Sidmouth Folk Festival

I went to a folk festival in Sidmouth which had an array of different events happening during the week. This included workshops giving you the opportunity to learn various instruments such as the Melodian, Accordian and more. You could also attend songwriting and story telling workshops, take part in choirs, and take part in Ceilidh dancing each night at the "Late Night Extra."

The story telling workshops inspired me to eventually be able to tell them in photographs as telling a story rather than taking an image of something is persuaded. I tried to capture the essence in the festival and the emotion everyone had whilst there.

At the end of the week, there was a firework display and a parade which included art which visitors taking part in the festival had made during the craft workshops. A lot of people held candles and all walked onto the beach, they threw the candles into the water in order to signify the end of the festival and set a paper boat on fire. The paper boat really inspired me.

The full festival programme included some of my favourite folk artists such as Seth Lakeman, Martin Simpson and Jackie Oates.