This page gives an overview of the first names announced. Check out Who’s on When to help plan your week.
PRE-FESTIVAL SPECIALS:
Fisherman’s Friends / George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain / Steeleye Span
MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME:
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas ● Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham ●
Angeline Morrison & The Sorrow Songs Band ● Blowzabella ●
Blazin’ Fiddles ● Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain ● Chris While & Julie Matthews ●
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting ● Daphne’s Flight ● Granny’s Attic ● Jack Rutter ●
Jo Freya 50th Special ● Karine Polwart ● Kate Rusby ● Kinnaris Quintet ● Kitewing ●
Mad Dog McRea ● Mànran ● Melrose Quartet ● McGoldrick McCusker Doyle
O’Hooley & Tidow ● Oysterband ●
Peggy Seeger ● Paul Downes & Phil Beer ● Ralph McTell ●
Sea Song Sessions (Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter) ●
Spiers & Boden ● Spooky Men’s Chorale ● Steve Knightley & Friends introducing Dream In Colors ●
The Breath ● The Melsons (Melrose Quartet & The Wilsons)
Aaron Horlock & Nick Goode ● Alden & Patterson ● Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves ● Ben & Sel ● Bird In The Belly ● Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones ● Cahalen Morrison ● Camus ● Charm Of Finches ● Chloe Matharu ● Detta Kenzie ● Emily Portman ● Eugenia Georgieva ● Fay Hield ● Filkin’s Ensemble ● Filkin’s Drift ● Frankie Archer ● Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch ● Holly Clarke ● Jali Bakary Konteh ● Janice Burns & Jon Doran ● Jez Lowe ● Louise Rogan ● Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh ● Mikey Kenney ● Miranda Sykes ● Mishra ft. Deepa Shakthi ● Old Spot ● Oli Matthews Band ● Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill ● RE:VULVA ● Rory McLeod ● Roswell ● Ryan Young ● Samia Malik ● Saltfishforty● The Shackleton Trio ● Stick In The Wheel ● Teilhard Frost ● The Wilderness Yet ● The Great Sea Choir ● Tim Edey ● Togmor ● The Underground Sun ● Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth ● Wheelhouse Folk Choir ● Will Allen ● Windjammer ● Zulu Tradition
Celtic Heartbeat ●
Ewan Wardrop : Sweet Thames: The London Folk Club Heritage Project ●
Jim Causley And Miranda Sykes Present: Ghosts, Werewolves And Countryfolk – The Songs And Stories Of Sabine Baring-Gould ●
Panvani108 ● Matthew Crampton & Paul Hutchinson return as The Folk Detectives ●
Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs – The Prophecy Of Merlin ●
Murder At The Grange – Robb Johnson
● Tam Lin Retold (Corinne Harragin & Nick Hart) ● Tipping Point Land & Sea (Luke Daniels and guests)
Ceilidhs & Callers include…
3 Sticks ● Barber Band ● Bedlam ● Brown Boots Boogie Band ● Cock & Bull Band ● Folk Camps Party Band ●
Granny’s Attic ● Jigfoot ● Melrose Quintet Ceilidh Band ● Monster Ceilidh Band ● Mrs Midnights ●
Old Swan Band And Friends ● Oysterband ● Polkaworks ● Stepping Ceilidh (Brown Boots with Will Chamberlain) ● Tickled Pink ● Chris Wood & Andy Cutting
Alison Rowley ● Barry Goodman ● Erin Mansfield ● Emma Wooders ● Fee Lock ● Gordon Potts ● Hannah Moore ● Ian Nichols ● Jane Bird ● Nick Walden ● Nancy Potts
Access Folk ● Alan Austen ● Annie Winter ● Bill Crawford ● Bob & Gill Berry
● Boz Davison ● Chris Foster ● Christine Kydd ● Colin Andrews with Des & Maggie Redwood ●
Dan Quinn & Mike Bettison ● Doc Rowe ● Eddie Upton ● George Frampton ● Graham O’Callaghan ●
Jack Lynch ● Jennifer Reid ● Jill Pidd ● John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris
● Jon Shapley ● Katie Howson ● Kitty Vernon & Tim Edwards ● Len Graham ●
Lucy Wright ● Macdara Yeates ● Martin Graebe ●
Michael Heaney ● Moira Craig ● Mossy Christian & Megan Wisdom ●
Peter & Barbara Snape ● Sara Grey ● Seb Stone ● Sheila Miller & Moira Craig ●
Thomas Mccarthy ● The Wilsons ● Vic Legg
Ean Richardson ● David Heathfield ● Janet Dowling ● Matthew Crampton ● Mo Keast ● Panvani108 ●
Taffy Thomas ● Tam Lin Retold (Corinne Harragin & Nick Hart) ● Tom Goodale
A packed Social Dance programme including…
Adam Hughes ● Bridgett Flett ● Chris & Julie Dewhurst ● Double Dichotomy ● Daisy Black ● Eglamore & Fayre Play ● Folkus Pocus ● Frances Richardson ● Georgia Delve ● Helen & Andy Richards ● Kerry Fletcher ● Kevin & Carol Monaghan ● Lynne Render ● Mark Elvins ● Sam Tetley-Smith ● 3D ● Vertical Expression ● WillPower
WORKSHOPS so far include:
Aaron Horlock (guitar) ● Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas (melody accompaniment) ● Angeline Morrison (song) ● Avtar Indian Dance (bhangra dance) ● Camus (northumbrian pipes & tunes) ● Clive Harvey (ukulele) ● David Heathfield (storytelling) ● Erin Brown & Barry Watson (family sessions) ● Eugenia Georgieva ● Ewan Wardrop (step dance) ● Filkin’s Drift (creative, contemporary folk) ● Ilse Pedler (poetry) ● Instep Research Team (step dance) ● Joe Danks (banjo) ● John Dipper (fiddle) ● John Kirkpatrick (the festival concert band) ● Jon Boden (ColourChord) ● Louisa Davies-Foley (bones) ● Matt Sullivan (flamenco guitar) ● Mark Clarke creative making (craft) ● Michael Catovsky (calling) ● Mike Bailey (West Gallery) ● Neil and Meg Browning (Manouche -gypsy jazz) ● Nick & Mary Barber (the festival big band) ● New Jerusalem (shapenote) ● Norma Mills (Folkulele) ● Rowan Piggot (fiddle) ● Saltfishforty (orkney tunes) ● Samia Malik (indian song) ● Sandra Kerr (the festival choir) ● Sara Grey (banjo accompaniment for song) ● Saul Rose (melodeon) ● Squeezebox from scratch (Ed Rennie & Helena Painting) (melodeon) ● Stream of Sound (song) ● Stephen Rowley (anglo concertina + more) ● Teilhard Frost (Appalachian) ● Zulu Tradition (African song/dance) ●
Shooting Roots ● Stream Of Sound ● Halsway Young Folk ● National Youth Folk Ensemble
Display dance & workshops with… Beltane Border Morris ● Eynsham Morris ● Feet First Appalachian Dance Team ● Gog Magog Molly ●
Great Western Morris ● Hadrian Clog ● Kekezza ● Liberty Hill Northwest Morris ●
NYFTE (National Youth Folklore Troupe of England) ● Sussex Junction Morris ● Ten Hill Morris (US) ●
Wakefield Morris Dancers ● Whip The Cat Rapper and Clog
MC’s Chris Rose & Graham Lee
Find out more about each exciting part of the programme:
Pre-Festival Specials | The Ham Concert Marquee | The Bulverton (Standing Venue) | Ceilidhs | The Manor Pavilion | Workshops | Folk Dance | In The Tradition | Display Dance | Small Stages: Big Heart | Story Telling & Spoken Word | Youth Festival | Children’s Festival