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2024 Ticket Offer Deadline
Limited Tickets Available for our 70th Festival2-9 August 2024 for one more week Limited numbers of Adult All-in-One, Bulverton-in-One and Week Season tickets are available at 2023 Tier One prices until midnight on 28th August (Bank Holiday Monday). Come and join us for what promises to be a wonderful celebration, celebrating our musical tradition in all its […]

Thanks, Feedback and 2024 Dates
What an amazing week of music-making and celebration we’ve had at The Sidmouth Folk Festival this last week. Heartfelt thanks to every single one of YOU who participated and made it such a wonderful festival! It always fills our hearts to see this special community of people having such a great time at festival venues around […]

Grand Draw Results
The Sidmouth Folk Festival Grand Draw has been described as a “great success” by organisers, raising much-needed additional funds for the festival. The Draw took place on Thursday evening during the Ham Marquee concert featuring Cara Dillon. The winner of the £1,000 top prize was Kim Brown from Ottery St Mary, whose ticket number was […]

Torchlight and Fireworks 2023
Morning everyone, Tonight the Torchlight Procession kicks off from 10pm along the Esplanade (assemble Glen Road by 9.45pm) concluding with the dousing of the torches and Fireworks off the beach. . Things will be a bit different this year. We’re using low noise (lower in the sky), dog friendly fireworks in line with EDDC rules. […]

Programme Changes (Thursday)
714 10am Storytelling in Song Reg Meuross – taking place in Sidmouth C of E Primary School Hall (not Lower Methodist Church Hall) 728 11.30am Forgotten Lands Song Workshop with Maddy Prior – taking place at Methodist Church (not The Bulverton)

Programme Changes (Wednesday)
614 10am Lower Methodist Church Hall is An Introduction to Kora with Suntou Susso Not Concertina Accompaniment with Steve Turner (duplicated in programme). This is event 664 4pm at the Primary School. C620 7pm All Saints Church Hall is Trunks with Gacko. Under the Bed Theatre are unable to attend, we hope to have them […]

John Gasson Memorial Jig Competition 2023 Winners
𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗝𝗶𝗴 1st – Emma Laister and Jess Searle 2nd – Owain Boorman and Will Allen 3rd – Rhys Boorman and Rosie Butler-Hall 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗝𝗶𝗴 1st – James Cook, Ben Moss and Saul Rose 2nd – Toby Melville, Rhys Boorman and Lewis Wood 3rd – Emma Laister, Molly Pipe and Mark Rogers 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 […]

Programme Changes (Monday)
Morning Workshops at Bulverton / Primary School – a reminder that yoga workshops are no longer happening and any morris workshops previously scheduled for the Primary School are at the Bulverton. EVENTS 465 / 560ENGLISH DANCE WORKSHOPS3.50pm – 5.10PM Now taking place at the Conservative Club EVENTS 466 / 561IRISH SET DANCE WORKSHOPS3.50pm – 5.10PM Now taking place […]

Programme Updates (Sunday)
CELLAR BAR EVENT 349Unfortunately Samia Malik is unwell.NEW RUNNING ORDER:3pm: Brazen Thieves (30)3.30pm interval (20)3.50pm Gwenifer Raymond (70) Event 355 3.50pm Irish Set Dance Workshop now taking place at Methodist Church Hall (same for Mon 466 & Tue 561) Coming up: Monday460 3 – 5.30pm Cornish Dance with Morvran and Carmen HuntUnfortunately Morvran are unable to attend, […]

Saturday Night Update
All events are going ahead with The Ham doors now at 8pm. There will be two way traffic on the road to The Bulverton Festival Carpark so please take care and have a great night!