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...
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...
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...
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...
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the Okehampton Musical Warm Bank and are throwing open our doors to offer a warm space to local people this winter. The warm bank is open several afternoons a week from 2.30pm to 6pm at Wren Music’s premises at Ebenezer Hall...
We were honoured to be invited to Latvia this autumn to be part of a three-day folk festival celebrating the folk tradition. The festival, Dzīvā Mūzika, is hosted by the Skaņumāja folk organisation, who Wren Music have had an association with for many years. Over the...
They were once sung out in the streets and on the farms around the remote towns and villages of West Devon and now, the ‘West Devon Carols’ are being revived by Wren Music so that they can be heard again. The West Devon Carols are distinct to the district and became...
On Thursday 26 October Amy and Jon hosted an afternoon of free activities to celebrate Apple Day 2023. Despite the forecast of heavy rain, the event was well attended by families who were keen to get stuck in to the different songs, games and tasks. We began with the...
Okehampton Lanterns is back for 2024 – and we’re excited to announce that the procession will be led by our brand new Street Band. Book your place here After a break this year, Okehampton Lanterns makes a welcome return to the town in February, following generous...
We are delighted to launch our new Sing & Play group for under-5s and their adults later this month, with the first weekly session on Friday 22 September, 10am -11.30am. Sing & Play is led by one of our professional singers and musicians, Paul Wilson,...
One of our most ambitious projects for 2023 hits the streets on Friday 22 September, when the Okehampton Folk Trail is launched. The 1.5-mile town trail is officially opened at 7pm that evening, and we are inviting local people to come along and walk the route with...
Throughout our 40 years, we’ve been delighted to bring song and conversation into residential homes across Devon. Our latest visit – to River’s Edge Retirement Apartments in Okehampton – had residents joining in with some of the songs, discussing local folklore, and...
