Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

Bonfire Radicals at the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in 2022

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]

  1. ^ Hall, James (5 May 2019). "Britain's 50 best music festivals 2019". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Folk faves at Purbeck". Western Daily Press. 28 August 2009 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Mellen, Steve (21 August 2014). "Days out The West hosts more than one great festival on a farm". Bristol Post – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Pilcher, Danielle Robyn; Eade, Nick (2016). "Understanding the audience: Purbeck Folk Festival". International Journal of Event and Festival Management. 7 (1): 21–49. doi:10.1108/IJEFM-09-2015-0039. ISSN 1758-2954.
  5. ^ "Location". Purbeck Valley Folk Festival. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Purbeck Valley Folk Festival AUGUST 2023". Swanage Events.