Welcome to Sidmouth FolkWeek

If you’ve been to Sidmouth Festival before, you’ll know what it’s all about: music, singing, dancing, pub sessions, learning something new, cream teas, concerts, seeing your favourite bands, discovering your new favourite bands, crab sarnies, storytelling, lying on the beach, dancing the night away at Late Night Extra, and sitting up late on the campsite with your brand new best friends.

If you haven’t been before, you’ve got quite a treat in store: One of England’s very best folk festivals combined with a seaside holiday in a beautiful Regency town! What more could you want from the first week in August?

Jim Moray sums it up: ‘The important thing about Sidmouth, as someone who has attended most years of my life, is that it doesn’t belong to “them” in the way that other festivals do, it belongs to everyone to make their own thing out of.’

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Stewards still needed – Enjoy Sidmouth FolkWeek for FREE

Pre-Festival Special
Thursday 30 July, 8pm
Ham Marquee
£20/£18.50 Tickets on sale now

An Evening with
Pam Ayres

“Forget the corny comedian: Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life.” Sunday Times

NB This event is not included in Ham evening season ticket

Devon County Council Gets FolkWeek Singing
Sidmouth's Devon County Councillor Stuart Hughes presenting a cheque for £10,000 to FolkWeek Directors John Braithwaite and John Heydon. With the County Council's support, FolkWeek is presenting a trio of choirs - Australia's Spooky Men's Chorale, The London Bulgarian Choir and Stream of Sound from the West Midlands. See press release for full story.

Street Trading
Forms to apply for trading pitches on the Esplanade during FolkWeek are now available from East Devon Council's website

People with children please note. As a result of changes in the interpretation of licensing regulations, we are now able to allow children admission to late night events at the Bulverton Marquee. They must, however, be accompanied by a responsible adult.

The John Gasson Jig Competition website is now available with photos and videos of past winners plus entry forms for this year's competition, which takes place on Sunday August 2nd at Sidmouth.

Congratulations to our BBC Folk Awards winning guests

David Owen designs for Sidmouth
Graphic artist David Owen has designed a series of postcards for us to promote the Bulverton events, with essential information on the backs of the cards. Keep an eye out for them at a ceilidh near you! Plans are also afoot for an exhibition of some of his work at the Festival.