2020
Bodmin riding FESTIVAL
WHAT'S ON
Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th July 2020
Festival CATCH UP
If you missed the exciting events shared live on our Facebook page during the Festival, you can catch up with the highlights here. Click the links in the titles to visit the Facebook or YouTube page for each video.
A short clip of Merv Davey opening the festival with Blewack Koynt, more commonly known as the Bodmin Riding Tune.
A Welcome from our Chair, Hannah Irwin
Just a quick hello from the festival committee, and an introduction to our small, alternative celebrations to mark Bodmin Riding 2020.
intoBodmin & the Kernow Bedroom Choir:
Cornwall my Home | Little eyes | South Australia | The White Rose
We've been following our friends intoBodmin and Dan Woodfield's incredible work creating a virtual choir for these strange times. Who better to perform for our online Riding Festival than the Kernow Bedroom Choir! Have you been taking part? You can find a link to each of the Choir's tracks created during lockdown above. We're hoping that the Bedroom Choir might join us in person for a 'real world' performance at the festival next year!
A big thank you to Bodmin Youth Band for Kindly making a special recording for the 2020 Riding Festival. Bodmin Town Band have been ardent supporters of the Riding Festival for many years. We hope you enjoy hearing what the youth of Bodmin are capable of.
KBSK - Festival Rewind | children's dance
One of the most iconic elements of Heritage Day is the Children's Dance, which many of you will have taken part in over the years. We can't wait to see the children of Bodmin dancing through the streets again, but in the meantime our friends from KBSK Performing ARTS have created this special 'Festival Rewind' featuring footage from Bodmin Riding 2019 - and they've managed to keep dancing at home too! Thanks to Adie and the team, and well done guys!
The Helliers - Hunting on the Moor
When something beastly plagues Bodmin Moor only the Helliers can stop it. Using their beast-hunting skills, the young warriors must track it down before it reaches Bodmin. But can they defeat this strange creature before it offends the townsfolk? Join the hunt and celebrate an "alternative" Bodmin Riding Day from the comfort of your own home.
The Ragadaziow - Highlights from 2019
A look back at some of the Ragadaziow's antics leading up to the Trial of the Beast during the 2019 celebrations. The Ragadaziow meet annually on Bodmin Riding day to perform the historic procession of St. Petroc’s bones through the town, but proceedings are interrupted by news of a rampaging Beast threatening to upset the ceremony. The Helliers are called upon to find and capture the Beast and present him for trial, and the Ragadaziow’s procession and the Helliers’ hunt for the Beast continues throughout the day. The Beast's trial is due to begin on Mount Folly at 15:49, but will he be found guilty of any crimes?
Woodfield Davey Trethewey - Special performance for Bodmin Riding 2020
40 mins | A specially created performance by well loved folk musicians. Daniel Woodfield, Cas Davey and Richard Trethewey. The trio play a range of both traditional and contemporary Cornish folk with their own unique and sometimes jazzy twist. Expect driving rhythms, soulful singing, beautiful melodies and awkward silences because of the lack of live audience!
Daniel Woodfield - Whistles, Tenor Sax, Vocals | Cas Davey of Davey Mandolins - Guitar | Richard Trethewey of The Rowan Tree - Fiddle, Cittern, Vocals
As they were unable to perform as part of the festival this year, here's Paul Scoble at home on the hand bells, another recording made especially for Bodmin Riding 2020.
