Your guide to all the great bands and musical acts performing at this year's Rochester Sweeps Festival

Headline Act: Hobo and the Hippies

Gabriel Moreno
Here's your guide to all the great bands and musical acts performing at this year's Rochester Sweeps Festival.
Genre key:
- C Ceilidh bands
- OF Original folk
- TG Traditional and harmony groups
- WR World roots
- FR Folk rock
- FC Folk comedy
- CB Celtic bands
- S Singers/songwriters
- IF Indie folk
- B Bluegrass
- P Percussion
- TD Traditional dance
- RD Roots disco
- CF Contemporary folk
Headline acts shown in bold
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Friday, 29 April
Gordon House Hotel: Pre-festival event with Sur Les Docks, 9pm
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Saturday, 30 April
11am
- Castle Gardens Stage: Thomas Abrahams WR
- Star Hill Stage: Songwriters' Den on the Road CF
11.30am
- Boley Hill Stage: Paul Corcoran S
11.45am
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Capella
12pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Fabulous Fezheads FC
- Boley Hill Stage: Rachel Lowrie S
- Cathedral Crypt: And One Red Mitten song cycle - The World Premier of late lamented Chris Broderick's song cycle where Vicky Price sings about Whitechapel victim Catherine Eddowes to honour her spirit and redefine her memory. OF
12.15pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: The Caramellos WR
12.30pm
- Gordon House Hotel: The Bounty Hounds FR
- Three Sheets to the Wind: Tangled Elbow WR
- Eagle Tavern: Skinners Rats TG
- Coopers Arms: Ian Petrie & Sue Hudson TG
- Granville Arms: The Beard Conspiracy WR
1pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets S
- Boley Hill Stage: Kitka; (1.15pm) TD
- Ye Arrow: Swing The Bridge C
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Jumbo Gumbo WR
1.15pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Milton Hide TG
1.30pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Lemon & Paice OF
2pm
- Boley Hill Stage: TD (2.15pm) TD
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: CJ & Dave Reay CF
- Oliver's Bar & Restaurant: DFL (CF)
2.15pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Lowly Strung B
- Boley Stage: Bob Kenward S
2.45pm
- Boley Hill Stage: The Caramellos WR
3pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Paul Corcoran S
3.15pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Kimber’s Men TG
- Boley Stage: Pytchwood TG
3.45pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Lemon & Paice OF
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Milton Hide TG
4pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Sur Les Docks FR
- Eagle Tavern: Thee Scarecrows FC
- Ye Arrow: The Fabulous Fezheads FC
4.30pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Luke Daniels (TF)
5pm
- Oliver’s Bar & Restaurant – Thomas Abrahams WR
5.30pm
- Gordon House Hotel: Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets S
8pm
- Gordon House Hotel: The Lowly Strung B plus Sur Les Docks FR
8.30pm
- Three Sheets to the Wind: The Dredgermen FR
- Coopers Arms – Tangled Elbow WR
- Two Brewers – Ian Petrie Band TG
- Granville Arms: The Bounty Hounds FR
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Sunday, 1 May
11am
- Star Hill Stage: Songwriters' Den on the Road CF
- Castle Gardens Stage: Kimber’s Men TG
- Boley Hill Stage: Medway Folk OF
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: The Treehuggers S
11.30am
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: CJ & Dave Reay CF
11.45am
- Boley Hill Stage: Capella OF
12pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Hot Rats WR
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Morrigan TG
12.30pm
- Gordon House Hotel: The Silver Darlings TG plus Kimber’s Men TG
- Three Sheets to the Wind: The Hartley Morris Singers TG
- Eagle Tavern: Swing the Bridge C
- Coopers Arms: Skinners Rats TG
- Boley Hill Stage: The Tribal Banshees TD
- Granville Arms: Foot Down C
1pm
- 1pm: Boley Hill Stage: It's Complicated CF
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Jumbo Gumbo WR
- Ye Arrow: The Bounty Hounds FR
1.15pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Fabulous Fezheads FC
2pm
- Oliver's Bar & Restaurant: Morrigan TG
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Jonica Love
2.15pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Capella OF
2.30pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: The Tribal Banshees TD
- Castle Gardens Stage: Sur Les Docks FR
3pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Medway Folk OF
- Boley Hill Stage: The Treehuggers S
3.30pm
- Boley Hill Stage: The Silver Darlings TG
- Gordon House Hogel: McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers TD
3.45pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Pytchwood TG
4pm
- Eagle Tavern: Triality TG
- Ye Arrow: Skinners Rats TG
4.15pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Hobo & The Hippies IF
4.30pm
- City Wall Wine Bar: Pretending People FC
- Boley Hill Stage: Foot Down C
5pm
- Oliver’s Bar & Restaurant: The Flowing IF
5.30pm
- Granville Arms: The Silver Darlings TG
7pm
- Gordon House Hotel: The Dredgermen FR
8.30pm
- Gordon House Hotel: Hobo & The Hippies plus Davey Malone) IF
- Three Sheets to the Wind: Gypskazz WR
- Coopers Arms: Bellibone Rig CB
- Two Brewers: Triality TG
- Granville Arms: The Washed Up Jug Band FC
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Monday, 2 May
11am
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Bounty Hounds FR
- Boley Hill Stage: Hog Eye Men TG
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: It’s Complicated CF
- Star Hill Stage: Songwriters' Den on the Road CF
- Cathedral Crypt: Kimber’s Men TG
11.45am
- Boley Hill Stage: Henry Sparks OF
12pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: The Old Country Crows OF
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Ruby & Ríos S
- Cathedral Crypt: Helen North OF
12.30pm
- Gordon House Hotel: The Hot Rats WR
- Three Sheets to the Wind: The Hog Eye Men TG
- Eagle Tavern: The Beard Conspiracy WR
- Granville Arms: Skinners Rats
- Coopers Arms: Bruise S
1pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Foot Down C
- Ye Arrow: Ian Petrie Band TG
1.15pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Pretending People FC
1.30pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Open Water
2pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Davey Malone & The Longtails OF
- Oliver's Bar & Restaurant: Bellibone Rig CB
- Boley Hill Stage: Helen North OF
2.30pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Ruby & Ríos S
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Pytchwood TG
2.45pm
- SWEEPS PROCESSION - starts from Star Hill
- Castle Gardens Stage: Gypskazz WR
3pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: Rachel Lowrie S
- Boley Hill Stage: Open Water OF
3.30pm: The Granville: LunaBarge IF
3.45pm
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: The Old Country Crows OF
4pm
- Castle Gardens Stage: Track Dogs OF
4.30pm
- Boley Hill Stage: Luke Daniels TF
- City Wall Wine Bar Stage: CJ & Dave Reay CF

Want to know more? Find out more about the bands performing at this year's Festival. Check out the headline acts and all band biographies.

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