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Workshops For All!
There are some great acts on at Priddy in 2018, not just on the main programme but also the Fringe too. What’s more we have lined up a great programme of free workshops on everything from singing in harmony to playing village band music of yore! On the Saturdy, Issy Emeney will be hosting a…
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Priddy’s Free Fringe Line Up Announced!
This year’s Priddy Folk Festival will again feature our Fringe Tent featuring an eclectic array of the best of local – and not so local – musical talent. Entry to the Fringe Tent is entirely free to all – including visitors taking in Priddy’s craft market and other free entertainment. No wristbands are required! Our…
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Lots of Fun and a Sticky End at the Kids Fest
This year we have another great programme planned for the Children’s Festival at Priddy 2018. We have the ever popular West African drums and Hop, Skip and Sing for little ones plus some of our old favourites back after a couple of years break. The excellent Bristol-based Brave Bold Drama are back this year with…
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Threepenny Bit Head Priddy’s Dance Festival
This year’s Priddy is a promising feast of dance as our regular Dance Festival bursts all over the site. Headlining the dance festival this year are ceilidh band Threepenny Bit, an exciting band of young musicians from Southampton who take traditional dance tunes and contemporary sounds and blend them into a fresh interpretation of folk…
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Priddy Rising Project In Full Swing
As part of its mission to promote and support young folk musicians in the south west, Priddy Folk Festival has a long-standing link with pupils at Blue School in Wells. The project, called Priddy Rising is now in its seventh year and sees musician, composer and producer Will Lang mentor students at the school for…
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Priddy Acts Scoop Top BBC Folk Awards
The Young’uns, who will be playing in the Sunday schedule at this year’s Priddy Folk Festival – won one of the top awards at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards held in Belfast on April 4. The trio (above), always popular visitors to Priddy, took the coveted Best Album award for their fabulous album…
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A Tale Of Two First Time Stewards
Wendy and Jeff volunteered to help out at Priddy Folk Festival last year, and got a free ticket each for their efforts. Here, they tell us what it was like – and why they are looking forward to doing it again. “Having never been to Priddy Folk Festival before we had no idea what to…
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Priddy Artists Up For BBC Folk Awards
We are delighted to report that many of the acts we’ve booked for this year’s Priddy Folk Festival have been nominated for the UK’s most prestigious folk music awards – the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Most eye-catchingly, Priddy’s own local heroes The Drystones (above) have been nominated for the Young Folk Award. The Alex Garden…
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Camping News For 2018
We will be making some improvements at the campsite for this year’s festival. Firstly we will be adding another car-free zone to the tents-only field. A small experimental area of that field was marked for last year’s festival so that cars were parked just off the emergency roadway and not inside the car-free zone they were surrounding.…
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Fancy a free ticket? Sign up to be a steward!
There are plenty of ways to enjoy Priddy Folk Festival – from taking in the free events as a casual visitor to being a fully paid up weekender. But have you ever considered volunteering as a Priddy Folk Festival steward? Being a steward means you can get involved in many different aspects of the festival,…
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James and Saul Coming To Priddy
A new duo made up of two familiar names are heading to this year’s Priddy as the latest act to be announced. James Delarre and Saul Rose are well known individually on the English folk scene and both played in different guises at last year’s Priddy. Fiddle player James appeared at Priddy twice last year,…
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Festival Feedback From 2017
Thank you to all the festival goers who gave us a wealth of valuable feed back about their experience at the 2017 Priddy Folk Festival. Your feedback helps us to continually improve the folk festival and the festival goers experience. We asked a variety of questions as part of the survey; below reflects the main…