What do you get when you put five artists, a bird watcher, a musician and a farmer in the same room … an episode of the Deepdale Podcast of course. It’s May 2025, and this is the Deepdale Podcast, our magazine programme about beautiful North Norfolk.
In this episode Jason chats with Tobias ben Jacob about his upcoming gig at Deepdale on 17th May. Five artists taking part in North Norfolk Open Studios tell us more about this amazing local arts event from 24th May to 8th June. Oli from One Stop Nature Shop gives us a wildlife update. And Jason’s sister Anna updates us about Open Farm Sunday on 1st June at Deepdale Farm.
Don’t forget that we list a huge range of events on our website. We are constantly adding to the listings, and there is everything from cookery courses to street food, exhibitions to theatre, motoring pageants to wildlife events. And May is a fabulous time of the year to enjoy North Norfolk. Our beaches are stunning in the sunshine and relatively quiet (except for the bank holidays). The wildlife is loving the longer days. And you can’t beat a cold drink in a pub garden under blue skies.
Enjoy the listen, and we hope to see you on the North Norfolk Coast for some or all of the events we cover. If you enjoy the listen, then please do subscribe and leave us a review on your favourite podcast app or directory. And there is a huge back catalogue of episodes to listen to.
Tobias Ben Jacob
Gig on Saturday 17th May
Tobias joins Jason on the podcast to chat about his newish collaboration with Chris Cleverley. He explains his creative process, and what the partnership with Chris brings to his music.
Both Tobias and Chris played at Deepdale Festival 2023, so we are really looking forward to their return to Deepdale this weekend, when they are playing a gig at Deepdale Camping & Rooms on Saturday 17th May.
More information on the Deepdale Music programme: deepdalecamping.co.uk/music/
Thank you to Tobias and Chris for allowing us to play a sample of them playing live. The song is ‘Before The Old Ways Are Gone’.
North Norfolk Open Studios
Saturday 24th May to Sunday 8th June 2025
Jason chat’s with five artists who are taking part in the North Norfolk Open Studios, which starts later this month.
Tess Meadows, Carole Griffin, Berni Marfleet, Antonia Clare and Janna Cossettini chat about their art, their processes, and what visitors can expect from visiting their studios during this really interesting fortnight.
Take a look at the North Norfolk Open Studios website for more information on all the artists taking part. And the artists have created local trails, so you can enjoy collections of studios and other local highlights.
More info on North Norfolk Open Studios: northnorfolkstudios.co.uk
One Stop Nature Shops Wildlife Update
with Oli Reville
Oli gives us one of his regular wildlife updates about which birds and wildlife you can enjoy watching on the North Norfolk Coast. Spring visitors include hobbys, cockoos, grass hopper wabblers, numerous waders and many more.
More wildlife information & equipment from One Stop Nature Shops: www.onestopnature.co.uk
Open Farm Sunday
with Anna Biesty
On Sunday 1st June, Deepdale Farm’s team welcome you to visit their beautiful organic regen agriculture farm on the North Norfolk Coast. Anna explains the activities that are happening, including owl pellet dissecting, having a photo in a combine, a farm walk, try your hand at pole lathing, meet some of the animals and much more.
More info on Deepdale’s Open Farm Sunday: deepdalefarm.co.uk
Thank you so much for listening this episode of the Deepdale Podcast. Hope you’ll have a chance to join us for the Tobias ben Jacob & Chris Cleverley gig on Saturday 17th May, for North Norfolk Open Studios between 24th May and 8th June, for some wildlife watching, or Open Farm Sunday on 1st June.
You can get more information about all the live music gigs we are hosting at Deepdale, by visiting the website deepdalemusic.co.uk Gigs include Iona Lane on 21st June, The Shackleton Trio and Adam Clark on 19th July, the Brancaster Staithe Sea Shanty Festival on 12th to 14th September, India Electric Company and Christina Alden & Alex Patterson on 27th September, and the Deepdale Christmas Party featuring the annual visit by Man The Lifeboats on 20th December.
You can also find information on the three visits to Deepdale by The Pantaloons, who’ll be performing their very funny takes on classic tales this Summer – Sense & Sensibility on 22nd May, Robin Hood on 7th August, and Hamlet on 23rd August.
You can find a whole host of events of all shapes and sizes, including exhibitions, theatre, workshops, walks, conservation, wellbeing, markets, street food, beach cleans, cooking and so much more on our website deepdalecamping.co.uk Just click on Events, and scroll through an ever growing collection of superb reasons to visit this beautiful part of the world.
We hope you’ll join us for the next episode of the Deepdale Podcast. In the meantime, you are welcome to listen back to any of the previous episodes in the last 5 years. All should be available on any good podcast app or directory, or through our website deepdalepodcast.co.uk If you have suggestions of people we should chat with or places we should visit then please do email podcast@deepdalepodcast.co.uk