2009 - what a year !!

The 2009 festival was a relaxed, stress free, wonderful weekend that is going to set a benchmark for future years.

There was fantastic music not only from established acts like Lau, Dave Swarbricks Lazarus, Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, but also from many of the newcomers such as Tinderbox whose music drew a huge audience that ended up filling the Eastwater venue to capacity.

And who could forget revelling at the Late Night Dance with the sensational Baraka who shook the village hall to its foundations.

By Friday evening the festival had sold out of all but a few Sunday tickets - which was excellent news for the village.

The festival is proud to announce that it made it's biggest ever contribution to the Priddy Charity Trust. A huge thank you from all of us here in Priddy to everybody who came to the festival and made this possible, especially the volunteer stewards without whom we would be unable to achieve this.

Please also have a look at the Festival Gallery and the results from the Priddy Pre-School Balloon Race.

2009 Line Up

This was definitely one of Priddy's best ever line-ups, a real treat!

• Lau http://www.lau-music.co.uk
• Swarb’s Lazarus http://www.swarbslazarus.com
• Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies http://www.jezlowe.com
• Sara Grey http://www.maclurg.com
• Martha Tilston Band http://www.marthatilston.co.uk
• Pete Coe http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk
• Jackie Oates http://www.jackieoates.co.uk
• Steve Tilston http://www.stevetilston.com
• Steve Payne http://www.steve-payne.net
• Dalla http://www.dalla.co.uk
• Brooks Williams http://www.brookswilliams.com
• Askew Sisters http://www.askewsisters.co.uk
• Andy Clarke http://www.flaxey-green.co.uk
• Kate Lissauer http://www.katelissauer.com
• Dave Totterdell http://www.myspace.com/davetotterdell
• Jack Mc Neill & Charlie Heys
• Tinderbox http://www.tinderboxacoustic.com
• Michael Bassett http://www.michaelbassett.org
• Issy & Dave Emeney http://.issyemeney.co.uk
• ‘Navvys Wives’ http://www.thenavvyswife.co.uk
• The Gasworks Singers
• Late night bop - Baraka http://www.barakamusic.co.uk
• Moondance
• Priddy's own Backroom Band

Apologies, but this probably isn't a complete list!

2009 Workshops

Here's a summary of the 2009 workshops:

• Pete Coe & Andy Clarke - Accompanying English tunes
• Cliff Stapleton and Andy Letcher - Hurdy Gurdy and pipes
• Izzey Emeney - Melodeon
• Bruce Johnstone-Lowe - Bodhran workshops
• Sara Grey - Gospel singing
• Kate Lissauer - Appalachian fiddle
• Emily and Hazel Askew - English dance tunes
• Pete Coe & Sara Grey - Appalachian music history
• Andy Clarke - Guitar
• Jim Tigwell and Martin Froud - Guitar and slide guitar
• Maya Preece - Choral singing workshop