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27th - 11am - HistoryWalk. County Archivistand Westbury expert,Steve Hobbs, is runninganother one of hisimmensely popular histo-ry walks. This year,Steve will be taking usaround Westbury's newBlue Plaque Trail. Stevewas closely involved,along with the HeritageSociety, in WestburyTown Council's BluePlaque Project, writingmost of the text for theplaques and the guides.For more information seefestival website. £3.27th - 2pm - Stamp & UsTwo at Horse & Groom,18 Alfred St. Popularlocal groups Stamp & theTwo of Us provide a lazySunday afternoon's enter-tainment for a specialMusic & Arts edition ofthe Horse and Groom'sregular Sunday Musicsessions. The current'Stamp' lineup consists ofacoustic guitar, bass,vocals and harmonica,playing an eclectic mix of

acoustic rock of blues,soul and country music.Steve (guitar and vocal)and Nigel (harmonica)have been playing togeth-er for 15 years, Rob (bassand vocal) joined us twoyears ago, and has addednot only amazing bassplaying, also incrediblevocals.'Us Two' are awell-known Westburyhusband & wife duo,Angie Fawcett (vocals)and Rob Fawcett (guitarsand backing vocals).They regularly perform atblack-tie dance functionsincluding the annualWestbury Civic Dinner,local Lions Clubs' Char-ter Evenings, and NewYear's Eve parties. Forthe Westbury Music &Arts Festival, Us Twowill be performing astripped-back acoustic setof popular covers fromthe 1950s to date. Free(Sunday lunch £8.50,please book: 01373859433).27th - 3pm - Access AllArias at West End Bap-tist Church, West End,BA13 3JG. ex, murder,debauchery and magic...opera has it all! AccessAll Arias is a rollercoast-er ride through a muchmisunderstood genre, tak-ing in well-knownfavourites and hiddengems, spanning 3 cen-turies, 4 octaves and 5languages. Whetheryou're an opera fan,wannabe diva or a totalnovice, Access All Ariashas something for every-one. Be prepared forsomething utterly fabu-lous, and a little bit dif-ferent! Naomi Bignell is asinger, songwriter andrecording artist based inWestbury. Classicallytrained since the age of15, Naomi studied atDartington College ofArts and later at The

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SEPTEMBER25th - 7.30 pm - OpeningEvent at The Laverton,Bratton Rd. BA13 3EN.Join us for the start of the8th Westbury Music andArts Festival for adelightful evening ofchoral music where 3local choirs and a stringensemble will be per-forming a varied pro-gramme. WestburyChoral is a friendly socia-ble choir that regularlyrehearses a variety ofworks, both sacred andsecular. It is conductedby Luke Pickett, a localmusic teacher, brass play-er and signer and accom-panied by Rob Danter, anexperienced local accom-panist and organist. TheMatravers School choir isan established ensembleat the school. Led byvocal coach, SarahPhillips, they perform avaried repertoire includ-ing musical theatre,gospel and popular music.Westbury String Ensem-ble was founded in Jan-uary 2015 by MatraversSchool who realised therewas potential to bring allthe young string playersin the town together for aweekly rehearsal and reg-ular performances. Theensemble currently com-prises students from fourdifferent schools and twoadults. The WiltshireCouncil Singers are a

work-based choir thatformed in 2014. Thesingers come from ser-vices across the counciland are led by DeniseDrew. The choir performa wide range of musicincluding pop, jazz andspiritual. £5.25th - 9pm - CraigCharles Funk & SoulClub at Club Ice. TheKing of Funk, CraigCharles is set to land inWestbury to assist withthe official opening ofThe Westbury Music andArts Festival. Red Dwarf& Coronation Streetactor, comedian, presen-ter, poet and BBC 6Music DJ, Craig Charleswill be performing a liveFunk/Soul DJ set. CraigCharles has built up aloyal fan base due to hisamazing Funk and SoulClub radio shows on BBC6 Music and Radio 2 andalso for his parties, bring-ing the funk and dancefloor mayhem to his sellout shows all over theUK. £14 advanced £17door (over 18s only).26th - 1st Oct - 10am -Exhibition: 'The Every-day Tommy' at TheLaverton, Bratton Rd.BA13 3EN. As part ofWestbury Town Council'sGreat War commemora-tions, local artist, HelenChester, has produced aseries of evocative paint-ings of both young men

and women from the localcommunity who went towar. "I became fascinatedin incorporating portraitsinto my work after find-ing a photograph of myGreat Grandfather andseeing his memorial inthe tower of All SaintsChurch in Westburywhere he was a bellringer." says Helen, "Irealised the devastationthat was caused to hisyoung wife and baby son(my Grandfather) whenhe was killed and how theonly record of his life wasa sepia photograph, acigarette case and acarved memorial" Thisexhibition has been sup-ported by funding fromWestbury Town Council,Wiltshire Council and theNational Lottery HeritageLottery Fund. You canfind out more aboutHelen Chester and herwork at her website:www.helenchesterarts.co.uk Free.26th - 7pm (starts 7.30pm) - Ceilidh with Pil-garlic at The Laverton,Bratton Rd. BA13 3EN.A fun packed evening ofCeilidh dancing lead by acaller with six folk musi-cians. Pilgarlic Bandstarted playing over 20years ago and are allexperienced musiciansand have played withother folk dance bandsand Morris teams. Someof them also play classi-cal music so betweenthem have a great varietyat their fingertips.Valerie's skilled callingmeans that everybodyshould be able to join inwhatever age you are orwhatever your experi-ence. The band hasplayed throughout Eng-land for folk dance clubs,barn dances and ceilidhsfor weddings, birthdaysand other special occa-sions. Incidentally, 'Pil-garlic' is the name of anEighteenth CenturyEnglish Playford danceand also means a bald-headed old man! £10adult, £33 for family tick-et (2 adults, 2 children).

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pleasant cafe surround-ings. Providing a won-derful musical accompa-niment will be pianist,Sue Miles. Althoughmany people in the West-bury area will know Sueas their local curate, shehas spent most of herworking life as a profes-sional musician. SueMiles grew up in ahousehold where musicwas always central tolife! Both her parentswere musicians playing& teaching classical andjazz and her brother isprincipal Contra bassoonplayer with WelshNational Opera. Sue andher brother used to playpiano accompaniment forher parents instrumentalpupils and to this dayloves accompanying. Suestudied at the RoyalAcademy of Music inLondon for three yearswith the viola as her prin-cipal instrument, but alsothe piano. For manyyears afterwards Sueplayed and taught, inLondon, both piano andviolin/viola in varioussettings and contexts. Sheretrained in 1995 to be amusic therapist workingwith children and latterlyadults with learning diffi-culties. She says that herbest claim to fame as apiano entertainer is that

she almost took a postplaying in the bar of thePaddington, Hilton! Weare very pleased that shewas unable to pass overthe opportunity to playthe rather more genteel,Fairfield lounge. Sue willdelight you with a selec-tion of popular songs andlight classics. Parking:there is enough parkingat Fairfield or nearby foreveryone at one concertbut not both! So wewould ask those arrivingfor the 2nd tea session (at3:30) not to arrive tooearly as you will find thatthe car park is very fulland access is difficult aspeople are leaving; don'tworry if you have a ticketyou will get in. £7.50.29th - 7pm - Our MutualFriend at WestburyLibrary, WestburyHouse, Edward St. BA133BD. Following on froma series of very success-ful lectures, Dr KeithHooper is back onceagain and this year willpresent: Charles Dickens- "Our Mutual Friend".Dr Keith Hooper, whoholds a doctorate in nine-teenth century literature,reflects upon aspects ofthis highly popular work.£3, tickets for this eventcan only be booked at thelibrary or by calling01373 822294.30th - 1:10 pm - Little

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OCTOBER1st - 1:10 pm - LittleLunch 4 - OrganRecital by David Dewarat All Saints Westbury,BA13 3BT. David Dewarpresents a short recital.David Dewar studiedorgan with Malcolm Sax-ton initially, and laterwith Anne MarsdenThomas and GerdiTroskie at the St GilesInternational OrganSchool (now RCO/StGiles). He has held postsas organist in Birming-ham and Hampton inArden, and at Helmsleyin North Yorkshire.Whilst in Birmingham he

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was Diocesan MusicAdviser, a post he com-bined with that of Direc-tor of Music at AllSaints', Kings Heath inthat city. On moving toNorth Yorkshire to takeup his appointment atHelmsley Parish Church,he was appointed Assis-tant Regional Director forthe Royal School ofChurch Music. On mov-ing south in 2009, he wasappointed Director ofMusic & Organist atChippenham ParishChurch, and has alsorecently taken on tutoringand encouragement ofpotential and in-post vol-unteer organists on thePipe-Up! scheme run bythe Salisbury DiocesanMusic Adviser. Free, vol-untary collection.2nd - 11am - FestivalRhyme Time at West-bury Library, WestburyHouse, Edward St. BA133BD. Songs & Rhymesfor under 3s and theirparent/carer. Join us forlots of bouncing, clap-ping, songs and rhymesfor babies and toddlersaged 0-3 years and theirparent/carer. This is afun, free session, no needto book. More detailsfrom Westbury Library inperson or by phoning01373 822294.2nd - Little Lunch 5 -Gareth Bennett at AllSaints Westbury, BA133BT. Gareth Bennet,Director of Music at AllSaints Westbury presentsa short recital. Garethplays for services in AllSaints several times aweek and has done sonow for over two years.This means that he hasbuilt a close workingrelationship with the 3-manual Bevington andknows how to get thebest from it. He is knownfor providing very enter-taining recitals from hiswide ranging repertoire.Free, voluntary collec-tion.2nd - 7pm - Sticky ToffeeJazz at The Laverton,Bratton Rd. BA13 3EN.Get into the mood withsophisticated 1940s jazzand swing, brought toyou by singer Sandy Ince(Sticky Toffee Jazz) andJacinta Landon's Elevate

Vintage Dance Group.Sandy's sophisticated andengaging voice, togetherwith beautiful choreogra-phy, will provide a show-stopping performance toremind us of how theyrelaxed and celebratedvictory 70 years ago.Learn some new moves,practice some old ones,or simply sit back andenjoy the show! The per-formance will be accom-panied by a meal com-prising: sweet and sourchicken with rice or vege-tarian chilli with rice;sticky toffee pudding (ofcourse!) with cream orfruit salad with cream.Food served at 7.30 pmand show starts at 8 pm.£20 including meal.3rd - 10am - DjembeDrumming at The Laver-ton, Bratton Rd. BA133EN. Cool drumming forall the family with AlexKemp and John Millichipfrom All Instruments/TMW Music School. Noexperience necessary.Last year, this very popu-lar event was a sell-out.We've increased thecapacity but we advisebooking to avoid disap-pointment. £1, tickets canbe obtained from ourwebsite or directly fromAll Instruments/TMWMusic School at Mad-brook Farm, WarminsterRd, Westbury, BA13 3RB(01373 859044) or 125High Street, MidsomerNorton, BA3 2HN(01761 415300).3rd - 10am - HarmonicaWorkshop. Learn to playblues harmonica. No

experience necessary -instrument provided.Blues master, NigelRicketts, will take youthrough the basics ofplaying a blues harmoni-ca. he guarantees youwill be making music bythe end of the session.Note that spaces are lim-ited so booking isadvised. Nigel who isleading the session (aDBS registered trainer)will be providing Swan10 hold diatonic harmon-icas in the key of G (andafter the session you willprobably know what thatmeans)!. You will be ableto take away the harmon-ica you played (RRP£3.99). Tickets £4.3rd - 10am - Walk / talkaround LeightonHouse. Led by Lt. Col.Andrew Field, this is anopportunity to see insideLeighton House andgrounds - home of theArmy CommissioningBoards since 1949. Mostofficers in the BritishArmy will have passedthrough the selection pro-cess at Westbury. We arepleased to announce theLt Col Field has (unex-pectedly) negotiated per-mission to take the toursinside the house as well.There will be a numberof tours throughout theday and these will bearranged by invitationonly so please, in the firstinstance, contact us andlet us know which dateand preference of morn-ing or afternoon.Entrance will be on astrictly in order ofenquiry basis and num-bers for each tour will belimited. Please contact byemail (to brendapyne@virginmedia.com ) givingyour name, address, tele-phone number of all in

your party plus the dayand your preference ofmorning or afternoonsession. Please note youwill be required to bringsome form of identifica-tion on the day. £ (50%going to Army Benevo-lent Society).3rd - 2pm - Making aCommunity WallHanging at The Laver-ton, Bratton Rd, BA133EN. Wiltshire WildlifeTrust want to create abeautiful communitywall hanging. They willshow you how thingsthat are normally thrownaway can be re-used. Thefinished picture will goon display in the townafter the festival. West-bury has one of the low-est rates of recycling inWiltshire so WWT hopeto get us thinking moreabout the re-use of waste.All the family are wel-come at this free event.3rd - 2:30 pm - 'Scratch'Mikado at MethodistHall. Want to sing inGilbert & Sullivan'sMikado? But don't havemuch time. Then comealong for a run throughwith the Bath G&S soci-ety, have some tea andthen go on that night. Noexperience necessary justturn up; all ages and allabilities absolutely wel-come. The Bath G&Ssociety has been runningfor over 70 years. Theywill be performing theMikado later in the yearin Bath. This means thatthey will already havethe principals inrehearsal by Octoberand they will lead theperformance for our pro-duction. Should you wishto take part, a practicesession will be held at2.30 pm at the MethodistHall, where song sheetswill be provided andassistance from BathG&S Society will be onhand to guide you. In theevening, you will per-form in front of yourfamily and friends along-side celebrated singersand soloists from Bath.You can, if you prefer,just buy a ticket to theperformance - it shouldbe a lot of fun. Eveningperformance starts at7.30 pm. £8 choristers;£5 evening audience; £4concessions (Seniors &U/12s).3rd - 7.30 pm - The LiveSession at Dilton MarshMemorial Hall. Short

acoustic sets from someof the area's finest. Localmusician LeanderMorales, grew up in Dil-ton Marsh and attendedthe primary school in thevillage. Having success-fully crossed the AtlanticOcean, performing 2 liveshows, 3500 miles a partin one day for the 2014Westbury Music & ArtsFestival, this event willsee the story continuewith the launch of Lean-der Morales's EP TheFirst Lesson featuringsongs recorded duringhis performance at NewYork's Bitter End inGreenwich Village,September 2014. 2015has seen Leander work-ing with Violinist,Katherine Brewer.Together they have per-formed at the Glaston-bury Festival and TheVillage Pump Festival aswell as a number of othershows in the West. TooMuch Lipstick is madeup of 6 local musicians.Together they have sup-ported The Beat andmore recently as themain support for TheHoosiers at Frome Festi-val. This young indie/pop/ska infused bandwill be performing anunplugged acoustic set.This band is certainly onthe up! Come and seewhy. Three Corners isfronted by Caroline Rad-cliffe and Nick Water-house (The creators ofFrome's popular Acous-tic Plus) The melodicband has performed allover and on this occa-sion, they will be pre-senting music from theirrecently released album,Singular. Jess Vincenthas been touring over theyears, appearing atnumerous festivals and iscurrently performingsongs from heracclaimed album SeesawDreams. Jess's uniquevocal and song writinghas seen her earning ravereviews from the musicpress/media. When youhear the faint sound ofdrums/saxophones/ trom-bone and several otherinstruments in the dis-tance, there's a slimchance that it could bethis flamboyant outfitfrom Frome. The FromeStreet Bandits oftenspring up when leastexpected, marching thestreets and finishingwherever they feel suit-

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Festival Orchestra andWelsh National Opera.Read more about the trioon their website www.fiatawinds.co.uk Theprogramme will com-prise two 45 minute ses-sions, with a break of 30minutes in betweenwhen tea, coffee, biscuitsand cakes will be avail-able to purchase. £7,child £3.4th - 6.30 pm - FestivalChoral Evensong at AllSaints Church, Westbury,BA13 3BT. A choralevensong to a setting byStanford in B flat. Thechoir of All Saints West-bury sings for most Sun-day morning servicesthroughout the year. Ona few special occasions,they sing a choral even-song. We are most grate-ful to the choir, theDirector of Music,Gareth Bennett, andReverend Steve Jarvisfor offering to schedule aspecially sung serviceduring this festival.Evening prayer is aquintessentially Angli-

can liturgy. In its sungform it is usuallyreferred to as Evensong.There are countless set-tings of the canticles(sung praise from bibli-cal text); in this servicethe choir will be singingone of the several set-tings by the victoriancomposer Charles Vil-liers Stanford. As he pro-duced canticles in everymajor key, choirs usuallyrefer to "Stanford in ....".The setting for this ser-vice is "Stanford in Bflat". The responses areby Richard Ayleward(1626-1669) and theanthem will be "O Thouthe Central Orb"(Charles Wood 1866-1926). The evensongwill be sung by the choirof All Saints Westbury(Director Gareth Ben-nett) and the choir of St.Andrew's, Chippenhamas well as guests fromseveral other localchoirs. Conductor:Gareth Bennett. Organ-ist: Peter Couzens. This

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service is open to people ofany faith or of no faith.As a sung service, thecongregation mostly lis-ten although there will besome hymns for all tosing and an opportunityto join with some prayers;you may take part asmuch or as little as suitsyou. Free, with retiringcollection.5th - 1.10 pm - LittleLunch 6: John Iles atAll Saints Westbury,BA13 3BT. FeaturingJohn Iles, organist. Free,voluntary collection.6th - 1.10 pm - LittleLunch 7: Piano Duet atAll Saints Westbury,BA13 3BT. Featuringpiano duet by RuthPhillips and PaulineWard. Free, voluntarycollection.7th - Little Lunch 8:Fiona Harris, Contraltoat All Saints Westbury,BA13 3BT. A lunchtimeconcert by Fiona Harris.Free, voluntary collec-tion.7th - 4pm - WASP Cre-ative Arts Extravaganzaat Matravers School,Springfield Rd. BA133QH. Six schools fromthe Westbury AreaSchools Partnership(WASP) have been work-ing together to producean evening of creative art,involving local childrenfrom every key stage.The theme is travellingaround the world whereeach school has chosen acountry to inspire theircreativity. Each schoolwill have an interactivestand of the artwork pro-duced by the children andwill be performing onstage at different timesduring the evening.Times of performances inthe main hall: 4pm:Westbury Infant School;4.20pm: Westbury LeighCofE Primary School;4.40pm Westbury CofEJunior School; 5pm:Bitham Brook PrimarySchool; 5.20pm: BrattonPrimary School; 5.40pm:Matravers School. Socome on down, pick up apassport at the event andtake a tour round theworld with the children ofWestbury and the sur-rounding area. Enjoy thecreativity, diversity andperformances from chil-dren of all ages. Free.8th - 1.10 pm - LittleLunch 9: Organ &Viola at All Saints West-bury, BA13 3BT. David& Hilary Dewar presenttheir acclaimed duetswith an unusual combina-tion of viola and organ.David is currently Direc-tor of Music & Organistat Chippenham ParishChurch and has alsorecently taken on tutoringand encouragement of

potential and in-post vol-unteer organists on thePipe-Up! scheme run bythe Salisbury DiocesanMusic Adviser. He stud-ied organ with MalcolmSaxton initially, and laterwith Anne MarsdenThomas and GerdiTroskie at the St GilesInternational OrganSchool (now RCO/StGiles). He has held postsas organist in Birming-ham and Hampton inArden, and at Helmsleyin North Yorkshire.Whilst in Birmingham hewas Diocesan MusicAdviser, and when inNorth Yorkshire he wasAssistant Regional Direc-tor for the Royal Schoolof Church Music. HilaryDewar (BMus(Hons)Birmingham LTCL(Viola) Instruments) is aprofessional violist and iswell-known as both ateacher and performer.9th - 1.10 pm - LittleLunch 10: Gareth Ben-nett at All Saints West-bury, BA13 3BT. Anorgan recital with GarethBennett. Free, voluntarycollection.9th - 7.30 pm - Music forThree Guitars at DiltonChurch. a highly enjoy-able concert featuringlocal classical guitaristsJohn and Cobie Mills andguest artist RaymondBurley. Featuring musicfrom Italy, Spain andAmerica, this is one ofonly a handful of concertsthe trio are presenting inthe UK this year - so anevent not to be missed!All the performers are ofcourse recognisedsoloists. John Mills is aformer pupil of JohnWilliams and AndresSegovia, a professor atthe Royal Academy ofMusic, London for 20years and the RoyalWelsh College for 23years. He has played inmany parts of the world,including N. America, SEAsia and Scandinavia.Cobie Mills, his wife,comes from Rotterdamand was a student at boththe Rotterdam Conserva-tory and the Royal Con-servatory of The Hague.As well as forming a gui-tar duo with John Mills,she has performed in asolo capacity widely inthe UK, Scandinavia,Australia and NewZealand. Raymond Bur-ley is based in Oxford-shire. His work over sev-eral decades has taken inmany genres - solo,chamber music and con-certo work - with some ofthe leading UK orchestrasas well as recording pro-jects both here and inHollywood, working withlegendary film composersincluding Miklos Rozsa.His wide range of reper-toire lends itself to manytypes of performances.Over the years, he has

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given poetry and guitarrecitals with Dame PeggyAshcroft, been involvedin jazz and rock concertswith Rick Wakeman,Dudley Moore, JohnEtheridge and GordonGiltrap, as well as duoconcerts with renownedviolinist, MichaelBochmann. This event ishosted by the DiltonMarsh Arts Group. £8.9th - 7.30 pm - FinnegansWake - Irish Folk at TheThree Daggers, 47 West-bury Rd. Edington, BA134PG. Ever popularFinnegans Wake make awelcome eighth appear-ance at this year's festivalwith a mixture of IrishJigs, Reels and Polka, andwith a good selection ofIrish traditional songsthrown in. This event hassold out every year - sobook early! The musicwill set your feet tapping,and their songs will getyou singing along!Finnegans Wake wereformed over nine yearsago by Frank Hackett(accordion) and MickFranks (guitar). Althoughreduced in numbers thisyear to the original two,the band is still goingstrong. The venue thisyear is the popular ThreeDaggers pub at Edingtonand they will be provid-ing a 3 course mealincluded in the ticketprice of £25. Becausedining space is limited,please book direct withthe Three Daggers on01380 830940 orhello@threedaggers.co.uk9th - 7.30 pm - ‘SupportYour Local’ Evening inWestbury. Tonight, ourtown landlords, ownersand committees combineto offer a wealth of musicand entertainment, offer-ing local beers, goodwines, cider to refresh,accompanied with goodfood and hospitality.10th - 10am & 2pm - Pot-tery Have a Go at WhiteHorse Pottery, The OldSchool, Newtown, West-

bury, BA13 3EE. Comealong for a pottery lessonwith everything provided.Maximum number is 15at each session from age15+. If you have alwaysfancied making your ownpiece of pottery then nowis your chance! Comealong to the White HorsePottery for a pottery les-son and get your handsinto a piece of clay. Befascinated to see and feelthese lumps of claychanging into handmadepottery objects. You willbe given advice andsupervision on handbuilding and a lesson onthe wheel on how tothrow a pot. Your cre-ation will be glazed andfired for you to pick up afew days later. WhiteHorse Pottery is a friend-ly family business set in aVictorian School buildingon the edge of the oldmarket town of Westbury,near the White Horse.They have been an estab-lished pottery for 35years. Visit them atwww.whitehorsepottery.co.uk Tickets are £10 perperson and are availabledirect from White HorsePottery, Westbury BA133EF, telephone 01373864772.10th - 2pm - FamilyShow at Leigh ParkCommunity Centre,Leigh Park Way, West-bury, BA13 3FN. Fancyan afternoon of fun enter-tainment for all the fami-ly? And free to boot! Thisfabulous family varietyshow offers somethingfor everyone. There willbe a juggler, magicianand a ventriloquist! Heldat the popular Leigh ParkCommunity Centre, thisis a not to be missedevent for all ages. LeighPark Community Centreare kindly providing theevent venue. The show issponsored by ElkinsFord. £1 deposit per tick-et (refundable on door).10th - 7.30 pm - Light-Garden & GeorgiaLewis at The Laverton,Bratton Rd. BA13 3EN.LightGarden are a uniqueacoustic music ensemble.Based in south west Eng-land, they have variousUK and European back-grounds, and many worldinfluences which feedinto their music. Georgia

Lewis is an up-and-com-ing folk singer with apenchant for taking well-worn ballads and addinga little spice! She isjoined onstage by FelixMiller (guitar) & RowanPiggott (5-string fiddle)and together they are gar-nering attention on theEnglish folk scene withtheir compelling arrange-ments and captivatingsound. £10.11th - 3pm - FromeSwing Band at ParagonHall, Haynes Rd. BA133HA. Frome Swing Band

is making their firstappearance at this year'sFestival. Formed in 1990and based in Frome, thisBig Band has the veryhigh standards which arerequired to produce theauthentic sounds of thefamous big bands of thepast including GlennMiller, Ted Heath, CountBasie, Duke Ellington,Woody Herman andmany others. Tunesincluded in the pro-grammes range from theearly 1920s to the presentday. £7.

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