Seaton Cider Bash, Devon
2026-05-02 15:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Seaton Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, Devon, EX12 2LE, United Kingdom
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!
Especially when there’s a ruddy cider festival in town!!!
Seaton Gateway Theatre is proud to launch its brand new music festival, bringing TWO nights of incredible live music to the heart of the town on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd May 2026.
https://gatewaytheatre.co.uk/event/1173673051/
The event spanning over two days will introduce a phenomenal line-up of local music:
FRIDAY – Leonian Dream, Stompin’ Dave, THE BAREFOOT BANDIT

SATURDAY – Plain Sailing, Absent Minds, Jurassic Crocks, Echo Town, THE SKIMMITY HITCHERS
Expect crowd-pleasing favourites, cider bars, and delicious food vendors — all the ingredients for an unforgettable festival atmosphere. This will be our biggest event of the year and the first festival at the venue since 2019.
Over 600 music lovers will be joining us for a weekend of great tunes, great drinks, and great vibes 🍻🎸

'Franklin's Night' @ Sandford Orchards, Devon
2026-05-15 18:00 - 23:00 | Sandford Orchards, The Cider Works, Commonmarsh Lane, Crediton, Devon, EX17 1HJ, United Kingdom
Behold a mighty fine night of tradition, mischief, music… and CIDER!
Thrilled to be back at Sandford Orchards in Crediton for their annual Franklin’s Night event.
Tickets are on sale NOW with a very limited capacity in amongst the barrels of the Sandford Orchards tap room:
https://www.sandfordorchards.co.uk/events/franklins-night/
Our gig there last year was hands down one of our best of the year and we can’t wait to go back!
The best large-scale cider making company in the country, and some of the darned nicest people too.
Oh, and if you don’t know what Franklin’s Night is… you’d better read up on it now…
https://www.sandfordorchards.co.uk/blog/franklins-night-devil-cidermaker/

Convoy On The Plains, Thruxton Race Circuit
2026-05-16 | Thruxton Race Circuit, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 8PN
TRUCKIN’ELL!!!!
Summat new and exciting for us as we head to the famous Thruxton Race Circuit in ‘Ampshire for a wild weekend of truck racing and assorted other attractions at Convoy On The Plains
Trucks, entertainment, live music, fairground, stunt shows, trade stands, kids’ attractions and more!
We’re playing on the evening of Saturday 16th May but the fun continues on the Sunday too.
Ticket information:
Adult Tickets
Saturday – £25
Sunday – £25
Weekend – £46
Teen Tickets (13-15 years old)
Saturday – £7
Sunday – £7
Weekend – £10
CHILDREN 12 & UNDER GO FREE
Camping
Standard Pitch – £42
Standard Pitch with Hook Up – £80
Large Pitch with Hook Up – £95
Grandstand Seats
Saturday – £5
Sunday – £5
Grandstand seats are a separate ticket
Paddock Access
Access to the paddock for is free for all ticket holders

Cursus Festival, Dorset
2026-05-22 14:00 - 2026-05-25 12:00 | Cranborne Chase Cider, Myncen Farm, Minchington, Dorset, DT11 8DH, United Kingdom
The best little music and cider festival in Dorset!
22nd – 24th May bank holiday weekend.
Just 499 tickets available.
Family and dog friendly.
Brilliant line-up of local, national and international live acts including Saturday night headliners Peat & Diesel
Adult Weekend from £109 inc. tent camping
KIDS GO FREE with a family weekend ticket!!!
Tickets and festival info HERE

Scrumpy & Western Special @ The Cider Box, Bristol
2026-06-05 18:00 - 22:00 | The Cider Box, Arch 5, Silverthorne Lane, Bristol, BS2 0QD
A very special night of proper cider, and proper music, as SKIMMITY HITCHERS return to The Cider Box in Bristol on Friday 5th June.
The much-loved West Country wrong’uns will be debuting some brand new material alongside plenty of their classic parodies and original tracks.
Our celebration of 60 years of Scrumpy & Western music, pioneered by those legends Adge Cutler & The Wurzels.
This is a strictly limited 80 ticket event and early booking is highly recommended!
https://hdfst.uk/e150999
Support act TBA
The Cider Box is Bristol’s premier destination for real cider in a near-secret, city location. Come and join us for an unmissable night that celebrates West Country culture at its finest!
Arch 5, Silverthorne Ln, Bristol BS2 0QD
Ages 14+
14-17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult on a 1:1 ratio

Dorset Tractor Fest, Shaftesbury
2026-06-06
Dorset’s hottest new family festival where legendary rock, pop and country music 🎸 meets the very best of tractors and rural fun and entertainment 🚜
5th June to 7th June 2026
Turnpike Showground, Shaftesbury
Skimmity Hitchers are proper excited to be playing this tractor-tastic event! It’s right up our farm track and we’ll be spreading our Scrumpy & Western muck on Saturday afternoon, 6th June.
https://www.dorsettractorfest.co.uk

Nettle Eating Weekend! The Bottle Inn, Dorset
2026-06-19 19:00 - 23:00 | The Bottle Inn, Marshwood, Dorset, DT6 5QJ, United Kingdom
NETTLE APPRECIATION WEEKEND 2026
Real ale and cider festival, live music, as well as the legendary stinging nettle eating and growing competitions.
19th – 21st June
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SKIMMITY HITCHERS will headline the Friday night 19th June, kicking off the summer solstice weekend in scrumpy style.
“Rising from the cider soaked floors of Dorset’s back street boozers, the Skimmity Hitchers now roam the full girth of the West Country and beyond. Bringing their dry and fruity blend of Scrumpy & Western music to venues, festivals and fairs, these scrumpy swillin’ reprobates appeal to young and old, and everyone from folkies to cider punks, beardy badgers to shifty blaggers.
The ‘Hitchers blend razor sharp parodies and original material with a raucous stage show, spontaneous audience interaction, cheeky banter and general cider shenanigans…”
Oi! Listen up, you!

https://skimmityhitchers.bandcamp.com/
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Support will come from Peter Burns.
“Melodic songs, finger style guitar, percussion and live looping. One man, big sound, no backing tracks!
Peter is a singer/songwriter from Belfast playing in bands, song writing and recording for thirty years. He plays a mix of new and familiar music blending original songs with re-workings of popular songs and forgotten music in a unique finger picking style.
Utilising loop pedal and percussion he produces a fuller sound than you’d expect from a solo performer. A multi-instrumentalist, he has recorded seventeen albums
and dozens of singles of his own material with various bands and as a solo artist.”

https://peterburns.bandcamp.com
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NETTLE APPRECIATION WEEKEND – 19th – 21st June 2026
Friday + Sunday there will be no entry fee.
Saturday entry will cost £5.
You receive 1 beer glass + 1 token for 1/2 pint on entry.
Opening times, full music line up, beer and cider details + more info TBA at bottleinn.uk

The Tin Cat, Weymouth
2026-06-26 19:00 - 23:59 | The Tin Cat, 19 St Edmund St, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8AR, United Kingdom
We’re BACK in the Bad Town On The Coast!!!! As you all know by now, there ain’t no party like a Weymouth party…
Friday 26th June 2026 @ The Tin Cat
SKIMMITY HITCHERS
Plus support from TYPICAL GIRLS
7pm til late
Tickets £10 advance online* or from the Tin Cat bar.
Ages 18+
The Tin Cat
19 St Edmund St
Weymouth DT4 8AR
*online tickets subject to 70p booking fee

Fernhill Festival, Somerset
2026-06-28 | Fernhill Farm, Cheddar Road, Compton Martin, Somerset, BS40 6LD
Our favourite freaky friends at Fernhill Farm are throwing a party on 26-28 June in the Mendip Hills.
It’s a word-of-mouth kind of event so if you’re reading this, then you are in the know 🙂
Incredibly cheap day and weekend tickets, with camping included.
We’re playing on the Sunday evening but there’s loads of good stuff happening all weekend including Dub Pistols, Pronghorn, DJ Chris Tofu, Slamboree Sound System and more besides.
All info at https://www.fernhillfestival.uk/
Check it out and book yerselves in!

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset
2026-07-17 - 2026-11-10 | Tolpuddle Martyrs festival, Dorcherster Road, Tolpuddle, Dorset, DT2 7EH
One of our absolute favourite events – it’s a privilege to be back at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in 2026.
To make it extra special, this year we have been invited to play the Martyrs Marquee on Friday 17th July as part of the official programming!
It’s going to be a great night with legendary comedian Mark Thomas, and awesome reggae/soul act Joe Yorke also on the bill.
Plus a whole weekend of music, political discussion, comedy, theatre, speakers, kids activities and the world-famous union banner march through the village on Sunday afternoon.
The festival celebrates the birth of the UK trade union movement in this tiny Dorset village in 1834. It’s a festival of positivity, hope and action.

Come and be part of something very special.

Outcider Festival, Somerset
2026-08-02 | Fernhill Farm, Cheddar Road, Compton Martin, Somerset, BS40 6LD
The one and only Outcider Festival is BACK on July 30th – August 2nd.
Located at Fernhill Farm in the Mendip Hills just south of Bristol, Outcider brings 499 lucky people together for the best cider and music mash-up in the universe.
35+ original acts playing on two alternating stages (no clashes!). Throw in come cider-obics, tuk tuk tours, skittles, cider-obics and open mic and you’ve got one of the friendliest grassroots gatherings imaginable.
This year’s headliners are The Molotovs, Skinny Lister & Pet Needs with an amazing supporting bill including The Barefoot Bandit, Mother Vulture, Skimmity Hitchers, Bridget. Rotten Boroughs, Native James, Monkey Bizzle, The Dirt and many more.
Weekend tickets from £109.
1,2,3 & 4 day options available.
Tent camping included in all tickets.
Live-in vehicles for an extra charge.

Thorpy's Tractor Fest @ The Coach & Horses, Cadnam
2026-08-08 | The Coach & Horses, 11 Southampton Rd, Cadnam, Hampshire, SouthaSO40 2NF, United Kingdom
TRAAAAAAACTUUUURRRRR!!!!!
Proper excited to be getting knee deep in cider and dung at Thorpy’s Tractor Fest in the New Forest.
Set in a field behind a pub with bands, booze and (you’ve guessed it) more old Fordsons and Massey Fergusons than you could shake a shepherd’s crook at, this is a good old fashioned day out with your family or drinking mates.
More details to come but stick it in yer diaries now!!!

Convoy In The Park @ Donington Park
2026-08-09
Let’s get TRUCKIN’!!!!
Convoy in the Park thunders back to Donington for an action-packed celebration of truck racing and road life on 8/9 August.
Thousand-horsepower titans in the British Truck Racing Championship will headline the track competition, with five truck races across the weekend, plus Pickup Truck racing. Several support series from the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) will complete the on-track schedule.
A fantastic line-up of family fun awaits too, with a sprawling off-track entertainment programme, featuring hundreds of spectacular show trucks as part of a dazzling display – plus enjoy live music and the adrenaline-filled live action arena. With top truck manufacturers, exhibitors and activities for all ages, this is the ultimate trucking-themed festival for all the family.
An amazing weekend awaits, with the added bonus of Skimmity Hitchers on stage on the Sunday night!

Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival @ Healeys Cyder Farm, Cornwall
2026-09-11 | Healey’s Cyder Farm, Penhallow, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9LW, United Kingdom
GET IN!!!
After literally years of formal applications, outright begging and voodoo pasties, we’ve finally made it on the bill for the Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival on Friday 11th September.
Couldn’t be happier to join this amazing line-up of live music, located on the famous Healey’s Cyder Farm in Penhallow, Cornwall.
A charming Cornish party with some big live bands, orchard silent disco, BBC Introducing stage, camping and glamping, featuring a huge range of delicious ciders from across the South West plus lots, lots more.
We’re planning on making a big, cider-stained impression so dig out yer Skimmity t-shirts and head down the front to join us!

Bomba, Exeter
2026-09-12 19:00 - 23:00 | Bomba Exeter, 4, The Quay, Exeter, EX2 4AP
EXETER!
Lock up yer badgers and hide the decent cider… we’re coming back at ya on Saturday 12th September.
Our previous gig at Bomba was a massive success and we’re thrilled to be loading up the Skimmity wagon and heading back South West.
Whether you’re a proper yokel, curious student or grockle from London, you’ll find this is the best thing happening in town!
Support to be announced.
Tickets £15 advance – book tickets HERE
Bomba
4 The Quay
Exeter
EX2 4AP

The King Arthur, Glastonbury
2026-10-02 19:00 - 23:00 | The King Arthur, 31-33 Benedict St, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9NB, United Kingdom
The ancient town of Glastonbury is home to many West Country legends.
On Friday 2nd October we’ll be adding 4 more when we head to The King Arthur music pub.
Expect a right old cider-fuelled knees up with support from Imprints Duo.
TICKETS are £11 + b/f
Ages 14+
U18s must be accompanied by an adult
Doors 7pm
31-33 Benedict St, Glastonbury BA6 9NB

Sandford Orchards Cider, Crediton
2026-11-21 18:30 - 23:00 | Sandford Orchards, The Cider Works, Commonmarsh Lane, Crediton, Devon, EX17 1HJ, United Kingdom
The Cider Works at Sandford Orchards is the ultimate venue for a Skimmity Hitchers gig, and we are delighted to be returning on Saturday 21st November!
Just 100 tickets available for this exclusive gathering in the actual working factory of Sandford Orchards. Surrounded by giant vats, rows of bottles and the finest scrumpy drinkin’ folk that Devon can offer – this really is a unique opportunity to see us as nature intended!
Our previous 2 visits have been memorable, sell out affairs so early booking is highly recommended.
No tickets will be available on the door.
18 years +
Doors 6.30pm Music from 7.30pm.
Expected finishing time of 10pm.
Last bar orders 11pm.
Our stonebaked pizzas will be available to purchase on the evening.
