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

Wimborne Folk Festival 2012


Three days of concerts and ceilidhs, plus music & dance workshops, and dancing displays including Morris, Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, Clog, and more held from Friday 8th until Sunday 10th June 2012.

Line-up

Lunasa, Cara, Kevin Dempsey, Carolyn Robson & Karen Tweed, Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Walsh & Pound, The Outside Track, Jennifer Crook & Beth Porter, Heidi Talbot, John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine, Mike Silver & Jo Partridge, Damien O'Kane, John Joe Kelly & Ed Boyd, Ben Walker & Chris Knowles, James Findlay & Alex Cummins, Blue Horyzon, Rod Jenkins & Black Tulip, Boo Hewerdine, and Blair Dunlop.

Oysterband will play at a special Jubilee concert at Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne on Thursday 7th June before the festival weekend. Tickets are priced at £18 in advance, or £20 on door. This is a separate ticketed event and not part of weekend ticket price.

Wimborne Folk Festival was founded in 1980 and has become one of the largest gathering of dance teams and musicians in the South of England.

The event is based on the town centre's streets and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the UK, and from the rest of the world. The festival features both contemporary and traditional music with a mixture of singers and musicians, plus lots of Morris Dancers, ceilidh groups and callers.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. A weekend ticket is priced at £74 and a weekend with camping is priced at £82. Individual event tickets are also available. To buy tickets, click here.

On site

The festival also offers market stalls, and childrens' entertainers offering something to amuse the kids the whole weekend.

Camping

The festival campsite is available for weekend festival ticket holders only. It is about 8 minutes walk from the town centre and there is an extra charge for staying there.

More information will be here when available.

Official Festival Site