Bicton Folk Session

Enjoy an evening of lively, foot-tapping music when local musicians get together for an open acoustic session featuring accordions, violins, guitars, banjos, mandolins, pipes, bodhrans etc. Anyone can come and join in, lead a tune or just enjoy listening to the amazing sound created by the performers. The session usually includes lots of jigs, reels, polkas, airs and shanties, but anything can happen!

Devon duo Hannah Power & Graham Crocker perform warm open-hearted acoustic music - a mixture of originals and unusual covers featuring guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals. They have been playing acoustic music together for many years although only recently in this duo format. Prior to forming Meand'er, Hannah & Graham have supported many well known artists including Martin Carthy, Seth Lakeman, Al Stewart, Roy Harper, Roy Wood, Julie Felix, Colin Blunstone etc.

Barn Dance with Red Shed
West Town Farm, Ide nr Exeter EX2 9TG
Food 6.00pm - 8.00pm - Dancing 8.00 - 11.00pm
Ticket price includes food. Advance £10.00 adult; £5.00 child via website or email, telephone 01392 811080; on the gate £12.00 adult; £6.00 child.
Fireside storytelling; creativity; music; Bar.
All proceeds to organicARTS the educational charity based at West Town Farm.

Ponchartrain

Don’t miss this amazing Bristol based band who will be playing an all acoustic set of ‘vintage Americana’.  They have a real 40s and 50s vibe of honky-tonk, rockabilly, Cajun and blues. The band comprises front man Paul Godden with Jean Godden on fiddle, Joe Allan on upright bass, and Stig Manley on mandolin and guitar. Paul has had a notable musical career backing and supporting legends such as Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, etc., has toured and recorded with Van Morrison and appears on two of his albums.

An evening of music from anyone who would like to come along and perform in this relaxed atmosphere. The monthly event has so far included a wide range of musical genres and given exposure to some very talented musicians, poets and singers. If you have a musical talent, you don’t have to book a place, just come along and play.

Malborough Church Summer Concert - Paul & Adrian, Janet & John, Folk on the Rock and Silvington
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Tickets £8.00 in advance - £10.00 on the door. Available from Malborough Post office Enquiries and reservations, telephone Marg on 01548 853385 or 07798 665129.
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Last year's concert was terrific ... let's do even better this year.

Ninebarrow
St John The Baptist Church, Walkhampton Road, Horrabridge PL20 7RF
7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm
Tickets £12.50. Go to website for more information and tickets
Multi-award-winning folk duo who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding like ‘two halves of one voice’, by Seth Lakeman as ‘a fantastic duo’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles. Most recently, the duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the ‘Horizon’ category for Best Emerging Artist; their latest album, ‘The Waters and the Wild’ (released in April 2018) was awarded 5-stars in both The Morning Star and the English Folk Dance & Song Society’s EDS Magazine, and has received airplay on BBC Radios 2, 3, 6 Music, Wales and Scotland. Folk luminary, Mike Harding, has hailed it as ‘absolutely monumental’.

Mama's Broke
B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
9.00pm
Admission £3.00
Telephone 01752 242021 or visit website or FaceBook for more information
Mama’s Broke is a powerful folk duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy. Although highly influenced by their Canadian roots, Lisa and Amy are based out of nowhere and everywhere.

Their two strong voices blend to create haunting harmonies, while they artfully juggle fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin, and incorporate traditional dance and foot percussion into their performance. Their original – and often dark – compositions push the boundaries of tradition and the constraints of genre. Drawing from old-time, Quebecois, blues, punk, Celtic, Balkan and doom metal, they create a soundscape that is both familiar and new.
Since forming the band in 2014, Mama’s Broke has been gaining momentum fast; having already completed two European, and several Canadian and U.S. tours. They have performed in a wide range of venues, from circus shows in New Orleans, to pirate ships in Amsterdam, to concert halls in Ireland, to theatres in Brooklyn. In this way, they stay true to the transient nature of folklore, as they travel the world sharing and collecting song.

“Multi-instrumentalists Amy Lou and Lisa Maria are masterful songwriters who sing their lyrics as incantations …twin prophets who bend our ear effortlessly and beckon us ever forward.” — Kaia Kater

“... a contemporary offering that's as dark as December.” — Penguin Eggs

Talented singer/songwriter Daniela is guaranteed to impress you when she performs a selection of popular ballads both old and new.  Her beautiful singing is perfectly complimented by her competent guitar playing when she performs a selection of folk, rock and indie covers together with some of her own brilliant songs.

If you'd like to hear some real traditional pub piano playing, then don't miss today's session. Known as the Piano Man, Trevor Woodison is a wizard on the keys and can play virtually anything from classical to boogie woogie, rock and roll to music hall, parlour songs to present day pop. Trevor who has been playing piano for over 30 years is also an accomplished classical composer
Exmouth Irish Session 8.00pm
Irish musician Fanchea McKinley invites you to an evening of lively and evocative music from the Emerald Isle when she hosts a session featuring singers and musicians from all over Devon. If you sing or play, come and join in. All abilities are welcome. It’s a great night to meet up with people with Irish roots too.

Drake's Island
B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
9.00pm
Admission £3.00
Telephone 01752 242021 or visit website or FaceBook for more information
Drakes Island are an Indie folk band based in the southwest. Their sound has been compared to artists such as A Blaze Of Feather, The XX and Bears Den.
The sound has been influenced by folk roots and experimental ambience which creates a unique dynamic of highs and lows.
The band have spent the last year or so, sculpting their sound and recording in preparation for their debut release ‘Only Passing Through’

Artist to be announced
The Bicton Inn 5 Bicton Street, Exmouth EX8 2RU
5.00pm.
Go to Bicton Inn website for more information

Artist to be announced
The Bicton Inn 5 Bicton Street, Exmouth EX8 2RU
5.00pm.
Go to Bicton Inn website for more information

Causley & Coldfield
The Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton, EX14 1LZ
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Tickets £5.00 to include refreshments. For more information and tickets and accessible seats telephone 01404 384050 or go to website Any profit from the concert will be split between Honiton & Sidmouth Memory Cafes.
Join acclaimed singer-songwriter Jim Causley and actor Charlie Coldfield for a gentle trip down memory lane. Featuring songs you will know and love interspersed with short readings and poems.

About Jim: Jim is a multi award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian. Described by Mojo Magazine as “the finest singer of his generation” Jim has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

About Charlie: Charlie is an actor, writer and director based in Exeter and working throughout the South West. This summer Charlie will be also be touring a new musical Hot Flushes and at Beer Quarry in 'Macbeth'.

The Phil Beer Band performs a unique blend of folk and roll trawled from Phil’s treasure trove of traditional tunes and American country rock.

The highly popular line up comprises Gareth Turner, Steve Crickett, Greg McDonald, Olivia Dunn and of course, Phil Beer and promises to deliver a lively cocktail of folk, rock, country and blues.

The Phil Beer Band evolved organically in the early to mid 90s at Maisemore in Gloucestershire. It was a loose federation consisting of Phil Beer (Show of Hands) Nick Quarmby and Steve Crickett, all of whom lived close to each other, and melodeon player Gareth Turner from Northamptonshire. There was a need in the community for a band to play local events and ceilidhs and, following in the tradition set by the Albion Band (of which both Gareth and Phil were former members) the band always interspersed the dances with the odd song.

Basically, over a long period of time, it has evolved into a ‘Folk n Roll’ band with country rock overtones. It is the vehicle for Phil to return to the electric guitar and to have a good time with his mates. They look forward to seeing you!

Lvov Affair
Bay Horse Inn, 8 Cistern Street, Totnes, TQ9 5SP
7.30pm
Free admission, part of the Bay Horse beer festival.
Led by accordionist Basil Bunelik who grew up in the Ukrainian town of Lvov, his trio plunder the richness of East European folk music and present a wonderful variety of music and songs from Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Romania, including klezmer and gypsy all played with authentic style and passion.

World Unlimited -Land of the Giants
St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
Doors 7.00pm Start 7.30pm
Tickets £12.50+ advance from WeGotTickets Go to website for more information, telephone 01803 875527 or email
Returning to play in Kingskerswell after a jam-packed show that saw people dancing in the aisles and leaving the church with giant grins on their faces! 

Since 2009, Land of the Giants have been pulling crowds to tents to groove until they sweat with their foot-stomping beats and contagious enthusiasm. A brass section that will make you grin from ear to ear, heavy toe-tapping basslines and Andy Quick’s sensuous, soaring vocals will make you wonder why you’ve never danced your ass off to The Giants before.

At the end of 2015, the Plymouth-based boys brought a brand new, funk-inspired EP to the table in the name of “Surrender”. A collection of high-energy summer sounds, with just a lick of calypso, that absolutely demand to be blasted out those boomboxes at full volume.

The last three years have seen The Giants unrelentingly tour the length and breadth of the UK, spreading their fresh and accessible sounds to venues and festivals alike. From packed out stages at Glastonbury, Boomtown and Beautiful Days to rocking venues from Ireland to India; LOTG are well on their way to global domination.

World Unlimited is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation. Telephone 01803 875527 or email
Originally based in Birmingham, WU now regularly promotes concerts in South Devon. Go to website for more information

Rakes Adrift
The Landmark Gin, Beer and Music Festival, Landmark Theatre, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe EX34 9BZ
4.00pm - 5.00pm

Rakes Adrift 
The George and Dragon, 4 Fore Street, Ilfracombe EX34 9ED
9.00pm - 11.00pm

Named after where they drink tea and dream of stardom (and occasionally run through a song or two) The Back Kitchen Boys are perpetually amazed by each other when they play (and usually laugh a lot) because this is optimistic, good time, foot stomping, harmonica wailing, guitar picking, bass (whatever bass players do) good old fashioned acoustic blues about times being so bad they can only get better.  So don’t sit at home feeling blue, come along and be amazed with Jerry, John and Andy. You’ll be in good company with these Back Kitchen Boys!

ALL MY LIFE'S BURIED HERE - The Story of George Butterworth -  a portrait of the British composer, folk song collector and dancer who was killed on the Somme in 1916.
Scott Cinema, Boutport Street, Barnstaple EX31 1SR
5.00pm.
Tickets are on sale now from the cinema website

The film follows George Butterworth from birth to his tragically early demise in the trenches on the Somme in 1916, taking in his pivotal involvement in the English folk song and dance revivals along the way.  Many outstanding traditional singers and musicians are featured in the film - see our website for a full credit list.

Drawing on the letters and lectures of Butterworth's close friend Ralph Vaughan Williams, and from never-before-seen archival materials painstakingly gathered together over three years of production, it is hoped that this is a definitive and moving cinematic account of Butterworth and his era.

The film features an interview with George Butterworth's first cousin Hugh Butterworth, who sadly died after a long illness earlier this year.  Hugh was born in Westward Ho! and lived in Braunton for many years, a well-known figure to many local residents.  The Barnstaple screening has been dedicated to his memory, and a percentage of box office takings will be donated to Hugh's charity of choice, the Devon Air Ambulance Service.

In the six months since its World Premiere at the British Library in January 2019 the film has screened over 40 times in 29 different independent cinemas across the country, including at Torrington and Sidmouth.  It has been re-booked in several venues, due to demand for tickets.  Audience reaction has been very positive, with comments ranging from "deeply moving" to "informative and entertaining" and "absolutely gripping".  See audience feedback and an extended Trailer, on the film's website.

The film reviewer in the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society Journal (June 2019) wrote that "this is probably the finest film account of a composer's life that I have ever seen, and I include even John Bridcut's films, and most definitely Tony Palmer's."

Oggle Band 
Party at the Manor music festival, Fremington Manor, Manor Close, Fremington, EX31 2NX
12.50pm - 1.30pm

Kenny Young and the Eggplants
Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
7.30pm (Doors 7.00pm)
Tickets Full price (Support the artists and arts) £13.00+ - Mid Price (A bit cheaper if you need it) £10.00+ - Low price (Even cheaper if you need it) £6.00 from WeGotTickets To reserve tickets, email Further information from Ashburton Arts FaceBook page or Ashburton Arts website
Claiming to be from Brooklyn (but possibly from some other galaxy altogether), a not-easily-described semi-acoustic trio who perform intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, malevolent washing machines, and Martian garden gnomes, among other important topics.