We are absolutely thrilled to be heading to Swanage Folk Festival for our first ever visit in September 2025.
The Swanage Folk Festival is a spectacular weekend of fun filling the seaside town of Swanage with hundreds of colourful dancers and top class International Folk bands. Come and see how the town resonates to the sound of bells jingling, sticks thwacking and excellent music. Enjoy the free concerts or choose to watch those where you need to buy tickets.
You’ll love the bands at the the Swanage Folk Festival, a diverse mixture of folk styles from modern folk rock to more traditional. Many people come just to see their favourite band. Most of the concerts are played on the main stage which is free during the day, with ticketed events in the event.
Swanage Folk Festival is the UK’s biggest festival of dance. As well as Morris Dancers, you’ll see traditional folk dances from Bulgaria, Slovak Czeck, Middle East and Ireland.
The dancers are the most colourful part of the festival. Stop and watch, as they perform throughout Saturday and Sunday . “This is where Rappers meet Mollies and Fools flirt with belly dancers, dancers in clogs performing step dances, and Cotswold dancers from Dorset rub shoulders with traditional Slovak dancers, swords are drawn and sticks primed for a procession through town.
