The Sidmouth Folk Festival
From the collection of
Basement Project: Gospel Singing
- Tower Hamlets
- 1970
The Sidmouth Folk Festival
International folk bands and troupes put on an act at Sidmouth
Clive Gunnell reports from the Knowle Arena Theatre at the Sidmouth Folk Festival. An Afro-Caribbean Steel band called Victor Phillips and the Tropical Harmonies, a Punjabi Dance Troupe from Wolverhampton, the Josa Jakobic Dance Group from Yugoslavia (more precisely Zagreb, the capital of Croatia) and Irish dancers all perform for the folks in the audience.
The Folk Festival started in 1955 as a week-long seaside celebration of music, dance and song and was founded by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. It expanded and was renamed the Sidmouth International Folklore Festival but dropped the word Folklore in 1986. Funding issues stopped the international version of the festival but in 2005 Sidmouth Folkweek was relaunched by popular demand.
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Performing Arts: Music
Celebrating the joy and expression of music beyond the mainstream
In this latest addition to the performing arts series, we are taking a look at all things music beyond the mainstream; from choir rehearsals and pirate radio coverage, to buskers, festivals and workshops, it's clear that music has remained integral not only to culture and the evolution of arts, but to each of us in our day to day!
Many established music artists have been at the helm of sonic exploration, redefining genres and challenging the familiar ways in which sound can be experienced. But shifting the perspective away from multi-platinum pop stars and established performers, this collection is a celebration of the hobbyists, the amateur & the unrefined love of an art form that builds communities and allows for complete self expression
26 videos in this collection
1
Basement Project: Gospel Singing
2
Black and White Pirate Show
3
Blues Parties
4
The Sidmouth Folk Festival
5
Steel 'n' Skin
6
Freedom Train
7
Hands and Voices
8
Black Voices
9
Blind Guitarist
10
Handicapped Gathering, Salesbury Hall, 22nd Aug
11
Bandurists and Choirs from Bradford and Keighley
12
Music and More
13
The Pied Pipers of Harlow
14
Rock Music Venues
15
Gay Sweatshop: Edward Carpenter Book Launch
16
The Tube [05/11/82]
17
Musical Motorcycles - Cachito cha cha cha (Coursée)
18
Cèilidh nan Gaidheal
19
Liverpool a Go-go
20
Busk Idol 2008
21
The Folk Music Traditions of South Shropshire
22
Shikisha Zulu Dance and Music
23
Grove Carnival
24
Lover's Rock
25
Reggae Part 2
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