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Family Folk Week 2025

Saturday 2 Aug 4pm — Friday 8 Aug 10am, 2025

To make a booking enquiry please complete the form below. We will contact you to confirm availability and complete your booking.

Families dancing, singing and enjoying music together around a fire at Halsway Manor
Pricing

Full board per person (tuition, activities, all meals & accommodation):

£520 – single occupancy ensuite room/cabin
£475 – sharing an ensuite room/cabin
£475 – single occupancy non-ensuite room
£430 – sharing a non-ensuite room (exclusive use)

Camping per person (tuition, activities, all meals):

£340

Non Resident (tuition, activities, all meals except breakfast):

£320

Children:

  • Ages 12 - 17 - 50% of prices above
  • Ages 3-11 - £110
  • 2 and under - free

Please note: This is a family break, and bookings should be made as a family group. We're sorry, but we won't be accepting bookings from adults without children.

Get a closer look at the accommodation options here.

Bring your family to a creative and fun Summer folk break at Halsway!

There’ll be a programme of activities each morning and evening, focused around children but suitable for the whole family – mum, dad, aunties and uncles, granny and grandad, even close family friends! – to join in with. You’ll be able to spend quality time together exploring creative and accessible folk activities (no experience necessary) and we’ll make the most of Halsway’s beautiful setting and outdoor spaces to inspire us!

Typical activities might include:

  • Singing for everyone – learning some traditional songs or perhaps creating some of our own…
  • Fun Folk Dancing for everyone – using up some excess energy or refining your best moves!
  • Music-making for all, where everybody can join in whatever their age, instrument or experience, and make a great sound together
  • “Have a go” workshops where we create new dances or learn something new or perhaps try new musical instruments
  • Games, crafts and outdoor play exploring the environment around us

All activities will be optional, so if you want to take some time out to relax or do your own thing that’s fine, but we do expect children to be supervised by a member of their family at all times.

Afternoons are free time for trips around this lovely area; there’s plenty to see and do including the West Somerset Railway, the seaside and Exmoor. One day a week is left completely free for you to plan your own day trips, or to relax at the Manor if you prefer.

Stay in our beautiful Manor house – large family rooms are available, and also comfortable double / twin rooms for accompanying grandparents, for example – or you can set-up camp in our lovely grounds. All meals are provided, so you can relax and enjoy yourselves in a convivial, family-orientated atmosphere!

Who is it for?

The holiday is for families and children of all ages who want to experience a fun and creative folk break together. We are only accepting bookings from family groups including children. Your ‘family’ group can include close friends and relations of all ages, but please note that the organised programme is aimed solely at providing inclusive family activities. There won’t be any activities aimed solely at adults.

The Team

David Faulkner is a multi-talented musician, dance caller, band leader, vocal coach – you name it! – with many years’ experience in running inclusive and creative folk arts activities and projects in all kinds of community and education settings. He is a regular tutor at Halsway – at last year’s Family Folk week, and many times as a key tutor on our annual Bagpipe Weekend! He has been playing pipes for over 25 years with groups such as the Eel Grinders and Jon Swayne’s Zephyrus, and performs regularly as a duet with accordionist Steve Turner. He has toured in Europe, Canada and America and taught piping courses in the UK and abroad and has worked as a community musician for nearly 20 years.

Alison Rowley is currently on maternity leave, and we wish her all the best. A second facilitator to work alongside David will be confirmed very soon.