So another
really lovely week, mainly spent talking……………….. and I don’t need too many comments about that,
thank you.
Been
catching up with one or two things to.
Plans for
the October Fringe Festival are now
in full flow, as suggested in earlier Blogs and correspondence we’ll be running the Gallery Acoustic
Sessions that proved so popular last
year during the 2012 programme. If you would like to play
then contact me HERE Wednesday’s will run under The Paul
Pearson and Friends heading while The Saturday Brunch Club Session 11am – 3pm
will run with Mr David Kidman in the Chair.
Let me know asap if you fancy playing.
While we’re
on the Acoustic part of the Fringe Festival, I’ve a few slots for the Acoustic Rotherham on 29th
October free as well. Contact me HERE
The Rotherham Busking Day, Sponsored by
Ziggy’s Workhouse Gym has been confirmed as Saturday 29th September
2012, with Street music running from 11:00am – 3:00pm throughout the Town
Centre. This is a strictly Acoustic
event, although we allow portable battery operated amplified sound. There is no main stage, although we are
hoping to attract some dancers this year and so an area of All Saints Square
will be reserved for that.
Anyone
can play, anyone can put their hat out, Rotherham Art Events have you covered,
but you do need to Register for Insurance and Licensing purposes. There will be a Registration Form with full details on the Web Site before the end of the week. HERE
Veterans of
the first Busking Day will remember how thirty heroes of music headed out into
the frozen wastes of a late October Saturday to play – indeed even those who
played the Gallery during the Festival weeks will testify to the freezing
conditions, often leading to fingers being frozen to strings. We’re a whole month earlier in 2012, which we
hope will prevent frost bite becoming a factor.
So get your
applications in.
We have some
really special shows planned, the latest is a fantastic double Bill of One
Person performances – “Poor Prospects : Tales From the Workhouse”
performed by Tina McKevitt and written by Tina McKevitt and Matt Hegarty (Sheffield) will be performed alongside of
“The Tesco Chainsaw Massacre” Written and performed by Sheffield’s Stan Skinny. This will be a not to be missed evening for
those who liked a touch of pure gut emotion in their Theatre, and will
certainly take you on a roller coaster of tears of pity to tears of joy. Watch out for more details of this as they
become available.
Not to be
out done by all the Acoustic music being performed during the Festival, the RAE God of Rock Mick, having
recovered from Slamfest and our Dirty Dylan Co-promotion, is already hard at
work. During the month we can expect,
Blues, Metal, Punk, an afternoon of for youth Bands and one or two surprises he
says – it’s the later that has me worried, he said that about Rotherham Rocks
Saturday and looked what happened there.
If you’re a
local business looking to become involved in the local arts scene or appreciate
the positive role an association with
local Art can play in promoting your business, then please contact us there
are many opportunities. Email HERE
Rotherham
Art Events also requires VOLUNTEERS. Without more help the current band of worker bees are in danger of being carted off
to the local hospital with exhaustion.
So save the NHS Money and come join us.
Without you we cannot succeed in continuing to mount quality music and
art events.Email Jane HERE
Finally on
the Fringe Festival. The Fringe Festival
Web Site is now LIVE HERE It’s a work in progress and will of
course be updated as dates are confirmed.
A good
friend of Acoustic Rotherham JB Butterfield is embarking on a Sponsored Busk
between Hartlepool and Orkney for the Hospital of God At Greatham. The Hospital
specialises in care for dementia. If
you would like to Sponsor JB contact him via his Facebook
page HERE
Art In The Park is coming to Rotherham,
only it’s going to be at The Old Market
Gallery, on Corporation Street. This
is to be an exhibition offering young
artists an opportunity to exhibit their work FREE OF CHARGE. Visual –
digital – photographic – poetical – musical.
Opening night is 13th September, but you’ll need to Register
your work for inclusion by September 5th. Contact Vicky HERE
An
experiment co-promoted between Rotherham Art Events and RMBC at the Clifton
Park Wall Garden on Saturday night was according to all a great success. The concert which featured Dirty Dylan, yes,
a Bob Dylan Tribute, with Phil Sinclaire and Steve Gascoigne in support made
for the perfect music for the outdoor venue.
We were
lucky, the sun shined, the heat was turned up and an evening sat back listening to the music of Dylan, while
supping Real Ale, and stuffing ourselves with some excellent burgers.
The size of
the audience was far higher than some expected, which added to the creation of
a super atmosphere, and there is no doubt about it Dirty Dylan are one of the
finest Bob Tributes I’ve been lucky enough to see.
The Wall
Garden venue is excellent. Of course we
might be so lucky with the weather on another occasion. So it would really be a great investment by
the Council to have a canvas movable roof available in the event of rain. This would give promoters more confidence to
use the venue for music and Theatre events.
Only at the tail end of June OMT’s Promotion of the Taming of The Shrew
had to be quickly moved to The Old Market Gallery because of the weather.
The
co-operation we got from the Council was fantastic. So thanks to them for giving us the chance to
test the venue out.
Interesting goings
on in the World of Folk. The Chapeltown Folk Festival at The
Commercial on 27th August will be going ahead as per usual. Those who have been attending in recent years
will be aware that there have been several changes in format, and this year
more changes have been made – I’m told.
The event will be exclusive to the Upstairs room, unless agreement can
be reached with regular Pub users over the use of the down stairs bar. Upstairs you can expect music in the round
but with the addition of four special invited spots. The event starts at 2:00pm and runs until
everyone has fallen over.
And venue goin’ ons up Anston way. Having left their home at the Loyal Trooper
for the Cricket Club, the singers have discovered that the all is not greener
on the other side of the Hill, fridge hum seemingly being the main
problem. So from September 20ths
Meeting of the Club, they will be Meeting in the Conservatory of Julie’s
House. The tongues will be wagging down
her Street about all her gentleman callers…… lol. All the details about how to gain entry can
be found on the Listings Page HERE –
and I’d add that this is a bring your own beer venue. Well done Judy on a creative way to overcome
the shortcomings of the diminishing venues available.
And while
we’re talking about Judy. This year’s Rotherham Show will soon be upon
us. I believe, but my beliefs are often
wrong, that this is the last year of the Folk / Jazz Tent as from next year
2013 funding will not be available. There is the usual line up of home and
International Folk musicians on offer.
You can find them listed on the Listings Page HERE
Last year’s
experimental Folk Singaround in the
Museum has been moved to the Sunday, thus allowing Folkies to get a full dose
of their favourite music, and it has the new venue of the Wall Garden
Room. Bring your voices and
instruments. Hosted once again by Robb Slow.
While on the
subject of The Rotherham Show. I’m told
that funding for the Diversity Festival
Stage is more squeezed than usual this year, and rumour is that that like
the Folk / Jazz Tent there will be no official funding for 2013. This has been known for some time, and in an
attempt to promote communications and co-operation between RAE and Diversity I
wrote Emails unfortunately not one was answered – and I even popped along to
two Diversity Group meetings, at the first, one person from Diversity arrived,
at the second no one turned up. Is there
a lesson that we can learn here – I think so, but I fear the establishment know
better, I think.
All part of
the rich tapestry of the chaos that is often the organisation of Art based
events in Rotherham, I fear.
To be fair
to say that the people most involved simply have far too much work on their
desks.
Obviously
given the gee up by the announcement that DJ Alan McGee will be making
appearance at the Rotherham Fringe Festival, a great friend of RAE/Acoustic
Rotherham, Phillip Hartley has taken to
the Airways on a Saturday evening under the guise of “Phil’s Phancies”. Tune
in HERE and find out what Phil might
be playing HERE on his Facebook
Page.
Last
Saturday he played a Mashers Song, but don’t let that put you off, the rest of
the programme was excellent, given that I was sandwiched between Tom Rush and
Jake Thackray.
And now to a
busy week ahead.
It’s Leeds Festival Weekend, the Streets of
Rotherham will empty as the Youth of the Borough are drawn by the glitz of
Bands with “Big” recognisable names, many of whom have more than a passing acquaintance
with the Zimmer Frame. The more brave will be heading down to Reading
of course.
Then there’s
The Worcester Music Festival, one of
the best Free music Festivals I’ve experienced, however I note one or two pay
events sneaked in, and the length of the event has been extended. I’m a bit of a traditionalist in thinking of
not fixing something that isn’t broke. But a well recommended event.
One of
Rotherham’s own young musicians will be doing his stuff over at the Colne.
Quite an honour for the Tom Kilner Band to get on the Billing for the
Great R & B Festival. Those who have not yet heard Tom at work on his
guitar have missed a treat, so far, but the good news is you’ll get a chance to
him in Concert again during the Fringe Festival.
It’s Galtres Festival over York way with a
fantastic line up of Rock and Acoustic stars.
Steve Chapman-Smith can be heard amongst the Buzzcocks and Ash. And I think past Acoustic Rotherham star
Holly Taymar is also appearing.
On Friday we
have US International Poet Buddy Wakefield performing at The
Bridge in Rotherham as a ROMP Special, and if you miss Friday you get another
opportunity on Saturday at The Riverside in Sheffield.
Also on Friday
24th Earth Tales are in
action with the Wyrd Wych on bass at The Red Roof in Sheffield, a rare outing
for this legendary Band so well worth the effort to make the trip.
On Saturday two fantastic live music
Gigs in Rotherham with Papa Legba’s live at The Bridge, and a Punk Metal night
at The Charters. For the artistically
inclined, Chris Slater will earlier in the day be continuing with his series of
Oil Workshops.
A reminder
that Monday 27th is Bank Holiday. PLEASE CHECK THE REGULAR CLUBS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE ON. However, we can
say BANSLEY IS
OFF, while NELLIE FOLK at The Bridge IS ON.
And that my
friends is that for this week’s news and chit chat.
Whatever you’re
doing this week, have great fun, support your local artists and above all KEEP
IT LIVE
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