The grass-roots heart of the Festival is In The Tradition series.
A programme of intimate acoustic performances, sessions, singarounds, stories and talks, plus our daily Traditional Nights Out, hosted by Dan Quinn & Mike Bettison, and the brilliant Festival Folk Club called Folk Arts Acoustic.
FIRST NAMES ON THE BILL INCLUDE…
Chris Foster, Christine Kydd, Jack Lynch & Len Graham, Jill Pidd, Mossy Christian & Megan Wisdon, Sara Grey, Seb Stone, Taffy Thomas, Thomas McCarthy, Vic Legg
and returning regulars including Paul Downes & Annie Winter, Katie Howson, Sheila Miller & Moira Craig, Colin Andrews with Des & Maggie Redwood, Kitty Vernon & Tim Edwards and Bill Crawford.
And a full week of Talks and Presentations including Doc Rowe, Peter & Barbara Snape, Lucy Wright, Martin Graebe, Eddie Upton, Janet Dowling, Michael Heaney, Chris Foster (Icelandic rímur) and many more