Fairytales for Grown Ups, Myths for Kids, live music & brilliant workshops! Here’s a preview of our 2025 Festival programme. Join us for 3 days of epic storytelling with great food, an affordable bar, and camping in the beautiful Lake District.
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FRIDAY 20 JUNE
Welcome to the festival!
Quick-fire myth, global epic and punked pop from awesome storytelling ensemble Pandvani108
Festival flag raising
Family Stories with Dominic Kelly
And Other Wonders by Sarah Liisa Wilkinson
Live music in the bar
Steal some thunder around the fireside open-mic

SATURDAY 21 JUNE
Yoga and meditation by the Beck
Singing with Kersti Ståbi
StoryWalk through the valley
Wild headdress making workshop
The Grateful and the Dead by Ben Haggarty
Super Great Kids Stories
Drumming workshop
Wild Ones in the woods
Beowulf by Jesper la Cour and Troels Kirk Ejsing
Maui the Trickster by Mikael Öberg
Circus skills
Myths for Kids
King Lear by Debs Newbold
Music from the Pandvani 108 musicians, Sheema Mukherjee, Rav Neiyyar & Raoul Neumann
Bedtime Stories
Steal some thunder around the fireside open-mic
The Games of Candles by Tim Ralphs, Jesper la Cour, Debs Newbold, Mikael Öberg, Steph Brittain
DJ session with music by Escatic Dance LA!

SUNDAY 22 JUNE
Yoga and meditation by the Beck
StoryWalk through the valley
Singing workshop
Magic shows
Wild headdress making workshop
Beowulf by Jesper la Cour and Troels Kirk Ejsing
Cardboard Kingdom building
Wild Ones in the woods
Rebranding Beelzebub by Tim Ralphs
The Kalevala by Nick Hennessey
Super Great Kids Stories
Fairytales for Grown-ups from the Finnish forest by Sarah Liisa-Wilkinson
The Hairy Girl by Kersti Stäbi
A brand new show by Pandvani108!