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Culture Recovery Fund Update
The Sidmouth Folk Festival is to receive £97,250 from the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund. The Festival is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The funding awarded is from a £400 million pot which was held back last year […]
Special McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle Online Show
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle have recorded a very special show to be streamed straight to your laptop, tablet or TV on 31st March. Following on from their successful Christmas tour the trio will perform some old favourites that anyone who has seen them in the flesh will recognise. Best known for their […]
Your Views Matter – Have your Say!
As the days grow brighter and longer, it seems we can begin to see the light at the end of the very long and dark COVID-shaped tunnel with the rollout of the vaccine programme, the increase in immunity and the reduction in infection rates. Our minds are turned once again to the hope of festival […]
The Chris Smither Streaming Global Tour
We are proud to partner with the brilliant Chris Smither to bring you access to a special livestream performance on 13, 20 & 27 March! Tickets are $20 and on sale now here. A portion of each ticket sold benefits The Sidmouth Folk Festival. 13 March (8:30pm ET 48-hour replay window) – LEAVE THE LIGHT […]
Season’s Greetings From Sidmouth
Warm seasons greetings from all at The Sidmouth Folk Festival HQ. We hope you can all hunker down safely and enjoy some festive calm after such a torrid year. We are all hopeful that the vaccine rollout will mean that we can start to genuinely look forward to a more positive 2021. We are all […]
Online Festival Choir Gatherings
A message from our lovely festival choir coordinator Sandra Kerr… Dear Friends Once again, the Sidmouth Festival Choir is going to gather, via Zoom, for a lovely breathy, stretchy, round-y warm up and a sing through of some of our repertoire. The sessions will be on Monday mornings, 30th November at 11am and 7th December. […]
Special Matthew Byrne Concert
The Sidmouth Folk Festival is very pleased to present award-winning traditional singer and guitarist Matthew Byrne (Canada) for a very special live-streamed performance on 21st November at 8pm. Tickets are available now through Matthew’s website here. Ticket-holders will receive an exclusive link to the live stream. This show is part of a very unique digital “tour” […]
Lifeline grant from Culture Recovery Fund
We are delighted to announce that the festival has been awarded a grant as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we have a sustainable future. The Sidmouth Folk Festival is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the […]
Taking a Breath
Many thanks to everyone who has supported us since the cancellation of this year’s festival. That’s ticket holders who have rolled over their tickets to next year, all those who have donated and the hundreds who have joined in the Crowdfunding campaign with pledges. Sincere thanks to all the artists, sponsors, businesses and others who […]
£100,000!! Amazing!
Many thanks to everyone who has supported us since the cancellation of this year’s festival. That’s ticket holders who haverolled over their tickets to next year, all those who have donated andthe hundreds who have joined in the Crowdfunding campaign. Sincerethanks to all the artists, businesses and others who have offered ahuge range of Rewards. […]