Beth Orton for Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2018

joining Richard Thompson Electric Trio, King Creosote, Trad.Attack! & many more

By Neil Greenway | Published: Thu 15th Mar 2018

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2018

Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th August 2018
Purbeck Valley Farm, Valley Road, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HU, England MAP
£126 with camping, £116 without

Daily capacity: 3,000

Beth Orton has been announced as another headliner the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival which takes place at Corfe Castle, Dorset over the weekend of Thursday 16th until Sunday 19th August 2018.

Catherine Burke, organiser of the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival says: "We’ve been following Beth’s career for many years and are over the moon that she will be finally joining us at our festival this year. We can’t wait and we’re sure she’ll get a warm welcome from everyone."

Beth will headline the Sunday night, and lines up with others over the weeknd including Richard Thompson Electric Trio, King Creosote, Trad.Attack!, and this year's BBC Folk Award nominees: Elephant Sessions, Siobhan Miller, O’Hooley & Tidow, Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys, and many more. For the details as available including day splits please see the line-up page.

Further acts are to be unveiled over the coming months. Other attractions for the family festival include kids entertainers, storytellers, craft workshops, music workshops, theatre workshops, song sessions, poetry, Purbeck Rising (for new talent) and open mics.

Tickets are on sale, priced at £106 for an adult with camping, or £96 without camping. a youth (13-17) ticket is £56 with camping or £46 without camping. A child (4-12) ticket is £26.

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