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FESTIVAL
Festival Patrons: Martin Carthy MBE and Show of Hands
PROGRAMME
Sidmouth
Sidmouth
Town Council
Hotels
Welcome ... from the Festival Director
Now in its afternoons plus blockbuster evenings. Don’t Sidmouth welcomes you to the 65th – another
65th year, miss The Bulverton Big Nights Out, Kennaway great Festival. Enjoy every moment and bring
our vibrant House’s ‘Cellar Full of Folkadelia and Bedford your memories back with you in 2020.
Festival starts Hotel-based EFDSS Presents concerts. Plus all
a new era, our other town venues. Huge choice and superb John Braithwaite
with refreshed quality. Experience that unique Folk Festival Festival Director
branding and a atmosphere across the town, with music and
clearer name, The Sidmouth Folk Festival; ‘still dance everywhere. Environmental 2019
uniquely glorious and gloriously unique’. One This year will see the introduction of reusable
Young people get a special place at our Festival.
of the highest profile folk events in the world, souvenir drinks cups at our bars, no single use
The setting for the Children’s Festival in the
the Festival offers huge diversity to suit all plastics at our catering stands and zero waste
town centre Blackmore Gardens is idyllic. The
tastes, ages and interests. Its scope is unique, to landfill through our new waste management
Youth programme offers the next stage with
stretching from the genre’s highest profile system. Why not bring your own reusable
energetic and challenging activities –never a
artists to a 10 person masterclass, going via drinks bottle and use our Water Refill Points.
dull moment with Shooting Roots!
270 workshops, concerts of all sizes and styles, These are located at The Ham, the Market
storytelling and every variety of folk dance, with
Food is important too, so we have brought in a Square (on the side of the Market building to-
a new in-town main venue. To avoid missing celebrated local restaurant and event caterer, wards the town), in the ‘arches’ on the seafront
out, plan carefully to make the most of what’s the Rusty Pig, as the main caterer at the Ham (at the western end of the Esplanade), below
on offer. Don’t miss the many notable celebra- and extra food offerings at The Bulverton. Drinks the Cricket Ground, at the Campsite and at The
also feature, with our bars serving Gloucester’s Bulverton (in the Garden area).
tions this year – details on the following pages.
Our next era will be as exciting and demanding Wickwar Brewing Company ales, Crediton’s These are just some of the initiatives we are
as the last. We aim to meet the challenge of Sandford Orchards prize winning ciders, plus implementing as we continue to reduce our
our customers’ expectations and developments wines, spirits and cocktails. reliance on single use plastics and to make
in the Festival arena. Be assured though that The Festival is very big and complex. To make the festival a more environmentally sustainable
we won’t lose sight of our unique, special it happen, our many supporters, the 3 Councils event.
Sidmouth attributes: the things that persuade and partner organisations including fRoots,
you to spend up to 8 days in this lovely, EFDSS, Creative Scotland, Hobgoblin and Accessibility 2019
flower-laden town on Devon’s extraordinary Halsway Manor play a vital role – Thank you. For 2019 we have simplified the process for
red coastline, where everyone can create their We are also particularly grateful to our local
obtaining a Personal Assistant ticket and as an
own festival. sponsors – thanks for your essential support. ongoing process we are improving the acces-
I’m really looking forward to The Ham Finally, we rely on our 500 volunteers and the sibility information that we provide. If you have
concert venue programme, our strongest in Core team – thank you too for your time and any questions relating to accessibility please
years – great shows at lunchtimes and in the skills. email access@sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk.
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Old Fore Street, Sidmouth Tel: 01395 514271 • Open all day during Folk Festival • 80-seat restaurant • Children’s meals • Take-away food • Folk Festival Gold sponsor
Sidmouth Folk Festival Celebrating 65 years in style
With over 750 programmed events we Diane Silver direct from North Carolina. The Eye on the Future programming
aim to celebrate this national treasure’s Special shows created for Sidmouth showcases some brilliant young talent
65th birthday in style! Make the festival include: a revisited Living By The Sea with the National Youth Folk
your own – throwing yourself headlong show at the Ham – a feast of words and Ensemble, Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail,
into the huge programme of concerts, music celebrating Sidmouth’s seaside Stream of Sound and our own
dances and workshops with a best value communities; Adrian Williams’ Hey in Shooting Roots.
Season Ticket. Dip in and out of selected the Hay, bringing to life the rural lives
events at leisure and make the most of of the ‘Dixton Haymakers’ painting with And keeping it firmly In the Tradition at
all that the beautiful seaside location music and dance, and a Tribute to the The Woodlands Hotel, guests include the
has to offer. much-missed Roy Bailey. Then there’s wonderful Tony Hall, Eileen O’Brien
Dartmoor at The Seaside celebrating & Conor Keane, Sheena Wellington,
The following daily programme the moor’s thriving traditional music and Harbour Lights Trio and more.
pages are a guide to creating your own dance scene, past and present; The Road
custom-built festival experience. Read to Peterloo’s broadside ballad show and Wall-to-wall fun and activities for your
on here for a tip-of-the-iceberg taster of The Young Uns’ touching musical ad- family take place at the Children’s
what’s special for 2019. venture, The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff... Festival. Enjoy the festive atmosphere
and much more. of Blackmore Gardens during the day,
It’s a BIG birthday for the festival this and head out to the superb Family
week – 65 years on from that very first Big Nights Out at The Bulverton feature Evening Shows before sleep-time!
folk dance event in 1955. But there the incendiary Celtic party sounds of
are a lot of other notable celebrations Peatbog Faeries, local hero Seth Or, ‘now for something completely differ-
to make a noise about too. Born in Lakeman, Anglo-French dance music ent’? A superb programme of
Sidmouth, the wonderful Shooting innovators Topette!! and folk rock left-field sounds at the Cellar Full of
Roots Youth events turn 25 this week. favourites Merry Hell. Make a full night Folkadelia, Ukulele Workshops, Storytell-
Festival favourite Sandra Kerr’s Festival of it and stay on for Late Night Extra ing, New Poetry Open Mic,
Choir workshop also celebrates 25 Ceilidhs and early hours sessions! Sidmouth Horse Trials and Spooky
years. The one and only Token Women Men’s Chorale’s world record attempt at
celebrate 30 years since they got Feel like a dance? You can trip the light the MANCARENA! Don’t ask! Just join in!
together at Sidmouth, with a special fantastic in fun-filled ceilidhs each day
one-off reunion with former members. with the likes of Whapweasel, Banter Have a great birthday week!
Blackbeard’s Tea Party take over and Kirkophany and a New Callers’
Steve Knightley
The Bulverton for a night for their 10th Showcase. Want to try a different dance
anniversary. And Festival Patron Steve style? We have Lindy Hop, Salsa and
Knightley celebrates 50 years since he Indian joining old festival favourites,
first came to the festival with a mega European, Balkan, Scandinavian and Irish
concert at The Ham with special guests. Set! And don’t miss Morris Wednesday,
Dance Spectaculars, Processions and the
Big Concert Names at the Ham this year legendary Jig Competition.
include the debut Sidmouth appearance
Sidmouth Horse Trials
of the legendary Richard Thompson,
just a few months before he celebrates
his 70th year at the Albert Hall. We are
delighted to welcome back the extraor-
dinary English/Irish musical explorers
Flook, Quebecois firebrands Le Vent
du Nord, dulcet Gaelic song ambas-
sador Julie Fowlis and the deliciously
unexplainable Spooky Men’s Chorale!
Folk Dance remains at the centre of
the festival with three in town evening
venues including the splendid Music
Room at Sidholme Hotel as well as three
hour Square and Contra workshops with
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Thursday 1st August
001 7:30-9:30 pm Market Square Welcome To Sidmouth 2019. The traditional informal start to FolkWeek with Great
Western Morris, Sidmouth Steppers, Sidmouth Traditional Mummers and Mrs.
Midnight’s. MC. Mike Boston. Collection
002 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Pre-festival Special Lindisfarne. Plus Miranda Sykes. MC. Derek Schofield. Not
included in All-In-One, Week and Weekend tickets. Supported by Sidmouth Rugby Club
£24/£20 (£12/£10)
Friday 2nd August
101 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Mrs. Midnight’s. Caller Mike Boston. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
102 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Boxwood Chessmen. Collection
103 3:00-5:15 pm The Ham Pre-Festival Special with Ralph McTell. Plus Kitty Macfarlane. MC. Derek Schofield.
Not included in All-In-One, Week and Weekend tickets. Supported by White Horse Café
£24/£20 (£12/£10)
104 4:30-6:00 pm St Teresa’s Absolute Beginners’ Dance Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt and Chris
Church Hall Walshaw. If you think you can’t dance then this is for you! We’ll cover the basic dance
rhythms and steps you’ll need to join in the dances at the rest of the festival. You don’t need
to bring a partner, just some enthusiasm! Beginners. W £12
105 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Jam and Crumpet Band. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
106 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with The Dillyboys, The McSmiths, Scott Phillips. Collection
107 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s Welcome Dance – An American Evening. A fun start to the week with Diane Silver calling
Church Hall American contras and squares. Music by English Contra Dance Band. £12 (£6)
108 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore Welcome Ceilidh with Threepenny Bit. Caller Barry Goodman. £12 (£6)
Gardens Marquee
109 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club. Mic Spenceley kicks off a week of mixed social dance at the
Church Hall Festival Dance Club. Come along and enjoy a fun evening, music by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6)
110 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Welcome Concert with Lady Maisery and The Askew Sisters. MC. Jo Freya. No additional
charge for Week and Weekend ticket holders. Supported by the Royal York & Faulkner
£20/£16 (£10/£8)
111 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Jeff Warner, Ragged Trousers, Alice Jones. MC. Bob Walton.
Kennaway House £12 (£6)
112 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by Alan Austen & Linda Smith. All welcome. Collection
and Faulkner
113 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Welcome To The Bulverton with Banter (9.10pm). Preceded at 8.15pm by dance spots by
Alton Morris, Crooked Moon, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. MC. Michael Catovsky.
Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. Doors 7pm. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £18 (£9)
114 8:30-11:00 pm Bedford Hotel Welcome Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with Damien Barber and Bill
Pynes Bar Murray. All welcome. Supported by Bedford Hotel Collection
115 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Tautas Roks. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Ouse
Washes Molly Dancers. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. £12
Saturday 3rd August Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers
through the Festival Week!
201 9:30-10:45 am St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Join Black Swan Rapper to learn rapper dancing in their unique
Church Hall style. Suitable for all levels including advanced. W £12
202 9:30-10:45 am The Bulverton Appalachian Dance Workshop with Crooked Moon. This first workshop is aimed at begin-
ners, introducing you to some of the core Appalachian steps through a short routine. Taps or hard
soled shoes recommended. W £12
203 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen.
Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection
204 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop. Mainly contras, some squares. Diane Silver will have you
Gardens Marquee dancing with grace and finesse to the English Contra Dance Band. The first hour will be a Back
to Basics reminder of the structure and flow of contra dance. W £14
205 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist English Dance Workshop. Victoria Yeomans leads the English Dance workshop with “Modern
Church Hall British Choreographers” – a selection of English country dances written by choreographers from
the British Isles, all written in the last 100 years or so. Music from Mollie and Dave. W £14
206 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Moulton Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection
Bedford Steps
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Saturday 3rd August
207 11:00-12:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Star and Shadow Rapper,
Windsor Morris.
208 11:00-12:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Tutors Meet Up. All Shooting Roots tutors to attend to discuss plans for the
(The Bulverton) week and for a festival briefing.
209 11:00-12:30 pm St Teresa’s Cotswold Morris Workshop with Five Rivers Morris. Learn a dance from the Oddington
Church Hall tradition in Five Rivers’ vigorous, energetic and traditional style. Beginners to intermediate. Bring
long sticks if possible. W £12
210 11:00-12:30 pm The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Earlsdon Morris Men will be teaching North West Morris
dances, and may include traditional or their own. All welcome. W £12
211 11:15-12:30 pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Ragged Trousers. Introduced by Bill Crawford. £10 (£5)
212 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar The Askew Sisters: Enclosure. Emily and Hazel Askew present songs from their new album
Kennaway House Enclosure. Introduced by Kevin Sheils. £10 (£5)
213 11:30-1:00 pm The Ham Opening Welcome Concert featuring Eileen O’Brien and Conor Keane, Halsway Young
Folk, Star and Shadow Rapper, Sid Vale Folk and Sidmouth Town Band. MC. Barry
Goodman. Free to everyone. Supported by Churches Together In Sidmouth. This concert is dedicated
to the memory of Rev. David Slater. Collection
214 11:30-1:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop “How to learn a story to tell” with Janet Dowling. Progressive,
participatory. For Beginners and Improvers who want to refresh the basics. Bring pen and
paper and something to lean on. Limit 32. W £12
215 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood & Fiddle Workshop. John Dipper will explore how to develop and get the most out of the tune.
Devoran Hotel, Looking at how to make your bow behave and create the sound you want and push the bounda-
Kingswood Room ries of a tune. Improvers / Advanced. Bring fiddle and recording device. W £12
216 12:00-2:00 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests.
Collection
217 12:00-12:30 pm The Anchor Garden Lunchtime Ceilidh with Out of Hand. Caller Gordon Potts. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
218 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore Private Reception for all booked dance groups.
Gardens Marquee
219 1:30-2:45 pm Woodlands Mini Concert with Mary Humphreys & Anahata and Annie Winter & Paul Downes.
Hotel Introduced by Barry Lister. £10 (£5)
220 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room The Life and Songs of Robert Burns with Sheena Wellington. A pictorial and musical look
Sidholme Hotel at the most famous of Scotland’s Makars. It gets behind the cliches of the Burns Supper with
knowledge, passion and humour. W £12
221 2:00-3:30 pm The Bulverton Sing Like A Bloke Workshop with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. We will explore the particular
worlds of sweet and boofy musical sounds which have been our inspiration during the grand
spooky journey. It’s very likely that we’ll do something Georgian, something very foolish, and
something tender-hearted. This will also be the rehearsal for Sunday’s world record attempt at
the largest MANCERENA ever. W £12
222 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop. Maggie Daniel gives an introduction to Irish set dancing,
Church Hall including basic steps and practice of some of the common moves to give a grounding for the
workshops later in the week. Music by The Perfect Cure. W £12
223 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Bhangra Dance Workshop. The first of two workshops on Indian Dance. You’ll learn the basics,
Sidholme Hotel steps and moves, and a dance. Dress colourfully. Led by Avtar Indian Dance. W £12
224 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child. A linked series of workshops
Church Hall about square dance. Today, Ivan will teach and walk through Southern Squares, followed by
Jeremy taking you through some Modern Western Squares. With music from The Linda Game
Trio. W £14
225 2:30-3:00 pm Esplanade to Procession of invited teams along Esplanade and through the Market Place to Blackmore
Blackmore Gardens, followed by dance display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. Teams to assemble at
Gardens the west (Connaught Gardens) end of seafront by 2.15pm. Collection
226 2:30-3:45 pm Methodist Church Start The Week. A Taster Concert with Canaan’s Land, The Weatherbury Quire, Mike
Bailey and Peter Wilton. West Gallery, Shape-note Music and British Community Songs.
£8 (£4)
227 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with SkillicorneMAX. All welcome.
Pynes Bar Collection
228 2:45-3:45 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Give It A Go. Considering moving on from the Children’s Festival or new to
Shooting Roots and want to see what it’s all about? Come along to meet the tutors and discover
Keep an eye on social media for Special the fun, creativity and new skills that await in the rest of the week’s workshops. Bring an instrument
Offers through the Festival Week! if you have one. Ages 12-17. Free
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Saturday 3rd August Keep an eye on social media for Special Offers
through the Festival Week!
229 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Fountaineers. Collection
230 3:00-4:30 pm Manor Pavilion Halsway Young Folk In Concert. Halsway Young Folk is Halsway Manor’s programme for
young musicians, singers and dancers. The participants spend a week-long intensive residential
with professional folk artists, led by Will Lang, to create a festival performance of new traditional
arrangements and self-penned material. £6 (£3)
231 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Hannah Rarity, Jeff Warner, The Brothers Gillespie. MC. Bob Walton.
£12 (£6)
232 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Kitty Macfarlane and Jon Wilks.
Kennaway House MC. Tim Chipping. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6)
233 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel An Hour Or So with Damien Barber and Tony Hall. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5)
234 3:15-4:45 pm Blackmore Dance Spectacular. A brief taste of some of this year’s dance teams with Alton Morris,
Gardens Marquee Black Swan Rapper, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Five Rivers Morris, Moulton
Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Rivington Morris, Star and Shadow
Rapper, Windsor Morris, Toby Bennett. MCs Chris Rose and Graham Lee. £8 (£4)
235 3:15-5:15 pm The Ham Concert with Hannah James’ JigDoll Ensemble. MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by
Hobgoblin Stage Hobgoblin Music £18 (£9)
236 3:50-5:10 pm Methodist Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops for beginners
Church Hall or dancers wanting to improve their techniques. Covering Playford to modern English, American,
and English Ceilidh. Music from meg’n’mor. W £12
The Music Room:
237 3:50-5:10 pm Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto. Suitable for all levels from beginners to
Sidholme Hotel advanced. Over the week, Megan will teach polskas from various regions in Sweden including
Finskogs pols, plus vals and schottis. Music from Chris Dyer. W £12
238 4:00-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Theme Session. Anniversary edition! (age 12-17 years) Make new friends and
catch up with old ones during our birthday themed welcome session! Free
Richmond Room
239 4:00-5:30 pm Playing For Early Dance Music 1. Playing effectively for dancers of dances from the 15th
Sidholme Hotel and 16th centuries. Acoustic instruments welcomed that can blend. Simple tunes taught by ear
in D and G. Music available from July via http://eglamore.wordpress.com/workshop-music/ .
Confident players can progress to the dance event. Led by Andy Richards, Fayre Play and
Helen Richards & Eglamore. W £12
240 4:15-5:00 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Oakenyouth, Rivington Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection
York Steps
241 4:30-6:00 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Workshop for Relative Beginners with Bob Ellis. One of two workshops for those
who can pick out a few tunes on a D/G melodeon but want to develop more fluency in their play-
ing. Progressive but not essential to attend both. Ability to read music not essential. Beginners/
Improvers. Not suitable for complete beginners. Limit 40. W £12
242 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Afternoon Ceilidh with Jigfoot. Caller Jane Bird. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
243 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Alton Morris, Black Swan Rapper, Five Rivers Morris, Ouse Washes
Molly Dancers. Collection
244 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and
Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection
245 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest Ragged
Trousers. All welcome. £6 (£3)
246 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Morris, Toby
Bennett. Collection
247 5:30-7:00 pm Arts Centre Talk and Tales: Lust and Revenge; the passions of the night sky presented by Janet
Dowling. Stories of the Constellations retold and illustrated by Urania’s Mirror in a Victorian
Candle Lit Theatre Box. All Levels Welcome. Not suitable for under 14’s – adult themes. W £12
C218 7:00-9:00 pm All Saints Family Ceilidh with Ray Langton and Adam Courthold. Calling by Barry Goodman plus
Church Hall performances by Jeff Warner and Star and Shadow Rapper. £10 (£5) F £15
248 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Swing’it Dixieband, Tamar, Bad Cat. Collection
249 7:15-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Halsway Young Folk. The final fling of Halsway Young Folk 2019! After a packed day of
(The Bulverton) performances come see the great young musicians perform their last high-energy, fun set! Free
250 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Ivan Aitken calls a fun evening of American dance, all types of contras and
Church Hall squares, for everyone. Music from Wild Ride. £12 (£6)
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251 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore One Step Beyond Ceilidh. Whapweasel invite you to the Sidmouth Ska ceilidh. Come
Gardens Marquee dressed as your favourite Madness song or your favourite Ska hit. There will be a prize for the
best dressed, judged by the band and a signed album awaits the winner. Caller Gordon Potts.
Performance by Five Rivers Morris. £14 (£7)
252 7:30-10:30 pm Methodist The Festival Dance Club. A fun mix of social dance every evening. Come and join in. Mic
Church Hall Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £12 (£6)
253 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: English Dance. A very special evening dance of modern choreographers from Victoria
Sidholme Hotel Yeomans with music by Mollie and Dave. £14 (£7)
254 8:00-9:30 pm Manor Pavilion Dispatches On The Red Dress presented by Rowan Rheingans. Rowan sings to the past, the
present and the future as she unravels an urgent and pertinent message hidden in the folds of a
true story passed down from her grandmother. Introduced by Simon Diegan. Supported by The
Mocha Group £16 (£8)
255 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions – A-Chapella: English music session hosted by The Old Chapel
Band. All welcome. £6 (£3)
256 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs, Alice Jones, Annie Winter & Paul
Downes. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley. Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6)
257 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham Concert with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. Plus Hannah Rarity. MC. Kevin Sheils.
Supported by Sidmouth Cricket, Tennis & Croquet Clubs £26/£22 (£13/£11)
258 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel The Tradition Gathers hosted by John Howson and Dan Quinn with Sheena Wellington,
Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Harbour Lights Trio, Bill Murray, Damien Barber, Tony
Hall, Ragged Trousers. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6)
259 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood
Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk club style with guests Mary Humphreys & Anahata and Mo Keast. Lots of
Kingswood Room opportunities to perform. Bob & Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4)
260 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews), Hannah James & Toby Kuhn, The
Kennaway House Brothers Gillespie. MC. Jo Freya. £12 (£6)
261 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by The Ship Band. All welcome. Collection
and Faulkner
262 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Bulverton Big Night Out with Merry Hell (9.10pm) and Jon Wilks (8.15pm). MC. Michael
Catovsky. Preceded by Halsway Young Folk in Betsy’s Lounge at 7.15pm. Bulverton Big Gig
Ticket available £24. Supported by Sidmouth Hotels £18 (£9)
263 11:00-12:00 am Woodlands Hotel Late Night Stories. Join Tom Goodale and friends for an hour of tales to chill your blood and
make your spine tingle. Collection
264 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Banter. Caller Nick Walden. Performance by Windsor Morris.
Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £24. £12
Sunday 4th August Keep an eye on social media for Special
Offers through the Festival Week!
301 9:15-10:45 am The Bulverton Cotswold Morris Workshop. Moulton Morris will teach two dances from the Brackley
Tradition, including learning how to step and twirl at the same time. All levels. Bring a morris stick
if possible. W £12
302 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir. Sandra Kerr celebrates her 25th year as Director of this friendly,
hard-working and musical choir. Each session starts with a gentle warm-up then begins rehears-
ing this years’ repertoire. Expect a mixture of traditional & contemporary pieces in 3 or 4 part
harmony. Everything is taught by ear so you don’t need to be able to read music, though words &
music are supplied. W £12
303 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club How To Learn Tunes By Ear with Bob Ellis. A workshop for players of any melody instrument
providing a step-by-step guide to learning tunes by ear in the keys of D, G and E minor. Not suit-
able for complete beginners. You will need to know where to find each note on your instrument.
Limit 50. W £12
304 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Rapper Dance Workshop. Join Black Swan Rapper to learn rapper dancing in their unique
Church Hall style. Continuation of Saturday’s workshop- suitable for all levels including advanced. W £12
305 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen.
Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection
306 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Tune Learning Workshop with John Adams (Village Music Project). Tune learning by ear plus
Devoran Hotel, music sheets provided for readers. The north-east of England has been a rich repository of tunes
Kingswood Room and distinctive players. You can learn a few of the tunes and take away some more for later (keys:
D and G). Participatory for musicians of intermediate standard. W £12
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307 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Shaker Workshop with Jo May. Shakers are often more difficult to play than we realise! Come
Primary School Hall and learn some basic techniques on a variety of different types of shakers. Plenty of shakers will
be provided but do bring your own if you’d like to! W £12
308 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Advancing your Dancing – understanding
Gardens Marquee nuances. Once you “get” a few details you can think less and just enjoy the ride. Wilth Wild Ride
providing the Ride. W £14
309 10:00-5:00 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Craft Day. Get stuck in for the whole day, or pop along for a shorter time,
either way, there will be something for you. Come and learn a new crafty skill! Ages 12-17. W £6
310 10:30-11:30 am Connaught Folk Festival Christian Service. Hosted by Churches Together in Sidmouth. All welcome.
Gardens
Keep an eye on social media for Special
311 10:30-11:30 am Church of the Most Folk Mass. Festival visitors and musicians welcome.
Offers through the Festival Week!
Precious Blood
312 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and
and Faulkner friendly
atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection
313 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Five Rivers Morris, Rivington Morris. Collection
Bedford Steps
314 11:00-11:45 am Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, Windsor Morris.
York Steps Collection
315 11:00-2:00 pm Esplanade Massed Dance Display with local, visiting and guest dance groups – all dance sides
welcome. Collection
316 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Sounds Of Modern Scotland. An Hour or So with Hannah Rarity, BBC Radio Scotland Young
Kennaway House Traditional Musician of the Year 2018. Introduced by Bob Walton. £10 (£5)
317 11:15-12:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop. How to tell a story with Janet Dowling. Once you have the bones of a
story, how to put the flesh back on so that it becomes your story to tell. Participatory. Progressive.
Bring pen and paper. W £12
318 11:15-2:00 pm St Teresa’s English Dance Workshop. “Modern European Choreographers” led by Victoria Yeomans. A
Church Hall selection of English country dances written by choreographers from continental Europe, all written
in the last 100 years or so. Musically supported by Mollie and Dave. W £14
319 11:30-12:00 pm Port Royal The Mancarena – World Record Attempt with The Spooky Men’s Chorale. Don’t ask, just
come and join in. Collection
320 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music Workshop. Led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Asso-
ciation. Featuring carols and other pieces from the Rollo G Woods Collection. Suitable for all
line-playing instruments in C or Bb, and singers with enthusiasm. Music provided. Instrumental-
ists should bring a music stand. Singers will find it a help to read music. W £12
321 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops leading up
to a public ceilidh with the workshop participants forming the band. The music played will be from
English sources dating from around 1800. Participatory. Progressive. All levels. Bring a music
stand. W £12
322 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Alice Jones and The Brothers Gillespie. Introduced by Katy Spicer.
£10 (£5)
323 11:30-1:00 pm Kingswood English Fiddle Workshop with John Dipper. See Saturday for details. W £12
& Devoran Hotel,
Kingswood Room
324 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Shape-Note Singing Workshop. What are these Shapes? Beginners and Brush Up, with
Primary School Hall Canaan’s Land. W £12
325 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. A series of stand alone workshops for all abilities. Using poems
and other techniques as writing prompts, participants will be encouraged to write their own
poems in a supportive environment. No previous experience, just bring pen, paper and enthusi-
asm. There may be an opporrtunity to read your poems in Friday’s Showcase Concert. Collection
326 11:45-12:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth. Collection
Bedford Steps
327 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Lunchtime Concert with National Youth Folk Ensemble plus Finn Collinson. MC. Derek
Schofield. Supported by Sweetcombe Cottages £12 (£6)
328 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests.
Collection
329 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with SkillicorneMAX. Caller Nick Walden. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
330 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Black Swan Rapper and Star and Shadow Rapper – two of the
Gardens Marquee country’s finest rapper dance teams go sword to sword. MC Graham Lee. £8 (£4)
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331 1:00-2:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Epic Storytelling Workshop with Mike O’Connor. Moving from ten minute fireside tales to the
epics of folk art. How do you begin to work on ‘big’ tales? Learn how to plan, structure and craft
the story. Suitable for storytellers or interested listeners. W £12
332 1:15-3:15 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Tutors’ Rehearsal.This is a time for band tutors and Stream of Sound to get
(The Bulverton) together to rehearse some tunes and songs for the Betsy’s Bash sessions.
333 1:30- Port Royal Sidmouth Horse Trials. An all-comers event for Hobby Horses, Unicorns, Goats, Morris
animals and other Beasts of Disguise. Canter along to Port Royal for a bit of horseplay. A splendid
trophy has again been created and donated by Aardman Animations, to be awarded to the
Sidmouth Folk Festival Best Beast by Peter Lord. MC. Stephen Rowley. Collection
334 1:30-3:00 pm Rugby Club Big Gospel Sing with Jeff Warner. A great sing-along session, with chorus words handed out.
The joy is in the singing together. £8 (£4)
335 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing.For more than 25 years members and friends of the West
Gallery Music Association have sung to the public in the shelter diagonally opposite the
Bedford Hotel. Join us again to sing and play this lively music. All levels welcome. Collection
336 2:00-3:00 pm Kingswood & An Hour In The Company of Tony Hall. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5)
Devoran Hotel,
Kingswood Room
337 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Song Accompaniment on the Melodeon Workshop with Hazel Askew. A chance to learn
Primary School a song and explore different tools and techniques to accompanying it on the melodeon. Inter-
Classroom mediate / Advanced Level. W £12
338 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Harmony Workshop. Ragged Trousers explore some of the approaches that they use to com-
Sidholme Hotel municate traditional song through harmony and acapella arrangement. All levels. Participatory /
Lecture / Q & A. W £12
339 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Bhangra Dance Workshop.The second of two workshops on Indian dance led by Avtar Indian
Sidholme Hotel Dance. All abilities. Learn steps, moves and dance. W £12
340 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing. A linked series of workshops about square dance with Ivan Aitken and
Church Hall Jeremy Childs. Today Ivan will teach and walk through Quadrilles, followed by Jeremy looking at
squares with unusual choreography. When is a square not a square? Music by The Linda Game
Trio. W £14
341 2:30-3:15 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Alton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly Dancers. Collection
Bedford Steps
342 2:30-3:15 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Rivington Morris. Collection
York Steps
343 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. For King and Country. Patriotic songs, any song concerning royalty or a
country or serving one’s country. Hosted by Colin & Sonja Andrews. Collection
344 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel Music and Song Session hosted by Jon Shapley with Jigfoot. All Welcome. Collection
Pynes Bar
345 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with Newtown Roots Band. Collection
346 3:00-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel The Bashful Boys. An afternoon of music hall songs, monologues and mayhem with Dan
Quinn and Matthew Crampton. Expect the well-known, the little known and the best-forgotten.
Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5)
347 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews), Damien Barber, Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane.
MC. Barry Lister. Supported by Vinnicombes Bakery £12 (£6)
348 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Cigdem Aslan & Tahir Palali and
Kennaway House Gwenifer Raymond. Introduced by Steve Hunt. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6)
349 3:00-6:00 pm Blackmore The 32nd John Gasson Memorial Jig Competition covers Solo and Double jigs with Audi-
Gardens Marquee ence Appeal, Best Over 40 and Best New Entrant categories. Sponsored by Trefor Owen, Janet
Dowling, Dave and Fee Lock, The Seven Champions, His Old School Friends, Outside Capering
Crew, Kerry Fletcher and Chris and Tracey Rose. Judges are Barry Goodman, Jackie Oates, Simon
Newman and Roy Pinder. Entertainment by Banter. MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4)
350 3:15-5:30 pm The Ham Concert with Merry Hell Acoustic and Nick Hart. MC. Kevin Sheils. Supported by Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin Stage Music £16 (£8)
351 3:30-4:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon 1 with Ed Rennie (5 days progressive). A great opportu-
Devoran Hotel, nity to get started on playing the D/G Melodeon! Ed’s numbering system (Rennie tab!) will help
Kingswood Room those who can’t read music. Ed has a number of melodeons available to borrow for the lessons.
The borrowing melodeons are allocated by a lottery, entry tickets available at the box office until
closing time, Saturday 3rd August. W £10
352 3:30-4:30 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots Young Performers’ Workshop. A great opportunity to learn some perfor-
(The Bulverton) mance tips and tricks and get some individual advice on your playing, or brush up on your skills
before our Open Mic events on Tuesday and Wednesday! 12-17 years. W £6
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353 3:30-4:45 pm Manor Pavilion 1918 – The Untold Stories Of The Great War. Chris Hoban takes the listener through the war
in a chronological journey of music and narrative. With special guests Sidmouth Town Band
and a vocal quartet (along with a possible star visitor.) The less familiar characters of World War 1
finally have their say. Introduced by Gail Duff. £12 (£6)
354 3:50-5:10 pm The Music Room: Beginners’ Dance Workshop. Amy Burton leads a series of linked workshops. Music from
Sidholme Hotel meg’n’mor. See Saturday for details. W £12
355 4:00-5:30 pm Richmond Room Explore Your Voice with Tim Eriksen. Come make a noise and get better acquainted with your
Sidholme Hotel voice. The class will move from voice production and overtone singing to solo unaccompanied
singing and shape-note harmony. Open to all levels of experience and musical ability. W £12
356 4:30-5:15 pm Kingswood & Absolute Beginners D/G Melodeon 2 with Ed Rennie. See workshop 1. (3.30pm). W £10
Devoran Hotel,
Kingswood Room
357 4:30-6:00 pm Rugby Club Melodeon Workshop for Relative Beginners with Bob Ellis. A progressive series of two
workshops for beginners who can pick out a few tunes but want to develop more fluency in their
playing and add or improve bass lines. Bring a D/G melodeon but the ability to read music is not
essential. W £12
358 4:30-6:30 pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The Old Chapel Band. Caller Fee Lock. Supported by Anchor Inn Collection
359 5:00-6:00 pm Market Square Dance Display with Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men, Oakenyouth, Star and Shadow
Rapper. Collection
360 5:00-6:30 pm Upstairs at Storyround. An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen. Hosted by Mo Keast and
Costa Coffee Tom Goodale. Collection
361 5:00-7:00 pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session. Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guests Keith Kendrick
and Sylvia Needham. All welcome. £6 (£3)
362 5:30-6:15 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Rivington Morris, Toby Bennett. Collection
363 5:30-6:45 pm Arts Centre Talk: Folk On Foot. You’ve heard the podcast – now join us for the film show. Matthew
Bannister takes you behind the scenes of his award winning podcast. He shares some of the
film footage he’s shot along the way, featuring artists including Seth Lakeman, Steve Knightley,
Martin Simpson and Julie Fowlis, often performing against spectacular backdrops. W £10
364 6:00-7:00 pm Parish Church Folk Festival Songs Of Praise.
365 6:00-7:00 pm St Francis Church Taize Church Service. A service of meditation, readings and the music of Taize. All welcome.
366 6:30-8:00 pm Betsy’s Lounge Shooting Roots 25th Anniversary Party. Happy Birthday to...US! Shooting Roots is turning 25
(The Bulverton) this year, and we’re going to have a party! Take a normal (awesome!) Betsy’s Bash and spruce it
up with unique takes on traditional party games, memories, friends and food to share! Free
C325 7:00-8:00 pm Unitarian Hall Family Story Show with Dave Tong: The Yarnsmith of Norwich. MC. Donna Cliftlands.
£10 (£5) F £15
367 7:00-11:00 pm Anchor Garden Evenings At The Anchor with Adam Sweet Band, Velvet and Stone, Glorious Rascals.
Collection
368 7:30-10:30 pm St Teresa’s American Dance. Jeremy Child calls a fun evening of American dance, contras and squares,
Church Hall for everyone. With music from The Linda Game Trio. £12 (£6)
369 7:30-10:30 pm Blackmore Remember The Drill Hall Ceilidhs? Dance like it’s 1994 with The Committee Band. Caller
Gardens Marquee Nick Walden. Dress appropriately! Performance by Alton Morris. £12 (£6)
370 7:30-10:30 pm The Music Room: The Festival Dance Club. A fun evening of mixed social dance. Come and join in. Mic
Sidholme Hotel Spenceley is MC, supported by meg’n’mor. £14 (£7)
371 8:00-10:15 pm Manor Pavilion The Road To Peterloo. A moving and passionate concert performance to mark the 200th
anniversary of Manchester’s notorious Peterloo Massacre, telling the story through street ballads
and folk songs of the time. Presented by Pete Coe, Laura Smyth, Brian Peters. Introduced by
Simon Diegan. Supported by The Mocha Group £18 (£9)
372 8:00-10:30 pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions. East Anglian Night with Harbour Lights Trio and The Harbour Inn
Crowd and a guest spot by Tony Hall. Hosted by Derek Simpson. All welcome. £6 (£3)
373 8:00-10:30 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Hannah Rarity, Ragged Trousers, Nick Hart. MC. Louisa Davies-Foley.
Supported by Bedford Hotel £12 (£6)
374 8:00-10:30 pm The Ham 50 Shades Of Sidmouth with Steve Knightley and Friends. Steve first came to Sidmouth Folk
week in 1969. In this show he will look back over the last 50 years with songs and guests that
reflect his own musical journey from beachside busker to Festival patron. With Phil Henry and
Hannah Martin, Evie Knightley, Barry Lister, Chris Hoban, Paul Downes, Mike Selley,
Keep an eye on social media for Special The Sidmouth Town Band. Opening set by Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs. MC. Barry
Offers through the Festival Week! Goodman. Supported by Devon County Council, Stuart Hughes, Members’ Locality Fund
£24/£20 (£12/£10)
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CRICKET, TENNIS &
CROQUET CLUBS
Lots of convenient
Town Centre parking,
right by the seafront
on Station Road.
Great food, bar and
music in the Clubhouse.
All welcome.
Delighted to be supporting Sidmouth Folk FestivalSunday 4th August
375 8:00-10:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by John Howson with Eileen O’Brien & Conor Keane, Jeff
Warner, Katie Howson, Bill Murray, Sheena Wellington, Damien Barber, Alice Jones,
Bill Crawford. Supported by Woodlands Hotel £12 (£6)
376 8:00-10:30 pm Kingswood & Folk Arts Acoustic. If you like to play and sing truly acoustically, come along to the Kingswood
Devoran Hotel, Room. Folk Club style event with guests Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham and The Brothers
Kingswood Room Gillespie. Bob and Gill Berry are your hosts. £8 (£4)
377 8:00-10:30 pm Cellar Bar Concert@Kennaway with Tim Eriksen, Jo Freya & Kathryn Locke, Ian A. Anderson.
Kennaway House MC. Jon Wilks. £12 (£6)
378 8:00-11:00 pm Royal York Music and Song Session hosted by English Rebellion. All welcome. Collection
and Faulkner
379 8:15-10:30 pm The Bulverton Sounds Of Modern Scotland: Party Night with Peatbog Faeries (9.10) and OBT (Oakes,
Thorpe, Bews) (8.15). MC. Tim Chipping. Preceded by Shooting Roots’ 25th Anniversary Party
in Betsy’s Lounge from 6.30pm. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £30. Supported by Sidmouth
Hotels £24 (£12)
380 11:00-1:15 am The Bulverton Late Night Extra Ceilidh with Whapweasel. Caller Fee Lock. Performance by Black Swan
Rapper. Bulverton Big Gig Ticket available £30. £12
Monday 5th August Keep an eye on social media for Special
Offers through the Festival Week!
401 9:30-11:00 am Manor Pavilion Sidmouth Festival Choir with Sandra Kerr. See Sunday for full details. W £12
402 9:30-11:00 am Arts Centre Film Show: The Dartmoor Entertainers is a film about the music, song and dance traditions
in the north-east of Dartmoor. It is centred on an evening of Dartmoor entertainment featuring
Bob Cann, The Dartmoor Pixie Band and many others including Bob’s grandson Mark Bazeley. A
wonderful reminder of how things were and the characters who provided local entertainment in
1979. Introduced by Bill Murray who initiated the film. W £12
403 9:30-11:00 am Rugby Club Festival Concert Band Workshop. John Kirkpatrick leads a progressive series of five ses-
sions playing from written tune arrangements. Suitable for players of any acoustic instrument who
are not complete beginners, but no electronic instruments or keyboards, please. The workshop
culminates in a showcase event on Friday lunchtime. It helps to be able to read music, but ear
players will have opportunity to pick the tunes up. Bring music stand and pen /pencil. W £12
404 9:30-11:00 am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop. Ouse Washes will be teaching some simple molly dances featuring
Church Hall vigorous movements, colourful clothing and lively music. All welcome. W £12
405 9:30-11:00 am Methodist Church Shape-note Singing Workshop. Singing from Shapes – Gentle Songs with Canaan’s Land.
W £12
406 9:30-11:00 am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back and listen.
Hosted by Tom Goodale and Mo Keast. Collection
407 9:30-11:00 am Kingswood & Folk Fiddle: Beginner and Beyond with Kitty Greenwood. Just starting out, or stuck in a rut?
Devoran Hotel, Kitty will help you lay the foundations of good fiddle playing. Develop technique and musicianship
Kingswood Room through beginner-friendly repertoire – plus the chance to have all your fiddle questions answered!
W £12
408 9:30-11:00 am Sidmouth C of E Beginners’ Tin Whistle Workshop with Pat Brennan. A progressive, participatory series of
Primary School lessons. Worthwhile to attend all five leading to a solid grasp of the instrument and a great group
Classroom spirit. Bring Tin Whistle in key of D and a folder for tutor sheets. W £12
409 9:30-11:00 am The Bulverton North West Morris Workshop. Earlsdon Morris Men will be teaching North West dances, and
may include traditional or their own. All welcome. W £12
410 9:30-12:30 pm Blackmore American Dance Workshop with Diane Silver. Mainly contras, and squares. Diane is demys-
Gardens Marquee tifying the secrets of shadows, end effects and other tips that make more complex dances not so
challenging after all. Wild Ride will make you dance. W £14
411 9:30-12:30 pm Methodist English Dance Workshop with Victoria Yeomans. The final one from Victoria: “Modern Amer-
Church Hall ican Choreographers”. A selection of English country dances written by choreographers from the
United States, all written in the last 100 years or so. Music from Mollie and Dave. W £14
412 10:00-11:30 am Lower Methodist Beginners’ Pipe and Tabor Workshop with Terry Mann. A basic introduction to playing the
Church Hall pipe and tabor. Through a series of exercises you will start to understand the techniques needed
to play the two instruments, and hopefully take at least one tune away with you at the end! Pipes
provided for the duration of the workshop. One-off. Limited to 20. W £12
413 10:30-12:30 pm Royal York Morning Singaround. An opportunity to start the day singing or listening in a relaxed and
and Faulkner friendly atmosphere with Kitty Vernon and Tim Edwards. Collection
414 11:00-11:45 am Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. Collection
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415 11:00-12:00 pm Esplanade: Wild Thyme Border Morris. An on-the-street border morris workshop led by Sue White. Sticks
York Steps & jackets provided. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced dancers (and musicians).
Collection
416 11:15-12:30 pm Cellar Bar Nick Hart Sings Nine English Folk Songs. Nick Hart sings as much of “Nick Hart Sings Nine
Kennaway House English Folk Songs” as Nick Hart can sing in an hour or so. Introduced by Keith Rusby. £10 (£5)
417 11:15-12:45 pm St Teresa’s Cotswold Morris Workshop. A chance to learn a Sherborne dance in Five Rivers Morris’
Church Hall vigorous, energetic and traditional style. Intermediate to advanced. Bring hankies if possible.
W £12
418 11:15-12:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Talk And Tales: Collecting Devon Ghost Tales with Janet Dowling. This talk is about
searching out the stories, retelling them as tales and being mistaken for a ghost. Plus some of the
Tales will be told! W £12
419 11:15-12:45 pm The Bulverton Appalachian Dance Workshop. A continuation of Crooked Moon’s first workshop, using the
steps learnt in some interesting choreography. Taps or hard soled shoes recommended. W £12
420 11:30-12:45 pm Arts Centre Stellar A Capella. Harmonies from here, there and everywhere, with the madcap singers of
Stream of Sound. For anyone aged 13 to 21. W £6
421 11:30-12:45 pm Kingswood & Youth Folk Workshop with tutors and members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble. Play
Devoran Hotel, alongside the Ensemble and Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron. You will learn a tune from the
Kingswood Room Ensemble’s repertoire by ear and turn it into a full band arrangement. 12-19 years. All instru-
ments welcome. Not suitable for beginners. Limit 25. The Ensemble is an EFDSS programme
funded by Arts Council England www.efdss.org/youthfolk. W £6
422 11:30-1:00 pm Manor Pavilion West Gallery Music led by Mike Bailey and the West Gallery Music Association. See
Sunday for full details. W £12
423 11:30-1:00 pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber. A series of workshops covering
the individual and group skills needed to play in a band for dancing. Participatory. See Sunday for
full details. Limit 70. W £12
424 11:30-1:00 pm Bedford Hotel EFDSS Presents Kim Lowings and Finn Collinson. Introduced by Katy Spicer. £10 (£5)
425 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Mountain Dulcimer Workshop. The basics with Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. Getting the feel of
Primary School the instrument; everyone will end up playing at least two recognisable tunes using single string
Hall and simple chord playing. Dulcimers provided but feel free to bring your own. W £12
426 11:30-1:00 pm Sidmouth C of E Fiddle Masterclass with John Dipper. Participants will be given time to play a prepared piece
Primary School of their choice from the English repertoire. Each participant will then work on their chosen piece
Classroom with John. Participant numbers strictly limited, apply in advance via the website. Spectators are
welcome. Second price applies to spectators. W £12 (£6)
427 11:30-1:00 pm Royal Glen Hotel Poetry For All with Ilse Pedler. See Sunday for full details. Collection
428 12:00-12:30 pm Esplanade: Dance Display with Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris. Collection
Bedford Steps
429 12:00-1:30 pm The Ham Sounds Of Modern Scotland. Concert with OBT (Oakes, Thorpe, Bews) and Ross Couper &
Tom Oakes. MC. Bob Walton. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £12 (£6)
430 12:00-1:30 pm Lower Methodist Podcasts. Podcasting has democratised the media. Now anyone can be a radio station. Fancy a
Church Hall go? Stephen Rowley introduces you to the basics and helps you develop your own podcast.
W £12
431 12:00-2:30 pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition. A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton with special guests.
Collection
432 12:00-2:30 pm Anchor Garden Lunchtime Ceilidh with Token Women. Callers Jo Freya and Fi Fraser. Supported by Anchor
Inn Collection
433 12:30-1:50 pm All Saints European Dance Workshop. Bourrée and Polka with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt & Chris
Church Hall Walshaw. Bal Classics, with variations for more experienced dancers, with a focus on style and
dynamic turns. Mixed level. W £12
434 1:00-2:00 pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Earlsdon Morris Men. Find out about the origins, dances and music of one
Gardens Marquee of England’s best known North West Morris teams. MC. Chris Rose. £8 (£4)
435 1:00-2:15 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band. Join our team to learn some exciting new tunes and
arrangements to take away with you, and work together as one big old funky band to create some
stomping musical numbers for our showcase on Friday. All abilities welcome. 12-17 years. W £6
436 1:30-2:00 pm Port Royal Dance Display with Black Swan Rapper, Oakenyouth, Windsor Morris. Collection
437 1:30-2:45 pm Woodlands Hotel Come Dine with The Harbour Lights Trio and friends. Lunchtime Open Concert with a song
or two from the audience. Hosted by Derek Simpson. £10 (£5)
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438 1:30-3:00 pm Kingswood & Beginners’ Guitar Workshop. Flatpicking with Steve McEleney-Smith. This session will help
Devoran Hotel, you master the basic techniques of flatpicking. Whether a folk, country or blues guitarist, capable
Kingswood Room of playing basic chords, flatpicking is a great way of making your guitar work for its living. W £12
439 1:30-3:30 pm Rugby Club Well Known Tunes at a Steady Pace with Bob Ellis and Jannette Stewart. These are struc-
tured sessions suitable for those new to tune sessions, or with limited experience who would like
Keep an eye on social media for Special a gentle introduction to them. More experienced session musicians are welcome provided they
Offers through the Festival Week! are happy to play well known tunes at a slower tempo than normal. Bring acoustic instruments of
choice.
W £12
440 2:00-3:00 pm Esplanade Shelter Sea-front West Gallery Sing with members and friends of West Gallery Music Association.
See Sunday for more details. Collection
Lower Methodist
441 2:00-3:30 pm Recorder (and Whistle) Workshop for intermediate/advanced players. Finn Collinson will
Church Hall teach a tune or work with material already known by the participants. He will work on folk specific
techniques including articulation and ornamentation and give tips on arranging tunes for perfor-
mance when playing a solo melody instrument. W £12
442 2:00-3:30 pm Sidmouth C of E Playing Reels Workshop 1 with Kirsty Cotter. This pair of workshops will look at how to play a
Primary School reel so that it sounds like a reel. Improving beginners- intermediate or for musicians that are new
Classroom to playing folk music. This workshop will be taught by ear, but music will be available if required.
Progressive.
W £12
443 2:00-3:30 pm Richmond Room Medieval Music for Folk Musicians with Emily Askew. In medieval times the boundary
Sidholme Hotel between folk and art music was more blurred. Come along and learn some medieval melodies
that work well as folk tunes and songs. Open to all instruments. Tuition will be by ear. W £12
444 2:15-3:35 pm Methodist Irish Set Dance Workshop. Led by Maggie Daniel, music from The Perfect Cure. Practice
Church Hall of the steps and moves in a complete Irish set dance. Suitable for beginners and experienced
dancers, no need to have attended earlier workshops. W £12
445 2:15-3:35 pm All Saints Lancashire Clog Workshop with Melanie Barber, Ruth Bibby and Mike Adamson. An intro-
Church Hall duction to the style and technique of Competition Hornpipe Steps. It will cover a variety of steps
and judging criteria and some time for Q and A. Clogs, hard soled shoes. No taps. W £12
446 2:15-3:35 pm The Music Room: Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Megan Hatto. Music from Chris Dyer. See Saturday for
Sidholme Hotel details. W £12
447 2:15-5:10 pm St Teresa’s The Big Square Thing with Ivan Aitken and Jeremy Child and The Linda Game Trio. A
Church Hall linked series of workshops about square dance. Today Ivan will teach and walk through Sets in
Order Part 1 (1944 to 1950) followed by Jeremy developing the moves and concepts used by
Ivan. W £14
448 2:30-3:30 pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre. A great workshop for making new friends, gaining confidence and
having a laugh while working together to create some high quality theatre! Expect games, larks,
tableaux, devising, ridiculous plots, and much more! 12-17 years. W £6
449 2:30-4:00 pm Connaught Dance Spectacular with Black Swan Rapper, Crooked Moon, Earlsdon Morris Men,
Gardens Five Rivers Morris, Makeney Morris, Moulton Morris, Oakenyouth, Ouse Washes Molly
Dancers. MCs Chris Rose and Graham Lee. Collection
450 2:30-4:00 pm Blackmore Salsa: Rueda Workshop with Hannah Moore & Andy Wright. Rueda: The ceilidh dancing of
Gardens Marquee the salsa world – a progressive dance done in a circle with a caller. Slick, sociable and danced to
the irresistible rhythms of Latin America. One-off. Participatory. Beginners. Wear shoes you can
turn in. W £12
451 2:30-4:00 pm Methodist Church Choir Workshop: Out Of The Horse’s Mouth. Join Paul Sartin for “Songs from the Folk
Stable.” The workshops will be progressive, culminating in a showcase performance on Friday.
W £12
452 2:30-4:30 pm Royal Glen Hotel Themed Singaround. Down Under. Songs of mining, underground, anything buried, under the
weather or connected with the other side of the world. Hosted by Colin & Sonja Andrews.
Collection
453 2:30-5:30 pm Bedford Hotel English Country Music and Song Session with Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham.
Pynes Bar All Welcome. Collection
454 3:00-4:00 pm Anchor Garden Afternoons At The Anchor with The Cleverly Brothers. Collection
455 3:00-5:00 pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Broom Bezzums, Ragged Trousers, Annie Winter & Paul Downes. MC.
Barry Lister. £12 (£6)
456 3:00-5:00 pm Cellar Bar fRoots Presents A Cellar Full Of Folkadelia with Owl Light Trio and Ma Polaine’s Great
Kennaway House Decline.
Introduced by Jon Wilks. Supported by fRoots £12 (£6)
457 3:15-4:30 pm Woodlands Hotel Album Launch: Lost Lands. Ben Moss is an exciting new voice reimagining traditional songs
alongside original compositions written to address the challenges of the modern day. Join him for
the launch of his debut album. Introduced by Mike Norris. £10 (£5)
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