9 July 2010...

It has been decided to keep to the Whitsun weekend for 2011, so put the dates in your diaries NOW! May 27th to May 30th 2011.
The Festival will remain FREE with modest prices for camping... keep an eye out for a new shop page which will be added soon, along with a major update that will include the 2010 photo gallery and a number of other changes... The shop page will enable early booking of campsite pitches, as well as selling both our eye-catching, head-turning T-shirts and CD's of all the DFF2010 photographs as taken by our resident photographer Vikki Nuttall.

Post Festival Ramblings...

That was one fantastic weekend! The sun wasnt quite as kind as last year, but we had enough good weather that the dancers didnt get soaked, and the campers didnt get stuck in the mud!

I personally have had some wonderful feedback from those who came - both during the festival, and on email since.

Geoff Lakeman, with the Unstrung Heroes was superb, the pub was packed for his concert... all other performers, including Ian Idris, Ross Grant and The Whalers were well received too by all accounts.

All the workshops were well attended, and thoroughly enjoyed... Phil de la Haye did 3 fantastic singing workshops and if you check out her information on the artists page you will find the first edited song from her last workshop...

The bagpipers managed to make plenty of noise during the weekend too, with lots of people trying them for the first time, and others who were able to play a tune or more!

Our Ceilidh in the Town Hall was the best yet, with lots of willing dancers and Slainte Va entertaining us with a variety of ceilidh dances and great songs, with extra entertainment in the break from Crokodile Tears.

Sessions continued all over town into the wee small hours most nights, sadly due to small children and extreme exhaustion I was only able to sample a small bit of the sessions. Thanks to Alan Whitbread and the Polden Ridge Mountain Boys who played all over town during the weekend.

And Morris, Earlsdon once again showed off their energy with some fantastic dancing, while Rag Morris added lots of colour to the festival to say the least!

Huge thanks are due to all who came, performers, dancers and all, because without you the festival wouldnt have been anywhere near as great, friendly and vibrant as it was! We are incredibly grateful to all who supported the festival by putting their coppers in the collecting tins; or buying raffle tickets, badges and T-shirts, we have a healthy budget to enable us to start planning the next festival!

The other thanks has to go to the town of Dulverton, to all the businesses who supported the festival in so many ways, without them we could not have put on the festival - or kept it free!

I am sure that there must be others who have not been thanked by name on this page who really should be, so a huge thanks to you all:).

We have a small number of festival T-shirts left which are on offer with a Paypal button below... if there is enough interest for us to order an extra batch we will do this, so if you dont see the size you want please drop me an email saying what size you would like.

We must now turn our attention to working out the details for next year's festival to make that every bit as good, and hopefully better...

Keep an eye out for any updates that may be added on here in due course, along with the photos that Vikki took, and more sound files of the events that I managed to record!

Bex

Update May 17th 2010...

Phil de la Haye has kindly stepped in to run the singing workshops because Cheryl is now unable to do this, so we look forward to learning some new songs and harmonies with Phil over the weekend. You can find out about Phils own regular singing group here

The Festival T-Shirt designs have just gone off to the printers and we are crossing our fingers that they will be ready in time for the 28th! Look out for our great T's which will be on sale (we trust!) at the Folkal Point information stall in the Town Hall.

Update April 25th 2010...

We have several bits of news to mention here now...

• We are pleased to announce that Rag Morris will be joining us at the Festival and dancing during the weekend.
• Following several requests, a page has been added to this site enabling you to download posters and flyers so that if you wish to promote our festival at your events you can do so easily - all such promotion is very much appreciated by us all!
• The Crabshell House Band will be coming in their entirety of 3 band members, rather than the 2 who were originally coming which is fantastic news!
• The Bridge Inn has kindly agreed to host a Quiz Night in order to help us raise funds for the festival, this will take place on Sunday May 9th.
• Many of our local folk sessions have been enhanced in recent months by raffles which are also helping to raise funds for the festival and we are very grateful to the following pubs who have allowed us to do this...
• The Bridge Inn, Dulverton
• Blackberries, Bampton
• Raleghs Cross Inn, Brendon
• Camping is being booked now, with hardstanding spaces becoming more limited, so if you plan to come with a van of any description please do ensure you get in touch to book your pitch as soon as possible.
  

Update March 10th 2010...

How is time going soo fast? Already into the 3rd month of this year it wont be long until we meet again for the Dulverton Folk Festival! You will be pleased to hear that we have now just about finalised all acts for the weekend and have a fantastic line up - check out the artists page for all band and performer details. We are delighted to be able to offer this year's festival for FREE once again - this would not have been possible if it were not for our fantastic sponsors and advertisers whom we hope that you will support in kind when you visit our beautiful town, you can find out what they offer by checking our sponsors page.
You can now advance book your pitch for camping - with full details to be found on the newly created camping page.
After many hours of editing, collating information and bringing together all the adverts from our wonderful local businesses, the printed programme is now ready for you to buy - you can do this by going to the events page and clicking on the Paypal button - or, if booking camping, you can add the money to the camping total. If you are in Dulverton you can buy a programme from one of the 5 outlets as listed on the events page.
We are all getting very excited about the festival now and looking forward to welcoming you to our 4th Dulverton Folk Festival - make sure you have got the Whitsun weekend, May 28th through to May 31st written in your diaries!

We hope to be updating the whole site soon with our 2010 programme and more details about our acts, so do check back soon.
We know that the festival clashes with several others around the country this year, but, it works for our town, and we hope that you will continue to come and support our FREE festival.

Plans are already well underway for Dulverton Folk Festival 2010, we have lots of exciting ideas and plenty to keep us very busy until next May! Keep checking this page for updates and make sure you put May 28th to May 31st in your 2010 diaries so you dont go double booking your weekend in sunny Somerset... where else could you possibly want to spend your Whitsun weekend, entertained by lots of free music, and feasting on some fabulous local fare in the many and varied pubs, restaurants and cafes that Dulverton boasts.

Check out the photos of this year's fantastic festival! If you feature in any of the photos and would like your own copies, please contact Vikki who may well be able to oblige.