This year we’re “testing the waters” with a Sea Shanty Sunday ⚓️ ( which is harder to say than you’d think !)               🏴‍☠️DMF’s Mini Sea Shanty Festival 🏴‍☠️                       featuring 5 fabulous acts… …

In another new event for DMF 2026, we are giving a stage to some amazing local talent. DTC YOUTH THEATRE Who are they?  The DTC Youth Theatre is dedicated to bringing the magic of theatre to kids in Dartmouth, Teignmouth and Kingsbridge. Its aim is to inspire children of all …

Another fantastic design from the very clever people at Yard Park Dartmouth. Handing our merchandise operation over to these guys was definitely one of the best things we’ve done 😊 Huge thanks to Scott and Kerry for all your support and patience. Preorders available via their website or visit the …

We all know events that have fallen by the wayside, often because of health and safety obligations. At DMF we fully embrace our responsibilities, we want to deliver a safe event and we know our fantastic audiences recognise that they have some responsibility in this too. As a volunteer team …

Dartmouth Music Festival and the fantastic Weed Monkeys have joined forces to help present Dartmouth at its very best ahead of this year’s festival (15–17 May). The Weed Monkeys — who are all volunteers affiliated with the River Dart Rotary— began their fifth season of weeding in March and we …

We are delighted to announce that Devon Contract Waste (DCW) are sponsoring DMF for the ninth consecutive year! Their amazing support of our event is hugely appreciated. Last week we welcomed Harry Mcleman, Richard Smith and Barry Tonkins from DCW to a gloriously sunny Dartmouth where we reviewed our plans …

Let’s get this out there first up. We love a good cover at DMF. A good covers band wraps you in a comfort blanket of familiarity and transports you to a certain time and place. But all those great covers have one thing in common.  At some point somebody sat …

Wristbands. Yes, we sell wristbands. But what are they all about and why do we sell them? And isn’t this festival actually completely free to attend? All reasonable questions so let us answer them. The music festival is run (as you probably know by now because we do mention it …

Ok everyone. It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for! We have had the word from our lovely treasurer….we are ready to call it…..2025 we go again!!!! So May 16th, 17th and 18th 2025 let’s do it all again. Thanks to every single person who makes this weekend so amazing. …

We need your help! Sponsorship Managers– ROLE DESCRIPTION The Dart Music Festival is a free-to -attend, 3-day event, run entirely by volunteers. We believe passionately that the money generated over the weekend should stay in the town and, because of this, we turn down the income that we are offered …