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Sent: 23 May 2011 00:59

Subject: Sidmouth FolkWeek Taster Programme now available

 

PRESS RELEASE                                        IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 23 MAY 2011
 
Sidmouth Folk Week Taster Programme Now Available
 
The brand new Sidmouth FolkWeek Taster Programme is now available from the Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre and on the FolkWeek website, www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
 
The Taster Programme gives details of all the events in the Ham Marquee (lunchtime, afternoon and evening) and Bulverton Marquee (Festival Clubhouse and Late Night Extra), as well as a selection of the main events in the Manor Pavilion, Bedford Hotel, Methodist Church, Blackmore Gardens Marquee (evening ceilidhs) and Anchor Garden (lunchtime and afternoon ceilidhs).
 
Advance Ticketsfor many of these events are now available – details are in the Taster Programme. Advance tickets are available at the discount prices before 25 July. Festival Director, John Braithwaite, urged anyone interested in buying tickets not to leave it too late. “Advance tickets are limited in number, and last year we sold out of some of the quotas well before 25 July!” John explained.
 
Amongst the Ham Marquee concert acts that are expected to be especially popular are local award-winning duo, Show of Hands in a concert called‘From the Heart of Devon’ (Saturday 30 July), a special joint 70th Birthday Concert for Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick (Sunday 31 July), the return of Australia’s hilarious Spooky Men’s Chorale (Monday 1 August), and The Kate Rusby Band (Wednesday 3 August),  and Scotland’s top songwriter, Dougie MacLean (Friday 5 August).
 
There is a special new production of the folk opera, The Transports, written by the late Peter Bellamy, and starring Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Jackie Oates, Jim Moray and Jim Causley and many others. This production is in association with the Southbank Centre in London, with the Centre’s Artistic Director, Jude Kelly, as director. 
 
Other Ham Marquee guests include singer Roy Bailey and politician Tony Benn in their show, ‘The Writing on the Wall’ (Saturday 30 July), The Lark Rise Band (Wednesday 3 August) and a sensational Irish dance and music show, Atlantic Steps (Friday 5 August).
 
At the Bulverton Marquee, high-energy Festival Clubhouse guests include Scotland’s The Unusual Suspects (Saturday 30 July) and The Chair (Friday 5 August), and Gallician piper Anxo Lorenzo and his band (Tuesday 2 August). The Privateers have sadly had to cancel their gig, but we are pleased to have The Morris On Band instead to lead us through our folk 70s night (Wednesday 3 August).
 
The Taster Programme also includes details of workshops, social dances, ceilidhs, dance displays and Sidmouth traditions and Family and Youth events.
 
One of last year’s concerts, In Search of Nic Jones, in which a host of today’s top singers paid tribute to Nic Jones, who had to retire from singing after an horrific car crash thirty years ago, is taking place again at London Southbank’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 28 May. The concert is in association with Sidmouth FolkWeek.
 
Ends
 
Sidmouth FolkWeek is based in the East Devon Regency seaside town of Sidmouth, the host, for the last 56 years, of one of the country’s top folk music and dance festivals. Since 2005, the Festival has forged a new, closer relationship with the town and locality. www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 
For further information, photographs for publication, and interviews with the performers, please contact: press_at_sidmouthfolkweek_dot_co_dot_uk Tel: 07732 264291.

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