Ashburton Arts Centre

A night of folk music and more, from around the world

Robert West Band & Jackdaw Road

Tales, legends, myths, anecdotes, intimate memories and stories gleaned from a life spent travelling by internationally-acclaimed French/Norwegian storyteller Abbi Patrix

Klonk bring their trademark East European hootenanny to the Arts Centre.

Maximum space for dancing to Ruth Rozelaar on bandoneon with this month's special guest Mark Wyman

with house band Jesse Molins (guitar), Jim Rintoul (double bass) & Joshua Rose (drums)

Melodies rooted in jazz, taking in a wider love for soul, folk, and latin music

A celebration of the great jazz violinist Stuff Smith with some top UK jazz musicians

Katie Duck is a mover and maker from Amsterdam. This one hour performance involves live music, film, sound, movement and text

What is a Hausmusik? An informal event where the audience decides what’s played from a selection of chamber music, and the musicians will sight-read it together for the first time.

What is a Hausmusik? An informal event where the audience decides what’s played from a selection of chamber music, and the musicians will sight-read it together for the first time.

Richard Gonski, moderator Introducing the musicians, & selections from the programme.

Hear short selections from the week

This concert features music by: Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

What is a Nachtmusik? NEW for 2025, this is a concert performed in the dark, close to nature in a magical Dartmoor location.

This Concert features music by Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

This Concert features music by Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

This Concert features highlights from the Festival

Guitarist Harry Diplock brings together some of the UK's most exciting musicians to capture a modern take on the world of acoustic jazz.

[This is now happening on Sat 23 August] Multi award-winning Tim Edey has been recognised as: BBC Musician of the year BBC ALBA/Scotland, Best Traditional musician 2020, and BBC Radio Two Musician of the year 2012 (BBC R2 FOLK AWARDS)

This multi-instrumentalist appeared here with Ranagri; she's recorded with Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Florence & The Machine and The White Stripes – this is her own original music

A master of his art

Music that folds in elements of jazz, post-rock and chamber classical music while raiding the folk music toolbox. Call it what you want: post-folk. Trad-noir. Folk nihilism.

“Lyrics and musical arrangements crackle with wide-eyed curiosity.” Jude Rogers, The Guardian