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Aug
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham - Welcome to Broadstairs Folk Week
Supporting Acts: Jeff Warner,
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £Season Tickets Only
Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham - Keith, a world famous concertina player and vocalist, and Sylvia, a duet concertina player and vocalist are one of the most popular duos ... more »
Lebedek - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Cate Banister,
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
The members of Lebedek have Ukrainian, Macedonian, Polish, Jewish and English roots. They draw on this diverse heritage to create their unique blend of music. 'Lebedek' ... more »
Bob Fox - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
Singer and guitarist, especially of traditional songs from the North East. In 1975, after spending 5 years as a floor singer around the many folk clubs in the North East of ... more »
Stradivarious - Dance
Supporting Acts: Madeleine Smith,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box office opens 20th June
Rod and Frances Stradling are Stradivarious, the very popular dance band. Their repertoire covers all styles of English and Scottish dancing and a range of other styles.Active ... more »
Capercaillie - Concert
Supporting Acts: Anthony John Clarke,
Starting at 8:00 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £21 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
From their homeland roots of Argyll in the highlands of Scotland, Capercaillie have been credited with being the major force in bringing traditional Celtic music to the world ... more »
Bob Kenward - First Friday Session
Supporting Acts: Barber, Taylor and Reed,
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £Season Tickets Only
Bob is a Kentish singer-songwriter who hosts the popular Woodshed Sessions in the Wrotham Arms every afternoon. more »
The Bubbleband - Dance
Supporting Acts: Beggars Belief,
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box office opens 17th June. Friends priority booking from 14th February
After taking the 2012 festival circuit by storm, the genre defyinglocal heroes The Bubbleband are back & have introduced more exciting andinnovative elements into their ... more »
Aug
Lebedek - East European Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
The members of Lebedek have Ukrainian, Macedonian, Polish, Jewish and English roots. They draw on this diverse heritage to create their unique blend of music. 'Lebedek' ... more »
Bob Fox - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Singer and guitarist, especially of traditional songs from the North East. In 1975, after spending 5 years as a floor singer around the many folk clubs in the North East of ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Anthony John Clarke - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Anthony John Clarke was born in Belfast on 18th October 1956. He started songwriting at the age of nine inspired by the sixties but it was only when he left Ireland and came ... more »
Lebedek - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Lebedek,
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
The members of Lebedek have Ukrainian, Macedonian, Polish, Jewish and English roots. They draw on this diverse heritage to create their unique blend of music. 'Lebedek' ... more »
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - Informal Concert
Supporting Acts: StrungUp Bare,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Those who have been following the folk revival movement will already know about Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker. Both classically trained, Josienne's voice and style has been ... more »
Bob Fox - Concert
Supporting Acts: The Young 'Uns,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £8 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Singer and guitarist, especially of traditional songs from the North East. In 1975, after spending 5 years as a floor singer around the many folk clubs in the North East of ... more »
Kay Anderson & Ann Pywell - Cajun & Zydeco Dance Workshop
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Kay and Ann are popular teachers of Cajun dance, and run many workshops at events around the UK more »
Anthony John Clarke - Folk Club
Supporting Acts: Avril Cameron,
Starting at 4:15 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Anthony John Clarke was born in Belfast on 18th October 1956. He started songwriting at the age of nine inspired by the sixties but it was only when he left Ireland and came ... more »
Black Peak - Concert
Supporting Acts: Shadrack Tye,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
BlackPeakare Darren Black and Deborah Peake, accompanied by Chris Gatland on perc/bass/guitar. They came together in early 2009, originally as a duo, as a result of Deborah ... more »
Irene Shettle - Talk with Song - Lost Lady Found. The Life & Work of Lucy Broadwood
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Irene Shettle is an experienced performer of unaccompanied traditional song, and has enjoyed singing for as long as she can remember. She has sung with various classical choirs ... more »
Cajun Dawgs - Cajun & Zydeco Dance
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
A deep south gumbo of Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Rockin' Blues & Rockabilly authentically played on screaming accordion, twanging guitars, thumping bass and crazy drums. ... more »
Vic Smith & Mollie Koenigsberger - Dance
Supporting Acts: Cis Hinkle,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Ever popular musicians Vic and Mollie put a bit of pzazz into dance music more »
Dempsey Robson Tweed - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
This new trio of Kevin Dempsey, Carolyn Robson and Karen Tweed, is delighting audiences with a beautiful mix of tunes and vibrant arrangements of traditional and contemporary ... more »
Lebedek - Concert
Supporting Acts: Russ Chandler,Ursula Holden-Gill,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Hilderstone Theatre
Ticket Information: £ Box Office opens 17th June
The members of Lebedek have Ukrainian, Macedonian, Polish, Jewish and English roots. They draw on this diverse heritage to create their unique blend of music. 'Lebedek' ... more »
Larkin Poe - Concert
Supporting Acts: Dan Walsh,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £17 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
As The Lovell Sisters these precociously talented young women took America by storm playing at the Grand Ole Opry, Telluride and a whole bunch of other top venues and festivals. ... more »
Urban Folk Theory - Ceilidh
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box office opens 17 June
The Urban Folk Theory is a new style of Ceilidh band designed to attract the younger audience into the world of ceilidh, via cool dance beats, bass lines, pads and sounds that ... more »
Aug
Bof - French Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
All four members of Bof! have a long history of involvement in English folk song and dance music. As well as this, they all share a love of the traditional dance music from ... more »
Rob Barratt - A Word in Your Ear - clever word play, satire, comic verse and song parodies
Starting at 10:00 am at the Community Centre
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Rob Barratt is a comic poet and singer. His act is quite unique, combining clever word play, verse and song with satire, parody and audience participation. “The ... more »
Dempsey Robson Tweed - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
This new trio of Kevin Dempsey, Carolyn Robson and Karen Tweed, is delighting audiences with a beautiful mix of tunes and vibrant arrangements of traditional and contemporary ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Dan Walsh - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens17th June
New album 'The Same But Different' is out now following on from the critically acclaimed (on both sides of the Atlantic) Walsh and Pound album and solo debut Tomorrow's Still ... more »
Vic Smith & Mollie Koenigsberger - Ceilidh
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
Ever popular musicians Vic and Mollie put a bit of pzazz into dance music more »
Dempsey Robson Tweed - Concert
Supporting Acts: Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
This new trio of Kevin Dempsey, Carolyn Robson and Karen Tweed, is delighting audiences with a beautiful mix of tunes and vibrant arrangements of traditional and contemporary ... more »
Dave Ellis & Boo Howard - Meet the Artist
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Dave Ellis came down from Liverpool for the London folk club scene in 1970. He released a solo album on Sonet records in 1973 which is considered by some to be a classic guitar ... more »
Ursula Holden-Gill - Family Concert
Supporting Acts: Dawnswyr Talog,Horizontal Sunday,
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Ursula "is a complete one-off - Singer-Songwriter, Storyteller, Clog-Dancer, Actress, Musician and somehow manages to weave these talents together on stage to produce something ... more »
Black Peak - Folk Club
Supporting Acts: Avril Cameron,
Starting at 4:15 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
BlackPeakare Darren Black and Deborah Peake, accompanied by Chris Gatland on perc/bass/guitar. They came together in early 2009, originally as a duo, as a result of Deborah ... more »
Dan Walsh - Duelling Banjos
Supporting Acts: Jeff Warner,Russ Chandler,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
New album 'The Same But Different' is out now following on from the critically acclaimed (on both sides of the Atlantic) Walsh and Pound album and solo debut Tomorrow's Still ... more »
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham - Concert - England on a Stick
Starting at 5:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham - Keith, a world famous concertina player and vocalist, and Sylvia, a duet concertina player and vocalist are one of the most popular duos ... more »
Bof - French Dance
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens 17th June. Friends priority booking from 14th February
All four members of Bof! have a long history of involvement in English folk song and dance music. As well as this, they all share a love of the traditional dance music from ... more »
Vertical Expression - Dance
Supporting Acts: Andrew Swaine,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Probably the UK's most high-energy contra dance band, Vertical Expression is what happens when you take two English ceilidh musicians on fiddle and melodeon and put them with ... more »
Tim Laycock - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
Tim has been playing and singing at folk clubs and festivals for over 25 years using mainly the concertina, melodeon or guitar to accompany himself. His repertoire ... more »
Doug Hudson - Skulldouggery - another night of comedy
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Hilderstone Theatre
Ticket Information: £7 Box office opens 17th June. Friends priority booking from 14th February
Front man of the Hot Rats, and matchday commentator for the not-quite-world-famous Gillingham Football Club, Doug Hudson has a reputation for some side-achingly funny comedy ... more »
The Old Dance School - Concert
Supporting Acts: Black Peak,Horizontal Sunday,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £12 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
The Old Dance School's forward thinking sound combines flavours of folk, classical, electronica and jazz, one moment rip-roaring, the next beautifullydelicate. Duellingfiddles, ... more »
CoCo & the Butterfields - Fancy Dress Night
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box office opens 17th June
CoCo & the Butterfields sprang to life in September 2011 as a humble folk trio. Nowadays they’re more accurately described as a five-strong major kick on the South ... more »
Aug
Grace Notes - Concert - A Woman's Work
Starting at 10:00 am at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
. Grace Notes are; Maggie Boyle – vocals, flute, bodhranLynda Hardcastle – vocals, recordersHelen Hockenhull – vocals, keyboard, concertina, mandolin Grace ... more »
Page Mason School - Workshop: Street Dance
Starting at 10:00 am at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
The Page Mason school was founded byGillian Page and Jean Mason in 1963. This year marks our 50thAnniversary and we are thrilled to be dancing at Broadstairs Folk Week ... more »
Ursula Holden-Gill - The Secret Map of Pendle - a contemporary ghost story based on the historical facts surrounding the 1612 Witch Trials.
Starting at 10:00 am at the Community Centre
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Ursula "is a complete one-off - Singer-Songwriter, Storyteller, Clog-Dancer, Actress, Musician and somehow manages to weave these talents together on stage to produce something ... more »
Tim Laycock - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Tim has been playing and singing at folk clubs and festivals for over 25 years using mainly the concertina, melodeon or guitar to accompany himself. His repertoire ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Saul Rose & James Delarre - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Forged from the folk melting pot that is Sidmouth Folk Festival, Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Faustus) and James Delarre (Mawkin, Jim Moray Band) have been threatening to play ... more »
Hosepipe Band - Ceilidh
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17h June
The Hosepipe Band are an electro-acoustic dance band formed in 1993, mixing British and European music and dances. Their emphasis is very much on the melody whether performing ... more »
Fake Thackray - Meet the Artist
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
John Watterson has performed the songs of Jake Thackray at festivals, concerts, clubs, after dinner venues and – most specially – to members of Jake’s family. ... more »
Morris On Show - Concert
Supporting Acts: Grace Notes,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £8 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Celebrating 40 years since the release of the celebrated “Morris On” album, the Morris On Show is a feast of music, dance and song, featuring Ashley Hutchings, Simon ... more »
Vertical Expression - Dance
Supporting Acts: Andrew Swaine,
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Probably the UK's most high-energy contra dance band, Vertical Expression is what happens when you take two English ceilidh musicians on fiddle and melodeon and put them with ... more »
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar - Folk Club
Supporting Acts: Avril Cameron,
Starting at 4:15 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
WINNERS BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD 2013 In 2011 multi-instrumentalist Ciaran (Fiddle, Bouzouki, Guitar, Vocals) met and joined forces with Chester-born Greg (Vocals, Guitar, ... more »
Tim Laycock - Benjamin's Book -The Country Dance manuscript of Benjamin Rose - Farmer, Alehouse keeper and Musician of Belchalwell, Dorset 1820
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Queens Road Baptist Centre
Ticket Information: £ 5 Box Office opens 17th June
Tim has been playing and singing at folk clubs and festivals for over 25 years using mainly the concertina, melodeon or guitar to accompany himself. His repertoire ... more »
Keith Kendrick - Squeezers Special
Supporting Acts: Jeff Warner,Saul Rose & James Delarre,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Born a Derby lad and still living in his native shire, Keith reflects his upbringing in some of his repertoire. There are traditional and contemporary songs of the city and ... more »
Simon Care Trio - Ceilidh
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens17th June
Simon started his melodeon playing as a 9 year old with Moulton Morris Men. He formed his own ceilidh band at the age of 15 and played his first festival, Broadstairs, when ... more »
Saul Rose & James Delarre - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
Forged from the folk melting pot that is Sidmouth Folk Festival, Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Faustus) and James Delarre (Mawkin, Jim Moray Band) have been threatening to play ... more »
Fake Thackray - Concert
Supporting Acts: Keith Donnelly,Rob Barratt,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Hilderstone Theatre
Ticket Information: £8 Box office opens 17th June. Friends priority booking from 14th February
John Watterson has performed the songs of Jake Thackray at festivals, concerts, clubs, after dinner venues and – most specially – to members of Jake’s family. ... more »
Narrow Escape - Dance - The Playford Ball
Supporting Acts: Andrew Swaine,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Narrow Escape is a bandof experienced players in the dance scene with David Bradley on accordion, MikeGreen on mandolin and mandola and Liz Ellison completing the trio on recorderand ... more »
Slim Chance - Concert
Supporting Acts: Dave Ellis & Boo Howard,SpikeDrivers,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £15 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
SLIM CHANCE, the band Ronnie Lane formed when he left the Faces, is treading the boards again. Original members Steve Simpson, Charlie Hart, Steve Bingham, Alun Davies and Colin ... more »
Aug
Kay Anderson, Graham Anstee & Tap Roots - Appalachian Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
SpikeDrivers - The History of the Blues
Starting at 10:00 am at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
One of the most original, innovative and exciting bands around, their combination of gutsy slide guitar, rock-solid bass, infectious grooves and highly distinctive vocals, creates ... more »
Saul Rose & James Delarre - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Supporting Acts: Saul Rose & James Delarre,
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens17th June
Forged from the folk melting pot that is Sidmouth Folk Festival, Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Faustus) and James Delarre (Mawkin, Jim Moray Band) have been threatening to play ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Grace Notes - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
. Grace Notes are; Maggie Boyle – vocals, flute, bodhranLynda Hardcastle – vocals, recordersHelen Hockenhull – vocals, keyboard, concertina, mandolin Grace ... more »
Simon Care Trio - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Cate Banister,
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
Simon started his melodeon playing as a 9 year old with Moulton Morris Men. He formed his own ceilidh band at the age of 15 and played his first festival, Broadstairs, when ... more »
Maz O'Connor - Concert
Supporting Acts: Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar,Sunjay Brayne,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
‘a vocal performance that stops you dead in your tracks’ (Neil King for Fatea Maz O’Connor, finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2009 and nominee ... more »
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner - "Suffragettes, Majorettes, Maisonettes & Courgettes" - Women's Lives in Song
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner are two of the most experienced and established harmony singers on the folk scene. They have a leaning towards traditional English material, but ... more »
Jerry Harmon - Story Swap
Supporting Acts: Adrian O,Ursula Holden-Gill,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Queens Road Baptist Centre
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Jerry Harmon was born into a family rich in the tradition of music. His home, deep in the foothills of the Blue Ridge / Appalachian mountains, reverberated daily to the sound ... more »
Dawnswyr Talog - Twmpath - a Welsh style ceilidh
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
In addition to promoting Welsh folk dancing, Dawnswyr Talog’s main objectives are to entertain and to enjoy themselves, since this is how to ensure the continuation of ... more »
Michael J Tinker - Folk Club
Supporting Acts: Avril Cameron,
Starting at 4:15 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Michael J Tinker started playing music at a very early age. Singing for as long as he remembers Michael entered the instrument world learning trumpet aged 8, followed by piano, ... more »
Bob Kenward - Captain Swing- the story of the Swing riots in rural Kent in the 1830s
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Queens Road Baptist Centre
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Bob is a Kentish singer-songwriter who hosts the popular Woodshed Sessions in the Wrotham Arms every afternoon. more »
Maia - Concert
Supporting Acts: StrungUp Bare,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Maia, a 4 piece alternative, acoustic band from Huddersfield playing all sorts of disco sci-fi folk pop on ukulele, cajon, trumpet, banjo, mandolin or whatever else is lying ... more »
The Jake Leg Jug Band - American Evening
Supporting Acts: Jerry Harmon,
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £6 Box office opens 17th June. Friends priority booking from 14th February
Playing a wealth of music from the 1920's and 30's, incorporating a heady mix of Country Blues, Ragtime, Vaudeville, Jug and Gospel, The Jake Leg Jug Band take you back in time ... more »
Maz O'Connor - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Supporting Acts: Tom & Barbara Brown,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
‘a vocal performance that stops you dead in your tracks’ (Neil King for Fatea Maz O’Connor, finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2009 and nominee ... more »
Stradivarious - Dance
Supporting Acts: John Turner,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Rod and Frances Stradling are Stradivarious, the very popular dance band. Their repertoire covers all styles of English and Scottish dancing and a range of other styles.Active ... more »
Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party - Concert
Supporting Acts: Gavin Davenport,Saul Rose & James Delarre,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £14 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Fay Hield - A singer who seems to have been born knowing how to carry a tune but with the rarer gift of knowing how to go straight to the heart of a song. Her debut solo album ... more »
Duncan Disorderly & the Scallywags - Dance
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box Office opens 17th June
Duncan Disorderly & the Scallywags are not your normal band; they comprise of many varying scallywags who are talented full time musicians. Members include Elma ... more »
Aug
Kay Anderson, Graham Anstee & Tap Roots - Appalachian Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Peggy Seeger - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office opens 17th June
Born in 1935 in New York, Peggy is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter. Her first life-partner was the Salford playwright and songwriter ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly
Supporting Acts: Clarence,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Stowfolk - Ceilidh
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
Stowfolk have been playing at ceilidhs, weddings, birthdays and festivals (including Whitby, Sidmouth and Broadstairs) for over 22 years – you get less for murder ... more »
Sunjay Brayne - Concert
Supporting Acts: Michael J Tinker,
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Sunjay Brayne is rapidly developing into one of the best young solo performers on the English acoustic scene. Aged just 18 his performances have been described as “mature ... more »
Peggy Seeger - Workshop: A Feminist View of Anglo-American Traditional Songs
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office opens 17th June
Born in 1935 in New York, Peggy is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter. Her first life-partner was the Salford playwright and songwriter ... more »
Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby - Concert
Supporting Acts: Jeff Warner,Jerry Harmon,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby’s careers span many musical genres.Cathryn has worked in the USA with The Righteous Brothers, Shel Silverstein, Jorma Kaukonen, and ... more »
Jed Grimes - Informal Concert
Supporting Acts: Sally Ironmonger,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
“Jed Grimes has a spectacular musical pedigree. He is not only a wonderful songwriter, but also someone with a charismatic quality that shines right through ... more »
Mike Nicholson - Album Launch
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Queens Road Baptist Centre
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Singer Mike hosts the daily Singalong with Peter Collins, both men of fine voice themselves! Mike's choice of songs and his velvet voice can send shivers down the toughest ... more »
Keith Donnelly - Children's Special Show
Supporting Acts: Purcy Flaherty,Shooting Roots,Ursula Holden-Gill,
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £3 Box Office opens 17th June
In no particular order Keith has been described as - "a superbly original Stand-Up" "a great singer-songwriter" "a fine guitarist" "a kids entertainer par excellence" "a ... more »
Sunjay Brayne - Folk Club
Supporting Acts: Avril Cameron,
Starting at 4:15 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Sunjay Brayne is rapidly developing into one of the best young solo performers on the English acoustic scene. Aged just 18 his performances have been described as “mature ... more »
Tobias Ben Jacob - Concert
Supporting Acts: The Little Unsaid,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Tobias Ben Jacob is a South Devon based songwriter with unique & compelling voice. Rooted in folk and americana he utilises his guitar in altered tunings to create his own ... more »
Zulu Tradition - Show
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £8 Box Office opens 17th June
ZULU is company of young Zulu singers and dancers from KwaZulu Natal, in South Africa. They deliver a heady mix of African harmonies and energetic, athletic dance - all traditionally ... more »
Stowfolk - Dance - Jack's Night celebrating the memory of the Festival's founder, Jack Hamilton
Supporting Acts: Dawnswyr Talog,John Turner,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Stowfolk have been playing at ceilidhs, weddings, birthdays and festivals (including Whitby, Sidmouth and Broadstairs) for over 22 years – you get less for murder ... more »
Jed Grimes - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Supporting Acts: Tom & Barbara Brown,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
“Jed Grimes has a spectacular musical pedigree. He is not only a wonderful songwriter, but also someone with a charismatic quality that shines right through ... more »
Dervish - Concert
Supporting Acts: Keith Donnelly,Maia,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £16 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Wowing audiences all over the world with their seasoned brand of Celtic music, the seven-member Dervish has risen to the top of their genre over the past ten years. They’ve ... more »
Tautas Roks - Dance
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box Office opens 17th June
Tautas Roks is – Kristaps Fisher, Robert Care, Simon Nay and Maris Fisher- who bring their music to you with a bucket load of enthusiasm and pride. We generate a gutsy, ... more »
Aug
Zulu Tradition - Rhythms, Song & Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £7 Box office opens 17th June
ZULU is company of young Zulu singers and dancers from KwaZulu Natal, in South Africa. They deliver a heady mix of African harmonies and energetic, athletic dance - all traditionally ... more »
Peter Cox - Presentation : The Radio Ballads
Starting at 10:00 am at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Peter Cox's book Set Into Song – Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger and the Radio Ballads tells the story of a remarkable collaboration, one which produced ... more »
Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby’s careers span many musical genres.Cathryn has worked in the USA with The Righteous Brothers, Shel Silverstein, Jorma Kaukonen, and ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Vertical Expression - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Andrew Swaine,
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
Probably the UK's most high-energy contra dance band, Vertical Expression is what happens when you take two English ceilidh musicians on fiddle and melodeon and put them with ... more »
Jeff Warner - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Always a popular visitor to Broadstairs from the US, Jeff Warner is among the nation’s foremost performer/interpreters of traditional music. His songs from the lumber ... more »
Peggy Seeger - Concert
Supporting Acts: Colum Sands,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £11 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Born in 1935 in New York, Peggy is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter. Her first life-partner was the Salford playwright and songwriter ... more »
Keith Donnelly - Meet the Artist
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
In no particular order Keith has been described as - "a superbly original Stand-Up" "a great singer-songwriter" "a fine guitarist" "a kids entertainer par excellence" "a ... more »
Acadian Driftwood - Cajun Workshop & Dance
Supporting Acts: Kay Anderson & Ann Pywell,
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Acadian Driftwood are an acoustic dance band specialising in the music of the great Cajun bands of 1920s Louisiana. The hot interplay between fiddle and button ... more »
Tom & Barbara Brown - Informal Concert
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Queens Road Baptist Centre
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
Stalwarts of the Festival West Country singers Tom & Barbara Brown bring their own style to the very popular Singaround Sessions every evening, ask a few challenging questions ... more »
Union Jill - Concert
Supporting Acts: Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner,Maz O'Connor,Sylvia Needham,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Helen Turner and Sharon Winfield have been performing together since 2006. After discovering a shared love of folk and acoustic music they soon realised their voices were meant ... more »
The QP - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Lisa Haywood,
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
No one knows the true history of the band. However, after literally minutes of painstaking research, scholars believe the band to have been formed by harmonica genius and all ... more »
Colum Sands - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Supporting Acts: Tom & Barbara Brown,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
Colum Sands has performed in over thirty countries around the world, confirming the universal appeal for the songs and stories with which he observes the minute and often humorous ... more »
Vertical Expression - Dance - The Playford Ball
Supporting Acts: Cis Hinkle,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Probably the UK's most high-energy contra dance band, Vertical Expression is what happens when you take two English ceilidh musicians on fiddle and melodeon and put them with ... more »
Yoruba Women Choir - Concert
Supporting Acts: Against the Grain,Jed Grimes,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £18 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Gospel is the biggest music in Africa and one of the biggest choirs of them all is the mighty Yoruba Women Choir. Founded by singer and leader Funmi Olawumi in 2007, ... more »
Blackbeard's Tea Party - Dance
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £Box Office opens 17th June
Funky folk tunes, saucy songs and an infectious stage energy. Blackbeard's Tea Party mix fiddles & squeezeboxes, guitar noise & synth bass, and a feast of percussion ... more »
Aug
Kay Anderson, Graham Anstee & Tap Roots - Appalachian Dance Workshop
Starting at 10:00 am at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Colum Sands - Face the Music - in conversation with Tom & Barbara Brown
Starting at 10:30 am at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens 17th June.
Colum Sands has performed in over thirty countries around the world, confirming the universal appeal for the songs and stories with which he observes the minute and often humorous ... more »
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly - Hobby Horse Club for Children of All Ages
Supporting Acts: Clarence,Stowfolk,The Hooden Horses,
Starting at 11:00 am at the Bandstand
Ticket Information: £Collection Taken
Back in his familiar role as host of the Hobby Horse Club, Mick Scott welcomes friends old and new, of all ages, for 90 minutes of mayhem with Clarence the Festival Dragon, ... more »
Union Jill - Concert
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box office opens 17th June.
Helen Turner and Sharon Winfield have been performing together since 2006. After discovering a shared love of folk and acoustic music they soon realised their voices were meant ... more »
Tautas Roks - Ceilidh
Starting at 12:30 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £1 Box Office opens 17th June
Tautas Roks is – Kristaps Fisher, Robert Care, Simon Nay and Maris Fisher- who bring their music to you with a bucket load of enthusiasm and pride. We generate a gutsy, ... more »
Pierre Vincent - Concert
Supporting Acts: The QP,
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £7 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
PierreVincent is a British singer-songwriter, currently based in northern France. He firstachieved prominence with indie folk group THE DEALERS, who released 4 independent albums, ... more »
Adrian O - Singalong
Starting at 2:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £4 Box Office opens 17th June
ADRIAN O lives in Kent but grew up in County Cork, Ireland, with his imagination fired by Celtic legends of fairies and leprechauns, with the sound of curlews and corncrakes ... more »
Shooting Roots - Showcase
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Shooting Roots are young people who run workshops for young people (we think that's a very good idea!) They are a traditional folk arts organisation for young ... more »
Shooting Roots - Showcase
Starting at 3:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Shooting Roots are young people who run workshops for young people (we think that's a very good idea!) They are a traditional folk arts organisation for young ... more »
Colum Sands - Concert
Supporting Acts: Chris Sadler,
Starting at 5:00 pm at the Crampton Museum
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Colum Sands has performed in over thirty countries around the world, confirming the universal appeal for the songs and stories with which he observes the minute and often humorous ... more »
Acadian Driftwood - Cajun Dance
Starting at 7:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £5 Box Office opens 17th June
Acadian Driftwood are an acoustic dance band specialising in the music of the great Cajun bands of 1920s Louisiana. The hot interplay between fiddle and button ... more »
Narrow Escape - Dance
Supporting Acts: Andrew Swaine,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Charles Dickens School
Ticket Information: £6 Box Office opens 17th June
Narrow Escape is a bandof experienced players in the dance scene with David Bradley on accordion, MikeGreen on mandolin and mandola and Liz Ellison completing the trio on recorderand ... more »
Union Jill - Tom & Barbara Brown's Singaround - all come ye!
Supporting Acts: Tom & Barbara Brown,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Sailing Club
Ticket Information: £5 Box office opens17th June.
Helen Turner and Sharon Winfield have been performing together since 2006. After discovering a shared love of folk and acoustic music they soon realised their voices were meant ... more »
Tim Edey - Concert
Supporting Acts: Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin,
Starting at 7:30 pm at the Concert Marquee
Ticket Information: £15 Box Office open 17th June. Friends of Folk Week Priority Bookings from 14th February
Tim Edey grew up in Broadstairs, now lives in Faversham, and is one of the finest Irish box and guitar players of his generation. A mixture of dazzling technical ability, ... more »
The QP - Ceilidh
Supporting Acts: Lisa Haywood,
Starting at 11:00 pm at the Pavilion
Ticket Information: £10 Box Office opens 17th June
No one knows the true history of the band. However, after literally minutes of painstaking research, scholars believe the band to have been formed by harmonica genius and all ... more »
