What's On

Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west country’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. A treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit.

Rowan Leslie is an Irish fiddle player and composer from rural County Antrim, currently based in Glasgow. His trio of fiddle, accordion (Paddy Callaghan), and guitar (Graeme Armstrong) play tunes from across Ireland blended with self-penned material, producing music that is driving, innovative and evocative. " The beauty that is music is right here and it's going nowhere " - Grainne McCool, Irish Music Magazine

Australian sister duo Charm of Finches delivers intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.

Christina Alden & Alex Patterson are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and a creative songwriting style that is both delicate and moving.

Book now & join us for a special pre-show menu, prior to a BAD (Bretforton Amateur Dramatics performance of Private Lives at Bretforton Theatrebarn. 2 courses for £26 or 3 courses for £30

Start your racing week with our ever-popular charity Preview Night.

Take the finest exponents of their native Scottish fiddle styles, the finest backing in folk music, and some of the Highlands and Islands’ famed warmth and craic… distil over over 25 years, and you get Blazin’ Fiddles!

We’re open for pre-race breakfasts 8am-10am throughout The Festival. A Full English and a glass of fizz - the perfect start to the day!

Our monthly ceilidh night hosted by the Fleece Ceilidh Band, with a seasonal theme. Join us for a night filled with lively tunes and trad

Emily Portman is an award-winning singer and songwriter with a passion for traditional songs, hailed as ‘one of the new British folk scene’s most beguiling presences’ (Uncut).

We'll be serving our delicious roasts and other seasonal dishes from 12 to 8pm.

A selection of local artisan makers showing their goods for you to browse and buy in the Barn. Come along, shop, stop for lunch or a pint in the Fleece. Chat with talented makers and find out about their work.

Join Nigel Smith, Landlord of the Fleece Inn, for a tour of our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries , giving an insight into the pub’s long history and the people who lived here. Includes a drink from the bar & 2-course meal.

Key members of celebrated folk collective Transatlantic Sessions and legends in their own right Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are on the road again in 2026, bringing you their own blend of top-class folk songs, tunes and charming bonhomie.

Jez's self-penned songs are among the mostly widely sung wherever folk and acoustic music is performed around the world. The likes of Fairport Convention, The Dubliners, The Unthanks, Wizz Jones, The McCalmans, Mary Black, The Duhks, Bob Fox, The Young Uns, Enda Kenny, Cherish The Ladies, Tom McConville, The Clancys and scores more, have queued up to adopt his songs for their own repertoires. His contributions to the on-going BBC Radio series The Radio Ballads cemented this r

Suntou Susso - The Future is Ancestral solo tour. An Intimate Evening with the Kora Step into an unforgettable evening with Suntou Susso, a captivating singer, performer and master of the kora - the 22-string West African harp whose sounds have enchanted listeners and carried the soul of Mandinka culture for over seven centuries.

Our resident Morris sides, Pebworth Morris and Belle d'Vain visit the Fleece for their first dance out of the season.

Our annual weekend of song washed down with lashes of ale. Tickets on sale soon!

A selection of English and Flemish traditional tunes and some self-penned material all blended smoothly into an exciting live performance.

Mark the first day of the British Asparagus season with our aspara-tastic celebrations, follow by evening Morris dancing