So... you like real cider, original music and friendly small festival fun? The Cursus Festival is undoubtedly for you sir / madam! 500 grinning West Country folks gather together on an idyllic Dorset cider farm for 3 days of bank holiday madness on May 23rd - 25th, 2025. We'll be joining the likes of Dub ... Read more
They loved us so much last year, that we're BACK for 2025!!! Festival On The Hills #FOTH is a brilliant family-friendly event and we can't wait to return. This year sees the festival relocated to Taunton Racecourse for 3 days of bank holiday fun on 29th May - 31st June. Weekend and Day tickets available ... Read more
Delighted to be playing Here For The Music Festival on Friday 6th June A super strong line-up and unique festival location at The Big Sheep theme park! - 2 Festival Stages (No Clashes) - Music & Arts Stage – Songwriter Sessions, Drum Lessons and Workshops - ALL+ Open Mic and Performance Stage (Keep an eye ... Read more
Oi oi! We're loading up the Skimmity wagon and heading to that there Lon-don! A wild night of cidery goodness awaits as we support our legendary polka-punk cousins The Dreadnoughts, all the way from Canada. Pretty excited to be playing the iconic punk venue The Underworld in Camden. Once frequented by a young studenty Tatty ... Read more
Sweet mother of scrumpy!!! Our Canadian cyder-polka-punk cousins THE DREADNOUGHTS are returning to the UK for a very special CYDER-OCALYPSE gig at the iconic Fleece venue in Bristol on Saturday 21st June. Support from SKIMMITY HITCHERS and THE SURFIN' TURNIPS. If previous gigs are anything to go by, this will be the greatest night of ... Read more
It's steam fair season!!!! Skimmity Hitchers love nothing more than a steam and vintage rally, and this is one of the finest. Rona-Steam-Vintage-Rally We're kicking off the weekend with a cider-fuelled, steam-powered night of Scrumpy & Western on Friday 11th July. Entry by donation in aid of Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance and MacMillan Cancer ... Read more
Comrades! We're back in our happy place on Saturday 19th July when we return to Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival near Dorchester. This unique event celebrates the birth of the Trade Union movement in this sleepy village, with a packed programme of music, speakers, workshops, comedy, kids activities and more! We've been fortunate to be part of ... Read more
On Saturday 26th July we're heading down to Dorset to cause a cider-fuelled rumpus at the Poole Harbour Festival. We've been wanting to play this one for a while, but Tatty has been on an extended exclusion order from his home town since 2004 after an unfortunate incident with a stranded dolphin. But now he's ... Read more
Quite frankly the best little cider and music festival on the planet. Now in its 11th year, Outcider Festival brings together 500 awesome people with 35+ live acts on 2 alternating stages, in the rustic nirvana of Fernhill Farm just south of Bristol. This year's line-up features the likes of Panic Shack, Black Water County, ... Read more
Get on!! After a brief break to recharge our batteries (and our livers) we're heading BACK to the crazy world of Dorchester Cider Festival on Saturday 16th August. The scene of some epic Skimmity Hitchers gigs over the last decade, Dorchester Cider Festival is an event like no other. Thousands of people gather in the ... Read more
Making their hotly-anticipated debut at Hedger's Cider House are the fabulous SKIMMITY HITCHERS on Friday 12th September! Tickets £10 advance from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skimmity-hitchers-friday-cider-night-tickets-1594284841879 Camping available for just £10 - must be booked in advance. These legends of the West Country have played just about every festival, steam rally and cider shed that matters over the last ... Read more
A cheeky little additional gig to squeeze out the last drops of summer! Have yourselves a day out in the beautiful New Forest, then head to the Coach & Horses pub in Cadnam for a night of live music and general debauchery... A great local boozer that we had the pleasure of playing back in ... Read more