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Dance

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 Hobson’s 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.

(Programme may be subject to change – check the printed souvenir programme available via pre-order or at the festival for final timings)

Ceilidhs

Alistair Anderson’s Northumbrian Ceilidh | Friday  2100-2345

Frog on a Bike – caller Martin Clarke | Friday 1515-1700

GloryStrokes – caller Fee Lock | Saturday 2200-0045

Lasair – caller Nick Walden | Sunday 2100-2315

National Youth Folk Ensemble – caller Alex Burgar | Saturday 1200-1300

Oysterband – caller Phil Bassindale | Saturday 1930-2130

PolkaWorks – caller Daisy Black | Monday 1200-1430

Queer Folk | Friday 1800-2030

All in the Hobson’s Dance Tent

Contra

Hoik! – caller Charlotte Rich-Griffin | Sunday 1145-1345 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Eurodance

Emily & The Simons | Monday 11-1230 | Dance Spot

Naragonia Quartet – dance leader Kerry Fletcher | Sunday 1830-2045 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore – dance leader Kerry Fletcher | Saturday 1345-1530 & Sunday 1630-1745 | Hobson’s Dance Tent & Dance Spot

Special Events

David Eagle Folk Disco DJ Set | Sunday 2330-0045 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Demon Barbers Dance Show | Saturday 1645-1800 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Rock’n’roll Fancy Dress Ceilidh (Saturday evening) | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Morris & Dance Party | Sunday 1630-1745 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

NYFTE Dance Showcase | Sunday 1400-1500 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Scratch Morris | Monday 1245-1400 | Dance Spot

Workshops

Border Morris with The Witchmen | Monday 0945-1100 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Clog with Newcastle Kingsmen | Monday 0930-1030 | Purity Village Stage

Cotswold Morris with Golden Star | Saturday 1120-1230 | Purity Village Stage

Movement in Dance with Bryan Hatt and Isobel Bloomfield | Saturday 0945-1045 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

Northwest Clog with Chiltern Hundreds | Saturday 1130-1230 | Dance Spot

Rapper Sword Dance with Star & Shadow | Sunday 1120-1230 | Purity Village Stage

Tudor Dance with Ruth and Mark Goodman | Sunday 0930-1100 | Hobson’s Dance Tent

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