Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
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20 - 23 August 2026

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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 image. A headshot image of Eddi. The background is green and unfocussed. Eddi has bright orange hair, a soft smile, and blue eyes. Eddi is wear a dark sparkly top, and a gold necklace.

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. The 7 band members are outside an old building. Most of them are in black and white clothing, like suits and shirts. They are posed playfully, like they are fighting and hitting each other with their stringed instruments.

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

Touki image. The male duo are stood outside in front of a green wall that has red graffiti writing on it.

Touki

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<p>Martha is posing with her guitar, with a bubblegum pink background

Martha Spencer Wonderland Trio

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

Taff Rapids

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)

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Mishra

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)

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)

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)

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

Threepenny Bit (Sun)

Threepenny Bit

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

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

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

PerKelt (Sat)

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

Devon Youth Folk Ensemble image. 19 young people all sat at the end of a large black stage, or in front. Most of them are wearing matching purple jumpers. They are all smiling with their arms arms around each others shoulders.

Devon Youth Folk Ensemble

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

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)

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

Clementine Lovell Trio image. The trio are sat outside with their instruments (accordion, fiddle, guitar).

Clementine Lovell Trio (Sat & Sun)

Quinns Quinney

Quinns Quinney

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)

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

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

Destan Dönemi

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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)

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

Tóchar

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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

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Feral Beryl

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

Lonan

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