The Eighth Annual Southsea Folk & Roots Festival

August 22nd - August 25th 2008

Evening Concerts & Free Entry Daytime Music

• 23rd April 2008
  
  Jackie Leven To Headline Sunday Afternoon: Unfortunatly Micky Kemp is no longer able to headline the Sunday daytime event for us (he's committed to a tour of Scotland!) so the amazing Jackie Leven has been drafted in as a replacement! He will be airing somgs fropm his new CD to be released on Cooking Vinyl on August the 18th.
  
  
• 10th April 2008
  
  Festival Photos: A selection of photos of last years festival are now available to view in the new Barking Spider / Festival Gallery System
  
  
• 26th March 2008
  
  Early Bird Tickets: Tickets for all main events are now available to buy online. Save £1.00 on individual concert tickets or £3.00 on a season ticket if bought before June 30th. Online Tickets Sales
  
  
• 2nd March 2008
  
  Daytime acts for 2008 announced:
  • Saturday 23rd August: Folk: East Of Ealing, P.J. Wright, Q.R.T., Ade Cull, Chris Ricketts, Paul Horton & Sue Apicella
  • Sunday 24th August: Folk: Micky Kemp Band, Rory Ellis, Ron Trueman Border, Stompin' Dave Allen, Graham Robins, Pete Watkinson
  • Monday 25th August: Blues: Saiichi Sugiyama Band/Creamy, Kris Dollimore, Sally Strawberry and The Bad Apples, Claude Bourbon, Burnt Ice, Bob Long.
  See Schedule Of Events For more info. Tickets on sale soon!
  
  
• 16th February 2008
  
  Headline acts for 2008 announced:
  • Friday 22nd August: Amy Wadge, Della Perrett's Sweetedge
  • Saturday 23rd August: Little Johnney England, East Of Ealing
  • Sunday 24th August: The Men They Couldn't Hang, Noami Bedford & Paul Simmonds
  • Monday 25th August: Mike Sanchez & The Portions, Kris Dollimore
  See Schedule Of Events For more info. Tickets on sale soon!