Priddy Folk Festival 2012

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July 2012
Priddy, Somerset, BA5 3BB, England MAP
£60 for weekend ticket - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 1,300

Last updated: Thu 5th Jul 2012

With 2 concerts, a ceilidh and a Late Nite Bop on Friday, 4 concerts, a ceilidh and a Late Nite Bop on Saturday and 2 more concerts and a ceilidh on Sunday, this claims to be the friendliest folk festival in England, held at the beautiful village of Priddy, high on the magnificent Mendip Hills in sunny Somerset.

The 21st Anniversary festival takes place from Friday 6th until Sunday 8th July 2012.

Line-up

John Mc Cusker, John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick; Spiers & Boden; Jamie Smith's Mabon; Spiro; Urban Folk Quartet; Brooks Williams; Belshazzar's Feast; Rory Mc Leod & the Familiar Strangers; Jackie Oates band; Baraka; Will Kaufman; Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin; The Young 'Uns; Walsh & Pound; The Incontinentals; Florida Ceilidh band & Phil Bassindale; Three Cane Whale; Kevin Brown; The Jaywalkers; Stompin' Dave; James Findlay & Alex Cummings; The Backroom Band; Tattermedallion; The Willbees; Djambo; Richard Stephens; Freshly Ground; The Drystones; The Wells Blue School folk project with Will Lang; The Under 21s scratch band with Dyer Cummings.

Tickets

Tickets have sold out. An adult over 16 weekend with camping ticket is priced at £60. A youth 11-16 years with camping ticket is priced at £30. Entry is free for children aged under 11 but they require a ticket. A weekend without camping ticket for adults is priced at £50. A youth 11-16 years ticket without camping is priced at £25.

Other entertainment

In addition there will be many smaller one hour concerts/meet the artist type events, as well as the usual Dance Festival with Morris, Maypole, Appalachian and more, Children's Festival offering Juggling, story telling, puppets, face painting and more, Sessions in the two pubs, singarounds and so on. There will be a Club Tent and open mic Sessions and Craft Fayre and Workshops with wood-turning, pottery, weaving, and a carefully selected mix of traders.

The festival will offer a varied and interesting range of food, real ales & scrumpy, on-site camping, large parking field.

Camping

There's a campsite adjacent to the village at a small extra charge for weekend ticket holders or individual concert ticket holders only.

More information will be here when available.