Video 1: Information on the Sidmouth Festival.
Video 2: The Diatonics playing at 2017 Sidmouth Festival

The 2022 Sidmouth Folk Festival will be held in Sidmouth, Devon, England from July 29th to August 5th, 2022.

The festival will feature a diverse programme of concerts, workshops, Ceilidhs, children’s activities & family fun, music, dance, song, crafts and drama.

Concert performers include Matt Cranitch (violin) & Jackie Daly (accordion), Blowzabella (Andy Cutting – accordion), Edward II, Ceilidh band Kirkophany (picture below, includes John Kirkpatrick – accordion and George Kirkpatrick – melodeon), The Pigeon Swing (picture above left – includes Dan Quinn on melodeon), Urban Folk Theory (with Phil Wilcox – accordion), and The Diatonics (Derek Tarrant & Jim Sawyer on melodeon).

Workshops include:
Festival Concert Band by John Kirkpatrick
Melodeon for Relative Beginners and Well-Known Tunes At A Steady Pace by Bob Ellis
Advanced Melodeon by Saul Rose

For details email: info@sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk