Skillywidden at Gool Gwerin Aberfal
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Gool Gwerin Aberfal ('Falmouth Folk Festival') is a new festival of traditional music and dance taking place from 27th to 29th November 2026, at The Cornish Bank, Falmouth.
Amongst many other things, there will be a nos lowen on the Friday and Saturday nights, with the whole festival being kicked off at 5pm on Friday 27th by Skillywidden.
There'll be a short introductory nos lowen dance workshop at 5pm, followed swiftly by the nos lowen proper.
Skillywidden are the leading lights of the nos lowen style of Cornish Celtic dance music. In fact, some of Skillywidden's members were co-founders of this remarkable, revolutionary and hugely popular movement, in the late 1990s.
Born out of the internationally acclaimed Cornish band Dalla: Skillywidden are renowned for whipping up wildly enthusiastic festival and nos lowen dance crowds across Cornwall and beyond.
The line-up includes members of Dalla, as well as special guests drawn from the cream of Cornish musical talent, both from the world of traditional Cornish music, and from other genres too.
Skillywidden’s exhilarating performances convey the sheer joy they take in Cornwall’s indigenous culture.
"…a sonic swirl of pipes, fiddle, clarinet, bouzouki and trombone." (The Guardian)
Amongst many other things, there will be a nos lowen on the Friday and Saturday nights, with the whole festival being kicked off at 5pm on Friday 27th by Skillywidden.
There'll be a short introductory nos lowen dance workshop at 5pm, followed swiftly by the nos lowen proper.
Skillywidden are the leading lights of the nos lowen style of Cornish Celtic dance music. In fact, some of Skillywidden's members were co-founders of this remarkable, revolutionary and hugely popular movement, in the late 1990s.
Born out of the internationally acclaimed Cornish band Dalla: Skillywidden are renowned for whipping up wildly enthusiastic festival and nos lowen dance crowds across Cornwall and beyond.
The line-up includes members of Dalla, as well as special guests drawn from the cream of Cornish musical talent, both from the world of traditional Cornish music, and from other genres too.
Skillywidden’s exhilarating performances convey the sheer joy they take in Cornwall’s indigenous culture.
"…a sonic swirl of pipes, fiddle, clarinet, bouzouki and trombone." (The Guardian)
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Where is it happening?
The Cornish Bank, 34 Church Street, Falmouth, TR11 3EF, United Kingdom
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