festivals in & around south Devon

Purbeck Folk Festival 2010 Wilkswood Farm in Langton Matravers, near Swanage, Dorset Friday 3rd September until Sunday 5th September 10 ticket info: £55 adult weekend BUY TICKETS lineup includes: Martha Tilston, 6 Day Riot, Alex Roberts, Black Peak, Dogan Mehmet, Emily Maguire, Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke, Gadarene, Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys, Kim Edgar, Lizzie Nunnery, Megson, Monster Ceilidh Band, Tinderbox

Stroud festival 2010 Stroud town centre, Gloucestershire Friday 3rd September until Sunday 5th September 10 ticket info: FREE ( plus a very few paying gigs costing from around £4 - £12)

Totnes Festival 2010 Totnes, Devon, South West England Friday 3rd September until Sunday 12th September 10 ticket info: Ticket prices vary from FREE to around £10 (concessions available)

Youth 4 Youth Festival 2010 Kingswood Foundation,Kingswood, Bristol Saturday 4th September 10 ticket info: £5.50 BUY TICKETS

RivenStone 2010 Lower Merripit Farm, Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon PL20 6TJ Saturday 4th September until Sunday 5th September 10 ticket info: Weekend ticket (2 days): £75 BUY TICKETS

The Drum Gathering 2010 Tapeley Park, Instow, North Devon Saturday 4th September until Sunday 5th September 10 ticket info: £40 for adults, children (10 to 15) £10, children under 10 free

End of the Road Festival 2010 Larmer Tree Gardens,Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire Friday 10th September until Sunday 12th September 10 ticket info: adults £130, youth (13-17) £120, child (6-12) £50 - SOLD OUT lineup includes: Drum Eyes, End Of The Road DJs, Richard Hawley & Jarvis Cocker (DJ Set), Tom & Russell (DJ Set), Caleb Pate (DJ Set), Caribou, Cyrus Gabrysch & The Zizaniques, Horse Feathers, Jonquil, Modest Mouse, Plants and Animals, Steve Mason, The New Pornographers, Wilco, Wintersleep, Yo La Tengo, Pulled Apart By Horses, Adam Green, Black Mountain, Caitlin Rose, Deer Tick, Diane Cluck, Edwyn Collins, Emily Jane White, Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds, Iron And Wine, The London Snorkelling Team, The Low Anthem, Wolf Parade, Anders Griffin, Annie and the Beekeepers, Brakes, Errors, Frank Fairfield, Here We Go Magic, Mountain Man, Olof Arnalds, The Felice Brothers, The Mountain Goats, The Unthanks ... more acts >>

IvyLive 2010 Filham Park, Ivybridge, Devon Friday 10th September until Sunday 12th September 10 ticket info: adult weekend £59.50, youth (13-17) £39.50, under 12 £9.50 BUY TICKETS lineup includes: Athlete, The Magic Numbers, The Quails, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Cosmo Jarvis, Adam Isaac, AlBenAza, All The Fires, Crazy Arm, Dan Donnelly, Kit Holmes, Less Than Me, Lounge Fly, Mad Dog Mcrea, N.U.M.B, Phil King, Port Bandanas, Redtrack, Roger Styles, Siddy Bennett, Steph Newton, The Drop, Too Hot, Wille and The Bandits

Swanage Folk Festival 2010 various venues, Swanage, Dorset Friday 10th September until Sunday 12th September 10 ticket info: £50 season ticket - SOLD OUT lineup includes: Andy Stones, Artisan, Barron Brady, Bob Kirkpatrick, Derek Burgess & Kitty Vernon, Gordon Potts, Isambarde, Jenna, Judy Dinning & Kenny Speirs, Kimber's Men, Mary Jane, PJ Wright, Scarecrow, Show of Hands, The Bounty Hounds, The QP, The Queensberry Rules, Tickled Pink, Tim Graham & Rachel Hall, Vin Garbutt, Wendy Arrowsmith

Fishstock Brixham 2010 Seafood Pavillion, Eastern Jetty. Brixham, Devon Saturday 11th September 10 ticket info: around £7

St Ives Festival 2010 St Ives Guildhall, St Ives, Cornwall Saturday 11th September until Saturday 25th September 10 ticket info: from around £12 - £24 at The Guildhall. Many events are FREE. lineup includes: Altan, Courtney Pine, Donovan, Eddi Reader, Edgar Macias Quintet, Gwelhellin Goth, Imelda May, Kila, Limehouse Lizzy, Mousehole Male Voice Choir, Peco Pena, Robin Williamson, Sarah Gillespie, The Beat, The Fisherman's Friends, The Hamsters, The Imagined Village, The Unthanks, John Otway, Kirsty McGee Hobopop Collective, LiveWire, Robin Trower Band

Acoustica Festival 2010 Exeter Phoenix, and Cavern Club, Exeter, Devon Friday 17th September until Sunday 19th September 10 ticket info: £12 Saturday, or £8 Sunday or Friday BUY TICKETS lineup includes: Cate Le Bon, Scott Matthews, Ruarri Joseph, Smoke Fairies, Andy Votel & B Music, The Mountains & The Trees, The R.G.Morrison, Sweet Baboo, Jim Jones, Erinn Williams, Rodney Branigan, Laura Dugmore, Adam Donen, Alasdair Roberts, All The Fires, Birds, Orphans & Fools, Fanfarlo, Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds, Katus, Mozura, My Two Toms, Polly & The Billets Doux, Rosa Rebecka, Sam and The Plants, The Lonely Tourist, The Miserable Rich, Treetop Flyers, Wickes

Cornish Bluegrass Festival 2010 Hendra Holiday Park, Newquay, Cornwall Friday 17th September until Sunday 19th September 10 ticket info: expect around £35 weekend, Saturday all day £20, Saturday evening £15, Sunday Free

Lemonfest 2010 Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, South Devon Saturday 18th September 10 ticket info: £25, with camping £30 BUY TICKETS

Rox Festival 2010 Bognor Regis Seafront, Bognor Regis, West Sussex Saturday 18th September until Sunday 19th September 10 ticket info: FREE

Brisfest 2010 Bristol City Centre, Lloyds Amphitheatre, and City Centre music venues Friday 24th September until Sunday 26th September 10 ticket info: From £5 a day advance (full weekend tickets available )

Underground Festival 2010 Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester Saturday 25th September until Sunday 26th September 10 ticket info: £25 for the weekend, £15 for each day BUY TICKETS lineup includes: Chapel Club, Kid Adrift, The Joy Formidable, Wild Palms, Dry The River, Egyptian Hip Hop, Paper Aeroplanes, Pulled Apart By Horses, Futures, Matthew P, Tall Ships, Wilder, Islet, Jose Vanders, Morning Parade, The Xcerts, Airship, Japanese Voyeurs, Sun Drums, The Candle Thieves, Little Fish, Lunar Youth, Tangled Hair, ute, Brontide, Blonde Louis, Nicholas Stevenson, Shoes and Socks Off, Throats, Frank Hamilton, Hold Your Horse Is, Stagecoach, The Muscle Club, November and the Criminal, Run Walk!, Sons And Lovers

Walk The Line 2010 various venues in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Friday 1st October until Saturday 2nd October 10 ticket info: £10 for the weekend BUY TICKETS

Swanage Blues & Roots festival 2010 various venues, Swanage, Dorset Friday 1st October until Sunday 3rd October 10 ticket info: FREE

Lowender Peran Celtic Festival 2010 Ponsmere Hotel, Perranporth, Cornwall Wednesday 13th October until Sunday 17th October 10 ticket info: varies expect from £3 - £12, depending on the event

Exeter Autumn Festival 2010 venues around Exeter, Devon Friday 29th October until Sunday 14th November 10 ticket info: From FREE to £19.50 depending on the event lineup includes: 3 Daft Monkeys, Easy Star All Stars, Hazaar

Two Moors Festival 2010 various locations across Dartmoor and Exmoor - Tiverton, Dulverton, Ilsington, Taunton etc Saturday 30th October until Sunday 10th October 10 ticket info: expect from FREE to around £25. Many events half price for children.

Puravida Long Weekender 2010 Osho Leela, Thorngrove House, Common Mead Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4RE Thursday 11th November until Sunday 14th November 10 ticket info: expect around £110 - food & dorm space inc

ATP - Nightmare Before Christmas 2010 Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset Friday 3rd December until Sunday 5th December 10 ticket info: £175 per person (room or chalet bookings) BUY TICKETS lineup includes: Throbbing Gristle, Bardo Pond, Berg Sans Nipple, Black Dice, Boban & Marko Markovic Gypsy Orkestar, Daniel Higgs (Lungfish), Deerhoof, Dreamcatcher, Emeralds, Francisco Lopez, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Growing, John Butcher, Josephine Foster, Land of Kush, Marissa Nadler, Matana Roberts, Mike Watt, Neurosis, NoMeansNo, Oneida, Philip Jeck, Rangda, Scout Niblett, Sick Llama, The Dead C, The Ex, The Sadies, Thee Oh Sees, Tim Hecker, Tindersticks, Tony Conrad, Weird Al Yankovic, White Magic, Wolves in the Throne Room, Yomul Yuk

All Tomorrows Parties - In Between Days 2010 Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset Monday 6th December until Thursday 9th December 10 ticket info: £100 per person in 4 berth self-catering only lineup includes: Caribou, Michael Rother\'s Hallogallo 2010, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips

ATP Bowlie Weekender 2 2010 Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset Friday 10th December until Sunday 12th December 10 ticket info: £165 per person room only (£175 self catering) lineup includes: 1990's, Abagail Grey, Belle & Sebastian, Crystal Castles, Dean Wareham, Dirty Projectors, Field Music, Foals, Frightened Rabbit, Howlin Rain, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Jenny and Johnny, Julian Cope, Silver Columns, Sons and Daughters, Teenage Fanclub, The 1900s, The Apples In Stereo, The Dutchess & The Duke, The New Pornographers, The Vaselines, The Zombies, Those Dancing Days, Trembling Bells, Vashti Bunyan, Zoey Van Goey

Cheltenham Folk Festival 2011 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Friday 11th February until Sunday 13th February 11 ticket info: expect around £66

The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival 2011 University of Bristol Students' Union, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol Friday 25th February until Sunday 27th February 11 ticket info: expect around £25 for the weekend

Swanage Blues festival 2011 various venues, Swanage, Dorset Friday 4th March until Sunday 6th March 11 ticket info: FREE

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2011 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Wednesday 27th April until Monday 2nd May 11 ticket info: expect around £10 to £35 depending on the event. Weekend tickets will be available

Bristol Folk Festival 2011 Colston Hall, Bristol Friday 29th April until Sunday 1st May 11 ticket info: early bird adult £60 for the weekend, children (6-16) £50, family £190 BUY TICKETS

Nailstock 2011 King George V Playing Field, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Saturday 30th April until Monday 2nd May 11 ticket info: price currently unknown

Dart Music Festival 2011 various venues, Dartmouth, South Devon Friday 6th May until Sunday 8th May 11 ticket info: Mostly FREE although contributions to costs are welcomed

Bath International Music Festival 2011 various venues, Bath Wednesday 25th May until Sunday 5th June 11 ticket info: various prices, including some FREE

Ashburton Blues Festival 2011 Ashburton Town Hall, and various venues across Ashburton, Devon Friday 27th May until Sunday 29th May 11 ticket info: expect around £80 for weekend, £25-30 per day

Plymouth Volksfest 2011 Newnham Park, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5BN Friday 27th May until Sunday 29th May 11 ticket info: expect around £45 for full weekend pass (4 days)

Chippenham Folk Festival 2011 17 venues in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Friday 27th May until Monday 30th May 11 ticket info: expect a season ticket to be around £80

Run to the Sun 2011 Trevelgue Holiday Park, Porth, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 4AS Friday 27th May until Monday 30th May 11 ticket info: adults: £80, children: £42.50 BUY TICKETS

Bath Fringe Festival 2011 various venues, Bath Friday 27th May until Sunday 12th June 11 ticket info: Various

Sunrise Celebration 2011 Gilcombe Farm, near Bruton, South Somerset Thursday 2nd June until Sunday 5th June 11 ticket info: early bird £80 BUY TICKETS

Lapstock 2011 Lapford Mill, Lapford, Devon Saturday 18th June 11 ticket info: expect around £10

Golowan 2011 Penzance, Cornwall Saturday 18th June until Sunday 26th June 11 ticket info: various

Polperro Festival 2011 various venues throughout Polperro, Cornwall Saturday 18th June until Sunday 26th June 11 ticket info: FREE

Stonehenge 2011 Stonehenge, Wiltshire Tuesday 21st June 11 ticket info: FREE (including FREE car park)

Glastonbury Festival 2011 Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset Wednesday 22nd June until Sunday 26th June 11 ticket info: £195 - on sale Sunday 3rd October

Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Wednesday 29th June until Sunday 10th July 11 ticket info: prices vary depending upon event

Dare 2 Festival 2011 Tollard Royal, West of Salisbury, Dorset Friday 8th July until Sunday 10th July 11 ticket info: expect around £25 for weekend adult, and £15 for weekend child (5-17)

Frome Festival 2011 various locations in and around Frome, Somerset Friday 8th July until Sunday 17th July 11 ticket info: expect from FREE to around £20 depending on the event. discounts for tickets brought in advance

Larmer Tree Festival 2011 Larmer Tree Gardens, near Tollard Royal (about 16 miles W of Salisbury), on the Wilts./Dorset border Wednesday 13th July until Sunday 17th July 11 ticket info: expect around £185 for 5 days BUY TICKETS

2000trees Festival 2011 Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Friday 15th July until Saturday 16th July 11 ticket info: expect around £60, children 0-10 years free entry

Applefest 2011 West End Park, Nailsea, North Somerset Friday 15th July until Sunday 17th July 11 ticket info: expect around £6.50 in advance or £7.50 on the door

Camp Bestival 2011 Lulworth Castle, Dorset Friday 29th July until Sunday 31st July 11 ticket info: adult weekend camping £155, child age 11-17 £77.50, under 10s free BUY TICKETS

Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 Sidmouth, Devon Friday 29th July until Friday 5th August 11 ticket info: expect around £150 for an adult season ticket, other prices vary depending on event

Creation Festival 2011 Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall Saturday 6th August until Friday 12th August 11 ticket info: FREE

Gaunts Annual Summer Gathering 2011 Near Wimborne, Dorset Thursday 11th August until Monday 15th August 11 ticket info: expect around £125

Endorse-It In-Dorset 2011 Cranborne Chase, Dorset Friday 12th August until Sunday 14th August 11 ticket info: adults £70; Children 11-16 years £38; Under 10 years £10 (first 200 u-10s £2)

Beautiful Days 2011 Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon Friday 19th August until Sunday 21st August 11 ticket info: expect around £100 for adult weekend

Greenbelt Festival 2011 Prestbury, Cheltenham Friday 26th August until Monday 29th August 11 ticket info: £99; Concs £66; 11-17 years £55; 4-10 yr olds £50; family ticket £259 BUY TICKETS

Moonfest 2011 Storridge Farm, Westbury, Wiltshire Saturday 27th August until Sunday 28th August 11 ticket info: unknown

Swanage Blues & Roots festival 2011 various venues, Swanage, Dorset Friday 7th October until Sunday 9th October 11 ticket info: FREE

Plymouth Respect 2011 Plymouth, Devon Saturday 29th October until Sunday 30th October 11 ticket info: FREE