Captain’s Beard
The Captain’s Beard are a folk-rock, pirate band from Brighton, UK. Their music ranges from traditional folk and sea shanties, upbeat originals and downright silly songs about Cockney Mermaids, English Monarchs and rubbish vans. Since their inception, they have released 3 albums and have toured extensively across the UK and Europe, making a name for themselves through their high-energy stage shows and intimate, impromptu offstage performances. The Captain’s Beard play over 100 shows a year – ranging from pubs, music venues, festivals and exclusive gigs for their fondest fans. Don your tricorn, grab a drink and we’ll see you in the pit. …..BEARD
Jaunty
Jaunty are a 5 piece band from Dorset UK renowned for their vocal harmonies. Playing English, Irish and Scottish folk as well as Bluegrass and other enjoyable genres. Jaunty played for the Royal Navy on HMS Victory for their Pickle Night celebration.
Magenta
Magenta are a long established 4 piece folk band hailing from North Somerset – in fact this year they are celebrating their 50th anniversary! They started out in 1976 as residents at The Bell Folk club in Banwell and spent the next eight years playing in concerts and clubs all over the country and beyond (including a tour of Borneo in 1981!). Since then they have concentrated more on concerts in their local area and have raised a lot of money for local charities. Magenta’s music is a mix of original, contemporary and traditional songs and tunes using various acoustic instruments and four voices – harmony singing is one of the band’s strengths.
Threepenny Bit
Hampshire-based Threepenny Bit use traditional dance music as the jumping-off point for their adventures in sound, with the eight members’ patchwork of influences sewn into the lining of every tune. Their bold arrangements move between light and shade, intimacy and bombast, but always with compelling rhythm and harmony at the core. No idea is off limits as long as it catches the ear and animates the feet.
Weymouth Concert Brass
Weymouth Concert Brass was formed in 1985, when two gentlemen placed an advert in the Dorset Echo requesting anyone interested in re-establishing a band to attend a meeting. These gentlemen felt that a town the size of Weymouth should have its own Band. From this, a handful of people started to meet regularly. The Band itself owned no instruments and had no money; anyone wishing to join them had to have their own instrument. They were fortunate enough to purchase a second hand music library via the generosity of the players and it was through their sheer tenacity, as well as continued financial goodwill, that those players continued to meet weekly and struggled through those initial years to become the Band that they are today.
Wyrmwood
The band is comprised of Amelie Donovan (Flutes), Callan Teare (Guitar, Cittern), James Osborne-Jackson (Fiddle, Wessex Violette, Nyckelharpa), Elyot Warburton (Diatonic Button Accordion, Wessex Smallpipes, Mouth Organ, Mouth Harp) and Isaac Lyndley (Whistles, Uilleann Pipes)
They are a vigorous and vital band of musicians playing traditional music, especially in the ancient tradition of England and specialise in playing tunes recovered from manuscripts and new music written in an informed manner by traditional musicians. They play for dances and for listening concerts, and are all experienced musicians having been playing traditional music for the most part of their lives.