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Saturday 6 July 2019 South Brent Folk Day. South Brent Folk presents the 8th annual South Brent Folk Day with singing, music, dancing, workshops and concerts around the village.

This years Poetry Competition, whose winner will be announced at the folk day, has the theme of 'Dartmoor Seasons’. If you would like to enter, download the form from the website (available soon); entry £2.50 per poem or £1 for Junior (under 15) section; closing date Saturday 22 June 2019.
The headline evening concert is at 7.30pm in the Village Hall (with Reel Ale bar) featuring:

  • Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman: Dartmoor-based husband and wife duo who have long established themselves as one of the UK folk scene’s most rewardingly enduring partnerships. An enviable class act of imaginative song-writing and musicianship, they have twice won the coveted Best Duo title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2016 & 2013).

  • Granny’s Attic: Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (Melodeon, Concertina, Vocals), George Sansome (Guitar, Vocals) and Lewis Wood (Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals) – are a folk trio who play the tradition with verve, energy and their own inimitable style. Three exceptional musicians and fine singers, who have been heralded for their lively performances playing English traditional and original music and their delivery and selection of traditional songs.

    Tickets £12 in advance (to include afternoon and evening concerts) or £12 on the door for the evening concert. 

     

FFI: Contact Eileen McKee: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 01364 73699 or John Rawlinson: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 01364 73117.

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Spring Ceilidh with Spinach for Norman on Saturday 30th March 2019 in South Brent Village Hall at 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm). Dance your cares away with Ben van Weede (fiddle), Joel Segal (fiddle), Howard Harrison (guitar/flute), Martin Henning (bass) and  caller Pam Hayes. All welcome: Reel Ale bar and nibbles available. Tickets on the door or from artworks at £8.00. FFI contact Eileen on 01364 73699 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit website.

 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

After another successful 2018 'Twixt Christmas and New Year Ceilidh', South Brent Folk looks forward another year of bringing the best of folk music to South Brent.   Events planned for 2019 include:

  • Saturday 30 March 2019: Spring Ceilidh with Spinach for Norman in South Brent Village Hall
  • Saturday 6 July 2019: South Brent Folk Day including headline concert appearances by Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman and Granny’s Attic
  • Sunday 7 July 2019: South Brent Folk Breakfast Café
  • Autumn Céilidh: details tbc
  • Friday 27 December 2019: 'Twixt Christmas and New Year Céilidh'
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The 27th Annual Stoke Gabriel Wassail will take place on Saturday 19 January 2019. A magical evening of 'Cider, Culture & Cheer' organised by the ‘Friends of Stoke Gabriel School’ (FOSS), the Annual Wassail has become a very popular event and helps raise funds to enrich the lives of local children in school and community. Apple Wassailing is an ancient tradition performed in many villages on 'Old Twelfth Night' to bless the cider apples and orchards and encourage a good crop in the coming year. The lantern procession led by the Wassail King and Queen, Rufus Yates and Scarlett Yunnie and the apple blessing Wassail Ceremony take place around 6pm within the village community orchard with wassail songs led by Rosa Rebecka. There will be other events in the village centre from 4pm into the evening, including the Bovey Tracey Mummers Play, Morris Dancing with Black Bess Border Morris, The Wassail Singers, entertainment from Elfic the Juggler & Jester, Gypsy Jazz from Skedaddle, Storytelling with Paul Sharman, folk music; local food and drinks and licensed bar. See: Facebook.

If you would like to sing with the Wassail Singers for this event (rehearsals Sunday 6/1/2019 at 2.30pm in Totnes, Thursday 10/1/2019 at 7pm in Torquay and Sunday 13/1/2019 at 2.30pm in South Brent), please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Rosa Rebecka and the Wassail Singers can be heard live on Radio Devon on the Michael Chequer programme between 8 and 9pm on Thursday 17 January 2019.

 

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Welcome to South Brent Folk.

Based in the Devon village of South Brent on the southern tip of Dartmoor we host folk concerts, a folk festival, workshops, ceilidhs and other events through the year.

Our aim is to promote folk music song and dance in South Brent, providing opportunities for top class folk acts to come to South Brent and be seen and heard by local residents, at the same time attracting folk from outside the village.

If you would be interested in joining our organising committee or helping at events, please do get in touch with us by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For information about events in South Brent see: 'What's on in South Brent'.

For information about events in the South Devon area see: http://hubcast.co.uk/southdevon

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