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This is an archived listing. For the most current info, see Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2026.

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2015

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2015 - around the festival site (2)
Photo credit: Andy Pitt


Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, brought to you by the musical/entertainment directors and curators of Purbeck Folk Festival, is a family friendly event set in the Purbeck Hills, in Dorset and happening from Thursday 27th until Sunday 30th August 2015. The festival will be held at Purbeck Valley Farm, near Swanage, in Dorset.

Line-up

Hot Rize, Chris Difford, Justin Currie, Richard Thompson, Stornoway, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Megson, Martha Tilston & The Scientists, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, Moulettes, Amaraszi, Steve Tilston, CoCo and the Butterfields, Crossharbour, Keston Cobblers Club, Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow, Quinns Quinney, Fearne, Kadia, Catherine Burke, Roger Davies, Lily of Barbary, Hot Rize, Tom Clements, Caravan of Thieves, Cardboard Fox, Flats & Sharps, Beth Porter and The Availables, and more.

For more details see the Purbeck Folk Festival line-up page.

Tickets

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Weekend tickets (Fri-Sun) include free camping and are on sale now priced at £110 (youth £55, children over three £20). A limited number of Festival day
tickets are also available.

A campervan of caravan pass is priced at £10 per vehicle.

Camping

The festival campsite is large with a tents-only field and a campers and caravans field where tents and vehicles can be parked fairly close together. Camping is free with weekend tickets from 10am Friday to Monday afternoon. Overnight camping is available for day ticket-holders at £10 adult (£5 youth and children 3-10 years), payable on arrival at the site.

Campfires

Campfires are not allowed.

Festival theme

The festival theme this year has not yet been announced.

Child's play

This year the children’s activities include storytelling sessions, singing workshops, balloon modelling, loads of face painting and circus skills have-a-go sessions.There’s also magic shows, jugglers, puppet shows and music workshops where the young guns can make a lot of noise, before a special lullabies singing group calms things down in the evening.

More information will be here when available.


Official Festival Site