Just booked – The Hot Seats
These guys are absolutely brilliant. We saw them playing up at Celtic Connections in Glasgow years ago, and then bumped into them at a party in Knoxville Tennessee, and all the while trying to get them to Purbeck... and now they're coming! They've toured the UK a lot...
Just booked – Cardboard Fox
Cardboard Fox were one of the most requested bands to return again in last year's feedback. You ask, we deliver! The number of requests speaks for itself - these guys were absolutely brilliant and a highlight of the festival. We welcome back the Spiral Earth award...
Just booked! Gilmore & Roberts
Twice BBC Folk Award nominated, Gilmore & Roberts have gone from strength to strength since they last played for us at Purbeck 2012 - and of course, Katriona Gilmore was part of Rosie Doonan's band that played at the very first Purbeck Folk Festival way back in...
Just booked – Billy Rowan (The Undercover Hippy)
We're over the moon to add Billy Rowan and his band to our line up for 2016. Billy Rowan, aka The Undercover Hippy, is definitely not your average singer songwriter. His music brings together acoustic guitar, soulful vocals, infectious reggae rhythms, and the lyrical...
Just booked! ELIZA CARTHY & the Wayward Band
Sunday night of Purbeck 2016 brings us the incredible Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band. Eliza Carthy needs no introduction, coming from the Waterson:Carthy royal family of English folk music, she has been immersed in the folk tradition throughout her whole life,...