Saturday 31st March 2012 - day festival: 2pm til late
Our Potbelly special day festival is returning this spring!
It will see the return of some familiar faces and some new names, but lots more quality folk music, great beers, wonderful people and an atmospheric venue.
There will be a return of the very popular children’s arts activities and the cafe in the church rooms, as well as very reasonably priced concessions tickets and under 5′s go free!
So bring all the family along for a music and arts festival day which won’t be affected by the weather!
The festival will once again be headlined by the superb Heathen Kings with the 
wonderfully clear and atmospheric voice of Rachael their lead singer. The band hail from Leeds and their sound consists of guitars, mandolins, harmonica, banjo, harp, bass, percussion and drums with four to five part vocal harmony, and music ranges from high energy pieces to calm, tender duets and unaccompanied singing.
Earlier in the evening we will be lightening the mood with the fantastically funny, highly
accomplished and all-round brilliant Folk On These comedy folksters hail from Little Dribblepatch (deep in the Gloucestershire countryside)and are a very talented 3-piece. They sing ballads & rousing sing-a-longs and are sure to bring along some of their cult following, and win over a whole new audience.
We will also be joined by a host of more local bands including:
The Abrahams, Kettering’s own acoustic & roots favourites who will be returning by popular request, bringing their contemporary folk sound and haunting melodies.
Frumenty from Peterborough charmed us last spring with their great melodies and lyrical folk songs and we look forward to welcoming Yasmin, Paul and the band back this time round.
Ock’n'Dough are Wellingborough’s own international folk ensemble, playing a heady mix of
traditional music from England, Latvia and Louisiana.They are also involved in another local festival the Raunds Festival.
The Brian Jeffels Band, featuring Brian, a multi-instrumentalist balladeer and singer songwriter, together with Carol (whistle/recorder), Heather on fiddle and Vince playing all manner of stringed instruments and bodhran. They can also be found on facebook
Kenneth J Nash & the Earls hail from Rushden and are led by an English singer songwriter
with a growing collection of dark folk stories. They are prolific & in demand at the moment, and draw on the influences of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Ennio Morricone and Nick Cave to produce a collection of songs and collaborations which are hard to define into a particular genre, but are drawing acclaim from many quarters.
The Kismet Hardy Trio are three members of Kismet Hardy who we were delighted to host last October with their Eastern inspired folk music. They are playing as a trio this 
spring as one of their member is getting married the next day! Kismet Hardy were formed in Dec 2010, and the Trio feature Jon Delaney (voice/guitars/vocals), Fretless Bassist Kevin and Cajon player Rai. Kismet Hardy play folk songs Ancient and Modern, Original and Traditional all with their own unique sound.
Narrow Daylight is a duo featuring the lovely singing voice of Gill Crow backed by the acoustic guitar of husband Jeff. Taking jazz and folk influences, the duo endeared themselves to our audience last Spring and also provided a mellow soundtrack to an openair charity event last summer.
Plus, returning to the UK, Alan Jenkins and his core quartet of musicians, playing guitar, mandolin, dobro, bass, viola/violin, accordian, recorders augmented by a flexible group of friends who vary performances with combinations from solo to full band playing predominantly my songs.
Tickets are just £8 (£5 concessions & children) available from our usual vendors and wegottickets
We really enjoyed our return visit to Potbelly, a very friendly festival in an atmospheric venue. Thanks very much for inviting us back – and thanks to everyone who danced, too! Our own website is now up and running… http://www.tourdion.co.uk – please call in an have a look and listen, or leave us a message and tell us what you think! Cheers!
It was great to have you all, Si – we had lots of comments on how much people enjoyed your set. Thanks for being a part of it!
Becky & the team
Hi there,
I am the singer in the Birmingham-based duo, Red Bird Sky. We have just recorded our first album in Canada and are looking to start to perform it live and wondered whether we might be able to come and do a spot at The Potbelly Folk Festival.
Many thanks,
Bernie Maguire (Red Bird Sky)
Hi Bernie, thanks for your enquiry. Unfortunately we are full for this Spring’s festival, but we will probably be doing another one in the Autumn if you’re still interested. Please send me some more info and links to your music and we can go from there. My email is willsbecky@googlemail.com
all the best,
Becky
I was wondering if tickets are still available for saturday? If they are will I be able to buy them on the door, as I can’t get to Kettering before the weekend? Thank you
Hi Jennie,
Tickets will be available on the door, they are £8 (£5 concessions including those in full time education, retired, unemployed, those in receipt of DLA or equivalent). See you tomorrow!