More than 100 Morris dancers from three counties are due to flock to Frome for its first ever folk festival in February.

The mass Morris meet will include members of Rag Morris (University of Bristol's side), Somerset Morris; Hips and Haws, the Wiltshire ladies clog-dancing side; Bathampton Morris Men, Bristol's City Clickers, Wiltshire's White Horse Morris and Priston Jubilee Morris, a Cotswold men's side – plus the quirkily-named Mr Wilkins Shilling (a women's Bath-based clog side whose dances originate in the Lancashire mill towns) and the smallest side of all – Somerset's Billy No Mates (one man and one musician!)

Together with session musicians, they will get the two-day festival off to a lively start at 9am on Saturday, February 18 while Somerset's own popular young siblings band Dyer: Cummings will kick things off on the Sunday, along with another Morris programme.

The funky ceilidh band features four top performers; Jon Dyer on bass guitar and flute, Penny Dyer on bassoon, Hannah Cumming (fiddle) and Alex Cumming on piano accordion and bouzouki .

An incredible roster of many of the top names in British folk will appear at the winter festival including numerous 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominees – the awards will be announced at a ceremony in Manchester on February 8.

Spiers and Boden are nominated for Best Duo, while Boden is nominated for Folk Singer of the Year.

Other nominees coming to Frome are the dazzling Tim Edey and Brendan Power (Best Duo) with Edey also in the running for the top honour of Musician of the Year.

Another double nominee is Jackie Oates for Folk Singer of the Year and Best Album for her latest release, Saturnine, while one of the fastest-rising folk acts of 2011 – the North West trio Pilgrims' Way – are nominated for the coveted Horizon Award.

Bella Hardy is also in the running for Best Original Song for her composition The Herring Gull.

Visit www.fromefolkfestival.co.uk for further information.