events take place at a huge variety of venues across the town.
Our interactive map shows the festival venues, car parks and other useful places
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distance between venues
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venues – useful information
All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8ES
This venue is just off the High Street, near the Dissenting Meeting House and Conservative Club.
Afternoon dance workshops and evening Family Shows take place in the Church Hall adjacent to All Saints Church.
The Old School Room is the home of the Youth Festival.
Both buildings are wheelchair accessible.
Shallow ramp access to Church Hall.
Level access to Old School Room.
Toilets
Disabled Toilets
Baby Changing facilities
Parking for disabled festival patrons only.
Nearest car parks are the Rugby Club and Cricket Club.
Anchor Inn, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, EX10 8LS
The Anchor Inn is a family-owned pub, with garden, in the heart of town, just off Market Square.
Ceilidhs are held in the garden at lunchtime and in the late afternoon, and there’s an outdoor bar with a range of local beers and lagers. The Anchor organises its own programme of live music in the afternoons and evenings, and Fringe events are held upstairs and inside the pub.
The Garden entrance is located to the left of the pub building.
There is level access to the garden and outdoor bar, which is mainly tarmacked with some steep/rough areas.
Upstairs access is via steep staircase.
Outside seating and bar.
Disabled toilets in the pub with level access.
No car park or any parking available.
Nearest car parks are Ham West, Bedford Lawn, Roxburgh Short Stay.
Manor Pavilion & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8RP
In the heart of town, and adjoining the Manor Pavilion theatre, the ground-floor Arts Centre is home to talks, concerts and workshops.
Talks, concerts and workshops.
The Arts Centre is located at the Corner of Station Road and Manor Road. There is Flat access from side path from Manor Road, or two steps and sloped front path, from Station Road side. Manor Road is an inclined road.
Bar, Toilets and Disabled toilets at Manor Pavilion Theatre, which is accessed via the side path to Manor Road then into the main entrance foyer of the theatre.
No car park or any parking available.
Nearest car parks are Manor Pavilion Car park, Bedford Lawn Car Park.
Blackmore Gardens, Blackmore Drive, Sidmouth, EX10 8LQ
Blackmore Gardens is a park right in the town centre, just off the High Street.
Blackmore Gardens Marquee hosts morning Folk Dance workshops and evening ceilidhs with open access Dance Displays and Workshops in the afternoons. Also Craft Fair, Music Fair, Bar and Catering with street theatre, processions and pop-ups. Peacock Lawn, home of the Children’s Festival, is adjacent to Blackmore Gardens.
Enter from Blackmore Drive or through parish churchyard. Access over grass/trackway to venue spaces, small curbs from pavement to grass.
Bar, food stalls, seating, toilets including accessible toilets, craft & music stands
No car park or any parking available.
Nearest car parks are Rugby Club, Cricket Club, Roxburgh Short Stay.
In a field off Station Road, Sidmouth, EX10 9DW
It is a large Marquee at the top end of a sloped field, opposite the Festival Campsite. Betsy’s Bar is in the adjoining marquee. There is a campfire area outside. The field has two entrances; one opposite the Festival Car Park and one by foot up through the field from Station Road, opposite the Campsite.
The Bulverton is a standing venue that hosts high energy Roots events, Late Night Extra ceilidhs and daytime workshops. Betsy’s Bar is in the adjoining marquee. There is a campfire area outside hosting storytelling and sessions.
The entrance for patrons walking from Station Road is a steep walk over a grass field. There is flat access over trackway from paved entrance next to the Festival Car Park. The festival car park is NOT suitable for anyone with mobility issues because the walk to the bus stop is uneven and sloping.
The Bulverton is about 1.5 miles (uphill, about 40 mins walk) from The Ham on the Sea Front. By far the best way to get there is the Festival Bus service. Walking on the road to the Bulverton can be hazardous, especially in the dark. Please do consider the route that you take, as the main road by the Campsite is busy and doesn’t have a pavement for half a kilometre.
Festival Bus Service: The Bus runs all day between the Bulve