Folk Summer School 2025

Name: Folk Summer School 2025
Start: 2025-08-25T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-29T10:00:00+01:00
Location: Halsway Manor

Monday 25 Aug 4pm — Friday 29 Aug 10am, 2025

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Pricing

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

£460 – single occupancy ensuite room/cabin
£420 – sharing an ensuite room/cabin
£420 – single occupancy non-ensuite room
£380 – sharing a non-ensuite room (exclusive use for you plus your partner or friend[s])
£340 - a single bed in a dormitory style room (Room 1, 3, 6 or 11)

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

£275

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

£255

Get a closer look at the accommodation options here.

Our beloved Folk Summer School is back for 2025. There’ll be music, dance and song – for adults of all abilities – led by a crack team of tutors who have detailed knowledge and extensive experience of a wide spectrum of folk music. Throughout the week, you will work towards a full-group ensemble piece which includes the whole summer school cohort – the ‘Big Ensemble’; it’s a powerful way of bringing everything and everyone together in one shared experience, allowing you to learn about how to structure a performance, work together, use all levels of skills (in small and large groups), and create something that’s amazing and all-inclusive.

“Friendly and welcoming group of people, plenty of laughs, energetic dancing and really enjoyable sessions in the bar afterwards!” Participant

Who is it for?

Singers, dancers and musicians of all levels of experience; there’s something for everyone!

Choose from classes in guitar, fiddle, piano accordion, singing, or dance.

The Team

Our fantastic Summer School team will be confirmed soon.

Unless otherwise specified, our midweek courses check-in from 4pm on a Monday and check out by 10am on Friday, and our weekend courses check in from 4pm on a Friday and depart on Sunday by 4pm. Dinner on the first night is usually at 6.30pm, and in general, no formal teaching or introductory sessions take place until after this.

Enjoy the area, bring a friend, share a room, & save money

You can book on a course at Halsway and bring a friend who can explore the area while using Halsway as a base for meals and accommodation. Halsway Manor is in the Quantock Hills (England’s first designated National Landscape (formally AONB). We’re just minutes away from the West Somerset Railway (Britain's longest steam railway), a short drive or bus ride from Somerset’s Jurassic coast (ideal for fossil hunting), and surrounded by dramatic scenery and changing landscapes, from the wild hills of Exmoor to the flat expanse of the Somerset Levels.