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 Hobsons 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 Hobsons Dance Tent
Contra
Hoik! – caller Charlotte Rich-Griffin | Sunday 1145-1345 | Hobsons Dance Tent
Eurodance
Emily & The Simons | Monday 11-1230 | Dance Spot
Naragonia Quartet – dance leader Kerry Fletcher | Sunday 1830-2045 | Hobsons Dance Tent
Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore – dance leader Kerry Fletcher | Saturday 1345-1530 & Sunday 1630-1745 | Hobsons Dance Tent & Dance Spot
Special Events
David Eagle Folk Disco DJ Set | Sunday 2330-0045 | Hobsons Dance Tent
Demon Barbers Dance Show | Saturday 1645-1800 | Hobsons Dance Tent
Rock’n’roll Fancy Dress Ceilidh (Saturday evening) | Hobsons Dance Tent
Morris & Dance Party | Sunday 1630-1745 | Hobsons Dance Tent
NYFTE Dance Showcase | Sunday 1400-1500 | Hobsons Dance Tent
Scratch Morris | Monday 1245-1400 | Dance Spot
Workshops
Border Morris with The Witchmen | Monday 0945-1100 | Hobsons 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 | Hobsons 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 | Hobsons Dance Tent
2024 Gallery
Photos: Mike Dean, Steve Lacey & Steve Oliver