Wednesday
Woodland Fringe - Workshops, Dance & Singarounds
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Traders
Jackie’s Leathercraft
Leather goods including belts, bags, keyrings and other hand made items and candle holders and items made from antler
Email: Jackiebroomfield3@btinternet.com
Call: 01425 674997 / 07973934659
Tracie Bears
Bears, I make a variety of bears in various fabrics from large to small. Also available are handmade gifts
BeeWrap UK
Award winning beeswax wraps, reuseable make up wipes, and other handmade eco products. recycled wool and cotton blankets and throws
WEBSITE -
Gekko Art
Expressive watercolour paintings by wildlife artist Sandi Mower. Original paintings, prints, stationery, homewares and gifts you'll want to keep!
Hats Period
Bespoke Headwear for the discerning festival goer
WEBSITE Email: jane@hatsperiod.co.uk
Bagz n Bitz
Fairtrade and fairly traded clothing form Nepal, India & Thailand. Festival bags, hats, jewellery & accessories. Worthwhile children's gifts from around the world, all priced at £2. Hand made driftwood and reclaimed timber designs.
WEBSITE -
Hippydashery
Short run clothing, textiles, craft supplies and haberdashery supporting the ethos of slow fashion, shop small and support independent businesses.
We try to find beautiful things that have a happy history. All our items are fairly traded, ethically sourced from small suppliers in Nepal, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.
Hippydashery specialises in haberdashery, textiles, clothes and craft items.
Based near Lymington in the beautiful New Forest. You can find us online or in a field. I hope you find lots of things you like! Fairly traded, ethically sourced, handmade, quality
WEBSITE Email: contact@hippydashery.co.uk
Off The Beach ‘n Track
Driftwood art and mobiles, material doorstops, lavender products, home accessories, summer hats and throws/towels
FACEBOOK
Simply Incensed
Treasures of the earth, rock and crystals; sensory overload with far-
Eva Pollard Glass Design
Glass art, homewards and jewellery.
You can also follow me on social media @evaglassdesign on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. WEBSITE
Peter Symonds
Tea, Coffee & Toasties
Rural Pizza Company
Wood fired stone baked pizza cooked in a large trailer wood fired oven.Offering meat and vegetarian option pizzas and garlic bread.
WEBSITE
We have a lot of loyal traders that have supported our festival year on year with many that have been with us from the beginning.
Here are our 2023 traders and we will let you know of any changes.
Leon's Vegetarian Food Stall
Home made vegan (a v little vegetarian) savouries (eg nut roast) and salads, curries and rice, rice and beans, some desserts. All wholefood, some foraged
WEBSITE
Pakora Pod
Indian style street food which is gluten free, nut free and vegan.Much of the vegetables are from local growers
Silver Art
I make hand made pure silver jewellery from recycled silver (from x-
WEBSITE Email: Lisa.bee@post.com
Candy Designs
Handmade by Trish, waistcoats, ties, cravats,dungarees, trousers, children shirts and dungarees.Homeware designed and manufactured by Mustard & Gray
WEBSITE -
Tools For Self Reliance
Tools For Self Reliance will be offering second-
Telephone 02380 86 96 97 -
Vio-
Hand made Violins -
WEBSITE Email: vioglyn@btinternet.com Call: 01980 624833,
Jim Goodland
Come and visit local thatcher Jim and see his large
retro collection that brings back so many good memories of bygone times.
Local people may remember his Dad, Norman Goodland who was a regular on BBC Radio Solent and often seen selling his books at The New Forest Show.
Mandy Goodland -
WEBSITE Email: jeremygoodland267@btinternet.com
Call 01794 322027 for special commissions
Huxley Sticks
Demonstration of walking stick manufacture with history and explanation/education of timber use different horn/antler uses and use of tools. Plus a selection of finished coppice products (sourced from Dorset coppice – Motcombe & Piddles Wood North Dorset) and sawn timber hand made products sourced from a south west sawmill.
FACEBOOK -
Book Worm Abroad & Mystic Mackerel Marvrlous Tees
New and quality used books and cds (most genres in both) and individual items of clothing, many music related books including how to play and what to play. Small selection of complementary sundries such as fans. Personally designed and produced vinyl heat pressed t-
WEBSITE -
Folk Festival -
You will also find Artists CD’s and their own mechandise sold here plus they are mostly around after their performance to sign autographs.
The Folk Festival Beer Tent
Our festival bar with lots of outdoor seating that overlooks the stage is the hub where you can catch up with friends and chat over a pint of real ale or Somerset Cider. We also do lager and wine as well as soft drinks.
Our main supplier is Wadworth with their classics such as 6X and Horizon and more as well as the very local Downton Brewery serving Honey Blonde, New Forest ale and festival favourite New forest folk festival ale -
Expect some great things from JJ's cider. The firm favourite is rhubarb and you will be happy to hear that we have increased our order so hopefully you won't drink us dry again.
CHILDRENS AREA
Here you will find various things going on to entertain the children including World Life’s Exotic creature encounters. Anything new for 2024 will be added here.
John Row Storyteller
John is a familiar figure at festivals from East Anglia to Texas. He looks after the storytelling tent on the Kids Field at Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival plus Cropredy and much more.
His repertoire includes wonder tales like ‘Grandfather All Know’, ‘Mossycoat’, ‘Kate Crackernuts’ and ‘The Golden Ram’ as well as humorous children’s stories like ‘Lazy Jack’ and ‘The Old Woman and the Pig’.
A veteran performer at village and community days he collects his own audiences and holds them spellbound with his stories. At festivals listeners return year after year to hear him.
FACEBOOK -
Nikaboo F
ace Painting Fun
Professional Face and Body Painting
Glitter Tattoos
Festival Glitters
Handmade Face Jewels
Email: nikaboo50@yahoo.com
Nick Hooper Design
I hand screen print our own all-
Also selling:
Hand woven clothes, hats and bags, bought “fair trade” by me, directly from the weavers in Guatemala and Ecuador
Email: Nickhooper54321@gmail.com WEBSITE
Wellow Spinners
Our local group of spinners demonstrating spinning with 'have a go'.
Our late mother Pat Curtis was a long standing member and absolutely loved going out to shows with the group and chatting with people.
Cyrils Soap Shed
Handmade Natural Goat milk soaps, made using the milk from our own small herd of Goats and fragranced using only Pure Essential oils, with herbs and root
powders for colour and texture. All of our soaps are made using the ancient and traditional cold process method. Goats Milk makes a wonderfully creamy bar of soap, packed full of vitamins and minerals that your skin will love!
WEBSITE -
Faerie Shamanic
I sell fairtrade clothes and accessories.
FACEBOOK
Hobgoblin Music
We are very pleased to welcome Hobgoblin Music to our festival both as a sponsor for Thursday’s Local Artist Showcase and with a selection of musical instruments on their stall. As well as nine stores nationwide their local shop is in East Street Southampton
Sam and the Frying Machine
Traditional fish and chips.
Folk Festival -
Opening at 10.30am daily for limited main meals plus hot drinks and cake.
Caribbean Nights
Wilf who is Jamaican will be tantalising our taste buds with some Caribbean cooking prepared fresh on site using fresh ingredients
The Hungry Hub
Freshly cooked breakfast rolls, burgers, chips hot and cold drinks.
Super Scoops Ice Cream
Many delicious flavours of the locally produced New Forest Ice Cream including vegan and non dairy options
Folk Festival -
Hot breakfast in a Roll. Choose any of the following to add to your bun.
Locally made sausages, bacon, egg plus tea and coffee.
Benches provided to sit down and eat.