Please click on a day below to see the current lineup! You can also use the Event Calendar on the right to view each days concerts.
Just remember that the events listed here are just a fraction of the programme. There are about 70 different events each day, including workshops, children’s events, pub gigs, Bandstand shows, dances and sessions. Full details can be found in the Souvenir Programme, published in late June - £4.50 including postage and packing.
Ceilidh @ Pavilion
19:00 to 21:30
The Knifegrinders
Tickets £5
The week's first Ceilidh with caller CHRIS PETZ
Welcome Dance @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
Stowfolk
Tickets £5
Caller MADELEINE SMITH gets the week's dancing off to a good start
Opening Concert @ Concert Marquee
20:00 to 22:30
The Hot Club of Cowtown
Tickets £12
World Dance Music @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
Mamienco
Tickets £8
Hot sounds for the late night
Lunchtime Ceilidh @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Stowfolk with caller MARTIN YOUNG
Tickets £1
Come to the workshop at 12 midday to learn the basic ceilidh steps
Concert @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Tom & Barbara Brown, Jerry Epstein & Ralph Bodington, Ewan McLennan, Wholehearted
Tickets £6
Afternoon at the Pav @ Pavilion
15:00 to 16:30
The Trouser Trumpets
Tickets £4
Concert @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 21:45
Eric Bogle & John Munro
Tickets £10
The No More Waltzing Matilda Tour
Support - Alistair Anderson
Show @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:00
Mighty Zulu Nation
Tickets £7
Blues Concert @ Methodist Church
19:30 to 22:00
Michael Roach & Johnny Mars, Rick Franklin, Philip Henry
Tickets £9
Torchlight Procession @ High Street
22:00 to 00:00
A hi-energy flaming spectacle of whirling dancers and music processing through the town
tbc
Weather Permitting of course!
Ceilidh @ Pavilion
23:00 to 01:00
Glorystrokes with caller Gordon Potts
Tickets £10
From barn dance to mosh pit...
EVENING DANCE @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
IVAN AITKEN with THE BRISTOL PLAYERS
Tickets £5
Lunchtime Ceilidh @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Triality
Tickets £1
Caller : Barry Goodman
Concert @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Four Square, Asha
Tickets £6
European Dance @ Pavilion
15:00 to 16:30
Drohne
Tickets £4
Ceilidh @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:45
Asha
Tickets £6
Callers are Dave Jolly & Jackie Allen
Concert @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
The Anteaters (members of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra play PCO tunes) Paul Downes & Mick Ryan
Tickets £10
America Over the Water @ Hilderstone
20:00 to 22:15
Shirley Collins & Pip Barnes
Tickets £8
Kicking Celtic Dance Night @ Pavilion
23:30 to 01:00
Warblefly
Tickets £10
THE PLAYFORD BALL @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
Brian Jones with THE BRISTOL PLAYERS
Tickets £5
Dressing up for the occasion welcome but not compulsory
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Asha with callers Dave Jolly & Jackie Allen
Tickets £1
THE NAVVY'S WIFE @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Mick Ryan & Company
Tickets £7
Show with Heather Bradford, Paul Downes, Judy Dunlop,Jackie Oates, Mick Ryan, Roger Watson
LOUISIANA STOMP @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:30
Sarah Savoy & the Francadians
Tickets £8
Cajun & Rockabilly music
CONCERT - AMERICAN STYLE @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
Devon Sproule Band; The New deal String Band; David Ferrard
Tickets £12
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
Aardvark with caller Pete Grassby
Tickets £8
Evening Dance @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
Frances Oates with Melodic Evil
Tickets £5
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Boldwood with caller Roger Watson
Tickets £1
CONCERT - BAREFOOT WARRIORS @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Robb Johnson, Leon Rosselson, David Ferrard, Debra Cowan, Jon Fromer
Tickets £6
How protest song can change the world
SPANISH STYLE JAZZ & FLAMENCO MUSIC @ Pavilion
15:00 to 16:30
Manos Puestas
Tickets £4
with dancer LA KATI from The London Flamenco Co
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:30
Boldwood with Roger Watson
Tickets £6
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
Spiers & Boden; The Kirsty McGee Hobopop Collective; Tony Carling
Tickets £12
A BIT OF SKA @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
Arthur Kay & The Originals
Tickets £10
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
The Old Trout Band
Tickets £1
with caller Mary Goulder
CONCERT - AMERICA CALLING @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
The Maybelles; Jody Kruskal & Paul Friedman; Kirsty McGee & Mat Martin
Tickets £7
CHILDREN'S SPECIAL SHOW @ Pavilion
15:00 to 17:00
Panic Circus; Debra Cowan; Lily & Co
Tickets £2.5
THE LIBERTY TREE @ Methodist Church
17:00 to 18:30
Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson
Tickets £5
A celebration of the life of radical free thinker Thomas Paine [1737-1809] on the bicentenary of his death
AN EVENING OF BLUEGRASS @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:30
Monroe's Revenge; Ben Paley & Tab Hunter with guests Tanglefoot Appalachian Dancers
Tickets £6
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
Faustus; Pete Morton; Rosie Doonan & the Snapdragons
Tickets £12
PARTY NIGHT @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
The Funking Barstewards
Tickets £10
Let your hair down, or better still put your 70's wig on and prepare for a night of disco dancing madness
Evening Ceiilidh - Jack's Night @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
Brian Jones with Pilgrim's Way
Tickets £5
A variety of delightful dances and entertainment with guests from the Festival
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Jody Kruskal & Paul Friedman
Tickets £1
with caller Madeleine Smith
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Keith Pearson's Coup de Grass; Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts; Lily & Co
Tickets £6
BELLY DANCING @ Pavilion
15:00 to 17:00
Helen Snelling
Tickets £5
Belly dancing workshop for all ages and abilities
CEILDH @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:30
Random with caller Phil Bassindale
Tickets £6
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
Tim Edey & Seamus Begley; Kieran Halpin; TamLin
Tickets £12
A Celtic evening
DANCE FLOOR MAYHEM @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
Wholesome Fish
Tickets £10
Roots - Cajun - Folk Rock
DANCE @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
Frances Oates with Jody Kruskal & Paul Friedman
Tickets £5
CEILIDH @ Pavilion
12:30 to 14:00
Random with caller Phil Bassindale
Tickets £1
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
14:30 to 16:30
Wholesome Fish; The Roots Union
Tickets £7
LINE DANCING WORKSHOP @ Pavilion
15:00 to 16:30
The Pink Cadillacs
Tickets £4
Learn some cool line-dancing moves in various styles
A TASTE OF AMERICA @ Pavilion
19:30 to 21:30
John E Cash & The Orange County Cowboys plus Foolproof
Tickets £6
CONCERT @ Concert Marquee
19:30 to 22:30
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; The Dealers
Tickets £15
SORRY TICKETS FOR THIS CONCERT ARE NOW SOLD OUT
THE FINAL CEILIDH @ Pavilion
23:15 to 01:00
Florida with caller Chris Pitt
Tickets £10
FINAL CHANCE TO DANCE @ Upton School
19:30 to 22:30
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tickets £5
MC madeleine smith with all a massed band and any callers still standing!