Bath Folk Festival

With a rare evening away from the SPO, we decided to catch the last of the Bath Folk Festival. The festival is renowned for the diversity of talent it presents and our evening was no exception.

Gypsy Folk Session @ The Royal Oak (Lower Bristol Road)

We started the evening with a laid-back session of gypsy folk, with musicians coming and going. A Russian lady appeared and sang a few of her traditional folk songs. Many instruments were passed around and the gentleman in the middle even plaid the spoons at one point.

Elephant Talk @ Green Park Tavern

That relaxing session helped us to recharge our batteries after a long day in Windsor ready for the main event: world-folk-electro mash-up Elephant Talk. We had been promised a band that made us dance and they did not disappoint - our calf muscles still didn't work several days later! Singer Sarah Joy has an incredibly powerful voice, while Mat Tarling and Jon Maybey fiddled and guitared us into a frenzy. The whole room got involved in mini-Ceilidhs creating an electric atmosphere (although we would have loved a window or two in the room!)

You can listen to their music at elephanttalk.co.uk.

The Bath Folk Festival is now over, sadly, but look out this time next year for more musical joy.