THE NEW ROPE STRING BAND
Experienced old-hands Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling (from the 'Old Rope String Band') joined forces with experienced old-time musicians Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen. Between them, they sing, dance and play their hearts out on fiddles, guitar, piano accordion, mandolin and anything else that comes to hand.
Boundless energy, theatrical and comic routines and wonderful music. Expect the unexpected!

THE HOUGHTON WEAVERS

BERNARD WRIGLEY

ANTHONY JOHN CLARKE

CATHRYN CRAIG & BRIAN WILLOUGHBY
Cathryn Craig has sung with
The Righteous Brothers, Shel Silverstein, Jorma Kaukonnen,
Bobby Bare, Garth Brooks and Chet Atkins.

Brian Willoughby began his career with Mary Hopkin and played with Strawbs for 25 years. He recorded with Monty Python and toured with Joe Brown, Roger Whittaker, Jim Diamond and Sweet’s Brian Connolly. Strawbs offshoots High Society and gold award-winning The Monks featured Brian on lead guitar.
Both Cathryn and Brian have worked with Nanci Griffith.

CHRIS MORETON
Chris Moreton is returning to this years festival following his amazing performances at the 2009 Folk on the Coast, it is our privilege to welcome him back. Chris is widely recognised as one of the leading exponents of the “Flat-Picking” guitar technique in Britain today. Awarded Guitarist magazine’s Acoustic Guitarist of the Year and British Bluegrass Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year in 1995. A well travelled multi-instrumentalist and singer, a founder member of several bands Chris is still best known as a solo artist. Performances include a variety of songs, humour, audience participation, and a range of music from Hillbilly to Handel on guitar mandolin and banjo. His un-pushy, humorous ability to entertain continues to endear him to audiences on the Acoustic /Folk / Bluegrass scene and beyond.

GARVA

Garva are well known local group with a strong repertoire which spans the Irish, Scottish and English tradions together with some moving contemporty songs. They have a depth of harmony singing and sensitive accompaniment with produces a powerful and distinctive sound.

MULDOON'S PICNIC

TRI

GRAHAM BELLINGER'S DEPORTEES

ALISON PARKER & THE THIRD MAN CEILIDH BAND

VOCAL POINT

MERSEY MORRIS MEN