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The Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is a folk music festival held on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.[1]
The inaugural event was organized in August 2009 near Kimmeridge Bay as the Purbeck Folk Festival.[2] In 2014, the festival was held during 22–24 August at Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers, and had an attendance of 2,400 visitors.[3][4] In 2015, the festival adopted its current name and moved to Purbeck Valley Farm in Harman's Cross.[5]
It takes place over three days across five stages, and in addition to the music includes workshops, Purbeck Rising, Purbeck Poetry Slam, a children’s area with crafts, storytelling, puppet shows, theatre/games, circus skills and clowns, youth music workshops, a craft area (including crochet, clay, origami, candle, jewellery and tutu making) and a healing area.[6]