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Folk festival in review: Seth Lakeman takes to the stage

This year’s “A Celebration of the Sidmouth Folk Festival” had already seen some superb performances, and last Wednesday’s evening concert at the Blackmore Gardens kept the bar set very high indeed. Sonically it was a show of great contrasts – a support act playing traditional folk with minimal instrumentation followed by a contemporary folk-rock headliner using a vast array of electronic and acoustic equipment to embellish his act. And, surprisingly, the radically different styles gelled rather well.

Carnival jumble sale fundraiser

Budleigh Salterton Carnival organisers are holding a fundraising jumble sale on Easter Saturday (March 31) at the town’s Public Hall from 10am to noon.