20 - 23 August 2026

Line-up 2026

Baskery image. The trio are posed outside a vibrant blue rusty garage door. They are posing with their instruments.

Baskery (Fri)

Eddi Reader (Sat)

Jiggy image. The band are on stage performing live.

Jiggy (Sun)

Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys image. The band are sitting down on top of a cliff. There are rolling green hills in the background. They are all sat together, smiling, with their instruments.

Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys (Fri)

Suntou Susso & The Gambian Superstars image. The 7 members are stood on a sandy beach with the sea behind them. They have their instruments are are smiling.

Suntou Susso & The Gambian Superstars (Sat)

Ukulele Death Squad. Image by Ashleigh Noordhoek

Ukulele Death Squad (Thu)

Bonfire Radicals image. The band are on stage performing. We can see audience members in he foreground. The image is colourful and lively.

Bonfire Radicals (Sun)

Image of Martha Tilston (hyperlink to her webpage)

Martha Tilston (Fri & Sat)

Michael Prewitt image. Michael is stood in the forest holding his mandolin. He is wearing a blue baseball / trucker style hat, a purple, white, and blue stripy shirt, and blue dungarees.

Michael Prewitt (Sat)

Flats & Sharps image. </p>
<p>The 5 band members are stood outside with their instruments with the backdrop of an old ruin and the sea.

Flats & Sharps (Fri & Sun)

Eabhal image. The band are in a neutral looking studio space. There are 5 of them posing with their instruments.

Eabhal (Sun)

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers image. The trio have a bright orange backdrop. They are wearing neutral colours (white, black, grey).

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers (Sat)

Martha Spencer and the Wonderland Country Band image. </p>
<p>Martha is posing with her guitar, with a bubblegum pink background

Martha Spencer Wonderland Trio (Sat)

Mishra

Mishra (Sun)

Taff Rapids image. A promotional image of the band with their instruments (banjo, violin, guitar, double bass).

Taff Rapids (Thu & Fri)

Toby Shaer, Archie Moss & Jack Warnock image. The trio are sat outside in front of a brown garden fence. They are holding their instruments and looking plainly towards the camera.<br />

Toby Shaer, Archie Moss & Jack Warnock (Fri)

RE:VULVA image. The 4 band members are posing for the picture with their instruments. They are indoors with a plain white background. They are lit by blue and purple lighting.

RE:VULVA (Sun)

Frankie Archer image. Frankie is wearing a white dress, white mascara, and white lip liner. The background is dark, and there are little cherubs floating behind her head.

Frankie Archer (Fri)

The Roving Crows image. The band are outside on a cloudy day. They are on a cliffside, looking out. The sun is breaking through the grey clouds, giving the image a dramatic feel.

The Roving Crows (Sat)

PerKelt image. The 5 piece are stood in front a black brick wall. They are dimly lit wearing dark wintery clothes.

PerKelt (Sat)

Charlotte Carrivick Band image. The 4 band members are posing in the forest with their instruments. They are all smiling.

Charlotte Carrivick Band (Fri)

Tarren image. The trio are laying on the floor and we are looking from above. Next to each of their heads are their instruments.

Tarren (Fri)

Around About Dusk image. The 5 members are posing with their instruments in front of 3 large floor to ceiling length windows.

Around About Dusk (Thu & Fri)

Nick Parker & The False Alarms image. The 7 members are sat on a wall together.

Nick Parker & The False Alarms (Thu)

Klezmer Foygl image. The 4 band members are posing with their instruments.

Klezmer Foygl (Sun)

The Boot Heel Playboys image. A faded sepia tone image of the band playing live on stage.

The Boot Heel Playboys (Fri & Sat)

Rocking Horse Money image. The trio are stood in front of a green field with their string instruments.

Rocking Horse Money (Sun)

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

Sousou & Maher Cissoko (Sun)

The Lost Trades image.<br />
The trio are sat outside on a wall in front of a green leafy background. They are smiling and laughing.<br />

The Lost Trades (Sat)

Danger Goat image. The 7 piece band are mostly in sage green boilersuits, with a yellow backdrop. They are all looking casually directly into the camera.

Danger Goat (Thu & Sat)

Threepenny Bit (Sun)

Threepenny Bit (Sat)

Detta Kenzie image. Detta is in a flowy white dress in the countryside. She is sat leaning on a rock in the middle of a river.

Detta Kenzie (Fri)

The Dirty Big Canal Dance Band image. 5 band members stood in front of large haybales with their instruments (at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival) with the sunset in the background.

The Dirty Big Canal Dance Band (Sun)

Grace Honeywell & Jeri Foreman image. The duo are sat in a dimly lit pub holding their violins. Their guitars are in the background. They have gentle smiles.

Grace Honeywell & Jeri Foreman (Sat & Sun)

Holly Clarke Band image. Holly Clarke is sat in the foggy woods. There's a pink hue to the fog. She is holding her guitar and looking out into the distance.

Holly Clarke Band (Sun)

Arlo Anwin image. Arlo is sat on a chair in the middle of a room. It is an old style / period style room with red walls and dark flooring. There is a red rug in the centre of the room and that's where Arlo is positioned with his instruments (cello, electric guitar, loop pedal, and more)

Arlo Anwin (Fri & Sun)

Rholben image. 5 members or Rholben stood in front of a tall fence. There are 3 males, 2 females. They are all smiling / laughing. And one member on the right is pointing at the camera. Everyone else is holding their instruments (guitar, 2 violins, 1 oboe). And laying down on the floor (hardly in the frame) is a double bass.

Rholben (Fri)

Dryadic image. The trio are stood in front of a grey / blue backdrop. They are lit well and we can see their shadows on the backdrop. They are wearing dark colours and have a punk / folkie style.

Dryadic (Thu & Fri)

Clay Bottom Jug Busters image

Clay Bottom Jug Busters (Fri)

Amadou Diagne & Group Yakar (Sun)

Amadou Diagne & Group Yakar (Sun)

Phil Jones image

Phil Jones (Sat)

Evolution of Fishermen image. The 6 piece are sat in a living room. The 4 males are sat on the sofa and the females are sat in front of the sofa. They all have their instruments in the shot (double bass, flute, violin, guitar, banjo, drum)

Evolution of Fishermen (Sun)

Clementine Lovell image

Clementine Lovell (Fri & Sat)

Sian & Rob Colquhoun

Sian & Rob Colquhoun (Sun)

Destan Dönemi image. The duo are playing live on stage.

Destan Dönemi (Sat)

Tóchar image. The duo are sat on the floor with their instruments

Tóchar (Sun)

Antoine & Owena image. Antoine is sat on a sofa with his arms resting on the backrest. He is wearing a red shirt and a black waistcoat. Owena is sat behind the sofa on a chair. She is leaning forward with her head resting in her hand. She is wearing a black top, red trousers, and red lipstick. They are looking neutrally at the camera.

Antoine & Owena (Fri)

Dragonsfly

Dragonsfly (Thu)

Meadowsuite image. The 4 piece are stood in a field with their instruments. 2 of them are leaning about against a big stack of hay.

Meadowsuite (Sun)

Quinns Quinney

Quinns Quinney (Fri & Sun)

Midnight Alliance image

The Midnight Alliance (Sun)

National Youth Folk Ensemble

National Youth Folk Ensemble (Sat)

TBA

Feral Beryl (Fri)

Raven Hoedown (Fri)

Raven Hoedown (Fri)

Sam Twigg & the Sometimes Band

Sam Twigg & the Sometimes Band (Sun)

Amica image

Amica (Fri)

Devon Youth Folk Ensemble

Devon Youth Folk Ensemble (Fri)

Lonan image. The trio are sat outside in the sunshine, smiling and looking into the distance.

Lonan (Sun)

Owl in the Sun image

Owl in the Sun (Fri)

Jolene and the Leaves of Life

Jolene and the Leaves of Life (Sat)

Catherine Burke Band image

Catherine Burke Band (Fri)

Bob & Connor Burke (Thu)

Bob & Connor Burke (Thu)

KD Rivers image

KD Rivers (Sun)

Monroe's Revenge

Monroe's Revenge (Sat)

Owl Light Trio image. The trio are stood together in a line, facing forwards toward the camera. They are stood in between stone pillars. The trio are holding their instruments (a concertina, fiddle, and guitar).

Owl Light Trio (Fri)

Larkspur image. Melissa and Giles are sat outside, holding their instruments, and posing for the photograph. Melissa is leaning on her accordion, and Giles is holding his violin. They are both smiling.

Larkspur (Fri)

Pachango image

Pachango (Fri)

Purbeck Youth Tradfolk Collective

Purbeck Youth Tradfolk Collective (Sun)

Pictureframers Duo

Pictureframers Duo (Sat)

Kelp! image. 11 men stood on a stage singing. They have a backdrop of the jurassic coast and sea.

Kelp!

Wiff Waff image

Wiff Waff (Thu)

Holandestinas image

Holandestinas (Sat)

Wareham Whalers

Mustard Allegro image. The silhouettes of the 4 members of the band. There is a dark blue smoky background. The 4 members are playing their instruments: 2 are playing guitars, 1 is playing the saxophone, and 1 is playing the drums.

Mustard Allegro (Sun)

Miss Cherryseed & Friends image

Miss Cherryseed & Friends (Fri)

Dead Horse Bay (Sat)

Dead Horse Bay

Bierfass Band image.

Bierfass Band

Dead Horse Bay (Sat)

Dead Horse Bay