Christmas Ceilidh with the Appledore Ceilidh Band

The Appledore Music Festival presents a Christmas Ceilidh with the Appledore Festival Ceilidh Band. The event will be at St Mary's Church Hall on Sunday 13 December 2026. Any surplus funds will be used to finance the 2027 festival, which runs from 27 May to 1 June.

The Appledore Ceilidh Band formed specially for the 2024 Appledore Music Festival. They were the highlight of the festival, with an unforgettable shindig at St Mary's Church Hall. Since then they have gone from strength to strength.

The band will lead you step-by-step through a fun and frenetic evening of family-friendly dancing and frivolity. The caller, Sophie Randles-Dunkley, is a popular local musician who has organised many a ceilidh. A talented Celtic band will be providing the jigs and reels with a few festive surprises. All are welcome.

No experience or innate dancing ability is required. The evening is guaranteed to be a hoot. For the ceilidh virgins amongst us, a ceilidh involves the caller explaining a sequence of dance moves to a group of people who then dance along to the live music. Wonderful stuff!

Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start. There will be a well-stocked bar on the night.