Tuesday 5 May
Saturday 9 May (continued)
The Crown
3-11pm: The Crown will be hosting some of their favourite local musicians,
playing informal sets throughout the afternoon and evening. Discover an
eclectic collective of singers, musicians and performers set to entertain you.
Ed Boxall  Tim Hoyte  Tom Williams and Sarah Maycock  Gareth
Doherty  Ant and Fie Vicary  Otti Albietz  Thad Skews  Tom Cole
First In Last Out
8:30pm: Café de Paris – Parisian Café Jazz and Swing Musette
Whistle Trago
Dragon Bar
4-8:30pm: Folk Funk DJ Session – chill out soul, funk, rock influenced folk from
the 60s and 70s
St Mary In The Castle
Friday 8 May
Café Tour
8:30pm: Showcase of acoustic singer/songwriters, contemporary songs from
local performers
2-4pm: a series of half hour spots in some of the Old Town cafés – songs and
tunes on flute and guitar from Glashin (Jo & Paul Dengate). Collection in aid of St.
Michael’s Hospice. See festival website & Café Tour leaflet for details.
The Stag
The Stag
9pm: Open folk session – mainly tunes, plus some chorus songs
The Dolphin
9pm: Tune Raiders – Irish folk music
Wednesday 6 May
The Jenny Lind
8pm: CD launch – Blakeley & Son / The Long Way Home. Garry &
Edd Blakeley are launching their debut collaboration CD – a fiddle
album ranging from pure traditional through to world and
improvised jazz. Included are some exciting new fiddle tunes, by
esteemed fiddler Garry, and some all-new arrangements of classic
traditional tracks arranged in the duo’s unique fashion. Special guests
are joining them for the launch.
The Stag
9pm: Open bluegrass session
Thursday 7 May
All Saint’s Church
7:30pm: Stevens’ Racket and Woodwose – an evening of original music based
upon the traditions of Britain and Europe, from the medieval period
to the present. An amazing array of instruments will include: English
bagpipes, electric bagpipes, recorder, shawm, violin, Swedish
nykelharpa, hurdy gurdy, guitars, percussion, cittern, gothic bray
harp, accordion, bouzouki.
Tickets: adults £10 in advance online, £12 on the door; under 16s £5
online, £7 door Promoted by Lazy Jack.
First In Last Out
8:30pm: Titus – eclectic acoustic music presented with humour
The Stag
9pm: Open song session – hosted by and featuring songs from Rattlebag,
Hastings Shanty Singers and The Bourne Valley Male Voice Choir. If you
have a song to sing, come along and sing it.
Festival sponsored by
8:30pm: Comhaltas Irish session – run by the Hastings Comhaltas branch, for
musicians familiar with the repertoire of Irish traditional music, or come along to
listen and enjoy the craic!
The Jenny Lind
8:30pm: Green Diesel – they make noise, old fashioned, new fangled, jumping
around with a violin and a bouzouki sort of noise, taking their inspiration from the
depths of English folk lore and legend and the classic folk rock sound of the 1970s.
Their sound is born from a love of traditional English music and a desire to
reinvent it for modern audiences.
The Anchor Inn
7:30pm: The Full English – In 2014, The Full English, a group of
stellar musicians made up of Ben Nicolls, Fay Hield, Martin Simpson,
Nancy Kerr, Rob Harbron, Sam Sweeney and Seth Lakeman appeared
at selected summer festivals and undertook a short sell-out UK tour
in the Autumn. Along the way they won a stunning double at the BBC Folk
Awards, Best Group and Album of the Year. Another short tour is
arranged for 2015, and this will be the last ever performance before
the break-up of this award winning supergroup. Promoted by
SpyBoy.
St Mary Star Of The Sea Church (Crypt)
7:30pm: Bal – French and Swedish dancing – no experience required. A lovely
evening of music and dance where you will meet new people and put new and
old dancing skills to good practice; not quite ballroom dancing and not quite a
ceilidh. Didn’t manage the afternoon workshop? Don’t worry – Claire
will call some dances and guide you through the others. Come and
give it a go! No partners needed! Dress in your glad rags or
comfortable jeans; wear smooth-soled, low-heeled shoes. With a
special guest performance from The Iceni Group: tribal fusion at its
best!
8:30pm: Stone Junction – eclectic mix of transatlantic, contemporary and
original folk
Tickets: £8/£10 (£10/£13 including workshop, before 30th April),
phone 01227 700185, [email protected]
Saturday 9 May
9pm: Ingrid Pitt Orchestra – Transylvanian Gypsy Tripp-Hop
The Stag
St Mary Star Of The Sea (Crypt)
The Dolphin
10:30am – midday: Workshop – Garry Blakeley & Paul Dengate –
Finding the rhythm in traditional tunes – a workshop for players of all
instruments: fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bodhran, etc (£5 on the
door)
9pm Garry Blakeley Band – Feast Of Fiddles member, Garry, son Edd and the
rest of his band enjoying a relaxed pub gig, great for jumping around to!
Café Tour
2-4pm: a series of half hour spots in some of the Old Town cafés –
songs and tunes on flute and guitar from Glashin, and acapella songs
from Rattlebag. Collection in aid of St. Michael’s Hospice. See festival
website & Café Tour leaflet for details.
The Stag
3-5pm: Folk Club – short acoustic concert spots by a variety of performers
St Mary Star Of The Sea Church (Crypt)
3-5pm: Bal basics dance workshop – prepare for tonight’s dance, learn your Bal basics
from French Waltz to Swedish Hambo, with teacher Claire Bleazey – bringing 20 years of
French and Swedish folk dance experience. Musicians – come and join us for a chilled
session after the dance workshop – we’ll play while we sup!! See tonight’s Bal for more
information.
Sunday 10 May
The Crown
11am: ‘Sunday Stories in The Snug’ with Ed Boxall. Stories for all
ages told with Projections, spoken word and fine family friendly
songs
The Stag
3pm: Tatsmiths – gipsy folk-roots fusion; duelling sax and fiddle;
striking, evocative melodies; tantalising grooves; infectious energy
The Jenny Lind (upstairs)
3pm: Comhaltas Irish session – 1st hour slow for learners,
contribution requested, run by the Hastings Comhaltas branch, for
musicians familiar with the repertoire of Irish traditional music, or
come along to listen and enjoy the craic!
Tickets £4/£5 (£10/£13 including bal, before 30th April) 01227 700185
The Plough
Ye Olde Pump House
4-7pm: Good Squeeze Session – English tunes session open to all
3-5pm: Wakin’ Snakes – cajun, early American, oldtime and blues
The Jenny Lind
The Jenny Lind
4pm: Elijah Blue – Elijah Blue perform an eclectic mix of material from
bluegrass to Elvis Costello and Ella Fitzgerald, via country and traditional Irish.
5pm: Stuart O’Connor – singer/songwriter, fuelled by a simple love for the road,
a singer/songwriter with a psychedelic twist
First In Last Out
6:30pm: The Songs of Bob Dylan – played by Roger Carey and Jim Board