Bath Folk Festival
and Traditional Music Summer School
11th – 19th August 2018
Programme
Saturday 11th August
Dance Weekend Day 1
with Tatters and Tails and Sulis Rapper
The Gateway Centre, Snow Hill | 10am – 3pm
Tales of Britain
with Jem Roberts
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 3pm | £6 (adults) £3 (children)
Folk n Funny 6
with The Unrelated Family
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 5pm | £3 on the door
John Doyle
with support from Louis Campbell
The Gateway Centre | 7:30pm | £13 (advance), £15 (on the door)
The Gaulois Brothers
Bath’s finest gypsy swing duo
The Barley Mow | 8:30pm | FREE
Singing Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
English Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Sunday 12th August
Dance Weekend Day 2
with LaFlamenquita, Hills School of Irish Dance and Frome Circle Dance
The Gateway Centre, Snow Hill | 10am – 5pm
Mal’bay
Irish traditional music personified
The Bell | 1pm – 3pm | FREE
Swingletree | City on a Hill
Songs of the sea, lost loves, and the ol’ canal
The Cellar, St James’ Wine Vaults | 3pm | £8
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Opening night for a photographic exhibition by Stephen F Evans
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 6pm | FREE
Johnny Coppin | Kevin Brown
An evening of fine songwriting and acoustic blues
Museum of Bath Architecture | 6:30pm | £10 (advance), £12 (door)
Beth Porter and the Availables
with support from Lauren Bradford
Arts Cafe, Komedia | 7:30pm | £8
Jiggidy
Multi-instrumental folk duo from Bath
The Ram | 8:30pm | FREE
Irish Session
The Bell | 3:30pm – 6pm
Singing Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Monday 13th August
The Bookshop Band at the RUH
A short concert in association with Art at the Heart
Royal United Hospital | 1pm | FREE
The Bookshop Band | An Dhá
Award winning songwriting and string playing
Museum of Bath Architecture | 6:30pm | £10 (advance), £12 (door)
Georgia Lewis and Wes Robinson
John Wilson
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Young Waters
Haunting harmonies, toe-tapping rhythm and twisted folk from rising stars
The Bell | 9pm | FREE
Irish Session
Royal Oak, Lower Bristol Road | 8:30pm – 11pm
Gypsy Swing Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
St James Wine Vaults | 8:30pm – 11pm
Storytelling Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Tuesday 14th August
Dipper Malkin
A short concert in association with Art at the Heart
Royal United Hospital | 1pm | FREE
David Lennon presents the Bard of Ballysallagh
with support from Two Oak Sons
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 6:30pm | £8
Nasrudin
Music and stories from the Balkans, Middle East and beyond
Arts Cafe, Komedia | 7:30pm | £8
Louise Jordan: No Petticoats Here
with support from Dora Darling-Swann
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Beginners Slow Session
Royal Oak, Lower Bristol Road | 6pm – 8:30pm
Irish Session
Royal Oak, Lower Bristol Road | 8:30pm – 11pm
Welsh Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
Blues Session
Green Park Tavern | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Singing Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
St James Wine Vaults | 8:30pm – 11pm
Wednesday 15th August
Deuair at the RUH
A short concert in association with Art at the Heart
Royal United Hospital | 1pm | FREE
Ards CCE
with special guests including Bath Folk Youth Band
Green Park Brasserie | 5pm – 8pm | FREE
Dipper Malkin | Deuair
A highly-anticipated new arrival meets firm festival favourites
Museum of Bath Architecture | 6:30pm | £10 (advance), £12 (door)
Mouth Of The Night
with Richard Selby and Beth Porter
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 6:30pm | £6 (£5 concessions)
Claire Watts
with support from Ali George
Arts Cafe, Komedia | 7:30pm | £8
Johns and Nowak
with support TBC
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Mankala
A unique pan-African-coalition of sounds play Graceland
The Bell | 9pm | FREE
Gypsy Swing Session
Green Park Brasserie | 7:30pm – 10pm
Klezmer Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
English Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
The Royal Oak | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
The Bell | 9pm – 11pm
Thursday 16th August
Alan Burke at the RUH
A short concert in association with Art at the Heart
Royal United Hospital | 1pm | FREE
Alan Burke |
Matt Tighe and Tad Sargent
Museum of Bath Architecture | 6:30pm | £10 (advance), £12 (door)
Moore and Churchill-Moss
with support from Nidd
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Whistling Treason
featuring Kris Malarchist
The Barley Mow | 8:30pm | FREE
Klezmer Session
Green Park Brasserie | 7:30pm – 10pm
Open Mic
The Bell | 8:30pm – 11pm
Scandinavian Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Friday 17th August
Matt Tighe and Tad Sargent
A short concert in association with Art at the Heart
Royal United Hospital | 1pm | FREE
Leon Hunt and Jason Titley
with support from special guests
Green Park Brasserie | 5pm | FREE
Guzek Duo
Hard-driving New York klezmer
Beyond the Kale | 5:30pm | FREE
The Hallows
presented by Brighid’s Flame
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 6:30pm | £8
Jiggy Piffle
Furiously played tunes and gentle Breton dance melodies
The Barley Mow | 8:30pm | FREE
The Dog Was A Band Now
with support from Hands of Heron
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Gypsy Swing Session
Green Park Brasserie | 7:30pm – 10pm
Irish Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
Klezmer Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
Saturday 18th August
Rory McLeod
with special guests
Bath City Farm | 12pm – 5pm | £6
Robin Irene Moss
with support from English Weather
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 3pm | £8
Pok the Bard
Troubadour, raconteur, agitator and storyteller
Beyond the Kale | 5:30pm-7:30pm | FREE
Orient Express
with The Fiery Dragon Company
The Gallery, St James Wine Vaults | 6:30pm | £8
Summer Ceilidh
with Pipley Barn Dance and Ceilidh Band
St Mark’s Community Centre | 6:45pm | £5
The Water Gypsies
High energy gypsy jazz
The Barley Mow | 8:30pm | FREE
Psycho-Acoustic Goat
with support from The Rookeries
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 9pm | £8
Irish Session
Green Park Brasserie | 7:30pm – 10pm
Singing Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 11pm
Irish Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
English Session
St James Wine Vaults | 8:30pm – 11pm
Sunday 19th August
Irish Set Dancing Workshop
with Val and Maddy Knight
Gateway Community Centre | 11:30am | £8
The Dry Seamen
Lickspittle landlubbers who are an urban shipwreck waiting to happen
The Bell | 1pm – 3pm | FREE
Moonlit Poachers | June Apples
Folk music rarely heard by day
The Cellar, St James Wine Vaults | 3pm | £8
Irish Set Dance Ceili
with music from Gorias and calling from Val and Maddy Knight
Gateway Community Centre | 3:30pm | £8
Bath Brew House Festival Special
featuring Lawrie Duckworth, Jiggidy, Mac Seka and more…
Bath Brew House | 4pm – 9pm | FREE
Åkervinda
with support from Su Hart
Arts Cafe, Komedia | 7:30pm | £12 (advance) £14 (on the door)
Big Massive Orchestra
A fusion of post-rock and traditional folk music into a unique ambient sound
St James Wine Vaults | 8pm | £8
Klezmer Session
The Bell | 8:30pm – 11pm
Gypsy Swing Session
Barton Street Wine Bar | 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Singing Session
The Star | 8:30pm – 11pm
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