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What was on in 2024

There's always plenty to see and do at Saltburn Folk Festival!

Concerts and Ceilidhs

Free Performances

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Saturday 10th August, 11am

The Walls Have Eyes 

Creations Saltburn

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Saturday 10th August, 11:30am

Storytellers Street Band

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 11:30am

Middlesbrough Happy Ukuleles

Community Garden

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Saturday 10th August, 12pm

Saltburn U3A Ukulele Band

Community Garden

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Saturday 10th August, 12pm

Ricky’s Greco Appalachian Revue

Creations Saltburn

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Saturday 10th August, 12:30pm

Gabriel Bath

Creations Saltburn

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Saturday 10th August, 12:30pm

Redcar Community Choir

Community Garden

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Saturday 10th August, 12:40pm

Heather Ferrier Trio

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 1pm

Middlesbrough Happy Ukuleles

Station Portico

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Saturday 10th August, 1:15pm

Storytellers Street Band

Community Garden

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Saturday 10th August, 1:25pm

Saltburn U3A Ukulele Band

Station Portico

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Saturday 10th August, 2pm

Ouseburn Folk Choir

Community Garden

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Saturday 10th August, 2:15pm

Cri Du Canard

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 3pm

Iona Lane

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 3:40pm

Redcar Community Choir 

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 4pm

She Shanties

Bandstand

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Saturday 10th August, 5pm

Storytellers Street Band

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 11am

Cream Tees

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 11am

The Walls Have Eyes 

Creations Saltburn

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Sunday 11th August, 11:30am

Yellow Rattle Band

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 12pm

Wear’d Aliens

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 12pm

Maggie Gee

Creations Saltburn

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Sunday 11th August, 12:30pm

The Friars

Community Garden

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Sunday 11th August, 12:30pm

Bruce Gomersall

Creations Saltburn

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Sunday 11th August, 12:45pm

Culverake

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 1pm

Cream Tees

Community Garden

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Sunday 11th August, 1:15pm

The Friars

Station Portico

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Sunday 11th August, 1:30pm

Tarren

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 1:30pm

Saltburn Sirens

Community Garden

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Sunday 11th August, 2pm

Ouseburn Folk Choir

Community Garden

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Sunday 11th August, 2:15pm

Chiara Imbalzano Hilton Trio

Bandstand

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Sunday 11th August, 2:50pm

Hearken Quartet

Bandstand

Special Events

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Saturday 10th August

12pm-1:30pm

Queer Folk - Talk from Sophie Crawford and George Sansome

Research, history and new projects!

Scout 
Hut

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Saturday 10th August

3:30pm-5:30pm

“Come Listen a While, and I’ll Sing You a Song”  Ballad Circle

Featuring; Holly Clarke, George Sansome, Matt Quinn, Sophie Crawford, Jon Doran, Amy Leach and more!

Emmanuel Church

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Sunday 11th August

3:30pm-5pm

Singing Together with Saltburn Sirens and Ouseburn Folk Choir

Led by Janice Burns, Choir Workshop participans and other singers welcome to join in!

Emmanuel Church

Workshops

Friday 9th August

DIY Ceilidh

Tunes

11:30am-1pm

Scout Hut

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Cri du Canard -

French Dance and Music

1pm-3pm

Scout Hut

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DIY Ceilidh

Dance

3:30pm-5pm

Scout Hut

Saturday 10th August

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Bodhran

Steve Bentley

10am-11:30am

Guns Bar

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Concertina Accomp. for song - Steve Turner

10am-11:30am

Scout Hut

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Rapper Dance with

Star and Shadow

2pm-3:30pm

Scout Hut

Sunday 11th August

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Folk Choir with 

Janice Burns

11am-12:30pm

Scout Hut

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Bluegrass Arrangement with The Often Herd

1pm-2:30pm

Scout Hut

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Harmony - Ailsa MacKenzie and Graham Walker

3pm-4:30pm

Scout Hut

Sessions and Singarounds
all free except where indicated

Thursday 8th August, 7pm-11pm

Cutty Wren Folk Club Singaround

(£5 if you don't have a festival pass)

Primary School Hall

Friday 9th August, 12:30pm-2pm

Tunes Session led by Danny Kerr

Pillar Box

Friday 9th August, 12:30pm-2pm

Singaround led by Bruce Gomersall

Guns Bar - Basement

Friday 9th August, 3pm-5pm

Combo Session led by Dogwatch

The Back Alex

Friday 9th August, 6pm-8:30pm

Singaround led by Sue Thornton, Mark Ludlow, Anne Curran

Cons Club

Friday 9th August, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Tunes Session led by Andy Wigglesworth

Guns Bar - Basement

Friday 9th August, 9:30pm-Midnight

Singaround led by The Wilson Family 

(£5 if you don't have a festival/day pass)

Cons Club

Saturday 10th August, 12pm-1:30pm

Irish Session led by Jim O'Boyle

Guns Bar - Main Bar

Saturday 10th August, 2:30pm-4:30pm

Shanty Session led by All at Sea

Cons Club

Saturday 10th August, 2:30pm-6pm

Combo Session with Ring of Iron Folk Club

The Back Alex

Saturday 10th August, 5pm-7pm

Singaround led by Bruce Gomersall

Pillar Box

Saturday 10th August, 7:30pm-9:30pm

Tune Session led by Steve Bentley

Guns Bar - Basement

Saturday 10th August, 7:30pm-9pm

Singaround led by Darlington Mummers

Cons Club

Saturday 10th August, 10pm-Midnight

Combo Session led by Seb Stone

Cons Club

Sunday 11th August, 12pm-1:30pm

Tunes Session with DIY Ceilidh

Guns Bar - Main Bar

Sunday 11th August, 12pm-2pm

Singaround led by Brenda Spence

The Back Alex

Sunday 11th August, 3pm-5pm

Singaround led by Beth Burrows

Cons Club

Sunday 11th August, 5pm-7pm

Singaround led by Lynda Hardcastle and Alan Rose

The Back Alex

Sunday 11th August, 6pm-8pm

Irish Session led by Jim O'Boyle

Guns Bar - Basement

Sunday 11th August, 7:30pm-11pm

Farewell Singaround hosted by Saltburn Folk Club

(£5 if you don't have a festival/day pass)

Primary School Hall

Folk Club Showcases

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Friday 9th August

3pm-5:30pm

Primary School Hall, Huntcliff School

Cutty Wren Folk Club

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Saturday 10th August

12pm-2:30pm

Community Theatre, Saltburn Community and Arts Association

Saltburn Folk Club

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Sunday 11th August

11:30am-2pm

Community Theatre, Saltburn Community and Arts Association

Guisborough Folk Club

Dance Displays

See the breadth of traditional dance teams throughout Saltburn, during festival weekend!
 
Our dancers will be moving around the town- information below on the best places to spot them and when

Saturday 10th August

10am-10:30am, 4pm-4:30pm

Station Portico

Feet First

11:30am-1pm

Tour 1

Upper Town (Station Portico, Top of Funicular, Upper Esplanade)

Leven Sword

Harlequin Morris

Flag Crackers of Craven

Glaisdale Clog

Maltby Sword 

Dukes Dandy 

Locos in Motion

Leeds Morris

1:45pm-3:45pm

Tour 2

Upper Town

Harlequin Morris

Leven Sword 

Hexham Morris

Hexhamshire Lasses

Rattlejag Morris

10:30am-11:30am

Upper Esplanade

Showcase Dances

Leven Sword

Harlequin Morris

Flag Crackers of Craven

Glaisdale Clog

Maltby Sword

Dukes Dandy

Locos in Motion

Leeds Morris

Rattlejag Morris

Hexham Morris and Hexhamshire Lasses

Star and Shadow Rapper

11:30am-1pm

Tour 1

Lower Prom and Valley Gardens

Rattlejag Morris

Hexham Morris

Hexhamshire Lasses

Star and Shadow Rapper

1:45pm-3:45pm

Tour 2 

Lower Prom and Valley Gardens

Flag Crackers of Craven

Dukes Dandy

Locos in Motion

Maltby Sword

Glaisdale Clogs

Leeds Morris

Sunday 11th August

10am-10:30am, 4pm-4:30pm

Station Portico

Feet First

11:30am-1pm

Tour 1

Upper Town (Station Portico, Top of Funicular, Upper Esplanade)

Maltby Sword

Leeds Morris

Dukes Dandy

Redcar Sword

Black Diamond

1:45pm-3:45pm

Tour 2

Upper Town

Jet Set Border Morris

Black Gate Morris

Redcar Sword

Rattlejag

Flag Crackers of Craven

10:30am-11:30am

Upper Esplanade

Showcase Dances

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Black Diamond Morris

Redcar Sword

Maltby Sword

Dukes Dandy

Leeds Morris

Black Gate Morris

Jet Set Border Morris

11:30am-1pm

Tour 1

Lower Prom and Valley Gardens

Flag Crackers of Craven

Jet Set Border Morris

Black Gate Morris

Rattlejag

1:45pm-3:45pm

Tour 2 

Lower Prom and Valley Gardens

Black Diamond

Dukes Dandy

Leeds Morris

Maltby Sword

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