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Song, dance and stories in the Kids’ Tent
There’s plenty to do for children of all ages at the Priddy Folk Festival in 2015! We start both days with a session of songs and rhymes for parents, babies and little ones. Later, we have the return of the fabulous Martin Maudsley whose musical stories were such a big hit last year. Martin is a professional…
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Welcome to The Priddy Fringe
This year the festival’s Club Tent becomes The Priddy Fringe! We’ve finalised a superb line up of acts in the intimate venue setting of the Fringe tent. Mixing folk, blues, country and folk-rock The Priddy Fringe is the perfect place to have fun at a workshop, take part in the Open Mic sessions or just relax and listen…
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Halsway Hothouse Festival
We had a lovely day down at Halsway Manor for their Hothouse Festival on Saturday 4th April. Rachael and I were interviewed about Priddy Folk Festival on 10 Radio by old friends Jon Dyer and James Findlay, and we got to see the amazing performances of the students who have been there all week. Our…
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Saltfishforty
The latest act booked for this year’s Priddy Folk Festival are Salfishforty – an exciting duo from the from the far-flung Orkneys. Made up of Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) Saltfishyforty combine fantastic musicianship with beautiful tunes. Their new live album is due for release at this year’s Priddy Festival but you can…
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Friday Night Dance
Local favourites Dragonsfly lead the dance on Friday night– the set starts with some great Breton music & Maya will teach some French Bal & Breton dancing….then as the night gets late the band will let rip & play a blasting set of French, Balkan and all the best that Dragonsfly can do. The band are…