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Sidmouth Folk Festival Online is Coming!
Plans are coming together for a memorable Online Sidmouth Folk Festival. Central to it will be four hour ‘live’ shows from a secret location in Sidmouth on Saturday 1st August and Sunday 2nd August 5-9pm. Hosted by Matthew Crampton and Kitty Macfarlane, the shows will feature live appearances by Steve Knightley and Jim Causley and […]
£70k Target Now Passed
You constantly amaze us with your enormous generosity!! Leaving £70k in your slipstream, you have taken us a very long way towards putting those terrible losses from cancelling the 2020 Festival behind us. Whether it’s artists, sponsors, local supporters or traders, all contributing fabulous rewards, or the massive support of those donating, your response has […]
Get Ready for Sidmouth Folk Festival Online!
Plans are coming together for a memorable Online Sidmouth Folk Festival. Central to it will be four hour ‘live’ shows from a secret location in Sidmouth on Saturday 1st August and Sunday 2nd August 5-9pm. Hosted by Matthew Crampton and Kitty Macfarlane, the shows will feature live appearances by Steve Knightley and Jim Causley and specially […]
£60,000 achieved – target in sight !
A huge thanks to all our supporters and friends who have helped us get to this point. Our £70,000 target is now clearly in sight. We have been cheered enormously by the many heartwarming messages we have received and the special place that Sidmouth Folk Festival seems to hold in all your lives. We want […]
Passing £50,000 in three days!
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far and for all the positive messages. We got off to a much faster start than we could ever have imagined. Now we are over 70% of the way to our target of £70,000. Thanks to all the local businesses, organisations and supporters for their help in getting […]
Update After Day One
Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to us smashing our initial Crowdfunder project target, 4 hours after the campaign opened this morning. We always felt that we, The Festival, had a special place in people’s hearts, locals, South Westerners and Festival goers alike. The response to our Crowdfunder appeal to combat the serious effect […]
Crowdfunder campaign is now live!
The Sidmouth FolkFestivalCrowdfunder campaign is now live! crowdfunder.co.uk/the-sidmouth-folk-festival We are offering some amazing rewards in return for the help you are able to offer. See the huge list on the Crowdfunder site and look out for exciting new additions as the campaign progresses. The Crowdfunder campaign is all about securing the future of the festival and making sure […]
Crowdfunder Rewards and Virtual Festival Update
Huge thanks to all of those who have already helped in the wake of this year’s 66th Sidmouth Folk Festival’s cancellation. Your contribution really does matter. The Sidmouth Folk Festival is ready to launch a genuinely exciting Crowdfunder campaign – going live on Tuesday 30th June. We are offering some amazing rewards in return for the help you are able to offer. […]
One week to go until our Crowdfunder starts!
Here’s a little of teaser of the sort of rewards that will be up for grabs when we launch on 30th June. We’re delighted that the brilliant Martin Simpson will be offering a 3 hour one on one workshop at 2021 festival. Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing […]
SIDMOUTH CHAMPIONS!
Heartfelt thanks to everyone for all their support following the announcement that this year’s 66th Sidmouth Folk Festival is cancelled. It is obviously a terrible blow for all of us – organisers, artists, volunteers, traders, local business and supporters, but we will be back! Special thanks to everyone who rolled already over their tickets to […]