Bideford Folk Festival 2005

Click here for: Festival week venues of Pub sessions for singers and musicians

Monday 15th 7.30 - 10.00.pm
Grand Opening Concert: sponsored by Brend Hotels
Featuring: Hearts of Oak and Ploughcapella
Bideford Methodist Church Hall
Tuesday 16th 8 - 11pm
Irish Session - sponsored by Tone Zone Music
Redwing tbc.  
Blacksmiths Arms, East-The-Water
Wednesday 17th 8 - 11pm
American Roots and Bluegrass -sponsored by Aram Guitars
The Salty Dogs, supported by Wildwood Flower Mountain Music Club
 
Tantons Hotel - Kipling Suite
Thursday 18th 8 - 11pm
Big Sing: sponsored by Bideford Folk Club
Chorus Singing- Led by Tom and Barbara Brown & Roger Bryant
Joiners Arms
7.30-10pm
Festival Fringe Poetry sponsored by Walter Henry Bookshop
Kipling Suite, Tantons Hotel
Friday 19th 8 - 10.30pm
Unsung Heroes
(The Lost Gardeners of Heligan)
- sponsored by Blanchards Home Harware & Security
Performed by: The Cornwall Songwriters  
Baptist Church Hall

8.30 - Midnight
Dambuskers

Blacksmiths Arms, East-The-Water
Saturday 20th 10.00am - 5pm
Morris Dancing Festival
Colour and Spectacle: Sides from all over the country
Around Bideford and Appledore
10am - 12.00pm
Folk Workshops, TBC
Bideford Baptist Church Hall
12.00 - 2.00pm
Lunch with Songs and Music
Bideford Folk Club and Floor Spots
Bideford Baptist Church Hall
2pm - 6pm
Concert in the Park
Victoria Park
if wet, Bideford Baptist Church Hall
6-8pm
Evening Song and Music
Bideford Baptist Church Hall
8 - 11pm
Festival Ceilidh - sponsored by Tony Dixon Music
Featuring: Bloater Town Band
caller, John Blackburn 
Pollyfield Community Centre
Sunday 21st 10.30am - 4pm
Morris Dancing Festival
Bideford Quay and then Blacksmiths Arms (East-The-Water)
12-6pm
Shanty Day
Blacksmiths Arms, East-The-Water
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