Sidmouth Folk Festival is in full swing - but there's also a virtual version offering exclusive online concerts and workshops that you can enjoy from your own home.

Daily shows, hosted by award-winning English folk singer Rosie Hood from the Online Stage, go live from 7.30pm each evening until Friday, August 6.

As well as sharing performances pre-recorded specially for the festival by Martin Simpson, Fara, John Kirkpatrick and others, Rosie introduces sets from Sidmouth including Jez Lowe, Jack Rutter, Alice Jones and Ben Paley. All shows will be available to view until midnight on August 15.

Registration is also open for more than 50 Zoom workshops live from Sidmouth and around the country for aspiring and accomplished musicians, dancers, singers and storytellers.

People enjoying the online events are being invited to donate via the festival's JustGiving page to help cover the costs. Suggested amounts are £6 per workshop, £15 for a series of three and £20 for a series of five.

There's a suggested donation of £10 for each of the online concerts.

The online festival schedule for the rest of the week

Tuesday, August 3

A Scottish special with quartet Westward The Light and exquisite piper Brighde Chaimbeul.

Wednesday, August 4

Two specially recorded sets from Sidmouth with songwriter extraordinaire Jez Lowe and multi-talented fiddle master Ben Paley.

Thursday, August 5

Renowned broadcaster and creator of Folk on Foot, Matthew Bannister in Sidmouthinterviewing festival patron Steve Knightley, the powerhouse singer and musician Eliza Carthy, and Jo Freya and Jim Causley of the wonderful four-part harmony infused Narthen.

Friday, August 6

Around The Festival performances from iconic longsword dancers Stone Monkey, West Yorkshire songbird Jack Rutter, alt-folk Bird in the Belly, Essex trad singers Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote, and more.

Details of the workshop programme can be found here.

For full details of the live programme at A Celebration of Sidmouth Folk Festival visit the festival website.