Headline Concerts

Tickets for our events can be found here...
bridportandwestbay.co.uk/tickets/bridport-folk-festival/
Friday                                                Saturday
Tickets are available in advance from Bridport Tourist Information Centre
Friday evening Headline Concert
Julie Felix
Singer Songwriter - Humanitarian - Environmentalist
Julie Felix
"A Legend"
In 1964 Julie arrived in England after leaving California and hitchhiking through Europe with the guitar her father had given her
It didn't take long before Julie took the seat as the resident singer on the amazingly popular TV Show ‘The Frost Report’, and quickly became a household name in the UK
Only four years after stepping on our shore, Julie is given her own TV series of 17 shows, the first colour series produced by the BBC, and is sold to virtually every country in the world. Guests include Spike Milligan, Richard Harris, Leonard Cohen, Dusty Springfield, Donovan, and Jimmy Page
Throughout the 60s and 70s Julie’s career flourished, and her music reflected her heartfelt beliefs and her love affair with nature
In the 1980s she moved back to California and took a break from the music world. An experience on a peace march in Central America in the late 80's inspired Julie to pick up her guitar and start singing again
Two decades later of none stop activity, in October 2013 Julie was invited to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla
What began for little Julie as simple home entertainment, as her father and his friends played Mariachi music into the small hours of the morning, has actually been this remarkable woman’s vocation for half a century......and fortunately for us.....it still is!
Website - www.juliefelix.co.uk

Reg Meuross
Our Festival patron, Somerset singer-songwriter Reg Meuross has been on tour this year with latest album 12 Silk Handkerchiefs and characters from 12 other superb albums. Described by Mark Radcliffe as a “brilliant singer-songwriter and true troubadour with a social conscience,” it’s not all protest. As well as story songs which bring characters from history to life and comment on life around him Reg also writes and sings some of the most heart-aching love songs ever written, performed with depth and spellbinding delivery. Reg has that rare gift of being able to touch people through his songs and performance, on a really human level, his words and music painting pictures that remain with the listener long after the song has been sung, accompanying himself masterfully on guitar and captivating audiences with his beautiful tenor voice. 
“When you have 2000 people singing along, you’re doing something right.” Great British Folk Festival
“One of the most talented storytellers of our generation” Pennyblack Music
“A mighty songwriter and an equally fine singer” Martin Carthy
Website - www.regmeuross.com
Saturday evening Headline Concert
​Fine Lines
Fine Lines is a six piece roots infused Americana band based in Cheshire, England. Started by singer-songwriterDavid Boardman in 2016, the band has been building a growing reputation with fans of authentic live music up and down the country. Their debut album ‘Hour Of Need’received universally glowing reviews on its release in May 2017 and they have been performing to increasingly more appreciative audiences ever since. Indeed, since their inception, the band has shared a stage with folk rock giants Merry Hell, Mark Radcliffe’s Galleon Blast, Razorlight, John Power (Cast) and Miles Hunt (Wonderstuff).
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Their new album ‘Gaslight Roses’, which also includes new single ‘On the Town’, was mostly written by the emerging songwriting partnership of Boardman and Radcliffe. Boardman’s yearning melodies perfectly complimenting Radcliffe’s nuanced, observational lyrics.

‘Gaslight Roses’ is out now on Parade Recordings.
Karsilama
​Purveyors of balkan fusion: K A R Ş I L A M A is a Bristol based 5-piece featuring soaring melodies and high energy rhythms. Led by frenetic violin, footstomping accordion, piano, powerhouse vocals and guitar, and driven by massive drums and twisted bass, they will take you on a wild ride through the music of Eastern Europe and beyond. All this brought to you by an all-star lineup of talented local and international musicians.

​https://www.karsilamamusic.com
https://www.karsilamamusic.com/media
https://karsilamaandthefsb.bandcamp.com/releases
Bridport Folk Festival 2019. Music, dancing, singing, workshops, songwriting, events, morris, clog, rapper, food, drink, stalls, ceilidh, strict and social dancing, story telling, mummas play, may pole and much more!