Kelp are Purbeck’s premier sea shanty group.

On Saturday afternoon in our main marquee on Sandpit Field, the beating heart of the Swanage Folk Festival. Arrive a few minutes early grab some food at one of the many stands, enjoy a beer in the beer tent or visit the craft fair.
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Kelp are Purbeck’s premier sea shanty group.
Award winning contemporary folk group Tinderbox are on stage at the Swanage Folk Festival 2022
Banter have been described as the world’s smallest big band. Come and listen to the influences of pop, jazz, soul and big band sounds in their music.
Combining vocals with fiddle, guitar, bodhran, clarinet and the occasional squeeze of melodeon, Monkey See Monkey Do take traditional and modern material and make it their own.