The festival with dance at its heart!
Ceilidhs, workshops, dance shows & more… pack your dancing shoes because you’re going to need them!
We always have an incredible line up in the dance tent, located right in the heart of the festival site, so come and join the fun.
Watch the dance teams perform, bring your friends or make new ones in any one of our many social ceilidhs and dances, hone your skills in our dance workshops or watch the mischief and mayhem of the morris and dance teams in their annual get together.
For more about our morris and dance teams programme, click here.
Ceilidhs
Alistair Anderson’s Northumbrian Ceilidh
Frog on a Bike – caller Martin Clarke
GloryStrokes – caller Fee Lock
Lasair – caller Nick Walden
National Youth Folk Ensemble – caller Alex Burgar
Oysterband – caller Phil Bassindale
PolkaWorks – caller Daisy Black
Queer Folk
Contra
Hoik! – caller Charlotte Rich-Griffin
Eurodance
Emily & The Simons
Naragonia Quartet – dance leader Kerry Fletcher
Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore – dance leader Kerry Fletcher
Special Events
David Eagle Folk Disco DJ Set
Demon Barbers Dance Show
Rock’n’roll Fancy Dress Ceilidh (Saturday)
Morris & Dance Party (Sunday)
NYFTE Dance Showcase
Scratch Morris
Workshops
Border Morris with The Witchmen
Clog with Newcastle Kingsmen
Cotswold Morris with Golden Star
Movement in Dance with Bryan Hatt and Isobel Bloomfield
Northwest Clog with Chiltern Hundreds
Rapper Sword Dance with Star & Shadow
Tudor Dance with Ruth and Mark Goodman
2024 Gallery
Photos: Mike Dean, Steve Lacey & Steve Oliver