Dirk Powell & Amelia Powell

Get excited - look who we've just booked... Yes - the Daddy of American roots music. "Dirk Powell is a bad*ss. To the bone. He is, in addition to being the greatest old-time banjo player alive, a graduate student of both mountain and Cajun fiddle styles, and diatonic...

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New Bell tent provider for Glamping!

We are delighted that The Glamping Group will be providing bell tents for us at Purbeck this year. They can provide anything from a empty tent to a fully deluxe experience with a proper double bed, bedding, with the works! Wild Revive will be joining us again withe...

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Fancy Dress Theme – the letter Y

Yes, we've decided to skip doing the double L, and E wasn't that long ago, so we're going for a theme of The Letter Y. Think yaks, yams, Yoshi, yoyos, yetis, yachtsman, Yogi bear, or anything yellow! It's a tough one, but Purbeck festival goers always have such...

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Kila, Seckou Keita, Le Vent du Nord

The line-up so far is looking absolutely awesome...! The Longest Johns - Kíla - Seckou Keita Homeland Band - Le Vent du Nord - O'Hooley & Tidow - John Smith - The Henry Girls - Sam Kelly Trio - 3 Daft Monkeys - Michael McGoldrick & Tim Edey - Martha Tilston -...

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The Longest Johns

Woweeee! Their 2021 version of 'Wellerman' began a sea shanty craze on social media - yes, the first viral tiktok stars to grace the barn stages of Purbeck Valley Folk Festival! The Longest Johns Having met and bonded over sea shanties across a kitchen table in their...

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