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Swanage Folk Festival

Sunday, 12 Sep 2021 @ 16:00 Past Event
Swanage Folk Festival
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Welcome to the 2021 Swanage Folk Festival. We had to postpone the 2020 festival along with all the other festival organisers and as a result the 2021 festival will look a lot like the 2020 festival, at least as far as the music programme. We are hoping that by September 2021 all the varied events and activities that make the festival so vibrant will be able to go ahead as planned. We will, of course, be keeping a very close eye on the guidance so that we can make the festival as safe as possible.

The folk festival has come a long way since our first day of dance in 1992. It has grown into a full and varied weekend of music and dance. From Friday 10th September to Sunday 12th September our small seaside town on the beautiful Jurassic coast of Dorset will fill up with hundreds of colourful dancers and the town will resonate to the sound of bells jingling, sticks thwacking and excellent music.

The hub of the festival is Sandpit Field, with a concert marquee and festival bar, the festival information tent and dozens of colourful craft stalls. Over the weekend music concerts will take place at venues around the town. Artists appearing this year including Jon Boden, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys, The Churchfitters, Granny's Attic, Ninebarrow, Threepenny Bit, Winter Mountain, Hot Rats, Keith Donnelly, Bram Taylor, Hicks & Goulbourne and the Longest Johns. Keep up to-date on the latest information and our concert line-up by looking on our festival website, www.swanagefolkfestival.com.

There will be opportunities to get involved with workshops, music sessions in the local pubs and the free entertainment on Sandpit Field for the young of all ages. For something more energetic there is the festival dance at the Swanage School on Saturday night.

Traditional dance teams will again gather to entertain you. Displays take place all over the town and a spectacular dance parade will take place on Saturday afternoon. All the dance sides ask in return is loud applause and your spare small change or increasingly your contactless payment details.

By September 2021 we will all need a good break and for our part we look forward to seeing you over the festival weekend.

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