Hot Rize to headline Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2015

Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August 2015
Purbeck Valley Farm, Valley Road, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HU, England MAP
£110 adult weekend, youth (12-17) £55, over 3s £20

Daily capacity: 3,000

Legendary American bluegrass band Hot Rize have been announced as the final headline act for this year Purbeck Folk Festival held at Purbeck Valley Farm, near Swanage and taking place in the Purbeck Hills, in Dorset over the weekend of Thursday 27th until Sunday 30th August 2015.

The quartet are currently celebrating its 36th year, will be a festival highlight on the Sunday.

Organiser Catherine Burke said, "We are more excited than you can even imagine to announce that Hot Rize will be completing the list of headliners at Purbeck this year. These guys are the absolute cream of bluegrass instrumentalists and singers, they’re just awesome.

"Between them they have won loads of IBMA awards, Grammys, started two bluegrass tuition schools and they are simply brilliant."

Hot Rize join headline acts Chris Difford, Justin Currie, Richard Thompson, Stornoway, Kathryn Tickell, Megson, Martha Tilston & the Scientists, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin and The Moulettes.

For more details see the Purbeck Folk Festival line-up page.

Now in its seventh year, Purbeck Folk Festival’s line-up offers an eclectic mix of original young folk, established roots, traditional and world music in a family-friendly environment. The four stages are contained in the farm’s barns and a marquee venue that hosts the Purbeck Rising final and open mic sessions.

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Weekend tickets (Fri-Sun) include free camping and are on sale now priced at £100 (youth £50, children over three £20). A limited number of Festival day
tickets will also be available.

A campervan of caravan pass is priced at £10 per vehicle.

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