirkpatrick, The Claque, Tim Laycock and Stanchester Quire and more. 

Supported by Nosh Smoothie Kitchen £13/£11 (£7/£6) 

785 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club hosted by Bob and Gill Berry with their guests Lauren 

McCormick and Jeff Wesley. Singers, musicians and storytellers welcome. £8 

786 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions-Irish Music Session hosted by Donal Maguire, 

Sean Corcoran, Steven Johnston. Collection 

787 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Naomi Bedford, Sisters Unlimited, Tyde. MC. Bill Crawford. 


788 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with June Tabor & Oysterband. MC. Bob Walton. Supported by 

Devon County Sidmouth Member's Locality Fund £21/£19/£16 (£11/£10/£8) 

789 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out – John Howson introduces Debs Newbold, 

Geordie Murison, Joe Aitken, Katie’s Quartet, Will Duke and Racker Donnelly. £8 

790 8:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with State of Undress, Greg Cave with Nick Ellison 

and Stephen Taberner. Collection 

791 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with Archie Fisher, Len Graham & Jack Lynch and Maz O’Connor. 

MC. Lester Simpson. £10 (£5) 

792 9:00 - Dukes Big Thursday! Live music from Ochre Lane. Collection 

793 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Monster Ceilidh Band. 

Marquee Caller Hannah Bright. Performance by Morris Offspring. £13/£11 

Bulverton Big Gig Ticket £20 

Friday 10th August 

801 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop ‘Reeling Through the Haze’ – a collection of dances 

Gardens Marquee featuring ‘Heys’ with Mike Courthold and Fiddler’s Elbow. W £8 

802 9:30-10:50am Methodist Social Dance Workshop Do Not Adjust Your Set (6) with Nigel Close, 

Church Hall Stick the Fiddle. W £8 

803 9:30-11:00am Bulverton From Street To Stage Morris Offspring’s approach to opening up morris for 

Marquee stage performance. W £8 

804 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal warm 

up followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. The w 

workshops will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on 


805 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Sidmouth Folkweek 2012 And Beyond Come and have your say about this year’s 

festival, and suggest what you’d like to see in the future. 

806 9:30-11:00am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop Jubilee Molly: 1887 to 2012 with Pig Dyke Molly. 

Church Hall What was Molly like in 1887? What has one Fenland team made of it now? 

What can you make of it? Using the collected repertoire and the dances of Pig Dyke 

Molly, explore approaches to interpreting the tradition for modern audiences. 

Open to all. Wear non-slip shoes. W £8 

807 9:30-11:00am Methodist Shapenote Singing Workshop with Babylon Lane. Vibrant American 4-part 

Church psalmody, with English roots. Singing from The Sacred Harp, New England sources 

and modern compositions. All welcome, from beginners to experienced. 



just sit back and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection 



workshops will focus on a written arrangements of just a few tunes, with a view to 

a final performance at the workshop showcase event on Friday afternoon. Bring 

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810 9:30-11:00am Chapel Street Fiddle Workshop Playing for Dancing with Mollie Koenigsberger. Starting and 

Hall finishing, setting tempo, making the music interesting and getting that lift 

needed for dancing. W £8 

811 10:00-11:30am Upper Methodist Sidmouth Spoons Orchestra with Jo May. Learn the spoons from scratch, 

Church Hall working on a number of arrangements for the Friday showcase, including some 

body percussion and songs too. An assortment of wooden, metal and cow horn 

spoons will be provided, but do feel free to bring your own! For adults and children 


812 11:00- Dukes Duke Box Live Music from a selection of local young artists. 

813 11:00-12:20pm Blackmore Social Dance Workshop Dance Workshop with Frances Oates and Rod and 

Gardens Marquee Frances Stradling. All sorts – again what it says! W £8 

814 11:10-12:30pm Methodist 

Church Hall 

Contra Dance Style Workshop with Adam Hughes and Stick the Fiddle. W £8 

815 11:15-12:45pm Bulverton English And American Clog Stepping Workshop with Lancashire Wallopers. 

Marquee A chance to learn dances from the reportoire of Sam Sherry, and Marley 

Buck & Wing (an American Vaudeville routine as taught by Anna Marley) W £8 




817 11:15-12:45pm St Teresa’s Traditional Welsh Folk Dance Workshop with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth. 

Marquee Dances will be selected from a number of Welsh traditions and styles. No previous 

experience necessary. Bring dance shoes or shoes suitable for dancing. W £8 


Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for playing 

at home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8 

819 11:15-1:00pm Bedford Hotel Sidmouth Song Slam Got a song to sing? Bring it it to the Slam. Contestants are 

given 3 minutes to impress judges and audience with their originality, wit and style. 

MC for this musical anarchy is song slam inventor and master of banter Paul 

Saunders aka Wynndebagge. NOTE This is a not a traditional song competition. 

Entry form/rules from Festival Box Office £8. 

820 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Archie Fisher. 



ceilidh band suitable for any acoustic instrument, any standard. 

Farewell playthrough. £8 

822 12:00-1:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Mortimer’s Morris, Newcastle Kingsmen, 

Pig Dyke Molly, Seven Champions Molly Dancers. Collection 

823 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Fiddle Finale with English String Band, Kirsty Cotter and Barry Watson, Debs 

Newbold, Laurel Swift and participants from Kirsty’s workshop. MC. Steve Hunt. 

Supported by Vinnicombes Bakery £8 (£4) 



825 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Ship Band. Caller Hannah Bright. 


826 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Dance Workshop with Mike Courthold and 

Church Hall Stick the Fiddle. “Three’s Company”– Dances with the theme of three. W £8 



A Chance To Meet Redbornstoke Morris. MC. Chris Rose. £8 

828 1:00-2:15pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre Games And Ludicrosity No agenda, just silly games, 

fun tricks and the Shooting Roots tutors making fools of themselves! £4 

829 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Re-cap Bal Basics with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. Can you remember everything you’ve learnt this week?! 

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Here’s your chance to run through everything and remind your feet. Get ready to strut 

your stuff at the Bal tonight. Beginners Level: exploring the basic dances and 

developing confidence in couple dancing. W £8 

830 1:00-2:30pm Methodist Big Sing Spookmeister Stephen Taberner will be offering his unique 




831 1:00-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Folk21 A meeting of organisers, artists, agents and audiences supporting 

folk in small venues. All welcome to share ideas. Chaired by Pete Coe. Collection 


Church Hall your skills by looking at ornamentation, cross-rhythms and the influence of world 

percussions on contemporary Bodhran styles. W £8 

833 2:00-3:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, 

Jig Crew, Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection 





835 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Mortimer’s Morris, Seven Champions 

Molly Dancers. Collection 

836 2:30-3:45pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Song Bonanza An easy going, informal singaround. 

Go over the songs you’ve learnt this week, maybe pick up a couple of new ones £4 

837 2:30-3:50pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Contra Dance Workshop with Lynne Render and 

Church Hall Fiddler’s Elbow. Contras with a twist-dances with a slightly unusual or more 

unexpected progression. W £8 

838 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Informal Concert with Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Jerry O’Reilly, Maz 

O’Connor, Lauren McCormick. Introduced by Barry Lister. £10 (£5) 

C817 2:30-5:30pm Blackmore Young Sidmouth Workshop Showcase Bands, singers and dancers. With special 

Gardens Marquee guests: Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr, Festival Concert Band led by John 

Kirkpatrick and The Spoons Orchestra led by Jo May. MC. Eddie Upton. £8 (£4) 

839 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Dance Calling For New Or Potential Callers with Dave Hunt and 

Church Hall Mrs.Midnight’s musicians. £8 

840 2:45-4:15pm Chapel Street Macedonian Tunes For Violin with Lydia Ristova Whittaker. Lebedek’s violinist 

Hall shares some tunes from her Macedonian background. Not suitable for beginners. £8 

841 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Revellion. Collection 

842 3:00-4:15pm Manor Pavilion The Tale Of King Lear An explosive retelling of the legend of Leir, King of the 

Britons presented by Debs Newbold. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8 

843 3:00-4:15pm Kennaway House An Hour Or So with Donal Maguire. Introduced by Bob Walton. £8 

844 3:15-5:15pm Ham Marquee English Horizons Concert with Tyde, Morris Offspring and Crucible Trio. 

Hobgoblin Stage MC. Jim Moray. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £12/10 (£6/£5) 

845 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘Methinks He Doth Protest’. Social comment songs, 

past or present. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection 

846 4:00-5:15pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Tunefest A last chance to use what you’ve learned in Playing by 

Ear and Funky World Band workshops. A friendly tunes session to finish off the 

week! W £8 


Church Hall 

Contra Medleys with Adam Hughes and Rod and Frances Stradling. £8 

848 4:30-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jig Crew, Mortimer’s Morris, 

Pig Dyke Molly, Windsor Morris. Collection 

849 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Fandango with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and Richard 

Church Hall Jones. The return of this popular workshop. A lively Basque dance with fancy 

footwork. No partners needed-this is a solo dance, danced in a group, with your 

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arms high in the sky! Mixed levels: a chance to focus on improving your flair, 

technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8 

850 5:00 - Blackmore Torchlight Procession Meeting for representatives of all participating 

Workshop 

Marquee 

team and groups. 

851 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Lancashire Wallopers, 

Newcastle Kingsmen, Pig Dyke Molly. Collection 

852 5:00-6:30pm The Volunteer Storyround An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by 

Garden Moe Keast and Tom Goodale. Collection 

853 5:00-6:30pm Kennaway House From Essex To Sussex A light hearted concert of songs from two counties hosted 

by Dan Quinn with Potiphar’s Apprentices, Simon & Bobbie Ritchie, Will Duke. 

Supported by Sweetcombe Cottages £8 


Peta Webb. All welcome. Collection 

855 6:30-9:30pm Stowford Rise American Dance with Mike Courthold and Fiddler’s Elbow. 

Community Centre £10 

856 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Jig Crew, Lancashire Wallopers. 


857 6:45-9:45pm St Teresa’s Social Dance An Evening with an English Flavour with Ray Goodswen, 

Church Hall Rod and Frances Stradling. £10 

858 7:00-9:30pm Methodist Euro Bal with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and 

Church Hall Richard Jones. £10 

C820 7:00-9:30pm Blackmore Late Night Early – Last Night Family Ceilidh Party with Dyer:Cummings. 

Gardens Marquee Caller Alex Cummings. Performance by Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth. £10 (£5) F £15 

859 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse with Whapweasel (9.00) plus Tyde (8.15). 

Marquee Preceded by a last night music session with Shooting Roots (7.00). 

MC. Jon Brenner. Supported by Dukes £16/14 (£8/£7) 

860 7:30-9:30pm Manor Pavilion Tinker, Tailor, Beggarman, Thief with Magpie Lane. Tales of ordinary folkploughboys, 

poachers, shepherds, sailors and serving maids – at work at play, in 

love and in trouble with the law. Introduced by Steve Hunt. 

Supported by Nosh Smoothie Kitchen £13 (£11) (£7/£6) 

861 7:30-10:00pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club Farewell hosted by Bob and Gill Berry, with their guests 

Mary Humphreys & Anahata. Singers, musicians and storytellers welcome. £8 

862 7:30-10:00pm Ham Marquee Final Concert with Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne & Sylvain Barou, 

Len Graham & Jack Lynch. MC. Derek Schofield. £18/£16/£13 (£9/£8/£7) 

863 7:30-10:00pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Farewell hosted by Peta Webb and Ken Hall with Geordie Murison, 

Jeff Wesley, Maz O’Connor, Joe Aitken, Peter and Barbara Snape, 

Donal Maguire, Sean Corcoran and Steven Johnston, Racker Donnelly, 

Jerry O’Reilly. £8 

864 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Final Evening Concert with Rosco, Katherine Hurdley & Alex Percy, 

Matt Quinn. Collection 

865 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Farewell Concert with Archie Fisher, Crucible Trio and The Claque. 

MC. Bill Crawford. Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12 (£6) 

866 8:30 - Dukes Live Music from Session One. Collection 

867 10:00-11:00pm Esplanade Torchlight Procession from the Connaught Gardens via Peak Hill to the Lifeboat 

Station and onto the beach, followed by Firework Display. (Participants please 

assemble at Connaught Gardens by 9.45pm at the latest). Collection 

868 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Hekety. Caller Nick Walden. 

Marquee Performance by KEGS. £13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20 

So that’s it for this year – we hope you enjoyed it! 

See you again next year 2-9 August 2013 and in 2014, 1-8 August! 

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Taking Part Please see the daily listings for details and levels of ability required. 

Dance 

Morris - Winter Dances Redbornstoke Morris St Teresa's Hall 9.30-11.00 Tues 

Morris - Kirtlington Kirtlington Morris St Teresa's Hall 11.15-12.45 Sat 

Clog Stepping Lancashire Wallopers Bulverton Marquee 11.15-12.45 Tues, Fri 

Welsh Clogging Jane Sheard Bulverton Marquee 11.15-12.45 Sun 

Cotswold Morris Windsor Morris Bulverton Marquee 11.15-12.45 Mon, Thurs 

Extending Morris Morris Offspring Bulverton Marquee 11.15-12.45 Wed 

From Street to Stage Morris Offspring Bulverton Marquee 9:30-11:00 Fri 

North-West Morris Earlsdon Morris Men Bulverton Marquee 9:30-11:00 Sat, Mon 

Mortimer's Morris Bulverton Marquee 9.30-11.00 Tues-Wed 

Molly Dance Seven Champions St Teresa's Hall 9:30-10.45 Sun 

Seven Champions St Teresa's Hall 11:15-12:45 Mon 

Pig Dyke Molly Bulverton Marquee 9.30-11.00 Thurs 

Pig Dyke Molly St Teresa's Hall 9.30-11.00 Fri 

Rapper Newcastle Kingsmen St Teresa's Hall 9.30-11.00 Mon 

Barefoot Flamenco Valerie Romanin St Teresa's Hall 11:15-12:45 Tues-Thurs 

Welsh Folk Dance Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth St Teresa's Hall 11.15-12.45 Fri 

Bal Basics Kerry Fletcher St Teresa's Hall 1.00-2.30 Sat 

European (Couple) Dance Kerry Fletcher St Teresa's Hall 1.00-2.30 Mon - Fri 

European Dance Kerry Fletcher Methodist Church Hall 4.30-6.00 Mon- Fri 

Breton Dance Yannick Minvielle-Debat St Teresa's Hall 4:30-6:00 Sat-Sun 

Southern African Dance Black Umfolosi Bulverton Marquee 11:15-12:45 Sat 

Karelian Dance Skylark and Artforge St Teresa's Hall 9:30-11:00 Sat 

Skylark and Artforge Bulverton Marquee 9:30-11:00 Sun 

Irish Set Dance Jerry O'Reilly St Teresa's Hall 4:30-6:00 Mon- Thurs 

Eastern European Dance Lebedek St Teresa's Hall 2.45-4.15 Thurs 

Appalachian Dance Jake Jones & Dan Eccles St Teresa's Hall 9:30-11:00 Wed, Thurs 

Absolute Beginners Kerry Fletcher St Teresa's Hall 2.45-4.15 Fri 

Social Dance Various Blackmore Gardens Marquee 9.30-10.50 Sat-Fri 

Various Blackmore Gardens Marquee 11.00-12.20 Sat-Fri 

Various Methodist Church Hall 9:30-10.50 Mon-Fri 

Various Methodist Church Hall 11.10- 12.30 Mon -Fri 

Various Methodist Church Hall 12.50- 2.10 Mon -Fri 

Various Methodist Church Hall 2.25-3.45 Mon -Fri 

Ceilidh Dance Martyn Harvey St Teresa's Hall 2.45-4.15 Mon 

Ceilidh Calling Fee Lock, Dave Hunt St Teresa's Hall 2.45-4.15 Wed/Fri 

Dance Writing Dave Hunt St Teresa's Hall 2.45-4.15 Tues 

New Dances for Old Pete & Sue Coe Blackmore Gardens Marquee 2.30-4.00 Wed 

Song & Storytelling 

Festival Choir Sandra Kerr Manor Pavilion 9:30-11:00 Sun-Fri 

Big Sing Stephen Taberner Methodist Church 1.00-2.30 Mon-Fri 

Carols From the Shires West Gallery Music AssociationManor Pavilion 11:15-12:45 Mon-Fri 

Shapenote Babylon Lane Methodist Church 9:30-11:00 Mon-Fri 

Community Songs Peter Wilton Lower Methodist Church Hall 4:30-6:00 Mon-Thu 

Songwriting Gavin Davenport Woodlands Hotel 1:00-2:30 Sun 

Harmony Crucible Trio Woodlands Hotel 1.00-2.30 Wed 

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Taking Part Please see the daily listings for details and levels of ability required. 

Appalachian Singing Debby McClatchy Conservative Club 9.30-11.00 Sun 

Talks Peta Webb and Ken Hall Arts Centre 5.30-6.45 Sat 

Talks Various Arts Centre 9:30-11.00 Sun-Fri 

Talks Various Arts Centre 6.15-7.30 Sun-Mon 

Talks Janet Dowling Upper Methodist Church Hall 4.30-6.00 Tues, Thurs 

Song Performance (various) Various Lower Methodist Church Hall 9.30-11.00 Mon- Thurs 

Storytelling Various Woodlands Hotel 11:15-12:45 Sun, Tues-Thurs 

Writing and Performing 

Comedy Racker Donnelly Woodlands Hotel 11:15-12:45 Mon 

Singing with Ancestors Chartwell Dutiro Kennaway House 11.30-1.00 Sun 

Gaelic Song Gillebride MacMillan Woodlands Hotel 3.00-4.30 Wed 

A Woman's Place Sisters Unlimited Woodlands Hotel 3.00-4.30 Thurs 

Instrumental Music 

Concert Band John Kirkpatrick Conservative Club 9:30-11:00 Mon-Fri 

Big Band Nick and Mary Barber Rugby Club 11.30-1.00 Sun- Fri 

Carols From the Shires West Gallery Music Association Manor Pavilion 11:15-12:45 Mon-Fri 

Street Band Paul Midgley and All Saints Church Hall 2.00-3.30 Mon- Fri 

Alex Cumming 

Guitar in Open Tuning Gavin Davenport Chapel Street Hall 9:30-11:00 Mon,Tue 

Spoons Orchestra Jo May Upper Methodist Church Hall 10.00-11.30 Tues- Fri 

Accordion Various Rugby Club 1.30-3.00 Sun, Mon, Thurs 

Anglo Concertina John Kirkpatrick Lower Methodist Church Hall 2.45-4.15 Mon, Wed 

Concertina Tim Laycock Lower Methodist Church Hall 2.45-4.15 Tues 

Melodeon - Improvers Ed Rennie Chapel Street Hall 2:45-4:00 Mon-Thurs 

Melodeon Beginners 1 Ed Rennie Chapel Street Hall 4:.15-5.00 Mon-Thurs 

Melodeon Beginners 2 Ed Rennie Chapel Street Hall 5.15-6.00 Mon-Thurs 

Fiddle Band Kirsty Cotter Chapel Street Hall 11:15-12:45 Mon-Thurs 

Dance Tunes of Tim Laycock and Chapel Street Hall 1.00-2.30 Mon 

Benjamin Rose Colin Thompson 

English Fiddle English String Band Chapel Street Hall 1.00-2.30 Tue 

Fiddle For Dancing Mollie Koenigsberger Chapel Street Hall 9.30-11.00 Fri 

Macedonian Violin Tunes Lydia Ristova Whittaker Chapel Street Hall 2.45-4.15 Fri 

Ukelele Clive Harvey Rugby Club 1.30-3.00 Tue, Wed 

Tunes of Scan Tester Will Duke Lower Methodist Church Hall 2.45-4.15 Thurs 

Stringed Instruments Pete Coe Chapel Street Hall 9:30-11:00 Wed 

Stringed Instruments English String Band Chapel Street Hall 1.00-2.30 Wed 

Song Accompaniments Pete Coe Chapel Street Hall 9.30-11.00 Thurs 

Swedish Tunes Vicki Swan Chapel Street Hall 1.00-2.30 Thurs 

Bodhran for Beginners Will Lang Lower Methodist Church Hall 11:15-12:45 Mon-Fri 

Bodhran Intermediate / 

Advanced Will Lang Lower Methodist Church Hall 1.00-2.30 Mon-Fri 

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FolkWeek Fringe 

Sidmouth’s ‘Festival Fringe’ is almost as 

old as the Festival itself – and plays a 

full part in supporting FolkWeek. The 

‘Fringe’ is not organised by Sidmouth 

FolkWeek – so we cannot be 

responsible for what happens – but 

many enjoy the various opportunities to 

participate. 

All fringe events are free – but take a 

collection for the Festival. If you are 

having a good time, please drop a 

pound coin in now and then. Here is a 

rough guide of what to expect, plus 

places where spontaneous events could 

happen: 

Song sessions 

Middle Bar Singers: Upstairs at the 

Anchor to drink, laugh and sing. 

Unaccompanied singarounds are 

from 12.30-3pm and 8-11pm each 

day, starting on Thursday 2nd 

August. Tuesday evening is usually 

a shanty fundraiser for Sidmouth 

Lifeboat and on Thursday afternoon 

the singers go in the sea (opposite 

the Bedford) at 3pm. 

Royal York and Faulkner Hotel – 

Faulkner Bar: Kitty Vernon & Tim 

Edwards run a morning singaround, 

10.30am–12.30pm from Sunday. 

Faulkner Bar: Come All Ye with Rosy 

Daisley from 7.30pm each evening 

from Friday. 

Faulkner Bar: Gloom, Doom and 

Despondency Competition – 

Thursday 4th August at 4.30pm. 

Esplanade Shelter: West Gallery music 

sessions from Monday to Thursday, 

1–2pm (Sunday 11-12pm). Opposite 

Bedford Lawn Car Park. 

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Mixed sessions 

Bedford Hotel Bar: A mixture of music 

and song. From Friday all day, every 

day. 

New Tavern: Usually mixed sessions 

lunchtime and evenings from Friday 

evening. 

Music sessions 

Anchor: Usually music sessions in the 

main bar (street level). 

Sailing Club: Usually tune-around 

evening sessions starting Saturday. 

Radway: English music session 

lunchtimes and evenings, starting 

Friday. 

Dance 

Esplanade outside the Royal York and 

Faulkner Hotel. Wild Thyme Border 

Morris (with Sue White) is for all, 

including complete beginners: 11amnoon 

starting Monday. Jackets and 

sticks provided. 

Herbaceous Border (with Kurt Sauter) 

for more experienced dancers, 

preferably in kit: 6-7pm starting Sunday. 

Musicians welcome 

for each group. 

Street 

Performers 

Please note that licensing arrangements 

and street closures for Folk Week could 

limit use of the Market Square in 

particular and unprogrammed performers 

could be moved on. 

Looking for somewhere to 

perform? 

There are Open Mic sessions at the 

undercover stage at the HUB, 

and at Dukes – see the daily 

schedules for times. For 

spontaneous ‘fringe’ sessions, 

try the following: Black Horse, 

Swan Inn and the Volunteer – 

afternoons and evenings. 

Collections 

Sidmouth FolkWeek Ltd (Registered 

Charity 1111958) has obtained the 

street licence from East Devon District 

Council to collect in Sidmouth during 

FolkWeek. Street collections from 

performances are an important part of 

FolkWeek’s income. If you are busking, 

please register your name and collect an 

official tin from Volunteer’s Reception in 

Kennaway House. Tins can be collected 

and returned between the hours of 9am 

and 6pm, or up to 10pm by special 

arrangement with the Collections office. 

Please make sure that all tins are 

returned by 6pm on Friday evening prior 

to the Torchlight Procession. Please 

collect buckets for the Torchlight 

collection 

The Bill Rutter Awards 

Bill Rutter, Sidmouth Festival Director 

from 1961-79, encouraged everyone to 

participate and become part of the 

Festival team. The Festival has a long 

tradition of busking from all kinds of 

musicians, dancers, singers and artists. 

The Bill Rutter Awards (one for dancers 

and one for musicians) will be presented 

to the event, team or performer who 

collects the highest amount for 

FolkWeek during the week. The 

presentations will take place at 

Bulverton after midnight on Friday. 

Volunteers 

The Festival is most grateful to about 

450 volunteers, who not only check 

your tickets, but also help put up and 

take down the Festival, look after the 

Campsite, set out chairs, clean the 

venues, run the car parks and help 

with the Family Sidmouth events. 

If you’re interested in helping us 

next year, have a chat with Sue in 

the volunteer’s office in Kennaway 

House. Recruitment starts early in 

the New Year – details can be found 

on the website. In return for 4 to 5 

hours a day of your time, you get a 

Week Ticket, free camping, 

subsidised festival bus travel, new 

friends and that incomparable 

feeling of helping to put on one of 

the best festivals around.

Youth 

Youth Workshops at 

Sidmouth: Shooting Roots 

For everyone aged 12-18 

Festival season is in full bloom! We’ve 

been waiting all year, but we’re finally 

back at Sidmouth – join us and add 

some Shooting Roots sparkle to your 

summer! 

Our fantastic workshops are a great 

place for all you budding young folkies to 

expand your skills, explore your ideas 

and meet amazing people. From the 

curious to the capable, we have 

something for everyone. 

We have a plethora of bright young 

tutors standing by to guide you through 

Shooting Roots 

Boot Camp. Will 

you be ready for 

Thursday’s F- 

Factor finale in 

time to perform for 

our villainous 

judges? 

So come along for a 

week of creative 

mayhem. Be part of 

the magic! 

Workshops 

Sidmouth is peerless in the breadth of its 

workshop programme. If you like to get 

stuck in and involved – learn an 

instrument or a new singing or dance 

style or enjoy some communal musicmaking 

– we have a workshop with your 

name on it. Get close up and personal 

with some of the fantastic musicians and 

dancers booked at the festival in a 

playground of 250 workshops, from oneoff 

tasters to week-long series, from 

beginners to masterclasses. 

There’s a basic list of workshops on 

the following pages, with more detail in 

the main programme pages. The level of 

the workshop is given as a guide in 

some cases. 

Our dance workshop programme 

features a global foot-stepping feast 

from flirtatious Flamenco to high-kicking 

Zimbabwean, from graceful Breton to 

Appalachian flatfooting, from contradance 

to Eastern European dance steps. 

On home turf, we offer Irish Set, 

Welsh, Playford and plenty more for 

aspiring Dance Callers and Beginners 

and Improver Ceilidh Dancers. Plus a 

Shooting Roots 

Workshops this year... 

Theatre – The world’s most cynical, 

despicable reality-show format comes to 

Sidmouth! Theatre will be exploring the 

lives of judges and contestants as they 

battle through the ferocious Folk Factor. 

Somewhere backstage, amidst rapper 

swords and violin-bows, the poor and the 

downtrodden whisper of revolution. A 

week of unpredictable events is in store! 

Song for Dance – a twist on a classic; 

learn singing styles and arrangements 

suitable for dancing, and challenge the 

dancers to work around your songs. We 

have powerful harmonies; we have a 

brand new medium; we need you! 

Rapper – Join the phenomenal 

Gaorsach for the chance to try your 

hand at this racy Northern nonpareil. 

Morris – Cotswold, Border or Molly... 

Novice or expert... Teamed-up with 

Song for Dance and with tutors from 

teams such as Offspring, Boggart’s 

Breakfast and Nonesuch, we’ll surely be 

able to teach even the most jaded 

Morris pro a trick or two! 

Playing by Ear – back by popular 

demand! Baffled by how players 

magically join in without the dots? Come 

along to learn the simple tools that help 

you navigate unknown tunes and have 

fun in a session. 

Funky World Band – Big-band 

bombast, little ensemble pieces... 

Whether you’ve just picked up your first 

penny whistle or you’re a monster on the 

melodeon, we’ll be learning and arranging 

a range of great folk tunes and adding a 

generous pinch of Shooting Roots style. 

Craft – after last year’s triumphant 

expansion, craft is now a force to be 

reckoned with. Come along to make 

snazzy props for the theatre folk, and 

bring big ideas for your own projects too 

– this year we’re thinking outside the 

(cardboard) box! 

Storytelling – join special guest tutor 

Rachel Rose Reid as she explores the 

art of enthrallment and mesmerism. 

Aiming towards participation in a storyround 

session at the end of the week, 

bring a story you’d love to tell or we’ll 

find one for you. 

Get stuck in! Please see the daily listings for details and levels of ability required. 

solid line-up of Clog and Step, Border 

Morris, North West Morris, Molly and 

Cotswold Morris styles! 

Festival favourite Kerry Fletcher 

returns with a diverse array of 

workshops, including an introduction to 

dance for Absolute Beginners, a series of 

European dance technique workshops 

from Bourrées to Polskas via the 

Fandango. Try out your fancy footwork at 

our European dance nights and Bal! 

Musicians are spoilt for choice with 

Festival Concert Band with John 

Kirkpatrick, Big Band with Nick & 

Mary Barber, Spoons Orchestra with 

Jo May, fiddle with Kirsty Cotter, 

bodhran with Will Lang, Zimbabwean 

traditions with Chartwell Dutiro, 

melodeon with Ed Rennie, country 

dance tunes with Tim Laycock & Colin 

Thompson, Scan Tester tunes with Will 

Duke, guitar with Gavin Davenport, 

ukulele with Clive Harvey, Eastern 

European fiddle tunes with Lebedek, 

instrumental arrangements with Pete 

Coe plus sessions for accordion and 

concertina. 

Singers strike a chord with Festival 

Choir with Sandra Kerr, Big Sings with 

the fairly spooky Stephen Taberner, 

West Gallery Country Carols, Shapenote, 

Harmony, Political Songs and song 

workshops and presentations led by Len 

Graham, Fay Hield, Peta Webb, Ken 

Hall and Jerry O’Reilly. 

Workshop Tickets 

Admission £8 on the door for individual 

workshops. Alternatively, a book of 6 

workshop passes can be bought either 

from the Festival Box Office or at the door 

of workshop venues. The pass costs £38 

for 6 workshops (a saving of £10) and 

can be ‘traded in’ at all workshops 

marked with ‘W’ in the events listing. 

Workshop Showcases 

Several of the workshops series lead to a 

showcase event at the end of the week. 

The Festival Choir, the Festival Concert 

Band and Spoons Orchestra will be 

guests at the Family Sidmouth Workshop 

Showcase on Friday. There is a Shooting 

Roots F-Factor Finale on Thursday at 

4.30pm.The Big Band plays for an Anchor 

Gardens ceilidh on Thursday at 7pm. 

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Young Sidmouth 

There really is something for all the 

family in Blackmore Gardens. It is a 

beautiful safe place to relax and 

picnic, try out some circus skills, play 

with the outdoor games, or watch the 

free entertainment. 

If you feel a bit more energetic 

you can join in the workshops where 

you can make stuff, play stuff and 

sing stuff! There are workshops for all 

ages and plenty of things you can join 

in all together for a proper family 

holiday. 

Do make sure you pick up a 

Families and Young Sidmouth 

Programme so you don’t miss a 

single thing. 

New for this year we have a daily 

‘Come and Ceilidh’ dance session, 

which coupled with the programme of 

dance workshops means you can 

dance the day away every day. Come 

and learn some dances to try out at 

the Family Ceilidh. We are especially 

pleased to welcome NYFTE this year 

who will be doing a display on 

Saturday and Sunday. Why not join in 

their Sunday morning workshop and 

then you can be part of their Sunday 

display. 

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Saturday Fun 

in the Sun! 

Saturday is party day in Blackmore 

Gardens. Enjoy a whole day of 

entertainment on the Blackmore 

Bandstand including Exmouth 

Shanty Men, Stream of Sound, 

NYFTE and much more. 

From Saturday to Friday, there’s 

Live at Lunchtime. Fresh air and fun 

with music, stories and entertainment. 

Saturday is also the day for 

signing up to craft, song and 

instrumental workshops. See details 

below. 

New For 2012 

Once again the first hour of every 

evening Ceilidh will be a family 

friendly time and this will be followed 

by a bedtime story in the magical, 

twinkling fairy lights of the Little Folk 

Tent. 

Monday to Friday morning Mim 

Ayling will be running a Small Voices 

singing session for age 5 – 7. 

Daily Workshops 

Look out for these Sunday to Friday 

progressive workshops, leading to 

your first Big Gig together in Friday’s 

showcase. You may need to book in 

advance – so see signing up details 

below. 

Big Band with Ed Rennie 

(age 10+) 

Super Band with Dyer:Cummings 

(age 7–10) 

Super Singers with Nicola Plumb 

(age 8–12) 

Longsword Dancing with Sue Coe 

(age 8+) 

Back by popular demand – Get the 

whole family together and join Gacko 

to learn to play the Ukulele (we have 

some instruments for you to buy or 

borrow) Be sure to book your place as 

this was very popular last year and 

spaces are limited.


Little Folk 

This year in the Little Folk sessions 

we will be offering a mixture of 

singing and craft sessions, Singing 

Fingers for age 0–3 in the morning 

and Crafty Songs for age 3–6 in the 

afternoon. There will also be a daily 

drop in craft session. (All children 

must be accompanied by an adult at 

all times for these activities.) 

Feeling Crafty? 

As well as the morning craft sessions 

which run from Monday to Friday you 

can also help make things for Friday’s 

Torchlight procession, There’s the 

Olympic Creations sessions where 

families with children age 6 – 11 can 

make something to carry in the 

procession. For older children and 

their families, don’t miss the Secret 

Structures workshop – make 

something HUGE for the Torchlight 

Procession but shhh!! - don’t tell 

anyone what you’re making! This year, 

thanks to a grant from the Sid Vale 

Keith Owen fund we have Martin for 

the whole week so we can get started 

straight away and make something 

really spectacular! 

Don’t forget SLOAFS – 

Sidmouth’s very own 

youth club! 

An opportunity for unaccompanied 10 

to 15 year olds to sing, play, chat and 

just hang around with your mates. 

Meet up with Matt and Alex and their 

friends in the Unitarian Hall, Monday, 

Tuesday and Thursday 7.30–9:30pm. 

Also look out for Blackmore Gardens 

very own Pirates and Town Crier! 

Tickets for Young 

Sidmouth and how 

to book 

At the Box Office, you can buy the 


Programme, which contains full 

details and a timetable of events. It’s 

free to holders of Youth or Children’s 

Season Tickets, or £1 to others 

In the programme events are listed as 

POD – Pay on Door or BIA – book in 

advance. 

Tickets for Young Sidmouth 

events are available at the Children’s 

Box Office in Blackmore Gardens, 

10.30am–4.30pm on Saturday, and 

9.00am–4.30pm Sunday to Friday, 

Important notice: many Young 

Sidmouth events and workshops 

are in great demand, have limited 

numbers and strict safety limits, so 

places are best booked in advance, 

even if you have a Season Ticket. To 

ease the process, booking on 

Saturday will be: 

10.30am–12.30pm: Children’s and 

family craft activities and 

beginners Ukulele. 

1.00pm–3.30pm: Children’s singing 

and instrumental workshops 

Little Folk Sessions 

As small people can be quite 

unpredictable, these are bookable in 

advance on the day from the 

Children’s Box Office from 9.00am 

onwards. 

It is important that parents/ 

carers of children aged 7-10 

attending workshops deliver 

and collect their children. 

Please remember to fill in 

details at the venue to indicate 

how you can be contacted in 

case of emergency. 


events are supported 

by Sidmouth Town 

Council. Sidmouth 

Town Council 

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Venues 

All Saints Hall 

The venue for afternoon Tea Dances 

(Monday to Friday) and Street Music 

Workshops. All Saints Road. Level 

access. 

Anchor Inn and Garden 

FolkWeek events are centred on the 

Garden to the rear of the pub. Access 

is to the left of the pub building. 

Ceilidhs every lunchtime and late 

afternoon, with dance displays, bands, 

singers and other entertainment 

through to the late evening. There is no 

entrance charge, although there is a 

collection: please give generously to 

the collectors. The pub also hosts 

fringe events – the Middle Bar Singers 

upstairs and music sessions inside the 

pub. Old Fore Street. Level access to 

the Garden, but a flight of stairs to the 

upstairs room. 

Arts Centre 

Morning Talks, early evening song 

events and Festival Folk Club and Song 

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events in the evenings. Youth 

workshops from 11am to 6pm daily. 

Station Road. Level access. 

The Bedford Hotel 

Concerts in the dining room, fringe 

events in the bars. Esplanade. Access 

is via three steps. A wheelchair ramp is 

available from the hotel management. 

Blackmore Gardens 

The town-based heart of the Festival, 

and home to the ‘Family Sidmouth’ 

events. The Blackmore Gardens 

Marquee is the venue for morning 

social dance workshops, afternoon 

dance displays and evening ceilidhs. 

Other marquees are used by Family 

Sidmouth. The Music Fair has a variety 

of instruments, CDs, books and DVDs. 

Outdoor entertainment is based on or 

near an open-air stage. There is a bar 

in the Dance Marquee. The Blackmore 

Café serves food and drinks all day; 

there’s also ice cream, fresh fruit 

drinks and crepes! Access from 

Blackmore Drive or through the parish 

churchyard. Level access over grass. 

Bulverton Campsite 

See separate section. 

Bulverton Marquee 

Evening Festival Clubhouse, Late Night 

Extra ceilidhs and morning dance 

workshops. Food and a bar, + Early 

Bird Special prices between 7pm and 

8pm! Situated just opposite the Festival 

car park (for directions see Festival 

Parking) on the way from the Festival 

car park to the Campsite bus stop. 

Alternatively there is access by foot 

from Bulverton Road opposite the 

Campsite (steepish walk). 

Chapel Street Hall 

Used for workshops. Chapel Street, off 

Church Street, with entrance at the 

bottom of the car park. Level access. 

Conservative Club 

Used for morning workshops. Radway 

Place, near the corner with All Saints 

Road, next to the Radway Cinema. 

Access via three steps. 

Dukes 

The hotel’s seafront forecourt 

is a venue for live music. 

Esplanade. Level access. 

The HUB 

The HUB is a performance centre for 

the Festival, centred on the Ham and 

Port Royal area at the eastern end of 

the Esplanade. It includes the Ham 

Concert Marquee, the Ham Lawn and 

Port Royal. The road from Ham Lane 

and the Lifeboat Station to Port Royal is 

pedestrianised, although there is 

access for emergency and service 

vehicles. Level access over grass. 

Public toilets at Port Royal, including 

facilities for disabled persons. 

Ham Concert Marquee – Lunchtime, 

afternoon and evening concerts. 

Foyer Bar. Toilets including disabled 

facilities, for audiences.

Venues 

Ham Lawn – Festival merchandise 

stall. Main Festival Food and drink 

outlets. Acoustic open-mic stage. 

Undercover seating and bar area 

with picnic benches. 

Port Royal – Pedestrianised area. 

Daily programme of dance 

displays, choirs and street theatre. 

Festival Box Office – Near the 

swimming pool and Tourist 

Information Centre. 

Kennaway House and Lawn 

Cellar Bar in House used for late 

morning, afternoon and evening song 

events. Lawn used for the Craft Fair – 

free entrance, open to everyone, 10am 

to early evening. Coburg Road, near the 

Triangle bus stop. Level access to bar 

via entrance on left side of building. 

Level access to Craft Fair. 

Manor Pavilion 

Afternoon and evening concerts and 

morning workshops. Corner of Manor 

Road and Station Road. Level access. 

Methodist Church 

The Church is used for evening 

concerts, daytime workshops and 

tea-time events. The Methodist 

Church Hall is used for social dance 

and European dance workshops and 

the Lower and Upper Methodist Halls 

for workshops. High Street, close to 

Blackmore Drive (which leads to 

Blackmore Gardens). Lift into the 

Church and Upper Hall. Level access to 

the Hall. Short flight of stairs to the 

Lower Hall. 

Rugby Club 

First floor room used for a variety of 

workshops and sessions. Heydon’s 

Lane. Access up stairs. 

St Teresa’s Hall 

Used for dance events, workshops and 

social dances. Vicarage Road, north of 

the Radway Cinema, with the entrance 

at the back of the hall. Level access is 

available via doors onto Temple Street. 

Unitarian Hall 

Used for Family Sidmouth 

workshops. Corner of All Saints 

Road and High Street. Level access, 

but narrow doorways. 

Volunteer Inn 

Lunchtime informal ‘in the tradition’ 

events. Afternoon and evening 

entertainment arranged by the pub. 

Temple Street. Level access to bars 

and the garden. 

Woodlands Hotel 

The Conservatory is used for 

storytelling, workshops and mostly 

traditional informal evening concerts. 

Station Road, opposite All Saints Road. 

Use the main entrance and follow the 

signs. Level access. 

All FolkWeek venues operate a no 

smoking policy. 

Dogs 

No dogs 

will be 

admitted to 

the Ham 

Marquee. 

Dogs may 

be admitted 

to other 

venues at the 

discretion of the 

volunteer 

stewards and 

must be kept 

on a lead at all 

times. Owners will be asked to 

remove their dogs if the dogs cause a 

disturbance. Dogs are permitted on the 

Festival Campsite but must be kept on 

a lead and under control at all times. 

Dogs to assist people with disabilities 

will continue to be admitted to Festival 

Venues. 

Please note that from 2013 dogs will 

not be admitted to Festival venues. 

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Tickets 

Collection of pre-booked tickets 

All-In-One, Week, Weekend, Day and Camping ticket purchasers will be 

sent a receipt which is then exchanged for tickets on arrival in Sidmouth. 

The receipt 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 Season Ticket receipt itself can be used to gain access to events. 

Advance Event Tickets bought before 16th July will have been posted to 

the address you gave when booking. Event tickets purchased from 16th July 

onwards through the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) can be collected from 

the TIC until 29th July, and from 30th July from the Festival Box Office. 

Event tickets purchased online from 16th July onwards can be collected 

from the Festival Box Office from 30th July. Tickets not collected up to 1 

hour before the event can be collected at the venue. (The collection point for 

Ham Marquee events is the Festival Box Office). 

All-In-One Tickets give admission to 

all events, except the pre-Festival Big 

Chris Barber Band and War Horse 

concerts on Thursday 2nd and Friday 

3rd August, for which there is a £5 

discount before 30th July. Entry to 

Ham Marquee Evening Concerts is 

guaranteed, so long as you arrive at 

least 10 minutes before the start of 

the event. Entry to all other events is 

subject to capacity, but All-In-One 

Ticket holders have priority over 

customers paying at the door, up to 

10 minutes before the event starts 

See note below about new Bulverton 

evening start times. Separate 

campsite charges apply. 

Week Tickets give admission, space 

permitting, to all Festival events, 

except Ham Marquee Evening 

Concerts, for which there is a discount 

before 30th July. Week Ticket holders 

have priority over customers paying at 

the door, up to 10 minutes before the 

event starts. Separate campsite 

charges apply. 

Day and Weekend Tickets have the 

same conditions as the Week Tickets. 

The Weekend Ticket covers Friday to 

Sunday. Ticket holders can purchase 

camping for the weekend or for the 

night before and/or the night of the 

relevant day ticket, as appropriate. 

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Advance Event Tickets give 

guaranteed admission at discounted 

prices to specific events at the Ham 

Marquee, Manor Pavilion and 

Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Marquee 

(indicated by ‘A’ in the listing). The 

number of advance tickets available 

has been limited. The discounted 

prices are available before 30th July. 

Event Tickets will be available at the 

door of almost all events, subject to 

space after All-In-One, Week, 

Weekend, Day and Advance ticket 

holders have been let in. 

Event Tickets for Children (aged 7- 

17) are half the full adult price unless 

otherwise shown in brackets. Children 

under 7 go free, unless they occupy a 

separate seat. Children under 12 (16 

at LNE) must be accompanied by an 

adult. (See ‘Notes for Care of Minors’ 

below). 

‘Advance Tickets No Longer 

Available’ for any specific event 

means that tickets will then only be on 

sale at the door from about 10 

minutes before the event starts, 

depending upon space. Note: 

Bulverton now has 7.00 pm start. 

Seats are not pre-allocated and 

are available on a first-come, firstserved 

basis. The number of tickets 

available overall has been limited to 

ensure that All-In-One, Week, 

Weekend and Day Ticket holders can 

gain access to an alternative event 

should their first choice be full. 

Workshop Tickets are available for 

£8 on the door for individual 

workshops. Alternatively, a book of 6 

workshop passes can be bought either 

from the Festival Box Office or at the 

door. The pass costs £38 for 6 

workshops (a saving of £10) and can 

be used at all workshops marked with 

‘W’ in the events listing. 

Bulverton Extended Hours: this 

year we have extended the evening 

entertainment provided at Bulverton 

with an early evening band session. 

The Bulverton evening event will begin 

an hour earlier at 7.00pm and LNE will 

finish later at 1.15am. This gives you 

the chance to make an evening of it 

with a Chez Nous meal and a drink, 

both at reduced Early Evening Special 

prices from 7.00pm to 8.00pm, while 

you catch the music session band 

before the concert begins at 8.15pm. 

Please note that for popular 

events, you will need to be there by 

7.00 pm latest. 

Bulverton Late Night Extra (LNE) 

tickets are available from the Festival 

Box Office until 7.00pm each day. 

After 7.00pm tickets for that night’s 

LNE will be available at the Bulverton 

Marquee entrance. 

Big Gig Tickets are combined, 

discount-price tickets for the 

Bulverton evening and LNE events. 

These are available in advance from 

the Festival Box Office until 7.00pm, 

or on the door, subject to space. 

Young Sidmouth Event Tickets are 

on sale from the Children’s Box Office 

in Blackmore Gardens, 10.30am- 

4.30pm on Saturday, and 9.00am- 

4.30pm Sunday to Friday. 

Note: many children’s events 

and workshops are in great 

demand, have limited numbers and 

there are strict safety limits, so places

Tickets 

are best booked in advance, even if 

you have a Child’s All-In-One, Week, 

Weekend or Day Ticket. To ease the 

process, booking on Saturday will be: 

10.30am-12.30pm: Children’s and 

family craft activities. 

1.00pm-3.30pm: Children’s singing 

and instrumental workshops. 

Family Concerts – Family Tickets for 

Family Concerts are for 2 adults and 

up to 2 children or 1 adult and up to 3 

children. 

Requirements for care 

of minors 

• Children under 7 years old must be 

accompanied by a responsible 

adult at all times. See Family 

Sidmouth’s own programme for 

information regarding specific 

Children’s workshops 

• Children under 12 years old must 

be accompanied by a responsible 

adult to performance events. 

• 7 to 11 year olds may be signed 

into some workshops once the 

volunteers are ready to receive 

them. Children must be collected 

when the workshop ends. 

• Under 16s must be accompanied 

by a responsible adult at any event 

that is programmed to run after 

midnight. 

Queues at some events will be 

inevitable. Doors cannot be opened 

until sound checks have been 

completed and venue management 

are ready to receive the audience. 

Please be patient and co-operate with 

our volunteers, who will let you in as 

Box Offices 

Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre Box Office 

Open until Sunday 29th July at 4pm. Ham Lane, Sidmouth, Devon 

EX10 8XR. Tel: 01395 577952, open 10am- 5pm (4pm Sundays). By post, 

phone or in person. 

Festival Box Office 

Open from Monday 30th July to Friday 10th August. Sited near the 

Swimming Pool and Tourist Information Centre. Tel: 01395 577952, open 

9am–8pm. By phone or in person. The Festival Box Office 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 afternoon shows. 

Online www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 

Tickets can be bought online as follows: 

Weekend – until Thursday 2nd August at midnight. 

All-In-One and Week – until Saturday 4th August at midnight. 

Day and Event – until midnight on the day before the event or day 

concerned. 

Tickets purchased online from 28th July can only be collected from the 

Festival Box Office – check the website at the time of purchase. 

soon as they can. At some venues, 

volunteers may ask you to form two 

queues; for instance, for ticket 

holders and non-ticket holders. 

Holders of tickets will be let in first, 

then tickets will be sold at the door, 

subject to space being available 

Ticket prices include VAT at 20%. 

Refunds Sorry, we are not able to 

give refunds on any tickets. 


Children’s prices are half the full adult price, unless otherwise shown in 

brackets, eg (£5). 

Where two prices are shown, eg £10/£8, the first is the full price from 

30th July onwards, the second is the Advance discount price for tickets 

bought before 30th July. 

For Ham Marquee Evening Concerts, three prices are shown, eg 

£20/18/15, the third being the Advance discount price for Week, Weekend 

and Day Ticket holders before 30 July 

A Tickets for these events can be bought in advance, subject to 

availability. 

W Workshops at which the book of workshop passes can be used or entry 

paid for at the door. 

F Family prices for Family Concerts and Evening Ceilidhs are for 2 adults 

and up to 2 children, or for 1 adult and up to 3 children. 

Note: At Family Concerts, priority will be given to children and people 

with children before unaccompanied adults are admitted. 

Big Gig Tickets are combined, discount-price tickets for the Bulverton 

Marquee Festival Clubhouse evening and Late Night Extra events. 

Tickets are available in advance, from the Festival Box Office until 8pm, 

or on the door, subject to space. 

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Festival Campsite and Car Park 

Festival Campsite at 

Bulverton 

Located about 1.5 miles from the 

seafront on Bulverton Road, B3176. The 

Campsite is available to All-In-One, 

Week, Weekend and Day Ticket holders 

for the appropriate night(s), plus those 

who have purchased a Campsite 

Passport, and people who have bought 

advance event tickets, for the night 

before and night of the event. Separate 

Campsite charges apply. 

The Campsite is open from noon on 

Wednesday 1st August (but not before) 

until noon on Saturday 11th August. 

Please refer to the map at the Campsite 

entrance before pitching your tent, and 

follow the instructions from the 

Campsite volunteers. All campers must 

complete a registration sheet. 

To keep the Campsite clean and 

safe, campers are asked to choose 

EITHER to park by their tent for the 

duration of their stay on the site, OR, if 

they want to use their car during the 

week, to park on the Festival Car Park at 

the top of Bulverton Hill (a 5-minute 

walk from the Campsite). Cars are 

allowed on site for unloading/loading. 

There is a designated quieter family 

camping area – please keep the noise 

here to a minimum after 10.30pm. 

Spaces for caravans and motor homes 

are limited so book early. Main walkways 

are lit by fairy lights. 

There are toilets and hot showers 

on site. There are toilet cassette 

emptying facilities at the bottom gate 

toilet complex. Water taps are placed 

around the field. Please do not leave 

Car parking 

Car parking in the town 

The Ham East, Ham West and 

Roxburgh short stay car parks 

(EDDC): The Ham car parks are at the 

eastern end of the Esplanade (EX10 

8XR). The Roxburgh car park is on 

Russell St. Charges: 8am to 6pm daily. 

Three hours maximum stay, no return 

within 1 hour. 7 Day Tickets/ Permits are 

valid for one visit only of up to 3 hours in 

each day. No return that same day. 

Annual Parking Permits: Permit valid for 

one visit only of up to 3 hours in each 

day. No return that same day. 

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taps running. Rubbish and recycling 

bins will be at the top of the campsite, 

by the entrance and between the two 

fields. Please keep this area tidy. 

Dogs are permitted on site if kept on 

a lead and under control at all times. 

Please exercise your dogs away 

from the camping areas and clean 

up after them. Please note that 

dogs are not permitted in the Ham 

Marquee this year and from 2013, are 

not permitted in any venues. 

A food concession will provide 

breakfasts and late night snacks as well 

as items throughout the day. Campfires 

and ground-level barbeques are not 

allowed. Barbecue units are only allowed 

after discussion with the Campsite 

Manager, so please check before buying 

food. 

For the full FolkWeek Campsite 

Guide, please see the website, and 

collect a copy of the guide when you 

arrive. 

Newsletter 

There will be at least one newsletter, 

published on Saturday 4 August. All copy 

for inclusion to the Box Office on the 

Ham please by 4pm on Wednesday 1st 

August. The Newsletter will be available 

from the Festival Campsite, the Festival 

Box Office, The Manor Pavilion and The 

Bedford Hotel. 

Festival Car Park 

The Festival Car Park is situated just 

above the Bulverton Marquee. It allows 

direct access on foot to the Marquee 

and onwards to the Campsite and 

Festival Bus service, avoiding delays 

finding parking in the town. Follow the 

Manor Road car park (EDDC): 

Western end of Manor Road, opposite 

the Westcliff Hotel. Charging period: 24 

hours daily. 24 hours maximum stay: no 

return within 1 hour. Same conditions for 

7 day and annual parking permits. 

Cricket Club (Diamond FolkWeek 

Sponsor) and Rugby Club (Gold 

FolkWeek Sponsor): Each club 

operates a car park during FolkWeek. 

Follow the signs on the B3176 (Station 

Road) before reaching the Esplanade. 

signs 

from the A3052, down 

Bulverton Road, past the Campsite. Use 

the one-way system (following the 

‘diversion’ signs), up Broadway, turn 

right into Bickwell Lane then left into 

Higher Greenway Lane. The route is 

along country lanes, so please drive very 

carefully, especially when wet. Exit signs 

will direct you round the remainder of 

the one-way system back onto the 

Bulverton Road just below the Campsite. 

To access the town from the car 

park, walk past the Bulverton Marquee, 

down the hill to the bus stop just 

opposite the Campsite entrance (see 

Bus Timetable). Parking costs £4 per car 

per day for arrivals before 5.30pm and 

£2 per car per day after 5.30pm. Drivers 

and passengers of parked cars can 

purchase full-day bus tickets for just £2 

per person (50% discount) at the time of 

parking on the Festival Car Park. Parking 

in the Festival Car Park is free to All-In- 

One, Week, Weekend and Day Ticket 

holders. 

Please note that the Festival Car Park 

is NOT suitable for people with mobility 

issues because the walk to the bus stop 

is uneven and sloping. Additionally, the 

access roads are only suitable for cars, 

and not large vans/motor homes. 

Bedford Lawn car park (Bronze 

FolkWeek Sponsor): Next to the 

Bedford Hotel on the Esplanade. Pay as 

you enter. 

There are NO parking concessions 

for traders, stallholders or FolkWeek 

visitors. 

We advise you to use public 

transport or the Festival Bus wherever 

possible, thereby reducing the 

environmental impact and improving 

safety.

Bus services 

Bus Service 

The regular ‘Festival’ bus service is 

being provided by the same popular 

team of the last few years, now working 

for ‘Hampton Grays’ following successful 

restructuring of ‘Hookways Coaches’. 

From Friday 3rd August throughout 

the Festival, the bus service will run as 

follows: 

Bulverton Campsite to Seafront: 

08.20, 08.40, 09.00, 09.20, 09.40, 

10.00 then every 20 minutes 

(approx) until 1900. (09.40, then 

each hr until 17:40, will go via 

Waitrose supermarket – pickups 

65 mins later until 18:45). 

Then 19.00, 19.15, 19.30, 19.45, 

20.00 and then every 15 minutes 

(approx) until the last bus at 

02.15am. 

(Note: 19.00 and 19.15 will go via 

Waitrose to drop off dancers for 

Stowford Rise Community Centre, 

then 22.30 and 22.45 will go via 

Waitrose to collect 

dancers). 

Sidmouth Seafront 

(Esplanade slightly west of 

the Bedford Hotel) to 

Bulverton Campsite : 

08.30, 08.50, 09.10, 09.30, 

09.50, 10.10 then every 20 

minutes (approx) until 19.10 

Then 19.10, 19.25, 19.40, 19.55 

and then every 15 minutes 

(approx) until the last bus at 

02.25 am 

For Wednesday 1st and Thursday 

2nd August: 

A cut-down service will operate in both 

directions, starting from the Bulverton 

Campsite on Wednesday 1st August, 

from 14:00; and on Thursday 2nd 

August, from 08:20. Last bus back from 

the seafront on these two days is 

midnight. 

Bus Tickets 

Available at the campsite and Festival 

Box Office: 

For the Week (1–10 Aug): £25 

(12–17s £13, under 12s Free). 

For the Day: £4 

(12–17s £2, under 12s Free). 

or Single journey: £2 payable on bus. 

Motor Homes It is illegal to sleep in motor homes parked on the streets or to camp on verges 

during FolkWeek. It is also a disturbance to residents, may cause a hazard to traffic and put lives at risk. 

Please be considerate of the community and adhere to legal requirements, which oblige you not to cause an obstruction. 

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Craft Fair and Music Fair 

Craft Fair – 

Kennaway House Lawn 

Friday–Friday 10am- 

6pm: Admission free. 

The Craft Fair can be found on 

Kennaway House Lawn, next to the 

Triangle. 

For those seeking a gift or 

something really unusual, why not drop 

in for a browse...there’s something for 

everyone at the Craft Fair. 

Beaujangles: paintings, prints and 

jewellery 07790 262875 

Bowl of Beauty 07770 450321 

Cammille Robinson: Cornish stained 

glass 07710 417008 

Colin Tracy Photos: floral, landscape 

and pictorial 

07874 910877 

Crystal Jewellery: delicate cut glass 

07920 098533 

David Brown Pottery 01460 75655 

Gili Jewels: inspired by Gili Islands in 

Indonesia 07917 404950 

Music Fair – 


Friday-Friday 10am- 

8pm: Admission free 

‘The best festival music 

fair in the country.’ 

All in one marquee in Blackmore 

Gardens, there’s the best selection of 

folk and world music CDs, and a huge 

range of musical instruments, books and 

accessories supplied by the finest 

specialist 

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Gillian Ewington: hand-made jewellery 

+34950 619002 

Hands on Design hand-printed 

clothing & fabric 07968 400518 

Handmade Fudge 01722 716658 

Helen Gilbert Jewels: decorative 

jewellery 07766 951706 

JJ’s Nuts: prepared continental foods 

07741 040521 

Just Leather: bags, belts and purses 

07976 885774 

Little Things: humorous, hand-made 

miniature Fimo jewellery 

07870 453221 

Magical Pig: ceramic models of 

fantasy castles 07788 591819 

Natural Art Gallery: original art 

07915 067553 

OPFF CUTZ: recycled leather 

and textile products 

07771 517200 

Out of The Doldrums: 

ethnic clothing, silk 

pictures 

07951 580187 

musical instrument 

makers and traders in the 

country. 

If you are a 

musician, take time off to try out the 

best instruments available and talk to 

the experts. If you just love music, you’ll 

find something for your collection or a 

new instrument to take up – it’s all here. 

The Whole Wide World: full range of 

CDs of Festival artists and others 

07877 182823 

Hobgoblin Music: instruments, 

accessories, books and CDs 0845 

1309500 

PJ Music: instruments, accessories, 

books and CDs 07968 687011 

The Music Room: instruments, 

accessories, books, CD/DVDs and 

starter kits 01274 879768 

Oakwood Instruments: makers of 

hand-made acoustic and electric 

musical instruments 

07789 397833 

Tim Phillips Violins: maker 01686 

624536 

Pol Amber: hand-made amber 

jewellery 07831 705598 

Robina’s Beading: decorative fimo 

beading 07783 369433 

Roo Designs: handmade stained glass 

artwork 

07511 972467 

Rustic Roundwood: hand-made 

furniture 07764 156404 

Somerset Cider: original products, 

solar powered! 

07703 124120 

Studio Deborah Flack: hand-dyed 

silks, fine art prints and original 

water colours 07921 191076 

And more to be confirmed. 

Colin Kendall Guitars: 

maker of acoustic guitars and 

stringed musical instruments 

0161 7975136 

Devon Strings Workshop: violin 

makers and restorers 

01392 433748 

Barleycorn Concertinas 

07866 103636 

Black Diamond Accordions 

07801 308054 


Street Trading 

East Devon District Council administers 

street trading on The Esplanade. All 

pitches for 2011 have been booked 

already. Enquiries for future Festivals 

should be directed to East Devon District 

Council: application forms and guidance 

notes are available from 

www.eastdevon.gov.uk 

or the Licensing Office on 

01395 517410.

Food and Drink 

Highlights 

We are delighted to announce a blend of 

super new caterers and some old 

favourites to look after you even better. 

New menus and offerings have been 

devised after your feedback, to give 

even better choice and value with the 

same high quality, award-winning food. 

Choice is the name of the game at 

our bars this year, There’s a range of 

beers and ciders from our sponsors, 

Skinner’s, Butcombe and Brains and 

Bridge Farm Artisan Cider, Crewkerne. In 

the front line, we have the excellent, fast 

and efficient Anchors Away teams at the 

Ham Hub and Bulverton. At Blackmore 

Gardens, you will find the Last Minute 

Bars team. 

The HUB on the Ham 

Dartmoor Kitchen at the Festival: 

Tom Cull’s award winning team, from 

just down the road at Clyst St. Mary, are 

our new main caterers at the Ham, 

providing a wide range of delicious and 

reasonably priced food. Their ethos, 

rooted in the best of local, sustainable 

produce and the highest standards of 

cooking, shows through in the lovely 

food that they provide. 

Devon Coffee: All you could wish for in 

coffee, teas and cakes. 

Goodness Gracious Healthy Foods: 

The UK’s leading vegetarian events 

caterers for 23 years. Barry Tiffen even 

won ‘Healthiest Food’ award at the 

Electric Picnic in 2008. 

Salcombe Dairy’s Ice Cream 

Parlour: Ever-popular Salcombe Dairy 

sells superb handmade ice creams, 

made with real Devon Double Cream 

and inventive desserts. Look out for 

floats in 2012. 

Crazy Crepes: Robert and co. are back 

with varied, flavourful and authentic 

crepes. 

Anchor HUB Bar: The Anchors Away 

‘A’ team, led by Matt, will be there to 

look after you, with beers, cider, wines 

and soft drinks. 

The Bulverton 

Secret Ingredient Catering! The Tex- 

Mex experts: Newcomers from just 

down the road in Exmouth, Deirdre and 

Dan bring their delicious burritos, 

nachos, etc and even a hint of burgers 

to the Bulverton cognoscenti 

With the Festival Clubhouse 

starting at 7pm, we invite you to make 

an evening and night of it! Take 

advantage of the Early Bird Special food 

prices from 7–8pm while the 

entertainment kicks in. Later on, the 

traditional LNE menu will also be 

available. Eat and drink at Bulverton to 

make it a great night. (Sadly not catering 

on Friday 10th.) 

Anchor Bulverton Bar: Matt’s other ‘A’ 

team will be serving you fast with a 

variety of Skinner’s, Butcombe, Brain’s 

Festival Ale, Bridge Farm ciders, wines 

and soft drinks. Take advantage of Early 

Bird Special prices between 7–8pm. 


Kenniford Farm Blackmore Café: 

Andrew Freemantle’s Clyst St Marybased 

team are bringing their ‘family 

café under canvas’, selling baguettes, 

pasties, tarts, rolls, soups, cakes, drinks 

and Devonshire cream teas. 

Salcombe Dairy’s Ice Cream 

Parlour: delicious ices for small and big 

children in the Blackmore. 

The Creperie: Sonia’s stunning crepes 

for all the family with a huge variety of 

delicious fillings 

The Electric Lemon; Where Henry’s 

solar power meet pleasantly traditional 

recipes to produce fab fresh drinks from 

a fun, child friendly, colourful cart 

Blackmore Marquee: Last Minute 

Bar: The usual charm and good looks 

from the LMB team. With their unique 

style(!), these volunteers do a great job 

in creating a special atmosphere in the 

marquee bar. 

Festival Campsite 

Campsite Shop: stocks all the 

essentials plus food. Open morning and 

evening. 


Souvenir Shop 

STOP PRESS: Internationally 

recognised artist/designer David 

Owen has produced new designs for 

our festival wear, just for Sidmouth 

FolkWeek. 

In the shop at the Ham, you will 

find our great T-shirts (standard and 

fitted), Polo shirts, bags and badges, 

together with a variety of postcards, 

mugs and other items. 

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Sponsorship, Grants and Donations 

Sidmouth Town 

Council 

Sidmouth Town Council 

has again reaffirmed its 

significant long-term 

support, demonstrating the importance 

of this internationally renowned event to 

the town as a resort and to its 

businesses. Town Council support has 

enabled us to enhance significantly the 


programme and this year to focus on 

our Social dance programme. All areas 

of the Festival benefit from this support 

as does the Festival’s professional 

structure. 

Devon 

County 

Council 

We are grateful to our Devon County 

member’s locality fund for its support of 

the Festival, which is so important to the 

county as a whole. We have 

strengthened our main concert 

programme and provided entertain ment 

to create a great atmosphere around the 

Festival venues. 

East Devon 

District 

Council 

East Devon District 

Council gives 

significant support in support services 

and the use of venues, thus enabling the 

complex task of running FolkWeek to be 

undertaken effectively and smoothly. 

Many EDDC departments give important 

advice and support and we are grateful 

to both staff and councillors. 

Sid Vale Association 

– Keith Owen Fund 

This year the Keith Owen Fund has 

kindly funded 2 important projects 

involving the local community with the 

Festival. Sidmouth Primary School have 

worked with a circus skills company 

leading to a performance on Saturday 

4th August in Blackmore Gardens.The 

second project will add extra dimensions 

and spectacle to the Torchlight 

Procession to help us celebrate this 

Olympic year in a suitable style. 

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Town Council 

Creative 

Scotland 

Spotlight 

Scotland events 

run throughout 

the week, showcasing the wealth of 

talent from North of the border, thanks 

to the generous support of Creative 

Scotland. The talent and creativity found 

in contemporary Scotland is well 

represented in these Spotlight events 

from legendary greats like Archie Fisher 

and Dick Gaughan to rising stars such 

as Ewan McLennan, BBC Scotland 

Young Traditional Musician finalists Rura 

and the award winning Rua MacMillan 

trio. The full flavour of traditional and 

contemporary arts is showcased with 

puppet theatre, a Scottish Mummers 

play and Gaelic singing, giving wonderful 

variety to the Festival's celebration of 

Scottish folk arts. 

Halsway Manor 

The National Centre for the Folk Arts, 

based in Somerset, will present a young 

musicians’ showcase and support young 

people’s activity and tuition. Musicians 

will appear in the Opening concert and 

at the Methodist Church on Saturday 

afternoon. 

Middle Bar Singers’ 

Reunion Weekend 

During the year, a number of 

events take place which raise 

funds for the Festival, in particular, 

the Middle Bar Singers Reunion 

Weekend in February. Many 

thanks to the singers and their 

supporters, and to all other 

individuals and organisations that 

make donations to Sidmouth 

FolkWeek. 

Firework Display 

Following the Torchlight Procession 

on Friday 10 August, there will be 

the traditional Firework Display. 

The funding for the fireworks 

comes from a variety of Sidmouth 

businesses, 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.

Sponsorship, Grants and Donations 

Sponsorship Programme for 

Sidmouth Businesses and 

Organisations 

The Festival significantly benefits town 

and local area businesses and 

organisations, which recognise that 

significant sponsorship is needed to 

sustain the event. 

The Festival Sponsorship 

programme has now been 

developed into 5 bands, from 

Bronze to Platinum, providing 

graded packages of advertising and 

promotional opportunities at the 

Festival for businesses to reach 

thousands of festival goers and 

visitors. 

Platinum Sponsors 

Anchor Inn – supporting ceilidhs in the Anchor Garden, 

daily at noon and 4:30pm. 

The Bedford Hotel – supporting evening concerts in the 

Bedford. 

Hobgoblin Music – supporting afternoon Ham Marquee 

concerts. 

The Mocha Group (The Mocha Restaurant, Ice Cream 

Paradise, Prospect Plaice, The Beach Hut, Nosh 

Sandwich Kitchen & Nosh Smoothie Kitchen) – 

supporting evening concerts in the Manor Pavilion. 

Sidmouth Hotels (Dukes, Hotel Elizabeth & The Kingswood 

and Devoran Hotel) – supporting evening events at the 

Bulverton Festival Clubhouse. 

Diamond Sponsor 

Sidmouth Cricket Club – supporting event 689 

Gold Sponsors 

Sidmouth Rugby Club – supporting event 371 

The White Horse Café – supporting event 002 

Silver Sponsor 

Fields of Sidmouth – supporting event 104 

Festival sponsors and advertisers 

are identified by posters on display at 

their premises and are listed in the 

Festival Programme. Please support 

them whenever you can. 

We are pleased to welcome the 

following businesses and organisations 

as members of the Sponsorship 

Programme. 

Bronze Sponsors 

C&C Electrical – supporting event 485 

Hayman’s Butchers – supporting event 654 

Hunter’s Moon Hotel – supporting event 591 

The Royal Glen Hotel – supporting event 554 

Royal York and Faulkner Hotel – supporting event 340 

The Swan Inn – supporting event 528 

Sweetcombe Cottages – supporting event 853 

Upper Crust Bakery – supporting event 449 

Vinnicombes Bakery – supporting event 823 

Booker Wholesale – supporting event 728 

The Port Royal Sailing Club –supporting event 628 

Middle Bar Singers – supporting event 584 

Donor 

Bedford Lawn Car Park 

Ancience – PRS for Music 

Foundation Beyond Borders 

project Sidmouth 2012 

Traditional musicians Mary 

Macmaster (wire harp from 

Scotland), Gwenan Gibbard (Celtic 

harp, from Wales), Andy May 

(Northumbrian pipes, from England) 

and Tiarnan o Duinchann (uillean 

pipes, from Northern Ireland) team 

up with electro musician, Joe 

Acheson to make music on ancient 

instruments and the most modern 

technology. A cross-border 

collaboration produced by Distil as 

part of PRSF's Beyond Borders 

programme. 

Media Sponsor 

fRoots magazine – supporting ‘A Cellar Full of Folkadelia’ 

afternoon events at Kennaway House 

Official Brewers and Cider Maker 

Skinner’s, Butcombe, Brains 

(the above in association with Waverley/TBS) 

Bridge Farm Artisan Cider 

Future Sponsorship 

If you or your business would like to become involved with future Sidmouth FolkWeeks, or 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: 

Steve Thompson Thompsons@bulverton.freeserve.co.uk 01395 577394 

John Dyson john_dyson@btinternet.com 01395 512416 

Barry Lister bartlister@tiscali.co.uk 07812 486362 

John Braithwaite johnbraithwaite@sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 07831 873958 

Or visit our website www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 

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Mailing List and Emails 

We do two postal mail-shots a year – a 

leaflet in February and a taster 

programme in May. If you don’t currently 

receive these, but would like to, please 

add your contact details to the mailing 

list on the website, 

www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 

We also send out a limited number of 

email newsletters. If you don’t currently 

receive these, but already receive the 

brochures in the post, please complete 

the form that is available in the Box 

Office. If you change your address or 

email, please remember to tell us! Your 

contact details will not be passed on to 

anyone else. 

Flash Photography 

For the enjoyment of all Festival goers, 

For the enjoyment of all Festival goers, 

please refrain from using flash 

photography in seated concerts. 

Beach at Port Royal 

The cliff beyond Port Royal is unstable 

and subject to rock falls. The Police and 

local councils strongly advise people NOT 

to go on the beach beyond Port Royal. 

Local Volunteer Network 

Do you live locally and if so, are you able 

to help the Festival throughout the year? 

We have been building up a network of 

local Festival enthusiasts, to provide 

assistance with some of the vital tasks 

through the year, including help with 

publicity, programme and publicity 

posting and generally acting as local 

ambassadors for the Festival. We are 

also looking for artist accommodation, 

particularly in the town. If you would like 

to join the group, please contact Steve 

Thompson on 01395 577394 and if you 

would like to offer accommodation for 

2013 then email 

info@sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 

Friendship Point 

An inspired suggestion has been made 

by Jenny Moon, a long-time festival 

supporter, for a Friendship Point – 

helping people to link with others. For 

some, heading to festivals on their own 

can be a rather lonely experience. 

Thousands swarm around, but to make 

real contact is not so easy. Jenny has 

been proactive in coming up with this 

experimental idea of a Friendship Point, 

available for anyone who wants to link up 

with or get to know others at the festival. 

It will work in two ways. The first is via 

the Festival Newsletter which will have a 

Friendship Point column for the names 

and mobile numbers and any other brief 

details of those who would like to link up 

with others. The second initiative is the 

identification of a designated meeting 

point – the green in the middle of the 

‘triangle’ in front of the bus terminus 

close to Kennaway House. Anyone 

wanting to make contact with others, to 

meet for a coffee or to arrange to go as a 

group to, for example, the Late Night 

Extra ceilidhs, should link with others 

Programme Changes 

Joe Hodgson was named in the 

taster Programme as a Social 

Dance caller. He has had to 

withdraw from this year’s festival 

due to a minor operation. We wish 

him well and look forward to him 

joining us again soon. 

Michael Marra was named in early 

adverts and e-marketing. Michael 

has been advised to withdraw from 

all commitments this summer due 

to ill health. We send our best 

wishes and hope to see him back 

in action soon. 

there within five minutes of 12 noon and 

6pm on every day of the festival, starting 

on Saturday 4th. 

Sidmouth FolkWeek 

Productions Management 

Team 

Festival Director: John Braithwaite 

Artistic and Marketing: Alan Bearman 

Event Production: John Radford 

Support Services: Richard Brecknock 

Administration and Finance: Jason Knight 

Commercial Advice: John Heydon 

Festival Programme 

Prepared by Alan Bearman Music 

Designed by Bryan Ledgard 

Programme photography by Alan Cole, 

Joe Plommer, Derek Schofield and 

Bryan Ledgard. 

Mission Statement 

Sidmouth FolkWeek stimulates and celebrates awareness, interest and 

involvement in traditional and folk arts from the United Kingdom and 

beyond, through accessible and inclusive performance, participation, 

learning opportunities and other activities. 

Sidmouth FolkWeek is organised by Sidmouth FolkWeek Productions Ltd, which is a not-forprofit 

company under the chairmanship of John Braithwaite. Registered Office: 57 Martin 

Close, Basingstoke, RG21 5JZ. Company registered in England and Wales No. 5610997. 

Sidmouth FolkWeek Ltd is a charity and company limited by guarantee, under the 

chairmanship of Stephen Thompson. Registered Office: 3 Fairleigh, Manor Road, Sidmouth 

Devon EX10 8RR. Company registered in England and Wales No. 5564884. Charity 

registered with The Charity Commission No. 1111958 

Sidmouth FolkWeek Productions Ltd can give no guarantee that any events will take place, 

or any artists will perform at any particular time, or at all. We will, however, make every effort 

to carry out the programme as advertised. 

Sidmouth FolkWeek Productions Ltd. VAT Reg: 878 4532 77. 

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Artists 

Adam Hughes calls for ceilidhs, 

contra and Playford dances as well as 

being a member of Gog Magog Molly. 

614, 683, 702, 781, 814, 847 

Alasdair Roberts is a Glasgow-based 

fingerstyle guitarist, singer, interpreter of 

traditional ballads and writer/composer 

of new songs. He has just finished 

recording an album of new material to 

be released in early 2013 on Drag City 

Records. At Sidmouth, he will be 

accompanied by the band which 

featured on his 2010 album Too Long In 

This Condition, See also Sokobauno 

Puppet Theatre. 655, 685, 725 

Alex Cumming is a caller, piano 

accordion and bouzouki player with 

Dyer:Cumming’s. C214, C316, 443, C420, 

542, C521, 641, 666, C621, 744, 784, C719, 

834, C812, C820 

Ancience is a Distil project bringing 

together traditional harp, played by Mary 

Macmaster and Gwenan Gibbard and 

Northumbrian pipes from Andy May and 

the Uillean pipes Tiarnán Ó Duinchinn 

with contemporary, electronic music 

from Joe Acheson – at once freshly 

minted and ancient. 428 

Andrew Shaw is an English country 

dance caller, with a particular interest in 

the dances of the late 17th and early 

18th centuries. 202, 209, 247, 312, 362, 

402, 481, 501, 560, 580 

Archie Fisher Scotland’s foremost 

troubadour, is a master guitarist, singer, 

broadcaster and a lyrical songwriter. One 

of a large singing family, which yielded 

three professional singers – Archie and 

his sisters Ray and Cilla Fisher – Archie 

was inducted into the Scots Traditional 

Music Hall of Fame and in 2006 was 

awarded an MBE. 675, 758, 791, 820, 865 

Babylon Lane are a four part a capella 

harmony shapenote singing group 

drawing on the driving rhythms and 

spiritual intensity of America’s oldest 

musical tradition. Featuring Steve 

Fletcher, Sheila Girling Macadam, Edwin 

Macadam and Tony Singleton.223, 407, 

507, 607, 707, 807 

Barefoot are Kevin Downham on 

accordion, Bill Keys on whistle and 

bones and Meg Winters on guitar. They 

play for Social Dances and workshops. 

111, 202, 209, 236, 246, 332, 347, 432, 

482, 582, 681, 702, 760 

Barry Goodman has a clear but relaxed 

style of callling dances. Experienced 

English Ceilidh dancers also enjoy his 

choice of familiar and unusual dances in 

the English traditional style. 104, 115, 

213, 259, 369, 491, 689 

Barry Lister is a Sidmouth resident, 

sings with The Claque and runs the 

town’s monthly folk club in The 

Volunteer. He will be MCing at the 

Festival, mainly in the Bedford Hotel. 002, 

254, 368, 588, 688, 718, 838 

The Big Chris Barber Band 

celebrate the bandleader’s 63rd year in 

the business. Jazz trombonist Chris 

heads up a fantastic 10-piece band 

playing a wide selection of classics from 

the traditional jazz and blues world. 002 

Bill Crawford has been involved in folk 

traditions in the local area for many 

years, singing mostly South West 

unaccompanied material. He returns as 

an MC at this year’s festival. 114, 212, 

250, 337, 449, 548, 576, 648, 748, 787, 865 

Blabbermouth are a contemporary folk 

singer/ songwriter-led band with original 

and unorthodox guitar and banjo picking, 

exuberant percussionist and solid bass 

playing. 680, 753 

Black Umfolosi based in Bulawayo, 

Zimbabwe, perform outstanding 

harmonic a cappella singing and 

dynamic African dance, showcasing both 

traditional and contemporary styles of 

the Southern African region. 210, 232 

Blackbeard’s Tea Party are a Yorkbased 

6 piece folk-rock band who mix 

fiddles, squeezeboxes, guitar noise, 

synth bass and international hand 

percussion for both funky ceilidh and 

concert performances. 493, 583, 652 

The Blue are a local band making one 

appearance at Dukes. 107 

Bob and Gill Berry host the Folk Club 

at the Arts Centre, themselves old-hands 

at performing material from unaccomp - 

anied close harmony to instrumentally 

backed contemporary folk songs. 252, 

366, 471, 486, 553, 576, 785, 861 

Bob Walton will be MCing at concert 

venues, particularly Spotlight Scotland 

events. 255, 322, 455, 675, 788, 843 

Bobby Ritchie (see Simon and Bobby 

Ritchie) 349 

Brass Monkey create a wall of sound 

like no other, driving brass and 

percussion rich textures laying the 

foundations for Martin Carthy and John 

Kirkpatrick whose easy, natural interplay 

on a range of traditional tunes and songs 

is a delight. The line up includes folk 

heavyweights Martin Carthy, John 

Kirkpatrick, Martin Brinsford and brass 

players Roger Williams, Paul Archibald 

and Shane Brennan. 557 

Bruce Gomersall A fine singer and 

guitarist from Buckinghamshire, Bruce 

joins us to MC some song events. 

365, 436, 539, 676 

Cat Kelly is a musician, singer, teacher 

with over a decade of calling experience 

and a lifetime in folk dance. 237, 530 

Ceilidhography provide super funkedup 

ceilidh band playing from the West 

Midlands featuring melodeon, fiddle, 

lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar and 

drums. Fast-rising festival favourites. 

237, 325 

Chartwell Dutiro grew up in rural 

Zimbabwe and plays the mbira, an 

ancient instrument, consisting of at least 

22 metal keys mounted on a wooden 

soundboard. After touring the world with 

legendary Thomas Mapfumo & The 

Blacks Unlimited, he is now based in 

Britain, performing, recording, teaching, 

and building bridges through his music. 

321, 341 

Chris Rose is a Sidmouth veteran and 

host MC for dance displays and morris 

events this week. 231, 239, 329, 342, 435, 

448, 534, 547, 634, 670, 678, 736, 747, 827 

Chris Turner is a renowned country 

dance caller. He also runs Set & Turn 

Single magazine for social dancers. 110, 

216, 311, 332, 532, 615, 682 

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• Fab food at perfect 

prices 

• Food served all day from 

breakfast at 8am til 10pm 

• Friendly and efficient 

service 

• Good wine menu and 

selection of Cask Marque 

Real Ales 

• Family friendly 

• Open till midnight 

• Smaller portions 

available, tapas, snacks 

etc. plus vegetarian 

options 

• Sunday roasts 

• Live entertainment every 

evening after 9.30pm 

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Trumps delicatessen 

and coffee shop 

For all your festival 

fayre. 

• Sandwiches, soft drinks, 

pasties and quiches 

• Olive bar and salad bar 

as well as loads of cheese. 

• Eat in or takeaway. 

• Widest selection of West 

Country beer and cider in 

town. 

Enjoy the festival and we 

look forward to seeing you. 

Fore Street, opposite Boots

Artists 

Chris Walshaw is a European dance 

music specialist, accompanying Kerry 

Fletcher for worksops and also member 

of Moltenamba. 102, 245, 437, 465, 535, 

564, 636, 664, 739, 765, 829, 849, 858 

Chris Wood ‘the renaissance man of 

English folk’, is an uncompromising 

writer whose music speaks of the 

unofficial history of the English speaking 

people. He weaves the tradition 

intelligently with his own contemporary 

parables. 344 

The Claque features four voices – Dave 

Lowry, Sean O’Shea, Barry Lister and 

Tom Addison – of depth and maturity 

blended to give warmth and harmony to 

the English tradition. 114, 485, 784, 865 

Clare Penney, Naomi Hughes and 

Moira Bracknell present a talk on Folk 

Trail 2011 – their marathon ramble 

taking in folk sessions en route. 476 

The Cleverly Brothers aka Tim Webb 

& Merv Grist, are a comedy duo 

showcasing country music at its 

cruellest. 552 

Clive Harvey is a uke-toting Sidmouth 

veteran, having appeared many times 

since mid 70s with Roaring Jelly, then 

R.Cajun and The Omega 3. This year 

sees debuts for his solo work as teacher 

and performer of ukulele and, with old 

mate Derek Pearce, as Clive Harvey’s 

Big Ukulele Band. The quirky duo feature 

the only bass banjulele in the country, 

possibly the world! 540, 552, 588, 640, 

691, C622 

Clive Harvey’s Big Ukelele Band 

Clive is joined by fellow founder member 

of Roaring Jelly Derek Pearce who 

brings a very large ukulele to the party. 

552, 588 

Cole Stacey & The Story perform 

original songs from this Devon-based 

singer/songwriter. 372 

Colin and Sonja Andrews host the 

themed singarounds. Colin edits the 

local folk magazine, What’s Afoot! 

346, 460, 559, 659, 759, 845 

Colin Thompson plays violin and guitar, 

collaborating with Tim Laycock in his 

new show Benjamin’s Book. 440, 484 

Corncrow are Cornish duo featuring 

Kim Guy on vocals/acoustic guitar/ 

recorders and Steve Hunt on vocals/ 

acoustic guitar/electric guitar/bouzouki, 

performing mainly traditional songs and 

tunes. 456, 583 

Crucible Trio are English traditional 

music performers Jess and Richard 

Arrowsmith and Gavin Davenport. They 

combine a cappella harmonies with 

instrumental skills on fiddles, melodeon, 

guitar, cittern and English border pipes 

drawing on their native tradition with a 

fresh, contemporary edge. 610, 635, 718, 

844, 865 

Dan Quinn is the melodeon-toting 

member (formerly of legendary bands 

Flowers & Frolics and Gas Mark 5) of 

Duck Soup and duo with Will Duke as 

well as a regular MC for Traditional 

Nights Out. 256, 370, 690, 853 

Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler Hall 

are with us as a result of their success 

at the New Roots competition in St. 

Albans. The young duo play mostly 

English and French tunes and English 

songs with hurdy-gurdy and accordion 

and five-string fiddle. 363, 748 

Dave Hunt is a highly-regarded caller 

(as well as Dr. Sunshine himself) who 

will be running a series of ceilidh 

workshops and sessions throughout the 

week. 367, 550, 584, 671, 768, 783, 839 

Dave Swarbrick is one of Britain’s 

finest folk fiddlers. Ever since his early 

work with the Ian Campbell Folk Group, 

he has remained at the forefront of the 

British folk movement, now regularly 

appearing solo or with Martin Carthy. 

This week he appears with the Jason 

Smith Band from Australia. 778 

Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth are a 

group of dancers and musicians who 

display and promote the traditional 

dance heritage of Wales at home and 

abroad. 106, 238, 316, 340, 427, 442, 448, 

470, 627, 645, 670, 727, 754, 769, 817, 

833, C820 

The Day of the Rabblement are a 

contemporary indie-folk band from 

Portsmouth with female-led vocals, 

playing original songs and tunes, with 

Celtic and American folk influences. 

483, 583 

Debby McClatchy combines goodtime, 

old-time banjo and glorious singing with 

occasional outbreaks of mountain 

fiddling and freestyle Appalachian 

stepping. Her own powerful songwriting 

is directly related to and rooted in her 

ingrained sense of the traditional forms 

of American music. 213, 241, 254, 307, 

337, 371 

Debs Newbold is a charismatic 

storyteller. Her strong Anglo-Irish 

heritage provides a sure basis for her 

telling of traditional tales, original stories 

and Shakespearean epics alike. 575, 

C524, 678, C622, 748, 789, 823, 842 

Derek Schofield is Editor of English 

Dance & Song magazine and author of 

the history of the Sidmouth Festival, 

Derek will be MCing various events 

during the week. 113, 232, 340, 489, 589, 

628, 672, 758, 862 

Dervish perform heart-wrenching 

ballads to rattling reels. The band are at 

forefront of traditional Irish music and 

feature Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, 

bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola), 

Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly 

(flute, low whistle), Michael Holmes 

(bouzouki) and Brian McDonagh 

(mandola, mandolin). 255 

Dick Gaughan is a national treasure. 

Brought up immersed in the musical 

traditions and culture of the Gaels, both 

Scots and Irish, Gaughan is a peerless 

songwriter and guitarist. 689, 758, 778 

The Dollymopps are Virgil & Dorana 

Philpott and Justin Smith. They sing 

songs in harmony from the folk tradition 

of Southern England – in particular, rare 

source material collected from their 

native Isle of Wight – with inventive 

arrangements and occasional use of 

open-tuned guitar accompaniments. 

114, 229, 250, 315, 368, 405 

Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne & 

Sylvain Barou features Lunny, founding 

member of seminal Irish bands like 

Planxty and The Bothy Band, Guidewires 

founder Pádraig Rynne and Breton star 

Sylvain Barou coming together in a 

mighty Celtic trio playing old and newlywritten 

tunes and songs by Dónal. 862 

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Artists 

Donal Maguire is primarily associated 

with traditional unaccompanied singing, 

though also an interpreter of 

contemporary material, and can 

accompany himself on a range of 

stringed instruments. He is universally 

recognised as one of the finest players 

of Irish dance music on mandolin and 

tenor banjo. 369, 454, 491, 590, 648, 686, 

786, 843, 863 

The Drystones’ lively jigs and reels 

won them the Somerset Battle Of the 

Bands competition, featuring Ford Collier 

on guitar and whistle and Alex Garden 

on guitar and fiddle. 363 

Duck Soup are a trio of English 

eccentrics from Brighton area who play 

trad songs, country dance tunes and the 

‘perilous waltzes’ of Alfred 

Montmarquette with a twist. Dan Quinn’s 

melodeon and vocals sit alongside Ian 

Kearey’s dobro, mandolin, acoustic bass 

guitar and piano and experimental 

musician Adam Bushell on African 

marimba, phonofiddle and musical saw. 

449, 490, 555, 588 

Dunlop and Ryan featuring singer Judy 

Dunlop joins with Mick Ryan, appear as 

a new duo as well as performing in 

Ryan’s folk musical The Pauper’s 

Path.449, 485 

Dyer:Cummings are a young and 

exciting Ceilidh Band from Somerset. 

They play traditional English music with 

a funky twist. Hannah Cumming (fiddle, 

vocals), Jon Dyer (bass, flute and 

vocals), Penny Dyer on (bassoon, vocals) 

and Alex Cumming (piano accordion, 

bouzouki and caller). C302, C402, C502, 

666, C602, C613, C702, C802, C820 

Earlsdon Morris Men perform 

traditional North West clog dances 

wearing the traditional costumes of knee 

britches, clogs, bright and bowler hats 

bedecked with flowers. 203, C217, 336, 

352, 359, 403, 448, 463, 527, 541, 570, 

677, 848 

Ed Rennie runs beginners and 

improvers melodeon workshops this 

week. The former Bismarcks member 

sings and plays guitar, melodeon and 

cittern on a range of old and new folk 

ballads. C301, 450, 462, 474, C401, 549, 

561, 574, C501, 649, 662, 674, C601, 749, 

761, 773, C701, C801 

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Eddie Upton is the Director of Folk 

South West, is a former Artistic Director 

of Sidmouth FolkWeek. He is a 

respected singer of traditional songs and 

will be a singer, MC and workshop 

leader this year. 253, C319, 417, 485, 586, 

684, 738, 784, C817 

Edward II splice dance tunes of old 

England with the sunshine sexy grooves 

of reggae and lovers’ rock, forging a 

truly original synthesis from their farflung 

musical roots. Renowned as one of 

the freshest, funkiest acts on the circuit, 

they are the ultimate festival party band. 

478 

English String Band features a handpicked 

selection of pedigree traditional 

English String players for dancing or 

listening including members of such 

seminal dance bands as Old Swan 

Band, New Victory Band, Grand Union, 

Katie’s Quartet and Old Hat Band. 370, 

430, 538, 587, 639, 690, 768, 810, 823 

Ewan McLennan picked up last year’s 

BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award based on 

his skillful performances of traditional 

song and insightful self-penned songs. A 

consummate guitarist to boot, his latest 

CD The Last Bird To Sing has met with 

widespread critical acclaim. 455, 475 

Exmouth Shanty Men ‘The biggest 

buoy band in the West’. A more 

raggedy-arsed gaggle of rascals you are 

never likely to meet! They appear on 

stage looking as though they have just 

stepped ashore after a 9 month voyage 

around Cape Horn, their garments 

threadbare and their hats battered, but 

this crew sings some of the finest sea 

songs with passion and gusto. 213, 250, 

C208 

The False Beards feature multiinstrumentalist 

Ben Mandelson and a 

guitar-toting fRoots editor Ian Anderson 

reworking early blues and country songs 

and a few traditional English songs with 

the odd foray into the realms of psychfolk. 

341, 368 

Fay Hield is a noted singer of traditional 

song who will deliver song talks this 

week, appear solo and with Jon Boden 

as well as being a guest of Martin 

Simpson. 410, 689 

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party sees 

this unadorned traditional singer 

performing lesser known traditional 

songs with a stellar supporting 

cast: Andy Cutting (diatonic accordion, 

melodeon), Rob Harbron (English 

Concertina, fiddle, vocals), Sam 

Sweeney (fiddle, viola, cello, nyckel - 

harpa, vocals) and Jon Boden (fiddle, 

guitar). 557 

Fee Lock is a dance caller and MC who 

is also secretary of The Morris Federation. 

215, 315, 517, 567, 624, 650, 842 

Fiddler’s Elbow is a traditional dance 

band based in the North East of 

England. Based around the core of 

experienced caller/fiddler Robin Dunn 

and pianist Sue Morgan, with other 

musicians completing the line up, their 

music is generally a fiddle heavy mix of 

Northumbrian, Scottish and New 

England traditional styles. 447, 480, 532, 

580, 632, 682, 780, 801, 837, 855 

Finest Kind are Canada‘s foremost 

vocal harmony group, with an 

exhilarating mix of songs from the 

English tradition, Country gems, 

Appalachian classics, and self-penned 

numbers in their set. 436, 489, 554, 584 

Frances Oates is a social dance caller 

who likes to dance and call a mixture of 

English, Playford and American dance 

styles. She calls regularly at clubs in 

Cornwall and Devon and is the resident 

caller for the Illogan Folk Dance Club. 

111, 201, 326, 347, 401, 502, 582, 714, 

813 

Frances Watt plays and sings and is a 

member of JigJaw. 102, 245, 437, 465, 

535, 564, 636, 664, 739, 765, 829, 849, 

858 

Frank Yamma is an indigenous singersongwriter 

from Central Australian 

desert .An exceptional guitarist with a 

rich, resonant voice who brings life to 

the stories and songs of the struggles of 

the aboriginal people of Australia. 232, 

257 

Gadarene blends obscure traditional 

English tunes, carefully researched from 

Eighteenth and Nineteenth century 

manuscripts, with virtuosic acoustic

Artists 

musicianship, funky beats and loads of 

energy. Featuring: Nick Wyke, (fiddle) 

Matt Norman, (mandolin); Jon Dyer 

(flute), Laurel Swift (double bass and 

clogging) and Si Paull (percussion). 

108, 483 

Gavin Davenport is a fine young 

singer, rapidly forging a reputation as an 

interpreter of traditional song in the 

Albion Band and as a soloist. He also 

plays guitar, cittern, mandolin, Anglo 

concertina and clawhammer banjo as 

well as performing unaccompanied. 

114, 228, 251, 330, 366, 411, 428, 511, 

586, 678 

Geordie Murison is a stalwart of 

traditional song events throughout the 

Scotland performing songs & ballads of 

the North East in his inimitable style. 

256, 354, 490, 505, 590, 789, 863 

George Frampton is a long-time 

Sidmouth regular and the host of the 

lunchtime traditional sessions at the 

Volunteer. 214, 324, 429, 529, 629, 729, 

824 

Gerry Cullen of The Voice Squad stays 

on to join Donal Maguire and Sean 

Corcoran to present traditional songs 

from Co. Louth. 454 

Gillebride MacMillan is a young 

award-winning Gaelic singer from South 

Uist. 653, 685 

Gordon Potts is a Sidmouth veteran, a 

member of The Committee Band and 

Hammersmith Morris and an ever 

popular ceilidh dance caller. 105, C217, 

493, 579, 693, 730 

Great Western Morris are a renowned 

Exeter-based morris side who will be 

starting the festivities by dancing in the 

Market Square on Thursday. 001 

Greg Cave with Nick Ellison mix 

Greg’s contemporary songs with the 

traditional and fiddle playing from Nick 

Ellison. 790 

Hannah Bright is a popular young 

caller and MC at the festival. 355, 478, 

575, 578, 793, 825 

Hekety 

play cutting edge English dance music 

mixing traditional and self-penned 

tunes, Featuring: Jess Arrowsmith 

(fiddle), Richard Arrowsmith 

(melodeons), Gavin Davenport (cittern 

and guitar), Jo Veal (clarinet), Nigel 

Holmes (bass guitar). 779, 868 

Ian Anderson is editor of media 

sponsors, fRoots magazine. (See False 

Beards.) 456, 555, 655, 756 

Jackie Oates, solo singer, fiddler and 

member of the Imagined Village, sings 

with a true nectar-sweet voice, 

delivering her own songs and the darker 

side of the tradition like ‘iron fists in a 

gossamer gloves.’ 458, 554, 678 

Jake Jones and Dan Eccles 

perform the Appalachian flat-footing 

dance style. They are part of the Ryburn 

3 Step organisation. 222, 340, 352, 373, 

448, C413, 606, 669, 678, 706, 747, 762, 

833, 851 

Janet Dowling is a storyteller bringing 

us two ‘Talks & Tales’. 566, 767 

Janet Russell is an accomplished 

singer and songwriter as well an 

accomplished vocal harmony workshop 

leader. She performs this week with 

Sisters Unlimited. 710 

The Jason Wilson Band sees twotime 

Juno-Award nominee and 

Canadian Reggae Music Award winner 

incorporating jazz, Scottish and English 

folk influences over a reggae foundation. 

Both Dick Gaughan and Dave Swarbrick 

feature in the line-up. 778 

Jeff Wesley is a singer from 

Northamptonshire. A retired dairy farmer, 

he has been singing all his life mainly 

traditional songs variety of styles learned 

from local singers. 256, 370, 417, 573, 

690, 785, 863 

Jerry O’Reilly is a Dublin-based 

traditional singer and Irish set dancing 

caller. This week he will be running a 

series of workshops as well as 

appearing at Traditional Nights Out and 

presenting a talk on Classic Irish ballads. 

256, 358, 370, 464, 486, 563, 590, 663, 

764, 780, 838, 863 

Jess Arrowsmith brings us a Can’t 

Sing Won’t Sing workshop for 

beginner/reluctant singers as well as 

being a busy with Crucible Trio and 

Hekety. 610 

Jig Crew are a young Cotswold morris 

collective making a name for themselves 

throughout the folk world. 109, 

222, 427, 442, 477, 527, 547, 570, 746, 

754, 769, 833, 848, 856 

Jim Moray 108, 428, 591, 691, 728, 844 

Jim Moray’s Silent Disco is overseen 

by folk progressive Jim Moray, whose 

latest CD Skulk came out earlier this 

year. Jim will also be MC-ing at the 

Ham, Bulverton & Kennaway House. 373 

Jo May is a percussionist with 

knowledge of different traditions from 

around the world, using instruments 

such as the djembe, bodhran, darabuka 

and congas. 512, 612, 712, 811, C817 

Joe Aitken is a fine exponent of the 

north-east bothy style in Scotland. In 

2004, he was the winner of the 

Macallan Porridge Bowl at the Champion 

of Champions Bothy Ballad Competition 

in Elgin and in 2010 the ‘Scots Singer of 

the Year’ Scots Trad Music Awards. 256, 

370, 505, 590, 772, 789, 863 

John Doyle is one of the most 

influential guitarists in Irish music today, 

a founding member of Irish American 

supergroup Solas, a Grammy nominee 

and recently serving as band leader for 

the Joan Baez band. 491 

John Howson is a musician, singer, 

researcher and designer. In 1984 he 

founded the Veteran recording label that 

is internationally recognised as the 

leading specialist in the traditional music 

and song of the British Isles. John, one 

of the founders of the East Anglian 

Traditional Music Trust and director of 

the Veteran record label, will be MCing 

some of the traditional events. 256, 454, 

590, 654, 789 

John Kirkpatrick is a highly skilled box 

player and one of the most prolific 

figures on the English folk scene, 

performing solo, in duos, acoustic 

groups and electric bands. He has 

established an enviable reputation as an 

instrumental virtuoso and session 

musician, as well as a leading 

interpreter of English folk music. 409, 

452, 509, 609, 651, 684, 709, 784, 809, 

C817 

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Artists 

Jon Boden is a multi-instrumentalist 

and English traditional folk singer of high 

renown. He plays fiddle as part of the 

duo Spiers and Boden and fronts the 

band Bellowhead as well as his own 

songwriting project The Remnant Kings. 

371, 625, 689 

Jon Boden and Fay Hield (see Jon 

Boden/Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party). 

488 

Jon Brenner is the accordion player in 

The Gloworms who will be running 

accordion workshops and MCing during 

week. 229, 331, 360, 475, 528, 678, 742, 

778, 859 

Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell 

perform haunting and spellbinding selfpenned 

and traditional songs. The young 

English alt-folk duo combine melancholy 

kitchen sink drama with a folkcore 

underbelly. 342, 344, 360, 425, 456, 488 

June Tabor is a legendary and sublime 

singer of traditional (and contemporary) 

song. A compelling storyteller – and 

2012 BBC Radio Two Folk Singer Of the 

Year – June joins Martin Simpson as a 

special guest. 

June Tabor & Oysterband continue to 

celebrate their remarkable multi awardwinning 

reunion on Ragged Kingdom 

with blistering live concerts – 

interpreting songs from the tradition and 

contemporary songwriters’ book – from 

P.J.Harvey to Joy Division. A joyous 

collaboration. 788 

Katherine Hurdley & Alex Percy are 

two young folk musicians performing 

captivating music from the English 

tradition on fiddle, guitar and vocals who 

have made waves at the St Alban’s New 

Roots competition. 648, 728, 864 

Katie’s Quartet, led by Katie Howson, 

play gutsy traditional dance tunes with a 

distinctive East Anglian flavour for 

ceilidhs and traditional music nights. 

349, 490, 789 

KEGS are a coming together of 

Newcastle Kingsmen, Earlsdon Morris 

Men, Gaorsach Rapper & Sword, and 

Jake Jones & Dan Eccles. 435, 634, 660, 

868 

Kerry Fletcher is a traditional dancer of 

many styles, from waltzing to clogging. 

She is an experienced dance workshop 

leader and an accomplished performer 

in many styles from couple dances of 

Europe to percussive dancing of the 

Appalachian mountains. 102, 218, 225, 

245, 361, 437, 465, 535, 564, 636, 664, 

739, 765, 829, 849, 858 

Kirsty Bromley is a young singer, dancer, 

teacher and performer of folk music 

within the English Tradition. She appears 

at Sidmouth as part of Laurel Swift’s 

Strike A Match project. 252, 337, 412 

Kirsty Cotter is a fiddler who 

specializes in the music of Scotland, 

particularly collections of tunes from the 

18th and 19th centuries, including 

pibrochs. She has founded the Scottish 

Music department at the RSAMD Junior 

Academy where she teaches fiddle and 

directs Scottish-music ensembles. 424, 

524, 623, 724 

Kirsty Cotter and Barry Watson 

Kirsty is joined by Barry Watson on 

accordion for some concert spots.337, 

483, 578, 586, 823 

Kirtlington Morris dance in a 

distinctive Cotswold tradition, 

reconstructed by Paul Davenport and 

handed over to the village of Kirtlington 

in 1979, when the present Morris side 

was formed. 211, 238, 359, 427, 446, 448, 

479, 541, 570 

Kissmet, the vision of two Indian Sikh 

brothers, are a multi-cultural 6-piece 

band fusing funky bhangra with reggae 

and Western rock beats. 108 

Lancashire Wallopers were originally 

formed in 1981 by students of the 

legendary clog dancer and music hall 

entertainer Sam Sherry, whose 

traditional clog routines they still 

perform along with those of other 

famous clog dancers from the north of 

England. 207, 340, 352, 477, 518, 547, 

562, 593, 736, 747, 815, 822, 851, 856 

Laurel Swift is whirlwind of folk 

activism: musician, dancer, workshop 

leader and composer. She plays fiddle 

with The Gloworms, the double bass 

with Gadarene and is founder and 

choreographer of Morris Offspring. This 

week she leads the Strike A Match 

project appearing around the town on 

Tuesday. 412, 823 

Lauren McCormick launches her new 

CD On Blue Stockings at Sidmouth 

FolkWeek, weaving traditional and 

contemporary songs with spellbinding 

storytelling and enchanting vocals. 628, 

688, 785, 838 

Lebedek draw on their diverse cultural 

heritage and musical pedigree to create 

a unique and fresh sound of pan- 

European music. The four members are 

all masters of their craft, and include a 

Ukrainian accordionist, a Macedonian 

violinist, a Polish/Dutch/Jewish violinist, 

and a pure bred Englishman! 441, 467, 

517, 630, 751, 840 

Len Graham & Jack Lynch perform 

stories for all ages. Len’s extensive 

repertoire of Irish songs covers the 

whole gamut of themes and human 

experience. Known not only for his 

inimitable singing style, but also for the 

breadth of his knowledge of Irish folk 

music. Jack Lynch is a noted exponent 

of the ancient art of the Seanchaí, the 

storyteller of the past. 256, 365, C421, 

522, 548, 586, 672, 770, 791, 838, 862 

Lester Simpson is a talented folk 

singer, choir leader and Folkwaves radio 

presenter who is one third of folk group 

Coope, Boyes and Simpson. Lester 

Simpson will be singing, MCing and 

interviewing songwriters. 228, 257, 344, 

371, 425, 458, 525, 554, 588, 625, 686, 

725, 791, 820 

Lights and Clockwork are a local 

band performing at The Dukes. 258 

Liv Dunn is versatile fiddle player 

accompanying Paul Hutchinson for 

workshops as well as playing in Mad 

Dog Mcrea. 302, 312, 362, 481, 501, 560 

Lori Campbell is a singer-songwriter/ 

guitarist from Sidmouth whose songs 

about pigeons, rainbows, the English 

Riviera and beyond have a natural 

charm. 555 

Lynne Render is dancer and caller 

from Loughborough, with a particular 

interest in American and English dances. 

236, 364, 432, 760, 837 

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Artists 

Mad Dog Macrea blend a unique 

mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, 

bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. 

692 

Madeleine Smith is a popular dance 

caller for English country dancing who 

learned her art from some great 

teachers like Pat Shaw and Ethel 

Anderson. 221, 248, 333, 415, 461, 545, 

602, 644, 715, 745 

Magpie Lane perform English songs 

and dance tunes on acoustic 

instruments, originally based on the 

spirit of a nineteenth century village 

band. Fronted by the voice of Ian Giles, 

all the members of Magpie Lane sing, 

powerful vocal harmonies being one of 

the band’s trademarks. 860 

Mama Stone’s Band featuring Leigh 

Coleman offer up laid back grooves from 

Exeter-based band playing at The 

Dukes. 592 

Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy – two of 

England’s best known folk singers, 

father and daughter –appear in a power - 

ful and moving combination channeling 

the family folk-Jedi force. Martin is 

Patron of Sidmouth FolkWeek. 628, 690 

Martin Simpson Trio sees the multitalented 

singer-guitarist-songwriter 

Simpson with expert support from 

diatonic accordion player Andy Cutting 

and double bass from Andy Seward. 689 

Martin West is the magical creator of 

the amazing torchlight procession 

structures. C202, C304, C406, C506, C606, 

C706, C806 

Martyn Harvey is imaginative, 

energetic caller with an array of stonking 

dances up his sleeve that will goad the 

most recalcitrant feet into action. 451, 

593, 630, 779 

Mary Humphreys & Anahata are an 

enthusiastic and entertaining duo who, 

with some extensive research, skilled 

musicianship and a huge variety of 

instruments have unearthed and brought 

back to vivid life some rare gems of 

English song and music. 488, 553, 605, 

861 

Masquerade are a versatile Kent-based 

social dance trio (keyboard, fiddle and 

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double bass) playing for club nights, 

barn dances, country dances and 

Playford balls. 110, 216, 248, 311, 326, 

364 

Matt Keegan-Phipps is a clarinetist, 

saxophonist, recorder player and singer 

with wide experience of a range of 

genres. He currently plays with Ceilidh - 

ography and Morris Offspring. 412 

Matt Quinn is a young multiinstrument 

alist with The New Slide, 

playing solo this week at The Anchor 

Gardens. 453, 864 

Mawkin have earned a reputation as 

brit-folk’s brightest new guns. Their new 

CD Crow sees a blistering 5-piece band 

fusing folk, world, jazz, prog and rock. 

528, 591 

Maz O’Connor is a young singer from 

Cumbria, one of the most promising 

voices for many years. She launches her 

new album Upon A Stranger Shore at 

the festival. 113, 229, 254, 322, 355, 490, 

548, 586, 791, 838, 863 

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker 

and John Doyle sees three Celtic 

masters of their art combining forces in 

a mighty triumverate. McGoldrick’s 

flutes, whistles and Uillean pipes with 

McCusker’s unique fiddle playing and 

Doyle’s gifts as guitarist, songwriter and 

vocalist. 369 

Mick Ryan is known on the folk scene 

as a fine singer of traditional and original 

material. His folk musical The Pauper’s 

Path is performed this week. fRoots 

described him as ‘definitely the most 

underrated singer in the country’. 657 

Mike Boston is famous throughout the 

land for ceilidh organization, for his 

foolishness with Great Western Morris 

and for terrorising small dogs. He calls 

this week with Mrs Midnights. 001, 101 

Mike Courthold is calling for social 

dances, including several contra and 

American dance events. 208, 246, 302, 

480, 514, 632, 681, 701, 801, 826, 855 

Moe Keast is a singer and story-teller 

from Cornwall. Moe is a Bard of the 

Cornish Gorseth. 240, 306, 353, 408, 472, 

508, 572, 608, 673, 708, 771, 808, 852 

Moira Craig, from East Kilbride, is an 

acclaimed singer recently best known 

for her work with Craig;Morgan;Robson 

who joins Sheila Miller in hosting daily 

ballads session. 241, 354, 473, 573, 772, 

854 

Mollie Koenigsberger 

is a fiddle player in Fat Harry & Melodic 

Evil and plays for dance workshops and 

social dance this week. 201, 208, 221, 

415, 545, 644, 737, 745 

Moltenamba create instrumental 

pyrotechnics with their brand of English 

folk infused with world rhythms and jazz 

sensibilities. 226, 245 

Monster Ceilidh Band play powerfully 

modern and exhilarating roots music. 

Bringing together tradition and innovation, 

the dynamic Newcastle- based four 

piece are noted for quirky tunes with 

beats and attitude. 679, 730, 793 

Monty’s Maggot was formed in 2010 

with Old Swan Band stalwarts Flos 

Headford and Neil Gledhill, Jeremy Tozer 

and Jiggery-pipery’s Carl Allerfeldt, 

playing cracking-good tunes with 

infectious rhythm, gusto and energy for 

English dancing. 567 

Morning Rush are a young Exeterbased 

band playing in The Anchor 

Gardens. 103, 249 

Morris Offspring ‘Must Come Down’ 

is a joyful, energetic and unique 

celebration of the power and grace of 

English traditional morris dance with 

music, singing and stories from Gavin 

Davenport, Becky Price, Matthew Keegan- 

Phipps, Nancy Potts and Debs Newbold. 

239, 547, 617, 678, 793, 803, 844 

Mortimer’s Morris build on the 

treasury of dances from Lancashire and 

Cheshire by choreographing dances of 

their own making. 117, 238, 336, 503, 

527, 562, 603, 669, 677, 727, 747, 822, 

835, 848 

Mrs.Midnight’s is a stompy, rhythmic 

Devon-based ceilidh band playing for 

Friday Anchor Ceilidh and the opening 

Bulverton session. 001, 101, 108, 451, 

550, 650, 839

Artists 

Naomi Bedford has been dubbed as 

‘An English Emmylou...’ by Del Amitri’s 

Justin Currie and is championed by the 

likes of Shirley Collins. Hers is a unique 

voice, reflecting her eclectic musical life, 

including a chart-topping hit with Orbital. 

She sings from a repertoire of dark 

songs, laments & murder. 756, 787 

Newcastle Kingsmen, the reigning 

DERT Rapperlympics champions, were 

founded in 1949 for the King’s College 

rag week in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Widely acclaimed masters of the 

traditional Northumbrian Rapper sword 

dance, they are also expert practitioners 

of the Grenoside longsword dance and 

Royton northwest dance. 340, 406, 446, 

493, 754, 822, 851 

Nick and Mary Barber have been 

running workshops and music sessions 

for many years and the Big Band is once 

again in their capable hands this week. 

320, 426, 526, 626, 726, 777, 821 

Nick Walden is one of the country’s 

most popular ceilidh callers with a long 

history of involvement at Sidmouth 

FolkWeek. 109, 430, 679, 868 

Nigel Close calls for Playford balls, club 

nights and ceilidhs and has taught a 

range of workshops including Welsh, 

Manx and dance technique. He has 

danced for most of his adult life and was 

dance director of the display team 

Woodfidley for many years. 414, 447, 

482, 515, 581, 601, 661, 733, 782, 802 

Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy 

with The Gift Band Norma makes a 

welcome return to form after her recent 

illness. Simply two of the country’s best 

exponents of traditional song with warm, 

distinctive and authentic voices. 489 

Ochre Lane are a South-west based 

four-piece acoustic folk-rock band. 792 

Old Man Luedecke is one of Canada’s 

best-loved and most intriguing roots 

singer-songwriters. His contemporary 

lyrics coupled with the irresistible rhythm 

of the old time banjo plus his easy 

charisma appeal to anyone searching for 

new growth from old roots. 458, 478, 

525, 591, 655, 688 

Otis Gibbs is a grass roots American 

singer-songwriter whose raw strippeddown 

songs speak of real life and 

honest experience. A modern day 

troubadour. 228, 257 

Pat Ryan, long-time festival favourite, is 

an internationally-renowned storyteller, 

writer and teacher and published author. 

251, 319, C320, 417, 471, 590, C522, 621, 

676, 690, C624, 722, 770, C812 

Paul Hutchinson, accordion player with 

Belshazzar’s Feast, will be playing for 

social dance workshops and leading the 

Playford Liberation Front ceilidh on 

Tuesday. 247, 302, 312, 362, 402, 481, 

501, 514, 560 

Paul Midgley Paul, of Hampshire based 

Drum Runners is an experienced 

percussionist and project leader. He 

leads the Street Band workshops 

working towards participation in the 

Torchlight Procession.443, 542, 641, 744, 

834 

Paul Saunders will be hosting the 

Sidmouth Song Slam, fronting Revellion 

and playing for the torchlight procession 

(see Wynndebagge). 671, 819 

Peeping Tom are a popular and 

powerful folk-rock ceilidh band 

celebrating their 40th anniversary this 

year. 479, 593 

Peta Webb and Ken Hall’s singing is 

rooted in oral tradition, based on Irish 

and Brit traditions of unison singing and 

harmonising of American brother duets 

and exploring the transatlantic musical 

links between England, Ireland and 

America. 243, 256, 305, 370, 490, 571, 

653, 775, 854, 863 

Pete Coe has been described as a ‘one 

man folk industry’, combining as he 

does the roles of singer, songwriter, 

melodeon, banjo, dulcimer and bouzouki 

player, bandleader, arranger, broadcaster, 

dance caller, teacher, step dancer, 

entrepreneur, folk club organiser, record 

label boss and undoubtedly more. 254, 

C211, 366, C313, C318, 471, 510, 589, 611, 

646, 691, 711, 748, 774 

Pete Rees is a caller and experimental 

ceilidh DJ with a love of high-energy 

ceilidhs. 117, 325, 479 

Peter & Barbara Snape are a 

vocal/melodeon duo, performing a wide 

spectrum of traditional songs from 

around the British Isles, Expect wellcrafted 

arrangements of traditional 

songs, including songs that recapture 

the atmosphere of the Lancashire music 

hall. 114, 251, 370, 417, 486, 684, 738, 

863 

Peter Wilton is a Sidmouth resident 

and director of music of the Gregorian 

Association, Peter will be leading 

workshops on British Community songs. 

223, 466, 565, 665, 766 

Phil Callery is an Irish singer who will 

be singing at traditional events for most 

of the week and launching his 

Landscape Of The Past CD with us this 

week (see The Voice Squad). 473, 490, 

590, 775 

Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin 

combine influences as diverse as 

English folk music, Indian classical and 

American blues to create a sound that is 

unique and captivating. Using slide 

guitars, fiddle, banjo, vocals, and 

beatbox harmonica, their debut album, 

Singing The Bones, has garnered warm 

praise across the music press. 115, 680 

Pig Dyke Molly, in their distinctive 

black and white garb, perform dances 

loosely based on the collected molly 

dances from the Fens – simple, 

repetitive and with a wayward ‘make it 

up yourself’ approach to tradition. 627, 

669, 679, 703, 746, 747, 762, 806, 822, 

848, 851 

The Playford Liberation Front inject 

new life & energy into Playford-style 

dancing, proving that Playford can be 

just as energetic and fun to dance as 

Contra. 579 

Polkaworks 

brings together the finest talents from 

the world of ceilidh including Gareth 

Kiddier (keyboards), Nina Hansell (fiddle), 

Fi Fraser (fiddle), Jeannie Harris 

(melodeon and shakey egg), Sue Harris 

(hammered dulcimer) and Katie Howson 

(melodeon and harmonica). 117, C217 

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Artists 

Potiphar’s Apprentices, 

named after Charles Potiphar, the singer 

who inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams to 

look for more lost and forgotten songs, 

aim to return some of the songs – many 

from previously-unpublished material – 

to the English community. 252, 339, 371, 

539, 654, 705, 853 

The QP is a six-headed folk/rock/funk/ 

hip-hop concert and ceilidh monster 

bringing together a wealth of influences. 

478, 530, 680 

Racker Donnelly is an Irish folk 

poet, whose verses and songs, mostly 

comic, many commissioned, are 

about ‘Sheep, Smoking, Tennis, 

Oysters, Joyce, Horses, Sex, 

Midsummer, Sport, Christmas, 

Swans, Yeats, Football, Dracula, Politics, 

Goldilocks, Irish Proverbs, English 

History, and whatever you’re having 

yourself.’ 229, 251, 370, C310, 422, 491, 

C421, 548, 676, 789, 863 

Ray Goodswen A popular dance caller 

and former Sidmouth Dance Producer, 

Ray joins us for a final dance on Friday 

night. 857 

Redbornstoke Morris is a Cotswold 

style men’s side based in Ampthill, 

Bedfordshire formed in 1976 with a core 

of around a dozen members. 506, 541, 

546, 660, 747, 762, 769, 779, 827, 833 

Reg Meuross, down the years, has 

been central player in The Panic 

Brothers and The Flamingos as well as 

being a mainstay in Hank Wangford’s 

band, The Lost Cowboys but he has 

subsequently crafted a solo career 

based on his songwriting talents. 

228, 254 

Revellion play European dances, songs 

& tunes from down the ages on 

traditional instruments, They are: Paul 

Saunders (hurdy gurdy, bagpipes & 

gittern), Joolz Webb (shalamo, shawm 

and whistles), Chris Neen (mandola and 

guitar) and Eric Hej (drums and 

percussion). 783, 841 

Richard Jones plays European dance 

music as one of Kerry Fletcher’s 

workshop musicians and as a member 

of Moltenamba. 102, 245, 437, 465, 535, 

564, 636, 664, 739, 765, 829, 849, 858 

Robin Dunn is the caller and the fiddler 

with Northumbrian-based Fiddler’s 

Elbow. 780 

Rod and Frances Stradling, 

members of Stradivarius, play piano 

accordion and percussion for social 

dance throughout week. 401, 414, 515, 

601, 614, 683, 715, 733, 781, 813, 847, 

857 

Rosco are a young Exeter-based folk 

band, playing at the Anchor after highly 

popular appearances there last year. 

249, 864 

Rosie Huzzard is calling with The Ship 

Band. 

Rua Macmillan Trio are centred 

around the talents of fiddler Rua 

Macmillan, a multi-award winning rising 

star in the world of Scottish traditional 

music. He plays with Tia Fyles on guitar 

and Adam Brown on bodhran. 322, 368, 

455 

Rura were voted ‘Best Up and Coming 

Act of 2011’ at the MG ALBA Scots Trad 

Music Awards for their powerful sound 

comprising pipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, 

bodhran, guitar and vocals. The band, 

Steven Blake, Jack Smedley, Adam 

Holmes, David Foley and Chris Waite, 

features three ‘BBC Radio Scotland 

Young Traditional Musician of the Year’ 

finalists. 578, 648, 691 

Sandra Kerr is an English folk singer of 

high renown, playing English concertina, 

guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and 

autoharp. Sandra, celebrating her 70th 

birthday this week, performs with Sisters 

Unlimited. Sandra is one of the tutors on 

the Folk and Traditional Music degree at 

Newcastle University. She will be leading 

the Festival Choir workshops. 304, 404, 

449, 504, C522, 604, 704, 804, C817 

Sarah Coxson, fRoots news/deputy 

editor, will be MCing at Kennaway. 341 

Saturday Sun are an acoustic band 

from Dorset playing at The Anchor 

Gardens. 363, 453 

Sean Corcoran is a member of the 

group Cran, an authority on the Scottish 

Gaelic song tradition and Irish 

vernacular music and song, and a field 

worker associated with The Arts Council 

of Northern Ireland, the National Folklore 

Archives at UCD, and the Irish Traditional 

Music Archive. 369, 454, 491, 571, 590, 

648, 786, 863 

Seth Lakeman is a celebrated folk 

singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler 

from Devon whose trademark bowshredding 

violin riffs, driving tenor guitar 

rhythms, foot-stomping energy and 

charismatic vocals have earned him 

widespread appeal. His songwriting 

talents focus on the history and 

landscapes of his native Dartmoor. 360 

Seven Champions Molly Dancers 

are perennial favourites with their 

boisterous, high-energy dance style and 

choreography. 207, 301, 421, 442, 448, 

470, 527, 534, 693, 822, 835 

Sheila Miller sings and runs London’s 

Cellar Upstairs Folk Club and hosts the 

ballad sessions again this year. 241, 354, 

473, 505, 573, 772, 854 

The Ship Band are a ceilidh band 

playing a mix of original and 

contemporary Irish Scottish and English 

folk music. 105, 360, 487, 687, 825 

Show of Hands celebrate their 

twentieth year as premier English 

acoustic roots duo. Steve Knightley, who 

writes most of their inspired and often 

hard-hitting material and Phil Beer, a 

dazzling multi instrumentalist, have built 

up a huge fanbase. Miranda Sykes has 

been performing with Show of Hands 

since 2004, adding double bass and 

rich harmonies. 115 

Sidmouth Steppers, the local northwest 

morris side, will appear in the 

Market Square on Thursday. 001 

Sidmouth Town Band are a prizewinning 

band performing during the 

summer in the Connaught Gardens. 

They will play at Saturday’s Opening 

Concert. 213 

Simon & Bobbie Ritchie, exponents of 

East Anglian music, play as part of the 

Potiphar’s Apprentice Essex show as 

well as Simon’s step-dancing and 

playing at traditional nights and Bobbie 

calling with Katie’s Quartet. 654, 853 

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Artists 

Simon Ritchie 256, 370, 690 

Simon Loake is a musician and caller 

in Lebedek. 467 

Sisters Unlimited are an established 

collective of strong women singers 

featuring Peta Webb, Sandra Kerr, Rosie 

Davis and Sandra Kerr. This week they 

launching their new CD No Change Of 

Heart. 585, 624, 686, 710, 755, 787 

Skylark & Artforge are a group from 

the Karelia region of Russia performing 

traditional music, song and dance. 001, 

106, 204, 303, 329, 340, 361 

Sokobauno Puppet Theatre, with 

Alasdair Roberts, present Galsohins, a 

mummer’s play from the Scottish 

Borders and Central Belt – a story of 

combat, death and resurrection incorp - 

orating live music, puppetry, shadow 

theatre an ancient Scottish wonder tale 

and carnivalesque laughter. 685 

Somerset Young Folk Musicians at 

Halsway Manor have taken part in a 

residential music course at Halsway 

Manor the week before the Festival. 213 

Sound of the Sirens are a vocal trio 

from Exeter. 492 

Spiers and Boden have played 

together as a duo for over 10 years now 

with a winning combination of fiddle, 

guitar, assorted squeezebox instruments, 

a stomp box and song – ‘a combination 

which sounds like a two-man-one-manband!’ 

589, 693 

Spin 2 are a contemporary folk band 

appearing at The Dukes. 116 

Stanchester Quire are a community 

folk choir from Somerset created and 

nurtured by Folk South West under the 

musical direction of Eddie Upton. 784, 

C721 

State of Undress are a rocky rootsy 

fiddlesome band from Dorset. 790 

Stephen Taberner is known to most as 

the musical director of The Spooky 

Men’s Chorale. Aside from that, he’s 

pretty much just your average 

Melbourne-based singing/songwriting/ 

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double bass playing choirleader with a 

passion for keyboards, drum kit, pygmy 

jam sessions, flash mobs, and 

pointlessly grandiose male singing 

projects. 438, 536, 591, 637, 740, 790, 830 

Steve Hunt is a member of Corncrow 

and MC this week.488, 557, 657, 774, 

823, 860 

Steven Johnston from Clitheroe plays 

uilleann pipes with Donal Maguire and 

Sean Corcoran. 491, 590, 648, 786, 863 

Stick the Fiddle is a folk-dance band 

with a repertoire including English, Irish, 

Scottish, American, Contra, Playford & 

Classical music. 333, 461, 502, 581, 602, 

615, 661, 701, 714, 782, 802, 814, 826 

Stream of Sound, based in 

Stourbridge, perform harmonies from 

around the world, from African gospel, 

haunting Balkan harmonies, ancient 

Georgian polyphony and traditional 

English Songs. 212, 249, C201, 318, 420, 

C421, 520, 619, C622, 716, 763, 783 

Strike a Match Laurel Swift leads a 

cross-genre pilot-project with young 

artists creating performances to be 

showcased across the festival. 528, 547, 

575, 586, 627 

Stygiens are a dynamic young Italian 

traditional music band, playing for 

dancing, who made a big impact at 

Towersey Village Festival in 2008. 245, 

361 

Sue Coe is a step dancer and workshop 

leader who is MCing concerts this week 

and leading longsword workshops for 

children. 251, C205, 339, 471, 484, C407, 

585, C507, 646, C607, 777, C707, C807 

Telling The Bees are an innovative 

acoustic band making a unique and 

original music they call darkly crafted 

folk. Taking their inspiration from 

folklore, landscape, psychedelia, 

paganism, and the politics of protest, 

Telling the Bees mix driving songs and 

tune-sets with haunting ballads. 756, 

778 

Tickled Pink pride themselves on 

providing the ‘perfect antidote to the 

stiff-starchy country-dance bands’. 

Playing traditional English music that 

rocks, they remain one of the most 

sought after bands on the UK festival 

circuit.109, 215, 259 

Tim Edey, winner of this year’s BBC 

Radio Two Folk Award’s Musician Of The 

Year award, is undoubtedly one of the 

finest Celtic multi-instrumentalists of his 

generation – both a dextrous guitarist 

and box player. Technically brilliant and 

charismatic with it, Tim has recently 

toured as guitarist with the Chieftains. 

113 

Tim Laycock is a West Country 

performer of mainly traditional songs, 

accompanied on duet concertina and 

melodeon. This year he sings solo and 

performs his new show Benjamin’s Book 

with Colin Thompson. 440, 484, 551, 584, 

676, 688, 784, C720 

Tom Goodale has gazed deeply into the 

mysteries of the universe and cyber - 

space and travelled all over the world, 

His eclectic collection of stories bears 

testimony to this. As well as storytelling, 

Tom runs workshops in storytelling and 

creativity skills. 205, 240, 306, 353, 408, 

472, C413, 508, 572, 608, 673, 708, 771, 

C712, 808, 831, 852 

Treacherous Orchestra are an ‘undefinable 

collective force fusing people, 

concepts, styles and influences, shaping 

a musical supergroup’ that create a 

mighty Celtic wall of sound played with 

ferocity, verve and passion. 578 

Tyde, finalists in the BBC Radio 2 Young 

Folk Awards, are a fresh new band 

drawing on influences from every corner 

of the British Isles and beyond. 787, 844, 

859 

Valerie Romanin creator of barefoot 

flamenco (Flamenco Descalzo) is a 

graceful and innovative dancer who 

reveals the roots of flamenco dance. 

521, 547, 579, 620, 634, 670, 721 

The Voice Squad features the singing 

talents of Irish traditional singers Phil 

Callery, Fran McPhail and Gerry Cullen. 

Here, they sing in unique harmony – not 

a style of singing that is part of the Irish 

singing tradition. 255, 365

Artists 

War Horse – The Concert features the 

former Children’s Laureate, Devonbased 

author Michael Morpurgo, reading 

from his internationally-renowned World 

War 1 story with moving songs from 

Derbyshire heroes John Tams and Barry 

Coope. 104 

West Gallery Music Association is a 

voluntary group who study, preserve, 

perform, teach and enjoy the sacred and 

secular music and song of west gallery 

and allied traditions. 

Whapweasel are first and foremost a 

dance band, but are in increasing 

demand on the concert circuit, busy 

developing pieces designed as much for 

listening as for dancing ..though they 

have devised a way for audiences to 

dance while remaining seated; experts 

are baffled… 728, 859 

Will Duke plays music and song from 

the south of England on the concertina 

and specialises in the music of Scan 

Tester. He also joins forces with Dan 

Quinn for music for ‘lungs and bellows.’ 

256, 370, 690, 752, 789, 853 

Will Duke & Dan Quinn 256 

Will Lang is one of the best young 

bodhran players on the scene, a past 

All-Britain Champion, All-Ireland Finalist 

and member of numerous bands. 235, 

423, 439, 523, 537, C517, 622, 638, C617, 

723, 741, 818, 832 

Windsor Morris is one of the longestestablished 

women’s morris teams in 

the country with dances based on the 

Cotswold styles performed at the end of 

the nineteenth century. 207, 259, 418, 

442, 463, 470, 546, 547, 562, 719, 747, 

769, 776, 833, 848 

Wren Music Devon’s Folk and 

community development charity based 

in Okehampton bring us a number of 

choirs and ensembles performing 

around the town. 213, 219, 233, 242, 244, 

250, C210, C212, C213, C215, C216 

Wynndebagge has been at the 

forefront of bringing medieval, 

Renaissance and European dance music 

to a wider audience, whilst making them 

laugh, for over 15 years. With ancestral 

roots amongst the Russian steppes and 

French Huguenots and links to branches 

in British television comedy, film, the 

RSC and Music Hall, his influences are 

culturally diverse yet his style very 

English. 577, C522, 819 

Yannick Minvielle-Debat and Steve 

Turner offer a variety of French and 

Breton dances with Steve on the 

accordion and Yannick’s traditional 

singing. 234, 340, 348, 361 

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