FRIDAY
Town Hall — Main Hall 8pm: The Dhol Foundation + The Afropean Choir + Jack Harris £15/£13(cons). Includes admission to Cornbury Stage events below.
Cornbury Stage, Town Hall (in the Old Library)
8pm: Tandara Mandara
8.55pm: Maeve Bayton
9.40pm: Moonrakers
10.30pm: Bill McKinnon Holywell Music Room
8pm: The New St George Waits + Oxford Fiddle Group £10/£8 (cons)
Folly Bridge Inn
8.30pm: Oxford Folk Club — open night. £2 (pay on door). Should you wish to perform, speak to the MC Marston Ferry Rugby Club
8-11pm: Ceilidh – John Mason School Folk Band with John Spiers and caller Lizzy Harrall £5/£3(cons) (pay on door).
SATURDAY
Town Hall — Main Hall
Noon: Robert Maseko & The Congo Beat + Kismet £12/£10(cons)
4.40pm: Lau + Fay Hield with Jon Boden & Sam Sweeney £14/£12(cons)
9pm: Kate Rusby with Donald Grant & Red Skies String Ensemble £19/£17(cons) Cornbury Stage, Town Hall Noon: The Craic Addicts
12.55pm: Bob & Gill Berry
1.50pm: Wytham Wood
2.45pm: Rob Ryan & Friends
3.40pm: Scarecrow
5.20pm: James Bell
6.05pm: Cal Folger Day
7pm: Jamie Huddlestone & Liv Dunn
7.55pm: Telling the Bees
9.35pm: Kris Drever
10.30pm: Meryl Jane
Holywell Music Room
Noon-5pm: School choirs FREE
5pm: Workshop — Rising Voices: Singing Histories FRE
6.30pm: A Bit of a Do — a night of Irish poetry and music £10/£8(cons
Oxford Brookes University Main Hall (Gypsy Lane Campus)
8-11pm: Ceilidh — The Cock and Bull Band with caller Mike Courthold £8/£6(cons)
Town Hall – Long Room
3pm: Workshop — African drumming: Robert Maseko £5
7.45pm: Workshop — Fiddle: Aidan O'Rourke (Lau) £5
Town Hall – St Aldates Room
4pm: Workshop — Harp: Lynn Finnegan £5
7.45pm: Workshop — Piano accordion: Martin Green (Lau) £5 The Bate Collection
11am-Noon: Workshop — Jew’s harp: Michael Wright £5
1-2pm: Workshop — Flamenco guitar: Rafael £5
Oxford Castle
11am-4pm: Children’s activities at the Key Learning Centre £2
Noon-5pm: School choirs (in the garden marquee)
Noon-4pm: Morris displays.
Pub sessions — just turn up and play!
Far From the Madding Crowd, The Half Moon, The Old Tom and The Lamb & Flag.
St Michael’s Church, Cornmarket
12.30pm Oxford Fiddle Group CD launch
SUNDAY
Town Hall — Main Hall
11am: School Choirs (St Barnabas Primary School, Windmill Primary School, John Hampden School and John Mason School) £4/£2(cons)
1:30pm: Spiers & Boden + Reel Bach Consort £14/£12(cons)
5pm: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain £19/£17(cons)
Cornbury Stage, Town Hall
11am: Jack Harris
11.45am: Selenites
12.40pm: McDowell
1.35pm: Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
3.30pm: Wilber
4.25pm: Scarecrow
5.20pm: Wayland
6.15pm: Cosmic Aubergine Town Hall – Long Room
11am: Workshop — English fiddle and song: Jon Boden £5
4pm: Workshop — English melodeon: John Spiers £5
Town Hall — St Aldates Room
1pm: Workshop— English folk guitar: James Bell £5 The Bate Collection
11am-Noon: Children’s Session — led by Andy Lamb £5
1-2pm: Workshop — English tunes by ear: Alice Little £5
Oxford Castle
11am-4pm: Children’s activities at the Key Learning Centre £2
10.45am: Workshop — Cotswold morris dancing: Icknield Way £5
11:45am: Workshop — Border morris dancing: Armaleggan £5
12-4pm: Morris displays
8pm: Exclusive Friends of the Festival gig
Newman Rooms
7pm: Ceilidh – The Oxford Fiddle Group + Reel Bach Consort £5 on the door
Pub sessions — just turn up and play!
Noon: French session — Far From the Madding Crowd. Sessions also at The Half Moon The Old Tom and The Lamb & Flag.
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