Priddy Folk Festival was a sell-out success, with every weekend ticket and every Saturday ticket gone by Friday night.

The festival is renowned for providing some of the best line-ups on the folk music circuit and this year's event was no exception.

Old stagers like Steve Tilston, Jez Lowe, Pete Coe and Dave Swarbrick shared the stage with young stars Lau, Jackie Oates and Steve's daughter Martha Tilston.

There was folk opera, African dance, choral versions of David Bowie songs and a strong strain of Americana.

Among those appearing in the folk dance festival were the Appalachian Beetlecruchers and the black-faced Grimspound Border Morris team, whose muscular performance with 2ft-long wooden staves was more akin to a martial art than a folk dance – indeed, in might be preferable to have one of the Grimspound dancers at one's side in a tricky spot than a karate expert or a ninja.

Away from the main stages there were gems aplenty, including Daygan Robinson, of Draycott, and Street-based folk band Dragonsfly.

Mummers performed traditional plays for children, and the village hall was busy each night, filled to capacity as the ceilidh got into full swing.

Standout performances came from Lau, Steve Tilston and the astonishing Swarbrick and Swarb's Lazarus – so named because Swarbrick has already been declared dead by the Daily Telegraph and has had a double lung and heart transplant.

Swarbrick's effortless and astonishing fiddling, and his fellow musicians' equally stunning performances, earned the trio a standing ovation.

Despite the unpredictable weather – always a feature of Priddy given its Mendip-top location – the festival was a huge success for all concerned.

Festival treasurer Richard White said: "The weather hasn't dampened anybody's spirits, and the whole thing has run like a smoothly-oiled wheel.

"All the artistes turned up and all the audiences turned up, too.

"The traders are happy, and we're all happy – in fact, everybody is happy."