Welcome to TaviFest a packed family fun weekend with live music and lots of activities for all the family including bouncy castles & fairground rides. TaviFest is a local chaity event hosted to raise money and awareness for Pancreatic cancer - a charity close to our hearts.

The Festival is spread across two days with an amazing line up of some of South Wests popular acts including Mad Dog Mcrea, Russel Sinclair, Liv Allen on Sunday & 9 yards, Gary Barlow & Robbie Williams tribute acts on Saturday.

An array of Street Food & bars will be attending the Festival. Plenty of free parking is on site including allocated disabled parking next to the Festival site. Bring a picnic blanket and make an evening of it!
Please note no dogs are allowed on site

World Unlimited -Super Cumbia y la Liga de la Alegría
St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
Doors 7.00pm - Start 7.30pm
Tickets £10.00+ advance from WeGotTickets Go to website for more information, telephone 01803 875527 or email
It is a show of music and theater with a lot of humor, that takes the audience to a constant interaction. Suitable for all ages.
The proposal contains choral songs and spatial choreographies, pedagogical ways of bonding while decontracting emotions affected by shame. A "Cumbia del Monte" experience is able to awaken us from the long sleep of routine and give us back the ability to play as children.
Latin folklore instruments and rhythms in a very simple mix with reggae, ragamufi and rap rhythms; lyrics that contain conscience and optimism, result of the constant learning that resumesthe nomadism cumbiero... "Every day... CUMBIA!
The best medicine for your emotional health, go through the walls of fear of movement and be free of prejudices dancing with Super Cumbia and the League of Joy!

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

Mitchell & Vincent
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
The Westcountry duo’s fiddle and guitar playing has been described by Acoustic magazine as, “Stunning”, while Bright Young Folk praised their music for, “Providing skilled arrangements and expert delivery of tunes and songs which showcase the vibrancy, and variety, of folk music across Britain. A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable experience.”

Nykleharpas in Concert: Vicki Swan, Daniel Pettersson, David Eriksson
Halsway Manor, National Centre for Folk Arts, Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD
8.00pm
£10.00 adults - £4.00 concesions
A Saturday evening gig from our International line-up of tutors for our ‘Harpas at Halsway’ Weekend! See and hear the Nyckelharpa – a traditional Swedish ‘keyed fiddle’ – in the hands of three of Europe’s finest exponents of the instrument.
For more information and tickets go to website

Doors 7.00. Performance 7.30
Tickets £10.00
Hot drinks available. BYO alcohol.
For more information contact Twigg’s Gigs telephone 07508 169 049 or email or go to website
Born in Cambridge, Steve grew up in the nearby market town of St Neots. From a very early age, one constant in his life has been music; a love for it, a need to express himself through it and – in more recent years – the opportunity to share his own songs with a growing, wider audience.

His musical influences are many, varied and not always obvious. They include – in no particular order – Graham Parker, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, Rush, Sam Cooke, Martyn Joseph, Van Morrison, Don McLean, Elvis (both of them) and Bruce Springsteen. Add to this a liking for most musical styles – when executed well – and it would be fair to say that he has a wide spectrum of influences informing his own distinct style and approach.

Sharon Shannon & Seckou Keita: Sacred Earth

Legendary Irish accordion maestro Sharon Shannon brings a new live show on UK tour 2019. Joined by her band, Jim Murray acoustic guitar, Jack Maher electric guitar, vocals and Sean Regan, fiddle, percussion and beatbox, Sharon will perform music from her many albums throughout the years, including 2017’s Sacred Earth.

Recorded at Real Worlds Studios and produced by Robert Plant producer, Justin Adams, Sacred Earth features many tracks with African influences and indeed African musicians as collaborators and guests.

Seckou Keita from Senegal playing Kora and percussion was one of the key collaborators. Now Seckou joins Sharon and her band, as a special guest on the Sacred Earth UK tour 2019.

An Evening with Jim Causley
Cellar Bar at Kennaway House, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth EX10 8NG
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets are £10.00 The bar will be open.
Tickets are available from Kennaway House telephone 01395 515551 Go to website for more information
An evening of entertainment with a much respected figure of the contemporary roots and folk scene. Multi award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian Jim Causley brings his distinctive melodies and toe-tapping tunes to the Cellar at Kennaway House

Featuring Blythe Pepino, Kit Hawes, Pete Josef and Sam Brookes – This is a special project where four artists come together to celebrate the music of John Martyn. Each brings their own story and connection to John’s music which adds to the fabric of the overall experience of the project.

In the wake of a special sold out show in July 2018 at the Jazz café in London the thought of not doing this again was unfathomable and so The John Martyn Project was born. Featuring four of the most interesting vocalists spanning several different musical paths of the UK music scene, the many different aspects and eras of Martyns music is delivered in a sensitive and poignant manner.

Folk at the Flavel welcomes back a true Flavel favourite, one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin Simpson. Martin will be featuring new tracks from an album being recorded for release over the summer. The sell-out audiences at Martin’s previous visits to the Flavel have seen that whether playing American old-time music, blues, a Dylan song or his own material he is a guitarist of immense subtlety.

Martin has been nominated an astounding 31 times in the 16 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - more than any other performer. There is no doubt that, after 45 years as a professional musician, Martin is better than ever.

World Unlimited - Gordon Giltrap With Special Guest – Carrie Martin
St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
Doors 7.00pm - Start 7.30pm
Tickets £17.00+ advance from WeGotTickets Go to website for more information, telephone 01803 875527 or email
Recently awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year’s Honour List for services to Music and Charity, legendary British Guitarist Gordon Giltrap will be performing a select series of shows across the UK.

Over five decades, Gordon Giltrap has graced the music business with his dedication to his craft and his affection for his audience. As one of the UK’s most respected guitarists, he has consistently proved the adage that respect cannot be bought. It must be earned.

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

Afro Celt Sound System

Afro Celt Sound System have announced a five-date club tour to promote their new album Flight with the band bringing their exhilarating live shows to Portsmouth, Cardiff, Exeter, Nottingham and Holmfirth. 

This European and African based collective have been a ground-breaking force in music ever since they started, finding kindred spirits across international talent and forging a reputation for their breath-taking shows along the way.

Afro Celt Sound System LIVE features the core band members Simon Emmerson, Guinean vocalist, kora and balafon virtuoso N’Faly Kouyate and charismatic dhol master Johnny Kalsi alongside a host of other world-class musicians from the collective.

Sometimes folk, sometimes not, India Electric Co. use traditional instruments in contemporary styles to explore diverse themes from Eastern Europe, Irish traditions and modern urban alienation to end up with something “quirky and glittery – a veritable musical magpie’s nest.” – BBC Radio 3.

Their 2015 debut album release was followed by a world tour with Midge Ure, with whom they’ve worked extensively. With live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, performances at Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival, the duo are now embarking on their own headline tour.

“Exceptional talents.” Songlines Magazine
“Fresh and gobsmacking!” Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
“Two of the most extraordinary musicians, a phenomenal duo” – BBC Radio 2

World Unlimited - Awalé: The Soul of Senegal
St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
Doors 7.00pm - Start 7.30pm
Tickets £12.00+ advance from WeGotTickets Go to website for more information, telephone 01803 875527 or email
London-based band Awalé returns with a new sound, Senegalese soul. Biram Seck’s soaring voice evokes messages of love and peace, underpinned by heavenly poly-rhythm groove explorations. Intense and spiritual Sabar Senegalese percussion and Afro-Latin drums conversations, weaving intricate guitar patterns and horn lines with catchy bass riffs. Like a spinning kaleidoscope of sounds, their tunes travel from afrobeat to soul, deep Afro-jazz to Latin. Awalé is on a mission to experience happiness together in these fractured times.

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

2nd Annual Old Time American Square Dance with fine live band and Tony Mates dance caller from Seattle, Washington.
PeterTavy, near Tavistock, Devon (The location is under review, either the Village Hall or Dodd’s barn - half way to the local pub.)
Dance from 7:30 to 10:30 (ish).
£7.00 adults, £5.00 OAP U16. For more information telephonel 01822 810 868 or 01822 810243. 
There will be refreshments.  

Mr. Mates, whose grandfather grew up here, is pleased to donate any proceeds to the Village Hall.
The dances will be easy and fun, and the music of the very best. Mr. Mates has been calling dances for nearly 40 years, at major festivals and small village halls, bringing the joys of old time music and dance to folks of all ages.

 
Dance on Seattle

CRABSTOCK.  A mini (folk) fest with music all day
Crabshell Inn on the banks of the Kingsbridge Estuary, The Quay Embankment Road, Kingsbridge TQ7 1JZ
11.00am - 11.00pm.
Cost £10.00 for access to all the events! Tickets are available from Kingsbridge Information Centre, The Quay, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 1HS (cheques payable to Crabstock). Either collect or add 75p if you wish to have them posted to you. To pay by card, telephone the Centre on 01548 853195.
The Big Tent will give hourly concerts from 12noon - 6.00pm with guests Dandy Jim, Cool Beanz,  Silvington, Old Gaffers, Orchard Family and Harbottle & Jonas. Simultaneously there will a continuous succession of fine musicians showcasing “on the deck” while upstairs, a variety of “sessions” will run all day.  All this culminates at 8.00pm with a ceilidh.
For further information about Crabstock visit shamstrad.co.uk  and for full performer information and updates visit the dedicated website crab-stock.co.uk. 
Should you have any queries telephone Paul Rossiter on 07975 763167.

Click on image to enlarge

Midnight Skyracer has been tearing up the UK bluegrass and folk scene since their inception less than two years ago. Their all-star line-up and exciting live performances have sent them racing skywards at an astounding pace, with Leanne Thorose’s powerhouse vocals and driving mandolin; Tabitha Agnew’s sweet voice and virtuosic banjo playing; Eleanor Wilkie’s rock solid bass grooves; Laura Carrivick’s flair, being equally adept on both fiddle and dobro; and twin sister Charlotte’s agility on the guitar, with both sisters filling in the vocal harmonies.

The band became the first in the UK to gain recognition in the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum  awards, with a nomination for best band, as well as one for Tabitha in the instrumentalist category.

Bookends: Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years
Pavilions Teignmouth, The Den, Teignmouth TQ14 8BG
7.30pm
Tickets £19.00+ For tickets and mor einformation go to website
Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through The Years returns in 2019 with an all new production. Featuring a live band and stunning vocal harmonies, this spectacular concert takes audiences on a journey through songs and history of Simon and Garfunkel.

The Trees
B-Bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
8.00pm
Admission £5.00
Telephone 01752 242021 or visit website or FaceBook for more information
Plymouth’s four-woman supergroup play with vocal harmonies and their wide-ranging inspirations to offer a unique and special show.

Rory McLeod
Mathews Communiy Hall, 90a Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0HF
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £15.00/£12.00 from WeGotTickets
Rory McLeod is an ex circus clown and fire eater; a one-man-soul-band and poet; rhythmic storyteller; multi-instrumentalist telling unpalatable truths about broken hearts and social injustice - in songs that are percussive, bold, lyrical, deeply personal, and have an unexpected edge to them.

Accompanied by spoons, harmonica, guitar, trombone and tap-dancing shoes. He has a natural troubadour’s talent for weaving magical, musical, storytelling spells accompanied by his own bizarre solo orchestra of distinctive instruments.

This is a rare opportunity to see Rory in Topsham.

Clive Carroll

Acclaimed guitarist and composer Clive Carroll has created a sound world all his own, with a signature blend of warmth and humour that belies his dazzling technical skill.  Clive’s masterful compositions feature influences mined from the delicate cadences of Elizabethan lute classics, the imaginative eccentricity of Frank Zappa, visionary classical composers such as Bartok and Ligeti, and hints of jazz and Delta blues!

Clive made his musical debut at age two as a banjo-strumming cowboy singing nursery rhymes, and went on to earn a 1st Class Honours Degree in Composition and Guitar from the famed Trinity College of Music in London.

He has toured and worked with guitar greats such as John Williams, Tommy Emmanuel, Xuefei Yang, Ralph Towner, and John Renbourn—as well as pop icon, Madonna!

Nick Harper
Dolphin Hotel, Station Road, Bovey Tracey TQ19 9AL
7.30pm for 8.00pm.
Tickets £12.00 - for information and tickets go to website

Boo Hewerdine
Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
7.00pm
Tickets £10.00+ advance from WeGotTickets or £12.00 on the door.

As a recording artist, Boo’s first tentative steps came with the band, The Great Divide before the formation of his much-loved eighties group The Bible and a career that subsequently bloomed such that he is now in constant demand as a musician, songwriter, producer, teacher and live concert performer.
Brit Award winning, former Fairground Attraction singer (and Scottish national treasure) Eddi Reader (MBE) is the perhaps the artist Boo Hewerdine is most regularly associated with, as a songwriter, musician and producer. Together they enjoyed international success with the (Hewerdine written) hit single ‘Patience of Angels’ in 1995 and Boo also produced Reader’s ‘Sings the Songs of Robert Burns’ in 2003, an album now viewed as a folk classic. In 2017 Hewerdine continues to enjoy playing live and writing new material with Eddi Reader and will release his first studio album himself in the Spring, titled ‘Swimming in Mercury’, astonishingly his first in 8 years.
Scottish songwriter Findlay Napier employed Boo to work on his 2017 recording based on life stories of real Glasgow people and recorded completely live. Boo having collaborated with Findlay on his previous album VIP (Very Interesting Persons) which received rave reviews, including a shortlist for Best Album of the Year in The Telegraph and the two songwriters also tour together. Put simply Boo Hewerdine is one of the greatest songwriter performers in the business and a unique talent.