South Brent Folk has planned a programme of live events for 2025:
· Saturday 5 April 2025: Maggie Duffy with Bob Thomson in the Old School Community Centre at 7pm. Wonderful Brixham-based singer, songwriter and poet, Maggie Duffy, and her long-time collaborator, guitarist Bob Thomson, draw from a varied repertoire of songs and stories.
· Saturday 11 October 2025: Autumn Ceilidh organised by South Brent Folk at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) in South Brent Village Hall, with Ashburton Community Folk Orchestra led by David Faulkner. Ashburton Community Folk Orchestra are a 30 plus strong group of musicians playing music from Dartmoor, the SouthWest, Europe and beyond! Raffle in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Entry £8; - tickets from artworks in South Brent, or by BACS - contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or on the door (if any left).
· Saturday 8 November 2025: ‘Rising Voices: Songs of Struggle and Survival’ at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) in the Old School Community Centre. Following their previous successful autumn evenings Devon musician and folk song expert Sam Richards, and singer-songwriter-guitarist, Martin Scragg, present songs, stories and verses inspired by struggle and survival . Organised by South Brent Folk. Tickets £8 from artworks in South Brent, or by BACS - contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on the door (if any left). See: http://southbrentfolk.org.uk/ and Facebook.
· Saturday 27 December 2025: ‘Twixt and Between’ Christmas and New Year Céilidh organised by South Brent Folk in South Brent Village Hall at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm). Chill out and enjoy the music after the Christmas festivities or dance your (new) socks off with ‘The Offshoot Band’. ‘The Offshoot Band’ (from Spinach for Norman) will comprise:- Ben van Weede (fiddle); Steve Verge (guitar); Tim Walker (bass); with caller and fiddle player Kip Pratt. Raffle; Reel Ale bar. Tickets (which might make good Christmas presents) £8 from artworks in South Brent, or by BACS - contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on the door (if any left) (Young people age 12-16 half price). Entry includes one free non-alcoholic spiced berry drink.)
We also support other local folk events:
There is a ‘Third Thursday Tunes’: traditional muic session on the 3rd Thursday of the month, in the Packhorse Inn, co-hosted by Steve Dart and Mick Bramich at 8pm. See Facebook.
There is a regular (more or less weekly) informal music session at the Packhorse Inn, South Brent. Mainly acoustic pop/rock/blues and folk (contemporary or traditional). Anything goes: come, listen, join in if you like - would-be performers always welcome. Ask the bar staff, call 01364 72682 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
'Folk on the Moor' folk club is weekly on Sundays (except August) at the Moorland Hotel, Wotter PL7 5HP - see below and www.moorfolk.co.uk/.
Totnes Folk Club is monthly on the 2nd Thursday in the month, upstairs in the Dartmouth Inn, Totnes, TQ9 5EL, having reopened in March 2025 following changes in the pub's management. - see https://www.facebook.com/groups/144387085754131
See: Harberton Folk's Information Service for traditional music, song & dance in southern Devon - www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/