24 - 27 May 2024
24 - 27
May
2024
The Cause Cafe


(From the Bridge if it does not know your location)

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

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Events on Friday 24th May 2024
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20:00 - 23:00Friday Folk Club
Bring your voices and join our fabulous hosts Kitty and Derek and festival guests Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham for a lively night of folk songs from far and wide. The bar will be open
Kitty Vernon & Derek Burgess (MC) Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham (Band)Donation

Events on Saturday 25th May 2024
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09:30 - 10:30Learn the Hammer Dulcimer
A workshop with Kerensa on the Dulcimer. Kerensa has a limited number to lend, but you are welcome to bring your own.
Kerensa Wright (workshop leader )Donation
11:30 - 12:30Songshop:Letting the song breathe
Letting the song breathe , fully particapatory , too accompany or not accompany. Jeff and Elaine will help you find the way.
Discovery (Band)Weekend or Day tickets Only
14:30 - 15:30Coffee With Sally and Brian
A chance to spend an hour in the company of Sally Ironmonger and Brian Carter they never dissapoint.
Sally Ironmonger and Brian Carter (Duo)Weekend or Day tickets Only
20:00 - 23:00Saturday Folk Club
Bring your voices and join our fabulous hosts Kitty and Derek and festival guests Drywood for a lively night of folk songs from far and wide. The bar will be open
DryWood (Band) Kitty Vernon & Derek Burgess (MC)Donation

Events on Sunday 26th May 2024
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09:30 - 10:30Scratch Fiddle
Come and have a try at playing a fiddle! If you're a complete beginner or an early learner , then Lauren will get you playing tunes within the hour. Theres a number of fiddles you can borrow or you are welcome to bring your own
Lauren South (Singer-songwriter)Donation
11:30 - 13:00Roger Watson : New Songs for Old
New Songs for old based on traditional sources... Roger explores how new versions of traditional songs can be created with contempoary language and context applied to timeless themes and melodies.
Roger Watson (solo)Weekend or Day tickets Only
14:30 - 15:30 Barry Goodman in conversation with John Kirkpatrick
Barry Goodman in conversation with festival Patron the one and only John Kirkpatrick
Barry Goodman (Solo) John Kirkpatrick (Singer and musician)Weekend or Day tickets Only
16:00 - 17:15An hour or so with… Brian Peters and Drywood
A chance to meet festival guests Brian Peters Drywood
DryWood (Folk Music Duo) Brian Peters  (Solo)Weekend or Day tickets Only
17:45 - 19:00An hour or so with The Medlars and Debris Music
An hour or so with The Medlars and Debris Music
The Medlars (Band) Debra Hannis (solo)Weekend or Day tickets Only
20:00 - 23:00Sunday Folk Club
Bring your voices and join our fabulous hosts Kitty and Derek and festival guests Peter and Barbara Snape for a lively night of folk songs from far and wide. The bar will be open
Peter and Barbara Snape (Band) Kitty Vernon & Derek Burgess (MC)Donation

Events on Monday 27th May 2024
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10:30 - 11:15Coffee with Craig Sunderland
Enjoy a morning cuppa in the company of Craig Sunderland
Craig Sunderland (Solo)Weekend or Day tickets Only
11:30 - 12:30Songshop: Songwriting with Matt Woolley
Have you ever wanted to write your own songs about dragons , betrayal and greed? Then bring your singing voices and any accompanying your instruments and start your songwriting journey.
Quantum Penguin (Matt Woolley) (Folk)Weekend or Day tickets Only
13:00 - 14:30The MC Concert
Meet our hard working MC's in performance Mc for this special occasion Dave Webber
Tim Brooks (MC) Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman (MC)Weekend or Day tickets Only
Bill Crawford (MC & Traditional Singer) Barry Goodman (Solo)
15:30 - 16:30Meet the Band
Meet the Band : Peter and Barbara Snape
Peter and Barbara Snape (Traditional Folk)Donation