Events for Wednesday 24 June 2026 – Page 9

Wow, what a day! Here’s to the next four decades.

31 Jul

We’d like to say thank you to the hundreds of people who helped us to celebrate our40th anniversary at our ‘Folk Takeover’ of Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 29 July. From music-making sessions and sing songs in the bar, to our inclusive afternoon ceilidh and Celebration...

Our urgent appeal hit the target – in two days!

18 Jul

We’ve been overwhelmed by the support of the Wren Music extended community, following our urgent appeal for donations to get us through this summer. On 30 June, we launched our Bridge the Gap fundraising campaign to raise £7,500 – and within 48 hours, we’d reached our...

Rousing finale to Songs of the Exmoor Forest project

14 Jul

Forty young people from three Exmoor primary schools came together for a concert at Simonsbath Festival – a rousing finale to a six-week project with Wren Music. The children from Exford First School, Cutcombe First School, and Timberscombe First School worked with...

The tunes of the ‘Dartmoor Fiddler’ are revived in new tune-book

23 Jun

Twenty-nine traditional folk tunes that were collected from a 19th century musician who lived on Dartmoor are to get a fresh lease of life with the publication of a second edition tune-book by Wren Music. William Andrews, who became known as The Dartmoor Fiddler, was...

Teaching a new generation of oral historians

20 Jun

Wren Music have been working with schoolchildren in Sidmouth as part of a project which will see a collection of new songs performed at the Sidmouth Folk Week in August. Our oral historian, Marilyn Tucker, spent two sessions with Year 3 and Year 4 children at Sidmouth...

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Wow, what a day! Here’s to the next four decades.

Our urgent appeal hit the target – in two days!

Rousing finale to Songs of the Exmoor Forest project

The tunes of the ‘Dartmoor Fiddler’ are revived in new tune-book

Teaching a new generation of oral historians

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