June 2023 – Isle of Wight Folk Music

Some June Highlights

The Isle of Wight has a new festival, the Somewhen Storytelling Festival. This is taking at at Havenstreet Steam Railway. There will be stories for children and adults, including also Barn dance Saturday,  Music from Art & Rick and 2nd Time Around. Weekend tickets £30, Day tickets £20,  barn dance only £10 from http://somewhen.org.uk or on the day.

Quay Folk Club at Quay Arts Centre, Newport, has a special guest night on Sunday 25th. The guest is Miranda Sykes, with support from Shtum. This is not a night to miss! Music starts at 7pm as usual, in the upstairs theatre.

There is a concert with Mick Sands and his band at the Mountbatten Centre, Newport, this Thursday, 1st June.

Yarmouth Sea Song and Shanty Festival 2023

Visiting bands – Spinnaker Shanty, Solent Shanty Buoys, Drywood, Short Drag Roger (at their spot in the Wheatsheaf garden)

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Some of our very own – The Rug Band, Lesley Tregear, Shtum, The Watch

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