The Eighth Annual Southsea Folk & Roots Festival

August 22nd - August 25th 2008

Evening Concerts & Free Entry Daytime Music

• 7th August 2008
  
  Only Two Weeks to go...: The festival kicks off in two weeks time with a Fringe event at the R.M.A. Tavern on Thursday 21st (Saiichi Sugiyama's Creamy). Then we move to the Pier for Amy Wadge on Friday 22nd August, and the rest off the weekend. Full lineup details here
  Order yout tickets online now!
  
  
• 7th August 2008
  
  New Festival Info Number: We now have a new festival contact number. Please ring this number for all enquiries relating to tickets, performance times, general information, press enquiries etc.
  077 08 095 735. and ask for the festival committee secretary.
  
  
• 4th June 2008
  
  Review Of Last Year (2007): Read a review of last years festival here
  
  
• 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!