the grass-roots heart of the festival
A programme of intimate acoustic performances, sessions, singarounds, stories and talks, plus our daily Traditional Nights Out and the brilliant Festival Folk Club called Folk Arts Acoustic.
Artists so far include Frankie Armstrong, John Kirkpatrick, Bennammi Swift, Damien Barber, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, alongside our hosts and regular guests, and many more to come.
Alan Austen ● Alex Cumming and Audrey Jaber ● Barry Lister ● Bill Crawford ● Bill Murray ● Bob Lewis ● Colin Andrews ● Damien Barber ● Dan Quinn & Mike Bettison ● Ellen Mitchell ● Frankie Armstrong ● George Frampton ● Graham O’Callaghan ● Jon Shapley ● Katie Howson ● Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham ● Kitty Vernon & Tim Edwards ● Peter & Barbara Snape ● Seb Stone ● Sheila Miller ● Taz Tarry
Around the town there will be the usual plethora of sessions and singarounds, from Well Known Tunes to ease you into the session world, to fast & frantic late night tunes at the Bulverton, as well as, brand new for this year, a programmed late song session.