Our festival programme for 2026
Friday 25th September to Sunday 27th September 2026
Music & Dance
Friday
15:00 Brewery Tours (Allendale Brewery)
16:00 Tap Room event at Allendale Brew Company (Allendale Brewery)
19:30 Rain of Animals (Allendale Village Hall)
21:00 Hilltop Hoolies (The King’s Head)
21:00 Joshua Burnside (Allendale Village Hall)
22:00 Dilutey Juice (The Lion House)
Saturday morning and afternoon
10:30 Registration for open mic sessions, hosted by Kev Moore (The Forge Café)
10:45 Open mic sessions (The Forge Café)
12:30 Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary (Allendale Village Hall)
14:00 Chris Stout & Catriona McKay (Allendale Village Hall)
14:00 Open mic sessions (The Forge Café)
15:30 Sura Susso (The David Crellin Stage at St. Cuthbert’s Church)
16:00 Family Ceilidh with The Wear’d Aliens (Allendale Village Hall) (Finish at 17:30)
17:00 The Haar (The David Crellin Stage at St. Cuthbert’s Church)
Hadrian Clog and special guests will dance throughout the afternoon in the Marketplace.
Saturday night
18:45 The Wolf procession (The Marketplace)
19:00 The Wolf bonfire (The Marketplace)
20:30 RE:VULVA (Allendale Village Hall)
22:00 Valtos (Allendale Village Hall)
Sunday afternoon
13:30 Lady Maisery (Allendale Village Hall)
15:00 Methera (Allendale Village Hall)
16:30 Johnny & Lillie Flynn (Allendale Village Hall)
Guided Walks, Craft and Music Workshops
Friday
13:00 Isaac’s Tea Trail guided walk with Christine Sherwood (Meet at Isaac’s Well in the centre of Allendale)
17:00 Noisy Folk Songs with Paddy Villiers-Stewart (St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall)
Saturday
10:00 Tree Trail guided walk with Nick Johnson (Meet at St. Cuthbert's Church)
10:00 Lino printing with Abi Baker (The Medway Building)
10:00 Bodhrán workshop with Steve Bentley (The Lion House)
10:00 Radical Knitting with Penny Grennan (Allendale Methodist Chapel)
13:30 Circle Dancing workshop (St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall)
Sunday
10:00 Needle felting workshop with Ann Shepherd (The Medway Building)
10:30 Singing in our natural voice workshop with Lindsay Joy (The Medway Building)
11:00 A folkloric wander with Amanda Edmiston (from Botanica Fabula) (Meet at Allendale Village Hall)
Spoken Word
Friday
20:00 Quillseekers’ Poetry Evening (with Alex Corrin-Tachibana) (Emma’s Coffee and Sweets)
Saturday
14:00 The craft of storytelling through the exciting world of Young Adult fantasy with Katherine Livesey (Allendale Youth Ambition)
Sunday
10:30 Christian worship infused with the rich heritage of folk music traditions at Allen Valleys Methodist Church
12:00 Degna Stone and Tahmina Ali (The Session Tent next to Allendale Village Hall)