The Sidmouth Folk Festival is a national cultural treasure. It has been presenting the very best in folk music, dance and song during the first week in August since 1955 in this stunning East Devon seaside resort. This year is the 70th Festival.

The costs of staging the festival keep rising.

Please help to ensure the Festival’s future with a donation.

This campaign page is an alternative way of making donations, linked to the street collections, the informal events around the town and the programme of events in the Blackmore Gardens. If you are not able to join us in Sidmouth this year, please consider a donation to help with future festivals.

The Sidmouth Folk Festival Charity, a registered charity, is focused on the long-term success of The Sidmouth Folk Festival. It arranges the festival’s street collections, with Gift Aid benefits, which this year will support the workshop and participation programme at the festival. There is also a Friends Scheme and a Legacies Campaign.

The amount raised on this page does not include offline donations.