Friday 11th September
The Festival opens with a superb evening concert. Buy your tickets just for the concert, or save money and get a ticket for the whole weekend.
19:30 - 22:45
Main stage
£30 or get a weekend ticket.
Concert featuring
Janice Burns & Jon Doran
Banter
Gerry Colvin Band
Afternoon & Evening
Festival Fringe
Please buy a £5 fringe wristband for the weekend
Venues around town, click for info.
Haze – Fire
Tony and Una
Steve Tattum’s English Music Session
Celtic Confusion
Tweed in Bourbon
The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show
Saturday 12th September
There are events all around town, some free, some in the conservative club (paid), and a great live concert to finish the evening PLUS craft fair, food stalls, beer tent and children's entertainment on Sandpit Field. Buy your tickets for individual concerts or save money and get a weekend ticket.
In the morning.
Dance displays
All around town
Free to enjoy
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English Folk Dance
Transformative Ukulele
Belly dance
Saturday afternoon.
Dance displays
All around town
Free to enjoy
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15:30 Procession
Don't miss the spectacular colour and fun. be amazed as you watch 600 dancers dancing along the road.
ITM Alexander Technique
Bollywood
13:00 - 15:30
FONC Lounge
£15
Concert featuring
Polly Morris
Jez Lowe
12:00 onwards
Festival Fringe
Please buy a £5 fringe wristband for the weekend
Venues around town, click for info.
Boodle
Tim Lacey
Amy Hopwood ‘Funny Folk’ Song Session
Kelp!
Sam Capper
Antoine (of Antoine & Owena)
Sophie Wright & Richard Wirdnam
A Fondness for Melancholy (Part 2)
The Amy Hopwood Trio
12:00 - 17:00
Main stage
Free to enjoy
Concert featuring
Wareham Whalers
Murphy's Lore Trio
Sian and Rob Colquhoun
Swamp Stomp String Band
Saturday evening.
19:30 - 22:30
Swanage School
£15 or get a weekend ticket.
The Festival Ceilidh
Come along, dance, laugh and enjoy yourself
19:30 - late
Festival Fringe
Please buy a £5 fringe wristband for the weekend
Venues around town, click for info.
Steve Tattum’s English Music Session
Celtic Confusion Instrumental Duo
St. Fian
Stringfellas
State of Undress Acoustic Trio
The Bere Essentials
Rev. Green
19:30 - 22:45
Main stage
£30 or get a weekend ticket.
Concert featuring
Man the lifeboats
Ninebarrow
Merry Hell
Sunday
Sunday's are for fun, not lying in bed, come and enjoy breakfast on Sandpit Field. As well as events around town (free & paid). On Sandpit field enjoy the concerts, craft fair, food stalls, beer tent and children's entertainment; then a stomping live concert to finish the weekend.
In the morning.
Dance displays all around Town
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Free to enjoy
10:30 St Mary's Church
Festival Church service and dancing
10:00 - 11:00
Main stage
Free to enjoy
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Andrew Helson's Irish session
Sunday afternoon.
Dance displays
All around town
Free to enjoy
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4:00 The Sea Dance
Many of the sides dance in the sea - don't miss it!
French dance workshop and Bal
13:00 - 15:30
Catholic Church Hall
£10.
Concert featuring
Mandy Woods
12:30 onwards
Festival Fringe
Please buy a £5 fringe wristband for the weekend
Venues around town, click for info
Pergin
Valise Noir Storytelling Theatre
Allan Winter
Kitty Vernon’s Song Session.
North ‘n’ South
Wareham Whalers
Allan Winter’s Song & Music Session
Doghouse Folkalypsomenco Duo
Maiden Oak
Goldefynche
Andrew James Band
Dorset Local Vocals
Alongshore
Time & Tide Theatre – ‘Who’s Afear’d’
12:00 - 17:00
Main stage
Free to enjoy
Concert featuring
The Clementine Lovell Trio
Honey and the Bear
Dark Sheep
Wight Hot Pipes
Sunday evening.
19:00 - 22:30
Main stage
£30 or get a weekend ticket.
Concert featuring
Nick Parker
Reg Meuross
The Longest Johns
19:00 onwards
Festival Fringe
Please buy a £5 fringe wristband for the weekend
Venues around town, click for info
Greyhound’s Leap