East Anglian Traditional Music Trust: Stepdance and Jigdoll Afternoon
East Anglian Music Trust: Stepdance & Jigdoll Afternoon
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East Anglian dulcimers
The East Anglian Traditional Music Day held on Saturday 27th September in Stowmarket included two sessions devoted to the dulcimer.
Family Scottish Ceilidhs
Family Scottish Ceilidhs
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Monday Family Get-Togethers at Wingfield Barns
The Light Party at Wingfield Barns
New Years Eve Party at Eye Town Hall
Rosemarie Barnard Shield 2025
The Rosemarie Barnard Shield is a new venture for Bungay Folk Festival. This is supported by Rosemarie Barnard who is a regular singer at local events and a sufferer of Parkinson’s Disease.
Rosemarie is passionate about encouraging people to sing for their health and mental health benefits. She is providing the winner's shield . This will take place in The Three Tuns on Saturday 6th Sept from 2 - 4.30pm. Advance registering for your team is essential. All rules and details are included below.
Rosemarie Barnard Chorus Shield : Rules & Such
Group size: 3- 6 persons
No accompanying instrumentation.
Any song, traditional or contemporary, in a folk style with a dominant chorus element.
Entrants are politely requested to keep the duration of their songs below the 5-minute mark.
The use of written prompts by performers is strongly discouraged and may influence the judge’s decisions where observed.
This is an amateur competition. Please no professional, or semi- pro, groups. Entries will not be accepted by groups of singers who have collectively been engaged by Bungay Folk Festival, past or present.
Entrants are strongly encouraged to attend for the duration of Chorus Cup event to encourage and appreciate other participants. Awards will not be made in absentia.
Entry applications to be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by midnight 23/08/2025 Song title and Team name.
Bungay Folk Festival 2025
Bungay Folk festival prepares for its second year
MishraBuilding on the success of its inaugural year, Bungay Folk Festival 2025 is in the traps and ready for the starter's gun. The festival, which takes over the town of Bungay for the weekend of 5-7 Sept is following the same pattern as last year. A wealth of free music and dancing during the daytime and a plethora of exciting workshops to tempt the musically minded.
Clark and ZuppardiEliza Carthy tops the bill this year with a supporting cast of notable folk acts including Mishra, Orchestra of Samples,Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary, and Sound Tradition. Local acts always feature prominently and we are delighted to welcome back The Castle Singers with a newly composed work by William Drew-Batty.
Bof!More singing delights form the Waveney SHE choir and Heartbeat. We have over 50 different acts on offer so there is much to choose from. There will be French bal / fest-noz with BOF! on the Saturday evening.
We are supported this year by Suffolk County Council, East Suffolk Council, BEBA and Bungay Town Council. As a result we are able to offer a number of free workshops such as yoga, African drumming, Balkan dance, singing the season, have a go melodeon or concertina and a family ceilidh.
The folk picnic on Sunday 7th Sept with a free music stage on the castle bailey hosts The King Driscolls, The Wilswood Buoys, Klezmerized and Rattlebox
Tamsin Elliot Tarek Elazhary
The Fisher Theatre is the place to start and to pick up a festival programme. The rest is up to you! Festival parking this year at Outney Common.
Website: www.bungayfolkfestival.co.uk