Sidmouth FolkWeek (2nd – 9th August) is a unique week-long festival in an idyllic seaside home. With over 800 events – from top class concerts (including two fantastic pre-festival specials), dances, ceilidhs, informal sessions, a Children’s Festival, storytelling, Shooting Roots youth events, dance displays, processions and a wealth of workshops – the festival can boast a ‘something for everyone’ promise for all ages in its breadth and depth of programming.

Pre-festival special events at The Ham Marquee:

Thursday 1st 8pm Barry Cryer’s Twitter Titters with Colin Sell
Friday 2nd 3pm Private Peaceful ~ The Concert  with Michael Morpurgo
and Coope, Boyes & Simpson. Suitable for over 10 year olds.
 
Highlights by day for the main festival (2nd – 9th August) in venues throughout the town:

Friday 2nd

Le Vent du Nord/ Private Peaceful ~ The Concert with Michael Morpurgo and Coope, Boyes & Simpson/ Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas/ The Albion Band/ Gilmore & Roberts/ Bedlam/ Toothless Mary/ James Findlay
 
Saturday 3rd

Nic Jones Trio/ Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin/ Blowzabella/ Siobhan Miller/ Coope Boyes & Simpson/ Lady Maisery/ Blair Dunlop/ Children’s Evening Show: The Da Silva Marionette Circus Troupe with Noisy Oyster Theatre.

Sunday 4th

Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes/ Lau/ Blowzabella/ Three Cane Whale/ Jim Causley with The Cream Of Devon / Under Her Skin with Debs Newbold & Laurel Swift/ Blackbeard’s Tea Party/ Pete Morton/ Gavin Davenport/ Stephanie Hladowski & C Joynes/ The John Gasson Solo Jig Competition/ Children’s Evening Show: The Jellyvision Show with Snapshot Productions.

Monday 5th

The Unwanted / Flook/ Peatbog Faeries/ Roy Bailey & Special Guests including Grace Petrie/ Nancy Kerr & James Fagan/ Emily Portman Trio / Saltfishforty/ Flowers & Frolics/ The Askew Sisters/ Jeff Warner/ John Kirkpatrick/ Children’s Evening Show: Spooky Men’s Chorale Family Song Evening.
 
Tuesday 6th

Carthy, Hardy, Farrell, Young/ Crimes & Ballads with Martin Carthy & Peter Robinson/ Duncan Chisholm/ Melrose Quartet/ Dave Burland/ Peace Concert with Roy Bailey, Sandra Kerr, Grace Petrie / Mairearad Green & Anna Massie/ Shelagh McDonald/ Sarah McQuaid/ Steamchicken/ Will Newsome/ Children’s Evening Show: Story Night with Chris Cole and Debs Newbold.

Wednesday 7th

The Spooky Men’s Chorale/ Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen/ Bella Hardy & The Midnight Watch/ Wizz Jones/ Martin Carthy/ Morris Offspring with Faustus/ Benji Kirkpatrick/ Dave Burland/ Jason Steel/ Short Sharp Shanties with Jackie Oates, Jeff Warner, Keith Kendrick, Doug Bailey and Tom & Barbara Brown/ Celebration of Emily Wilding-Davison with Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr & Emily Inspires Choir/ Children’s Evening Show: Family Variety Night with Jim and Lynette Eldon, The Sunshine Panners Stream of Sound youth choir and Peter Optical.

Thursday 8th 

Capercaillie/ Jaipur Kawa Brass Band/ Tim Eriksen/ Olivia Chaney/ Faustus/ Colum Sands/ Gadarene/ DanceCupola/ Steve Turner/ Angles Of Englishness with John Kirkpatrick, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Ron Taylor & Jeff Gillett and Bartram, Brookes and Weatherall/ Emma Sweeney/ Panjandrum/ Children’s Evening Show: Family Ceilidh. with  The Sidmouth Seaside Stompers.
 
Friday 9th 

Tim Edey & Brendan Power/ The Poetry Of Charles Causley
with Jim Causley with Julie Murphy & Ceri Owen-Jones/
Sciorr:Staged/ The English Contra Band/ Colum Sands/ Steve Turner/ Eurodance Finale with Angles and Cupola/ Saul Rose & James Delarre/ Torchlight Procession

Sidmouth Folk Week 2013 takes place at Various Locations Sidmouth, Devon between Fri 2nd to Fri 9th August 2013 Tickets here