main festival programme so far…
richard thompson ● sharon shannon ● dervish ● the east pointers ● steve knightley ● flook ● elephant sessions ● grace petrie ● talisk ● peatbog faeries ● seth lakeman band
Banter ● The Brothers Gillespie ● Camus ● Ian A Anderson ● The Haar ● Jackie Oates ● Jennifer Reid ● Jon Wilks ● The Kimberleys ● Kerr Fagan Van Eyken ● Patakas ● Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band ● Rheingans Sisters ● Tarren ● Sidmouth Town Band
Alan Austen ● Alex Cumming and Audrey Jaber ● Barry Lister ● Bill Crawford ● Bill Murray ● Bob Lewis ● Colin Andrews ● Damien Barber ● Dan Quinn & Mike Bettison ● Ellen Mitchell ● Frankie Armstrong ● George Frampton ● Graham O’Callaghan ● Jon Shapley ● Katie Howson ● Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham ● Kitty Vernon & Tim Edwards ● Peter & Barbara Snape ● Seb Stone ● Sheila Miller ● Taz Tarry
Ean Richardson ● David Heathfield
shows include:
Lady Maisery and Jimmy & Sid – Wakefire
Where There’s Brass – Tom Kitching
200 years of the Squeezebox – John Kirkpatrick
Grace Will Lead Me Home with Angeline Morrison; Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne; Jon Bickley and John Palmer.
Fire & Dust – A Woody Guthrie Story – Reg Meuross, Phil Beer, Geraint Watkins, and Marion Fleetwood
Ceilidhs & Callers include…
Banter ● Bellows & Bows ● Diatonics ● Lasair ● Relentless ● Stepcote Hill ● The Barber Band ● The Gloworms ● Whapweasel
Annie Bolt ● Barry Goodman ● Fee Lock (P) ● Gordon Potts ● Nancy Potts ● Michael Catovsky (P)
N.B. For a Key to the letters used in Caller Listings see Ceilidhs
workshops so far include …
Avtar Indian Dance (bhangra dance) ● Camus (northumbrian pipes & tunes) ● David Heathfield (storytelling) ● Erin Brown & Barry Watson (family sessions) ● Ilse Pedler (poetry) ● Instep Research Team (step dance) ● John Dipper (fiddle) ● John Kirkpatrick (the festival concert band) ● Louisa Davies-Foley (bones) ● Lady Maisery (song) ● Mark Clarke creative making (craft) ● Michael Catovsky (calling) ● West Gallery ● Neil and Meg Browning (Manouche -gypsy jazz) ● Nick & Mary Barber (the festival big band) ● New Jerusalem (shapenote) ● Marit Fält (Scandi) ● Tom Kitching (fiddle) ● The Festival Choir ● Saul Rose (Advanced Melodeon) ● Squeezebox from Scratch (Ed Rennie & Helena Painting) (melodeon) ● Stream of Sound (song) ●
a packed social dance programme including …
Alex Cumming and Audrey Jaber (contra) ● Box of Frogs (contra) ● Confluence (bal) ● Contrasaurus (contra) ● Matt Norman and Paul Hutchinson (English) ● Oscina (euro) ● WillPower (Irish set)
Brian Stanton (English) ● Carol and Kevin Monaghan (Irish set) ● Kerry Fletcher (euro) ● Louise Siddons (English/contra) ● Rachel Shapiro-Wallace (contra) ● Rhodri Davies (contra/squares)
display dance and workshops with …
Belle d’Vain ● Boggarts Breakfast ● Camden Clog ● Catseye Morris ● Crooked Moon ● Earlsdon Morris ● Fosbrooks ●
Gaorsach ● Hammersmith Morris Men ● Pig Dyke Molly ● Sallyport ● Sheffield City ● Windsor Morris ●
with MC’s Chris Rose & Graham Lee
free children’s festival
a fantastic free programme of artists and activities over 7 days including…
Team STOMPIT! ● The Minims ● Sidmouth Mini Singers ● SongSwell Choir ● Crafts ● The Sidmouth Postman ● Mornings at the Maypole ● Sensory Storytime ● Yoga ● Lantern Making ● Forest School ● Teddies Hospital ● Young Performers Stage ● Pirate Princess ● The Sidmouth Pyjama Party ● A Kid’s Summer Night’s Dream
youth festival
with shooting roots & stream of sound
mcs
Alice Jones ● Annie Bolt ● Barry Goodman ● Barry Lister ● Bill Crawford ● Chris Campbell ● Derek Schofield ● Gail Duff ● Kevin Sheils ● Louisa Davies-Foley ● Mike Norris ● Nancy Potts ● Sam Hindley ● Simon Care ● Simon Diegan ● Steve Vernon ● Tim Walker