Artists performing at this year's Festival are listed below. For further details, including ticketing information (where relevant), follow the 'read more' link.
Tickets are normally non refundable, but can be transferred at the discretion of the event organisers.
A former BBC Performing Arts Fellow and Horizon Folk Award nominee, Rosie Hood was born in Wiltshire but has now called Sheffield home for ten years, from where she has toured extensively both solo and in many collaborations. Known for her powerful and clear vocals, Rosie's captivating performances combine her poetic writing with dynamic and honest interpretations of traditional songs....Read more
Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, the City of Plymouth Pipe Band was founded by a former member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was known as the Plymouth Argyll Pipe Band. The band later became Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association Pipes and Drums, and 1985 changed its name to City of Plymouth Pipe Band and is honoured to have the Lord Mayor of...Read more
The Dillyboys are an energetic folk band, combining the banjo, accordion, violin, guitar and voices to create their foot stomping folk sound.
They have cultivated a reputation for lively, rambunctious concerts. With a strong focus on audience participation, they never fail to deliver a vibrant show....Read more
We are pleased to welcome back Teignmouth Youth Choir, who will be performing a range of folk and traditional songs and shanties for the Teignmouth Folk Festival audience.
The choir is a local non-audition choir for children aged 7 - 16 years old.
Twice winners “Best Duo” BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS (2003, 2011)
Nancy Kerr was the 2015 “Folk Singer of the Year” (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards)
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan are one of the best-known and most experienced folk duos on the British circuit today. Outstanding musicianship, a lifelong grounding in traditional singing and instrumental playing, acclaimed original...Read more
Traditional music to make your heart sing from three renowned musicians, now celebrating the next phase in a decades long musical relationship with a new trio line-up.
Join James Dumbleton, Gris Sanderson and Louis Bingham for tunes, songs and dances from a variety of traditions.Read more
The Out of Tunas describe themselves as a 'ramshackle bunch of shanty singers, guaranteed to be the life and soul of every party!'.Read more
The Devon Youth Folk Ensemble is for any person aged 13-18 years to play and develop their folk music skills. This is a serious music group, but it’s also seriously fun! With past performances at Sidmouth Folk Festival and Purbeck Folk Festival, we are delighted to welcome them to perform at Teignmouth Folk Festival.
Devon Youth Folk Ensemble are also running a FREE workshop for...Read more
Alex Lord is a fiddle player and guitarist deeply rooted in the traditional music of the British Isles, with a particular connection to his home county of Lancashire. He first picked up the fiddle at the age of nine, inspired by his uncle, Phil Beer, whom he fondly described to friends as “a rockstar.” That early passion led him to study under Sam Sweeney as a member of the National...Read more
The Lost Sound – Dartmoor Folk choir is an unaccompanied, auditioned choir of 40 strong and natural voices. They have built a reputation for their inspiring arrangements of traditional, contemporary and often new original Folk songs, creating a unique relationship with local composers, like Chris Hoban. Their programmes are full of texture, harmony and vibrant storytelling using full choir,...Read more