Our 2018 Line Up

We're already planning our 2019 line up.  It will features top notch folk and world music, some of the region's top young performers.  In the meantime. here's a flavour of our 2018 line up

Johnny Coppin

​​Jack Russell, the ex-England wicket-keeper, is a big fan and used to lead his team singing Johnny's rousing Gloucestershire songs!  
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Rock of Eye

Three of the most inventive instrumentalists in the UK, Rock of Eye bring European folk music to life in a way that is both new and familiar.
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Rebecca Hollweg

Listening to Rebecca playing live, one audience member described her music as 'being enfolded in a warm embrace'. 
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The Bingcows

A journey from medieval European dances through Appalachian traditions to the Balkans, from the music of the Irish harp to hot-club swing
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Fantasy Orchestra

Bristol's zaniest community orchestra and choir.  Think psychedelic loveliness, rousing choral noise, and some choice costumes !
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Finn Hagan

Meet Finn, the wonderful sounds of the Scottish Highlands and the Star Wars theme as you've never heard it before.
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Wina Lewis

From the passion of East Java to western contemporary dance,
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Some of the South West's best young musicians

At the Rockhampton Folk Festival we like to give some of the region's best young musicians a platform to perform.  They may be young, but boy, are they good !
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The Wriggle Jigglers

Young folk doesn't come much better than this.  Meet the winners of the Southdown Folk Festival in 2017
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Coombeshead Taiko

Loud, energetic, joyful, rhythmic and fun. Their infectious enthusiasm will stop you in your tracks.
​Its going to be Taiko-tastic!
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