The Sarah Thorne Theatre – Dance Venue

Hampshire-based Threepenny Bit use traditional dance music as the jumping-off point for their adventures in sound, with the eight members' patchwork of influences sewn into the lining of every tune. Their bold arrangements move between light and shade, intimacy and bombast, but always with compelling rhythm and harmony at the core. No idea is off […]

One of Cambridgeshire’s premier English ceilidh bands, the ever-busy Frog on a Bike has been an established and hugely popular name on the professional East Anglian ceilidh scene for over 30 years. A staple also of the wider English ceilidh circuit, Frog on a Bike play some of the UK’s biggest folk festivals every year. […]

Get your Woodland Fairie costumes out and join in the fun with Banter at this wonderfully silly Ceilidh! Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon & concertina, Nina Zella on keyboards & vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, guitar, bass & vocals and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar & vocals. Four fine musicians whose […]

Manchester’s favourite folk monster, Chimera are known for their infectious energy and driving tunes that will get everyone’s feet tapping. They pride themselves on their exhilarating, playful arrangements that put the punch and drive into dance tunes from across the UK and beyond, and are guaranteed to get you up on your feet and dancing, […]

SEAGLASS ' is a the brand new brainchild of Jenny Newman & Andy Glass. (3sticks/Folk Camps Party Band/Solstice). They are joined by musicians from Banter,Torus and Ocular. It’s ceilidh meets […]

Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer and they are two of the most versatile musicians on the dance circuit today. They are equally at home whether it’s medieval dance, Playford, Regency […]

Tautas Roks are one of the UK’s top ceilidh bands, blending traditional folk with driving rhythms and big, dance-floor-filling energy. Last seen at Broadstairs Folk Week in 2017, they return […]