Welcome to the Wessex Folk Festival pages The website for this Dorset based festival celebrating music, song and dance rooted in the traditions of the area.

Festival Enquiries Please ring Chris on
01305 823013

Concerts

Solo Acts and Bands

Sessions

Folk Club

Workshops

Dance

Parking for 2012

Health & Safety

Disabled Access

Accommodation

Trade Stall applications

Latest Updates 14 May 2012

Welcome to the new web site

Wessex Folk Festival is essentially 'free' apart from the concerts and a nominal charge for the workshops.
So please, when you see our 'Bucketeers', give generously.

Then we can do it all over again next year.

Thanks!

Hot news

The Park and Ride has very generously offered that if you buy two tickets (£5) You are covered for both Saturday and Sunday!!

!!New!!

You can now buy Sarah McQuaid concert tickets 'online' via eBay:

Click Here

The "Balloonatic on stilts" will be around the festival on Sunday. Come and try your hand at creating a model with balloons

Irish Set Dance and workshop

Friday 7.30pm -10pm

Old Town Hall

Come along and join in for a good evening out. Set dances have been a feature of Irish social gatherings for 150 years and there is a steady following in England too. There will be a caller to explain what to do and its a lot of fun. Note - this is dancing for everyone, not the Riverdance style stepdance

Also

We are looking for about a dozen budding young musicians to attend a band workshop under the tutelage of Pete Shutler, accordionist with the Yetties. The idea is to run sessions on both Saturday and Sunday during the festival and then a performance on Sunday afternoon. The music will be of a traditional nature so appropriate acoustic instruments are preferred. This will run if we can get enough musicians to pre-register before the weekend. This an opportunity to learn from a musician with a lot of experience of the folk music scene.
If you are interested then Please ring Chris on
01305 823013

We have a joint promotion with
Stompin' Dave Allen

Monday 4th June, Weymouth Pavilion Theatre
The Esplanade, WEYMOUTH, Dorset, DT4 8ED

See Concerts Page for details

The Line up

Concert

Sarah McQuaid

See Concerts Page for details

Main and Harbourside Stages

The Morris Boys (top UK Bluegrass band)

Jim Reynolds State of Undress

Folklaw Galley Beggar

Los Salvadores Finnian McGurk