Burwell Bash

03/06/2026

You can now pick up your very own merch for Burwell Bash 2026 through our partners at Mudchutney.
Every penny made goes directly to our youth bursary fund.
These will NOT be available during the Bash so buy now while you can.

Head to: https://www.mudchutney.co.uk/collections/burwell-bash-2026

31/05/2026

Today we are wishing a great BIG Burwell Bash happy birthday to Tola Custy!
Many happy returns Tola!

11/05/2026

Not long to go now until Burwell Bash 2026, we're counting down the days.
Every year we release t-shirts and other merch. All funds raised go towards our bursary scheme. To find this year's designs from our partners mudchutney, head to:

Burwell Bash is an intensive, residential folk music summer school held in Burwell, Cambridgeshire every summer. Based on building a range of techniques and performance skills, the week is designed to challenge players of an intermediate and advanced standard to excel in new and exciting ensemble si...

01/05/2026

Thank you to all the Morris sides who were up with the dawn to dance up the sun.
Keeping tradition alive one dance at a time.

19/04/2026

With a little over 4 months left until Burwell Bash 2026, we still have a handful of places left in our melodeon and fiddle classes. Take a look below at what you're missing out on!
There is still time to join us, head to www.burwellbash.info and apply now!

24/03/2026

We are Burwell Bash, a folk music summer school set in the heart of rural Cambridgeshire, the village of Burwell. For the past 35 years, we have offered a mix of instrument, ensemble and folk orchestra classes; performance opportunities; intimate concerts; song and dance workshops; good food; and roaring sessions, to teens and adults, all on one site. For 5 days, we allow for easy access and complete immersion into an integrated musical collective.

We offer unique opportunity to learn from Brian Finnegan and Katherine Mann (flute and whistle), Ed Boyd (guitar), Tola Custy and Jock Tyldesley (Fiddle), Hazel Askew (D/G Melodeon) and Ernesto Calderon (ensemble and composition).

This year for Burwell Bash 2026 we are still seeking participants for our fiddle and melodeon classes.

Interested? Head to: www.burwellbash.info/booking-2026

24/03/2026

Astoundingly, we still have a handful of places left on our fiddle course this year. Jock Tyldesley and Tola Custy Musician work together to offer a diverse, technically and musically enriching experience, unique to our course.
Feeling inspired? Head over to www.burwellbash.info/booking-2026

24/03/2026

Did you know...
somehow we still have spaces left on melodeon with Hazel Askew for this year. Take a look at Hazel in action and what her students from this year had to say about her incredible playing and teaching.
Feeling inspired?
Head over to www.burwellbash.info/booking-2026 to book now!

22/03/2026

We were all very sad to hear of the passing of Dave Shepherd, the Essex-based fiddler best known for his long-time membership of Blowzabella. His love for and extensive knowledge of English and European dance and dance music have been a constant inspiration to many for more than fifty years. Dave wrote many beautiful tunes and has been sharing the fruits of his research into English fiddle music and dance with workshops across the country. He taught at the Trust’s “More than Melodeons” day in 2022 and was to lead a workshop on East Anglian social dance with Anna Pack at Traditional Music Day in September this year. He will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his wife Maria and his family and friends.

01/03/2026

We still have 4 places in our fiddle class and 4 on melodeon! Don't miss out!
Book now: www.burwellbash.info/booking-2026