Something for everyone at folk fest

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival has an amazing line-up again this year: The Magic Numbers, Newton Faulkner, four-time Grammy winner Sarah Jarosz, UK folk royalty Seth Lakeman, Radio 2 favourite Kathryn Williams, the ultimate jumping Euro-folk group Sheelanagig, Lady Nade, The Destroyers, Old Baby Mackerel, and loads more!

PVFF is a festival that’s loved by everyone because there’s loads for kids to do, loads for parents and loads for the old folkies!

As well as four evenings and three full days of outstanding from AUgust 17 to 20 original young folk, roots and world music across five stages, Purbeck Valley Folk Festival brings music workshops, sessions, comedy, a massive craft area, a healing area, fire shows and loads for kids. Children’s activities include storytelling, The Circus of Science, theatre workshops, fun crafts, puppet shows, bubble displays, baby/toddler

Rhyme Time sessions, face-painting, a treasure hunt, bouncy castles, fancy dress, maypole dancing and Morris dance workshops, family ceilidh, space-hopper obstacle course, welly wanging, and Circus skills performances and workshops including juggling, diablo, devil’s sticks, unicycling, stilt walking, low level trapeze, an inflatable tumble mat. And all kids activities are included in your ticket price, so there are no hidden costs.

PVFF’s craft area is growing year on year too. This year it’s better than ever with workshops available in, rope-making, crochet, wicker modelling, macrame, cyanotype printing, clay modelling/pottery, bunting printing, tie-dye, blacksmithing, traditional woodturning, pebble painting, origami, and more. Music workshops this year include guitar playing with Newton Faulkner, and ‘Come and Try’ instruments try-outs which allow youths and adults the opportunity to try out instruments that they might not get a chance to otherwise without having to invest in them first.

One of the things that makes Purbeck Valley Folk Festival really unique is its beautiful setting. Bang in the middle of the Purbeck hills with views across Corfe Castle, and the Swanage steam railway running alongside the family camping field, and just down the road from the Jurassic Coast and beautiful landmarks such as Durdle Door; it’s absolutely idyllic. A brilliant musical line-up, loads of stuff for kids, a huge craft area for adults, perfect location, and a great selection of real ales and ciders…

Tickets have been selling fast already with record numbers of festival-goers buying tickets for this year’s festival before they even left the site last year! Tickets are on sale now from £135 (£70/£30) for the weekend ThursdaySunday, including camping.

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