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This working programme may be subject to change. At the time of publication all events are correct.
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Monday 10th August
Venue Event Artistes Ticket
Baptist Church Hall 2pm Welcome Dance

Martin & Vera jardine

£4/2
Arts Centre 2 .30pm Concert

Ian Hudson, GU4, Lucy & Kevin Burrows
Tony Truscott, Roger Bryant

£5/£3
St Mary's Church 3.30pm T-Time at St Mary's

Sign up to sing - Tea and Cakes

£Coll
Baptist Church 7.30pm Opening Concert
Welcome to the Festival

Barron Brady, Coracle, Roy Clinging
Tony Finney, Niamh Boadle

£6/£4
Upstairs @ Laceys 8.00pm Folk @ Laceys

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Nicola Clarke
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton

James Findlay, Tony Truscott

£6/4
Blacksmiths Arms 9pm Local Folk Heroes

Dambuskers - Folk Rock

£Coll
Tuesday 11th August
Arts Centre 10.30am Start the Day with

James Findlay, Stealing Sheep
Andrew Mckay & Carole Etherton

£4/£2
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

Voice, Guitar, Harmony, Festival Band,
Calling for Dance

£4/£2
Blacksmiths Arms 12.30pm Lunch with a Local Tony Finney Free
Arts Centre 1.00pm An Hour or So with Jim Crawford - Bluesman £4/2
Baptist Church Hall 1.00pm Lunchtime Dance John Blackburn,Caller and
members of Bloatertown Band
£Coll
Arts Centre 2.30pm Concert Spinndrift, Martin & Vera Jardine
Niamh Boadle, GU4
£5/3
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops
Songwriting, Solo SingingBeginners,
Beginners Melodeon
, Sibby's Dance Selection, Morris
£4/£2
Upstairs @ Laceys 3.00pm Concert
Young Ones
Coracle, Tom Redman, James Findlay £4/2
St Mary's Church 3.30pm T-Time at St Mary's

Sign up to sing - Tea and Cakes

£Coll
Arts Centre 5.00pm Rogues & Worthies Barron Brady - Themed Show £5/£3
Baptist Church 7.30pm Concert
Carrying the Tradition
Jackie Oates, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
£10/£6
Upstairs @ Laceys 8.00pm Jim Crawford Blues Night Jim Crawford with Ian Briggs & Paul Cowley £10/£6
Blacksmiths Arms 8.00pm The Irish Session Legendary Irish session with Niamh Boadle musicians and audience welcome £Coll
Wednesday 12th August
Arts Centre 10.30am Start the Day with

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Nicola Clarke
Coracle

£4/£2
Arts Centre 11.00 Love & Loss
Themed Song Session

Tony Truscott

£4/£2
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops
FolkSprings! (free) Calling -new callers
Duet Concertina, Festival Band, Kids Stuff
£4/£2
Blacksmiths Arms 12.30pm Lunch with a Local Steve Ruffe & Friends Free
Arts Centre 1.00pm An Hour or So with Roy Clinging, Mike O'Connor £4/£2
Baptist Church Hall 1.00pm Lunchtime Dance Spinndrift £Coll
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

FolkSprings! (free) Songwriting, Whistle,
Guitar, Solo Singing - beginners, Small Pipes,
Scottish Dance, Adult Longsword

£4/£2
Arts Centre 3.00pm Concert - In a Lighter Vein Jonny Kearney, Nicola Clarke, Stealing Sheep £5/3
Upstairs @Laceys 3.00pm Concert - Local Gals Debbie O'Shea, Hilary Bix, Cherie Barnett, Liz Crowe, Jenny, Judy Brock £4/£2
St Mary's Church 3.30pm T-Time at St Mary's

Sign up to sing - Tea and Cakes

£Coll
Baptist Church 4.00pm Storytelling Mike O'Connor £4/£2
Arts Centre 5.00pm The Language of the Soil Barron Brady - Themed Show £4/£2
Baptist Church 7.30pm Concert - In fine Voice Mike O'Connor, Roy Clinging, James Findlay
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton
£8/£5
Kingsley School Theatre 7.30pm Show - The Navvy's Wife Mick Ryan, Jackie Oates, Judy Dunlop,
Roger Watson, Paul Downes, Heather Bradford
£10/6
Upstairs @ Laceys 8.00pm Concert - A Woman's Voice Amy Newton, Barron Brady, Stealing Sheep
Niamh Boadle
£8/£5
Blacksmiths Arms 9.00pm Local Folk Heroes The Oggle Band £Coll
Thursday 13th August - Day of Dance
Arts Centre 10.30am Start the Day with

Spinndrift, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell

£4/£2
Arts Centre 11.00 Comedy & Music Hall
Themed Song Session

Pam & Nicola Clarke

£4/£2
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

FolkSprings! (free) Intro to the Harp,
Festival Choir, Songwriting for shows,
Appalachian Dance, Callers Q & A
Festival Band
,

£4/£2
Blacksmiths Arms 12.30pm Lunch with a Local Ian Hudson & friends Free
Arts Centre 1.00pm An Hour or So with Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer £4/£2
Baptist Church Hall 1.00pm Lunchtime Dance Caller Colin Andrews & his Band £Coll
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

FolkSprings! (free) Songwriting,
Playing for Playford, Melodeon for beginners
Solo Singing for beginners, Small Pipes

£4/£2
Arts Centre 2.30pm Concert
Meet the Songwriters
Mick Ryan, Jon Heslop, Roger Watson
Mike O'Connor, Roger Bryant
£6/£4
Upstairs @ Laceys 3.00pm Concert
The next Generation
Coracle, Stealing Sheep, Niamh Boadle,
James Findlay
£4/2
St Mary's Church 3.30pm T-Time at St Mary's

Sign up to sing - Tea and Cakes

£Coll
Baptist Church Hall 4.00pm Playford Tea Dance

Caller Sibby with Stick the Fiddle - Playford Dances

£6/£4
Baptist Church 4.00pm Concert
Tall Tales, Song & Stories
Two Billy's, Barron Brady, Mike O'Connor £5/£3
Baptist Church 7.30pm Concert
Songs, Music & Cutlery
Leski, Pat Smith & Ned Clamp, Coracle
Tom Redman
£8/£5
Kingsley School Hall 7.30pm English Country Dance Bursledon Band - Caller Sibby £10/£6
Kingsley School Theatre
8.00pm

The American Night The Maybelles, Jaywalkers, Jim Watts
Billy Hill
£12/£8
Upstairs @ Laceys 8.00pm Concert
Songwriters @ Laceys
Chris Millington, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes,
Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
£10/£6
Joiners Arms 8.00pm The Big Sing Chorus singing with Roger Bryant,
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton
£Coll
Blacksmiths Arms 9.00pm Local Folk Heroes The Bedlam Boys £Coll
Upstairs @ Laceys 11.30pm
"Season Tickets & Stewards only"
Late Night Extra
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Spinndrift  
Friday 14th August
Arts Centre 10.30am Start the Day with

Barron Brady , GU4

£4/£2
Arts Centre 11.00 Songs of the Sea
Themed Song Session

Roger Bryant,
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton

£4/£2
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

FolkSprings! (free) Festival Choir, Fiddle, Story Telling, Irish Song, Festival Band
Kids Stuff
,

£4/£2
Blacksmiths Arms 12.30pm Lunch with a Local Martin & Marianne, bluegrass and all things American Free
Arts Centre 1.00pm An Hour or So with Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell,
Stealing Sheep
£4/£2
Baptist Church Hall 1.00pm Lunchtime Dance Caller Sibby, Bursledon Village Band £Coll
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

FolkSprings! (free) Solo Singing Beginners,
Singing, Dartmoor Step Dance

£4/£2
Baptist Church 2.30pm Concert - Cornish Roger Bryant, Leski, Elowen, Mike O'Connor,
Tony Truscott
£6/£4
Arts Centre 2.30pm Concert Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Tom Redman
Pat Smith & Ned Clamp,
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton
£6/£4
Upstairs @ Laceys 3.00pm Concert
One Man - One Guitar
Kevin Aram, Tony Finney, Roger Cockram,
Ian Hudson
£4/2
St Mary's Church 3.30pm T-Time at St Mary's

Sign up to sing - Tea and Cakes

£Coll
Baptist Church 7.30pm Music Hall
End of he Pier Show
A cast of thousands including Pete Coe, Mick Ryan, Parker & Watts, Roger Watson £8/£5
Kingsley School Hall 7.30pm Ceilidh
A proper night out
Oggle Band -Caller Gary Thompson with guest spots £10/£6
Kingsley School Theatre
8.00pm

The Celtic Night Calan, Billy Teare & Kathleen O'Sullivan (aka The Two Billy's), Tri' £12/£8
Upstairs @ Laceys 8.00pm Friday Night @ Laceys Pete Coe, Spinndrift, James Findlay £10/£6
Blacksmiths Arms 8.00pm The Big Music Session with Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer £Coll
Upstairs @ Laceys 11.30pm
"Season Tickets & Stewards only"
Late Night Extra
Coracle & friends  
Saturday 15th August
Bideford Town 10.00am Morris Dancing

A host of Morris Sides bringing colour and music to the town

 
Arts Centre 10.30am Start the Day with

Mike O'Connor & Barbara Griggs, Maggie Duffy

£4/£2
Arts Centre 11.00 English Country Songs - Themed Song Session

GU4

£4/£2
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

Festival Choir, Festival Band, Lyric & Melody Writing, Guitar, Sibby's Selection -dance

£4/£2
Baptist Church Hall 12.00 Lunchtime Cabaret Martin Babb, Malcolm Bestwick, Judy Brock, Ian Hudson £Free
Various Venues/Times
See workshop programme
Workshops

Harmony Singing, Singing with confidence, Family Ceilidh Workshop & Dance (see2.30pm)

£4/£2
Kingsley School Theatre 1.30pm Concert -
Contemporary Songwriters
Chris Millington, Nicola Clarke, Maggie Duffy,
Jonny Kearney
£8/£5
Appledore 2.00pm Maritime afternoon

Trim Rig & A Doxy, Pat Smith & Ned Clamp,
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton, Roger Bryant

£Free
Baptist Church 2.00pm Festival Showcase Roger Watson & The Festival Choir and the pick of our
session singers with a three song performance spot
£Coll
Baptist Church Hall 2.30pm Family Ceilidh
workshop & Dance
Gary Thompson , Martin & Vera Jardine £Coll
Kingsley School Hall Concert Rocas, Pete Coe, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Elowen £10/6
Kingsley School Bar 4.00pm T-Time & Kingsley Tea & Cakes hosted by Martin Babb with guests Barron Brady - sign up to sing £Free
Kingsley School Prep Hall 4.30pm Concert - New
Roots Winners
Spinndrift, Tri', Tom Redman, Billy Hill £6/£4
Kingsley School Prep Hall 7.30pm Evening Concert Parker & Watts, Two Billy's, GU4, Mike O'Connor
Pat Smith
£8/£5
Kingsley School Hall 7.30pm Country Dance Bloatertown Band -Caller John Blackburn £10/£6
Kingsley School Theatre
8.00pm

The Headline Concert The Demon Barbers Roadshow, Last Orders,
James Findlay
£15/£10
Blacksmiths Arms 9.00pm Local Folk Heroes Babelfish - Folk Rock Fusion £Coll
Sunday 16th August
St Mary's Church
10am
Folk Service

Morris and Festival Guests

 
Kingsley School Bar
11am
Morning Chorus Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton £Coll

Kingsley School
Classroom
11.30am

Spoons Workshop Pat Smith - spoons provided £4/£2
Kingsley School Prep Hall 11.30am Festival Dance

The Festival Band with Sibby calling

£4/£2
Kingsley School Hall 11.30am Concert
Folkus on Youth
FolkSprings! Song, Music & Dance, Firestone Appalachian, Rocas (*Free to those connected to the Young people taking part) £4/£2*
Kingsley School Theatre1.00pm Concert
High Energy
Last Orders, Spinndrift, Coracle £10/£6
Kingsley School
Classroom 2.00pm
Group Singing
Workshop
GU4 £4/£2
Kingsley School Prep Hall 2.00pm Session
Sea Songs &
Shanties
Shake-A-Leg and Trim Rig & A Doxy - lead an afternoon sesion of sea songs and shanties £Coll
Kingsley School Hall 2.30pm Concert - Acoustic
in the round
Wing & A Prayer, GU4, Maggie Duffy, James Findlay £6/£4
Kingsley School Prep Hall 4.30pm Folk Club Sign up to sing with guests Pat Smith & Ned Clamp,
Jongleurs
£Coll
Kingsley School Theatre 7.00pm

Concert Finale Spiers & Boden, Pete Coe, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer £15/£10
The Festival organisers will run the programme as published unless unforseen circumstances arise. In the event of that happening we reserve the right to change artistes or the programme as necessary; without liability to pay any person any compensation, except at the discretion of the Organisers.