Schedule

The Line-up is now complete for 2009 and this year’s impressive list of over 65 acts is shown below, with links to their own websites or myspace pages. Great thanks to Dom who has worked really hard to provide you with an even more amazing line-up than previous years.



Opening Concert at the Ritz Social Club with

    Mad Dog McCrea
    David Chave
    Richard Keedwell

Doors open at 8.30pm, concert finishes at 11.30pm. Bar until midnight. Tickets £5 from GC Music 01278 794434

    ALL DAY SATURDAY - EVENTS IN THE PUBS

Live Music will be available from 12.00 noon until 11.00pm. Open Mic/Sessions will be running at the Royal Clarence Hotel from 2.00pm - 11.00pm

Folkfest2009 Who's Who
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Public Houses involved on Saturday: 12.00am to 11.00pm
The Dunstan House Hotel
The Victoria Inn
The Railway
The Somerset and Dorset
The Lighthouse
Chaplins
The Old Pier Tavern
Plus Open Mic/Sessions between 2.00pm and 11.00pm at the Royal Clarence Hotel on the Seafront.

    Saturday - WORKSHOPS

The workshops will be running on Saturday Afternoon at the Baptist Church Hall (on the First Floor above the Folkfest Office): ENTRANCE IS FREE.

2pm-3pm: Concertina workshop with Steve Turner. Song accompaniment - all systems. Learn from the master. Nice and Squeezy does it!

3pm-4pm: Guitar Workshop with Phil King. Acoustic Blues - how to mix up your blues with different voicings and chord progressions. Phil will fill you in!

4pm-5pm: Drum Workshop with Angela Wicks: Room for lots of you in this one. Anyone can have a go, whatever you age. Angela is more “Practical and less Theory” so sit in and let the rhythms do the talking. Angela may also be asking you to join her on stage on Sunday in Manor gardens when she will be performing with lots of you in a slot between acts at Folk in the Park.

    Saturday - KIDZONE at the Baptist Church Hall FREE ENTRY


12.00 – 16.30
at the Baptist Church Back Hall
( behind the Folkfest Office)
Nutty Noah from 1pm
Also: hair braiding, face-painting, badge making, painting, drawing and colouring . Make bracelets, necklaces, dolls and rainmakers.
Also Teas, Coffees and Light Snacks.
FREE ENTRY TO ALL.

    Saturday - DANCE and CLOGGING at the Dance Stage (Baptist Church Car Park)


11.00 Pigsty Morris
11.25 Beetle Crushers
11.50 Pigsty Morris
12.15 Beetle Crushers
12.40 Widders Border Morris
13.05 Pigsty Morris
13.20 Durham Rapper Team
13.45 Tiger Feet
14.10 Widders Border Morris
14.35 Tiger Feet
15.00 Chalice Morris
15.25 Durham Rapper Team
16.00 Chalice Morris

Craft and Traders Fair in the High St on Saturday and in Manor Gardens on Sunday:Traders booked for 2009 are:

  • The Rainbow Sheep
  • Tonkin Craft
  • R-EM Palmistry Parties
  • Earth Raver
  • Emporium
  • Bagatelle
  • The Dragons Gallery
  • Beads and Buttons
  • Carantoc Arts & Crafts
  • Exquisite Egyptian
  • Hathormoon
  • Kathy’s Kards
  • Pint Sized People
  • Purrr-fect Pottery


    • SUNDAY - “FOLK IN THE PARK”

    FREE Open Air Concert in Manor Gardens 12.00 – 6.00pm with
    Stompin’ Dave Allen,
    Polly & The Billets Doux,
    Bag Of Rats,
    Dambuskers,
    Tiger Feet Appalachian Cloggers,
    Chalice Morris Men,
    plus Craft/Traders Fair
    KIDZONE Entertainment, Inflatables
    Real Ale Tent, Ice Creams, Food and Refreshments

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