Category Archives: Purbeck Rising

Second fast tracker through to Purbeck Rising finals

Great open mic night at Chaplins bar in Boscombe on Wednesday night and we have our final finalist for the finals of our Purbeck Rising competition. Well done to Jack & Toni who will be joining the other 5 finalists in the live final on Saturday. And that’s final!

First fast-tracker through to the Purbeck Rising final

Well done to Lily of Barbary who impressed us at the ‘Purbeck Rising: Fast track to final’ event at Wareham Music Festival on Saturday. Lily of Barbary go straight through to our live final on the Saturday of the festival.
There is another ‘Purbeck Rising: Fast track to final’ event this Wednesday (13th August) at Chaplins bar in Boscombe. See you there!

Purbeck Rising – the votes have been counted

With the wonders of modern technology and the workings of Facebook, it didn’t take long to count the votes for Purbeck Rising. But we do have the official results. The voting finished at midday on Friday and the 5 finalists (to be joined by 2 fast-trackers) are:
Penny Churchill
Kelly Oliver
Aidan Byrne
Kimari Raven
The Coach House Company

Congratulations and we’ll see you at the live final on the Saturday of Purbeck Folk Festival where there’ll be a panel of judges and an audience vote t find our 2014 winner.

Purbeck Rising – still time to vote!

Voting finishes on Friday at midday – so there’s still time to vote! Look through the videos on the Purbeck Rising page and then click through to our to cast your vote.

Purbeck Rising – VOTE NOW

The second round voting section of the Purbeck Rising competition has now started. There are 10 great acts – youtube videos on the Purbeck Rising page and then all you have to do is click through to the and cast you vote. If you’re not on Facebook you can vote by emailing us your favourite band name with the subject title “Purbeck “Rising”.

Purbeck Rising

The new dates for our Purbeck Rising competition are up. Entries are being taken. All you have to do is email your best YouTube link through us
For more information on how the competition works, click here…

Purbeck Rising!

Entries are coming in thick and fast for the new  PURBECK RISING!  competition. We’ve been blown away by the number and standard of entries. What a great competition this is turning out to be – let alone difficult to judge!

Purbeck Rising

NEW 5th stage at Purbeck Folk Festival this year. This will home the finals of our  PURBECK RISING!  new talent watch, where musicians play to win a spot on one of the main stages at Purbeck Folk Festival 2014. Look out for some ‘Come and play” open mic sessions on this stage.

Purbeck Rising!

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for news about to be released of how to enter our Purbeck breakthrough artist competition… PURBECK RISING!