FESTIVAL2012 30 th year ^ Gwyl Trefynwy Gwyl MONMOUTH Friday 17th to Saturday 25th August Venues:MainStage-BlestiumStreet, Fringe-TheThreeHorseshoes, The Green Dragon, StMary’sChurch & Wyastone Concert Hall 2 www.monmouthfestival.co.uk Friday 17th to Saturday 25th August 2012 Welcome/Contents/Sponsors FESTIVAL2012 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND HERE’S TO ANOTHER FANTASTIC FESTIVAL! Welcome to Monmouth Festival 2012. The fact that the Festival continues to be run, managed and The fact that the Festival evolves each year without losing sight of Can you remember what you were doing in 1983? You might have fundraised-for by volunteers its original vision been playing Pacman or Rubik’s cube, watching Dallas or the Young The Festival attracts around 40,000 visits from people each year In recent years for example it has: Ones, listening to Michael Jackson’s Thriller or Elvis Costello’s Punch over the space of nine days in four different venues across the town. • moved location to a new site in the town; the Clock, crying at ET, wearing a big t-shirt with a huge slogan on Organising - and fundraising for - a festival this big is a huge • added new venues (local pubs, a church, and this year an out-of- it… Well in Monmouth, the plans were being hatched for the first undertaking. Together, volunteers of all ages plan, organise, and town concert hall) and types of music to broaden its appeal; ever music festival here. It’s an incredible feat of achievement that deliver the Festival. • encompassed Monmouth Carnival day into its programme 30 years later it’s still going strong and is still a FREE festival. Your support – which means the Festival can survive • begun to organise fundraising events throughout the year Come what may, Monmouth Festival / Gwyl^ Trefynwy remains an Did you know that 30-40% of our income is from donations from (including 'festival sessions' at the Three Horseshoes and comedy nights at The Savoy Theatre). important and much-loved part of our town’s identity. YOU on the night - the ‘bucket collection’? But we all need to try to give a little more if we want to see the festival survive, because each - yet it’s still a free festival at the heart of our community, and a But did you know that each year, it’s by no means certain that the year it gets harder to attract sponsorship, highlight of the year for locals and tourists alike. Festival will go ahead? advertising and other sources of funding. So, when you come along to the festival, feel proud of what our That’s because we have no regular funding, and we rely on We’re also incredibly grateful to the local community has achieved – and please DIG DEEP when a smiling person volunteers – unpaid people from the local community who are willing business owners who advertise in this with a Monmouth Festival t-shirt and a donation bucket approaches to give up their time to run, manage and fundraise-for the festival. brochure or on the live screen at the main you. A similar evening’s entertainment could otherwise set you back Here are some things that are incredible about the Festival, its stage: again, without them we simply around £15, so do please give generously to help the Festival survive volunteers, and YOU: couldn’t survive. Donate NOW! and bring you an even better nine days’ entertainment next year. 3 Tonight’s 01600 Tonight’s The Green Dragon Sponsor: 713007 Sponsor: Tel: 01600 712561 Friday 17th August MONMOUTH FESTIVAL St Mary’s Church 7pm The Green Dragon 8.30pm Sarah-Ann Cromwell Diva Gigs presents: A week in the Life of a Diva! “You know, it's hard being a Diva ... but someone's gotta do it!” - Sarah-Ann Cromwell SARAH-ANN CROMWELL Classical/Light Music ANDY M Singer This internationally-renowned critically-acclaimed diva reckons the classical soprano recital Andy M - arguably the Forest of Dean’s finest solo vocal entertainer brings you tunes from needs a good shake up! Sarah-Ann Cromwell knows that classical music can be exciting and the good old rock’n’roll days to the present. You’re guaranteed an evening of tunes to sing moving but did YOU know that it can also be damned entertaining? Enter ‘The Diva’ gig!! This is and dance along to. classical cabaret at its best, it's funny, informative, intimate and classy. This is an accessible opera/classical gig with highly trained, professional musicians who are determined to take the pretension and intimidation out of the ‘classical recital’. Not sure? Check out the website below. wwwsarahanncromwell.com/diva 4 Tonight’s Tel: 01600 715988 E: [email protected] Sponsor:: www.alicat-design.co.uk MONMOUTH FESTIVAL Friday 17th August Main Stage 8pm - 9pm Main Stage 9.30pm - 10.30pm THE GOOD TIMES Rock Kicking off the festival with some great party tunes: expect some quirky funky rock arrangements of classics from the last few decades. The Good Times features the astounding vocal talents of Sally-Ann (from soulful melodies to full-on screaming rock); the incendiary guitar of our very own Festival team member, Lyndon Webb; along with keyboards and a rhythm section to die for. www.goodtimesband.co.uk NECK Celtic Folk-Punk Furious global gigging has seen Neck’s live show establish them as international festival Every night of the Festival , in between the bands on the main stage, favourites from Moscow to Texas … and now Monmouth. Monmouth's very own Jeff Harris will be spinning the decks. It’s no surprise that these London-Irish Psycho Ceilidh Rockers take their lead from two other If Jeff hasn't got it, it isn't worth listening to - so if you've got a request, mighty London rebel bands - The Pogues and The Clash. Get ready for wild, swirling, traditional pop some money in the bucket and go ask our very own human jukebox! 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Vocal artist from the South Wales Valleys. The programme will include the much-loved Brahms Symphony No. 3 and the tuneful Slavonic Dances by Dvorák.^ A veteran of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘The X-factor’ Lee has a passion for music. There will also be a premiere of a composition written by our own Monmouth-bred composer Lee’s repertoire music ranges from the 60s up to the modern day; music from artists as diverse and conductor Chris Petrie, who will also conduct the concert. Chris Petrie studied at the Royal as Meatloaf, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Pavarotti, Dion, Neil Diamond, and Elvis amongst Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and has worked with some others. of Europe’s leading ensembles including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tonkünstler Orchestra (Vienna), London Sinfonietta and Chroma. Yet another example of Monmouth’s amazing musical talent. 7 This Festival Brochure was designed and produced by: Corporate Identity Design & Print Website Design T: 01600 715988 E: [email protected] www.alicat-design.co.uk 8 Tonight’s Sponsor: MONMOUTH FESTIVAL Saturday 18th August Main Stage 8pm - 9pm Main Stage 9.30pm - 11.00pm YES SIR BOSS Pop A heavy blend of horn-led hooks, offbeat rhythms, epic riffs and husky vocals create Bristol- based Yes Sir Boss’s stomping, skanking, spell-binding, live show. They’ve become one of Bristol’s headline bands, regularly playing to packed out venues. Following a short European tour supporting soul singer Joss Stone, they hit the festival circuit with the legendary Chai Wallahs venue, performing at festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Electric Picnic, and Green Man. HELLS BELLS Rock Tribute Now signed to Joss Stone’s newly established ‘Stoned Records’, we reckon they’re about to go If you love AC/DC you'll love these. Nuff said. mainstream – make sure you see them here first! “Never go on after Hells Bells – they’re LETHAL” - Don Airey “Eating up genre’s like cream-cakes …” - Ed Williams, Suit Yourself Magazine (Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Deep Purple etc.) www.yessirboss.com “These songs are going somewhere fast” - 247 magazine www.hellsbells.info 9 The Robin Hood 01600 713240 You can be assured of a warm welcome and friendly atmosphere at Monmouth’s oldest pub supporting Monmouth Festival 2012 CARNIVAL CHILL OUT at The Robin Hood Sunday 19th August from 3pm-7pm Entertainment all afternoon from: ANGHARAD • LOUNGING ABOUT 10 Sunday is CARNIVAL DAY MONMOUTH FESTIVAL Sunday 19th August CARNIVAL TOWN CENTRE PARADE 10am - 6pm MONMOUTH Starts 2pm Stalls, Workshops & TOWN BAND Street Entertainers Wyastone Agincourt Square Leisure Concert Hall Centre 1pm 2.5 miles et re St ry io ow r nn P Mo er FUNFAIR iv St Mary’s Church R S t t e M e 1pm - 5pm tr a S r y s ’s S e Monnow Street tre m et Ja t 0 S 4 A Safe viewing from Agincourt Square 2.00pm Gl en t do e we e r r t The Three S CARNIVAL PARADE t e Horseshoes e CARNIVAL tr S The Carnival Parade will leave the top of town at 2pm and w o n CHILL OUT n o make its way down Monnow Street to finish in Blestium Street M 3pm Recreation The Robin Hood where the prize-giving will take place.