Name: Devon Youth Folk Ensemble – residential
Start: 2024-07-19T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-21T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Various, Okehampton

Stories of Sidmouth to be turned into new folk songs

3 Apr

We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Sidmouth Folk Festival on a special project to help celebrate this year’s 70th anniversary of the festival. ‘Stories of Sidmouth’ is funded by Arts Council England and has been devised to strengthen the connection between the...

Her Story returns for International Women’s Day 2024

28 Jan

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we are taking part in a special day of events at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 9 March. Our project Her Story 2024 brings together a specially formed choir of women to rehearse and perform five songs from previous Her Story...

Residential brings men’s choir closer

22 Jan

Okehampton Youth Hostel at Bracken Tor on the edge of Dartmoor was the perfect setting for our MenSing Residential in January 2024 – our first adult residential since the pandemic. From 9-11 January, the MenSing Choir took over one of the hostel’s buildings to enjoy...

Visiting international ‘Access Folk’ event

18 Jan

We recently attended a networking event as part of a project to increase and diversify participation in folk singing in England. The event, hosted by the University of Sheffield’s Access Folk project, was a valuable knowledge exchange that brought together people from...

Your chance to shine a light at Okehampton Lanterns

15 Jan

If you’d like to be part of the Okehampton Lanterns procession, then come along to our coffee morning on Saturday 27 January, when you can learn all about the event. The coffee morning, at Charter Hall in Market Street at 10am, will also have entertainment from...

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Stories of Sidmouth to be turned into new folk songs

Her Story returns for International Women’s Day 2024

Residential brings men’s choir closer

Visiting international ‘Access Folk’ event

Your chance to shine a light at Okehampton Lanterns

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