Sidmouth Folk Festival
@sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
A week-long annual folk festival, held in August (31 Jul - 7 Aug 2026), featuring concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, top bands, late-night dancing, sessions & more!
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Anyone else missing the Bulverton campfire sessions at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
Only 9 months to go before you can do it all over again..
This clip is from the 2023 festival which we found in our archives whilst searching for live sidmouth recordings for inclusion in our next show..
Only 9 months to go before you can do it all over again..
This clip is from the 2023 festival which we found in our archives whilst searching for live sidmouth recordings for inclusion in our next show..
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Anyone else missing the Bulverton campfire sessions at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
Only 9 months to go before you can do it all over again..
This clip is from the 2023 festival which we found in our archives whilst searching for live sidmouth recordings for inclusion in our next show..
Only 9 months to go before you can do it all over again..
This clip is from the 2023 festival which we found in our archives whilst searching for live sidmouth recordings for inclusion in our next show..
London friends! Join @thenestcollective.bsky.social for an alternative Bonfire Night celebration with performances from Luke Wallace, Mandalakia and more ✨
📍Cody Dock London
📅 8th Nov, 7pm - 10:30pm thenestcollective.co.uk/events/campf...
📍Cody Dock London
📅 8th Nov, 7pm - 10:30pm thenestcollective.co.uk/events/campf...
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
London friends! Join @thenestcollective.bsky.social for an alternative Bonfire Night celebration with performances from Luke Wallace, Mandalakia and more ✨
📍Cody Dock London
📅 8th Nov, 7pm - 10:30pm thenestcollective.co.uk/events/campf...
📍Cody Dock London
📅 8th Nov, 7pm - 10:30pm thenestcollective.co.uk/events/campf...
Sending all good wishes to our festival patron Martin Carthy for the Mercury Prize tonight! We'll be tuning in from 9.30pm. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sending all good wishes to our festival patron Martin Carthy for the Mercury Prize tonight! We'll be tuning in from 9.30pm. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
We're so excited to be heading back on the road again. The ritual of winter song making and sharing is a huge part of who we are. We hope some of these songs can become part of your traditions too!
Tickets available from www.janandjon.com/live
We're so excited to be heading back on the road again. The ritual of winter song making and sharing is a huge part of who we are. We hope some of these songs can become part of your traditions too!
Tickets available from www.janandjon.com/live
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
We're so excited to be heading back on the road again. The ritual of winter song making and sharing is a huge part of who we are. We hope some of these songs can become part of your traditions too!
Tickets available from www.janandjon.com/live
We're so excited to be heading back on the road again. The ritual of winter song making and sharing is a huge part of who we are. We hope some of these songs can become part of your traditions too!
Tickets available from www.janandjon.com/live
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This week's Classic Folk is now live, and includes:
Runrig
@samsweeney.bsky.social
@theyounguns.bsky.social
@winterwilson.bsky.social
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick
Peter & Barbara Snape with Poppy Weatherall
and many more
www.efdss.org/listen
Runrig
@samsweeney.bsky.social
@theyounguns.bsky.social
@winterwilson.bsky.social
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick
Peter & Barbara Snape with Poppy Weatherall
and many more
www.efdss.org/listen
Listen: Classic Folk
Classic Folk with Mike Norris
Classic Folk is unique.
It mines a rich seam of wonderful folk and roots music and song from around 75 years of recordings.
From the great source singers to the legends o...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This week's Classic Folk is now live, and includes:
Runrig
@samsweeney.bsky.social
@theyounguns.bsky.social
@winterwilson.bsky.social
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick
Peter & Barbara Snape with Poppy Weatherall
and many more
www.efdss.org/listen
Runrig
@samsweeney.bsky.social
@theyounguns.bsky.social
@winterwilson.bsky.social
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick
Peter & Barbara Snape with Poppy Weatherall
and many more
www.efdss.org/listen
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Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!
@comesingitplain.bsky.social
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@comesingitplain.bsky.social
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Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2025
In a pleasantly surprising turn of events, the Mercury Prize has included folk legend Martin Carthy’s latest album, “Transform Me Then Into A Fish,” on its 2025 shortlist, making the 84-year-old music...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!
@comesingitplain.bsky.social
@klofmag.com
klofmag.com/2025/09/mart...
@comesingitplain.bsky.social
@klofmag.com
klofmag.com/2025/09/mart...
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Applications now open to professional folk artists at all stages of their careers wanting to spend a week with our friends at Halsway Manor, with accommodation and all meals included - to write, rehearse, recharge, relax, and be creative.
Apply now:
www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/open-h...
Apply now:
www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/open-h...
Halsway Manor Open House
Once again we’re opening our doors to professional folk artists* at all stages of their careers wanting a place to write, rehearse, recharge, relax, and be creative. We’re offering full [...]
www.halswaymanor.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Applications now open to professional folk artists at all stages of their careers wanting to spend a week with our friends at Halsway Manor, with accommodation and all meals included - to write, rehearse, recharge, relax, and be creative.
Apply now:
www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/open-h...
Apply now:
www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/open-h...
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We had the best time @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
Great to have @thehaarband.bsky.social with us this year performing a show on Sat 2nd Aug, 8pm at Manor Pavilion. Tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/sidmo...
September 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We had the best time @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
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Announcing those awarded an Alan James Creative Bursary this year!
Six projects have been chosen to receive support for their creative research and development for new folk music and/or dance projects
Find out more about the artists and the projects they will be working on: bit.ly/4g7DReX
Six projects have been chosen to receive support for their creative research and development for new folk music and/or dance projects
Find out more about the artists and the projects they will be working on: bit.ly/4g7DReX
Alan James Bursaries awarded for 2025
The EFDSS Creative Bursary and Residency Programme, now in its 13th year, aims to support artists in exploring new creative ideas inspired by and sourced from traditional folk music relating to Englan...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Announcing those awarded an Alan James Creative Bursary this year!
Six projects have been chosen to receive support for their creative research and development for new folk music and/or dance projects
Find out more about the artists and the projects they will be working on: bit.ly/4g7DReX
Six projects have been chosen to receive support for their creative research and development for new folk music and/or dance projects
Find out more about the artists and the projects they will be working on: bit.ly/4g7DReX
Limited numbers of Unisex, sculpted and child sizes of our Festival T-shirts and a handful of hoodies are now available from our online merch store + DVD of A Small Quiet English Town. Perfect for keeping the festival memories going through the Autumn months.
www.tickettailor.com/events/sidmo...
www.tickettailor.com/events/sidmo...
September 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Limited numbers of Unisex, sculpted and child sizes of our Festival T-shirts and a handful of hoodies are now available from our online merch store + DVD of A Small Quiet English Town. Perfect for keeping the festival memories going through the Autumn months.
www.tickettailor.com/events/sidmo...
www.tickettailor.com/events/sidmo...
Share Your Thoughts on Sidmouth Folk Festival
We hope you enjoyed every magical moment at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025 and we’d love to hear your thoughts!
Please give feedback here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SidmouthFo...
(Deadline Monday 22nd September).
Thank you for your time and support.
We hope you enjoyed every magical moment at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025 and we’d love to hear your thoughts!
Please give feedback here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SidmouthFo...
(Deadline Monday 22nd September).
Thank you for your time and support.
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Share Your Thoughts on Sidmouth Folk Festival
We hope you enjoyed every magical moment at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025 and we’d love to hear your thoughts!
Please give feedback here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SidmouthFo...
(Deadline Monday 22nd September).
Thank you for your time and support.
We hope you enjoyed every magical moment at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025 and we’d love to hear your thoughts!
Please give feedback here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SidmouthFo...
(Deadline Monday 22nd September).
Thank you for your time and support.
Another Sidmouth special on Mainly Folk tonight thanks to Bev Harris. Features on The Haar and Track Dogs. Tune in from 8-10pm or listen now via mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/bevharris399...
Brooklands Radio Mainly Folk September 2025 Sidmouth Interviews #1
2025 Sidmouth Folk Festival was a vintage year and we have some great souvenirs.
In the first hour we talk to all four members of The Haar just before an outstanding performance at the Manor Pavilion....
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September 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Another Sidmouth special on Mainly Folk tonight thanks to Bev Harris. Features on The Haar and Track Dogs. Tune in from 8-10pm or listen now via mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/bevharris399...
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This is why we love and promote the @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
A short clip from last years Bulverton late night ceilidhs - great vibe, great music and great people! & cheap craft ales.
Plus the chance to shine musically at the campfire sessions in a yurt on top of the hill.
<3 Bulverton lates
A short clip from last years Bulverton late night ceilidhs - great vibe, great music and great people! & cheap craft ales.
Plus the chance to shine musically at the campfire sessions in a yurt on top of the hill.
<3 Bulverton lates
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is why we love and promote the @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
A short clip from last years Bulverton late night ceilidhs - great vibe, great music and great people! & cheap craft ales.
Plus the chance to shine musically at the campfire sessions in a yurt on top of the hill.
<3 Bulverton lates
A short clip from last years Bulverton late night ceilidhs - great vibe, great music and great people! & cheap craft ales.
Plus the chance to shine musically at the campfire sessions in a yurt on top of the hill.
<3 Bulverton lates
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For @thequietus.com today, I wrote an essay about why we should stop scoffing about morris dancing, and instead view it as something radical, transgressive, and powerful enough to completely alter one's brain
In Defense of the Progressive Power of Morris Dancing
Cecil Sharp spent the Christmas of 1899 unwell. Recuperating in a cottage on the outskirts of Oxford, the mental fug of the lingering illness must have intensified the strangeness of what he saw throu...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
For @thequietus.com today, I wrote an essay about why we should stop scoffing about morris dancing, and instead view it as something radical, transgressive, and powerful enough to completely alter one's brain
This year's official photos are now live on Kyle Baker Photography & Videography's website. Have a look and relive those festival vibes!
Some stunning shots in there from Kyle and Pete - absolute masters! Huge thanks for another great year. www.kylebakerphotography.com/sidmouth-fol...
Some stunning shots in there from Kyle and Pete - absolute masters! Huge thanks for another great year. www.kylebakerphotography.com/sidmouth-fol...
Kyle Baker Photography & Videography | AERIAL
Sidmouth Folk Festival official photos. Folk Fest Photos. Sidmouth Photos. Sidmouth Folk week. Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This year's official photos are now live on Kyle Baker Photography & Videography's website. Have a look and relive those festival vibes!
Some stunning shots in there from Kyle and Pete - absolute masters! Huge thanks for another great year. www.kylebakerphotography.com/sidmouth-fol...
Some stunning shots in there from Kyle and Pete - absolute masters! Huge thanks for another great year. www.kylebakerphotography.com/sidmouth-fol...
Join us next year 31st July - 7 August 2026.
A limited number of season tickets are now on sale (online only) at 2025 Super Early bird rates. This is the lowest these tickets will be. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets/
A limited number of season tickets are now on sale (online only) at 2025 Super Early bird rates. This is the lowest these tickets will be. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets/
August 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Join us next year 31st July - 7 August 2026.
A limited number of season tickets are now on sale (online only) at 2025 Super Early bird rates. This is the lowest these tickets will be. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets/
A limited number of season tickets are now on sale (online only) at 2025 Super Early bird rates. This is the lowest these tickets will be. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets/
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Finally I've got a kid as excited by @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social as I was the first time I discovered it in 1999 ... I love the fact that they keep on trying to tell me things like there's a ceilidh in the ford or that such and such is playing at the LNE.
It's like that 25 years never happened!
It's like that 25 years never happened!
August 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Finally I've got a kid as excited by @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social as I was the first time I discovered it in 1999 ... I love the fact that they keep on trying to tell me things like there's a ceilidh in the ford or that such and such is playing at the LNE.
It's like that 25 years never happened!
It's like that 25 years never happened!
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Unexpected fun flash mob morris at the Radford Inn @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
From the Hammersmith Morris Dancers
From the Hammersmith Morris Dancers
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Unexpected fun flash mob morris at the Radford Inn @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
From the Hammersmith Morris Dancers
From the Hammersmith Morris Dancers
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Pig Dyke Molly takes Sidmouth!
Huge thank you to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social it was an absolute honour.
Pictures/videos to come soon!
Huge thank you to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social it was an absolute honour.
Pictures/videos to come soon!
August 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pig Dyke Molly takes Sidmouth!
Huge thank you to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social it was an absolute honour.
Pictures/videos to come soon!
Huge thank you to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social it was an absolute honour.
Pictures/videos to come soon!
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Venue hopping catch up from Thursday with Tarren @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
Wi-Fi is at a premium in the town. So we’ve been sporadic with our posts this week…
Wi-Fi is at a premium in the town. So we’ve been sporadic with our posts this week…
August 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Venue hopping catch up from Thursday with Tarren @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
Wi-Fi is at a premium in the town. So we’ve been sporadic with our posts this week…
Wi-Fi is at a premium in the town. So we’ve been sporadic with our posts this week…
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Catching up on this weeks video highlights which we captured of the shows & performances we’ve seen at the @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social @regmeuross.bsky.social @marionfleetwood.bsky.social phil beer & geraint watkins
A Woody Guthrie story - fire and dust.
A Woody Guthrie story - fire and dust.
August 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Catching up on this weeks video highlights which we captured of the shows & performances we’ve seen at the @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social @regmeuross.bsky.social @marionfleetwood.bsky.social phil beer & geraint watkins
A Woody Guthrie story - fire and dust.
A Woody Guthrie story - fire and dust.
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Three of the Morris sides which danced at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social on Thursday 7 Aug 2015: Sheffield City Morris, Belle D' Vain Morris and Hammersmith Morris.
But are The Smiffs slowing down?!
youtu.be/QpBJ8FgTk10?...
But are The Smiffs slowing down?!
youtu.be/QpBJ8FgTk10?...
Three Morris sides at Sidmouth FF 2025
YouTube video by The Morris Federation
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August 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Three of the Morris sides which danced at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social on Thursday 7 Aug 2015: Sheffield City Morris, Belle D' Vain Morris and Hammersmith Morris.
But are The Smiffs slowing down?!
youtu.be/QpBJ8FgTk10?...
But are The Smiffs slowing down?!
youtu.be/QpBJ8FgTk10?...
Final call for merch today. Go grab yourself some festival goodies from our stall in Blackmore Gardens or from outside The Ham.
August 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Final call for merch today. Go grab yourself some festival goodies from our stall in Blackmore Gardens or from outside The Ham.