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MARK RADCLIFFE 22-24 JUNE 2018 JUNE 22-24 TOWN COUNCIL FOLK AT THE THEATRE FOLK AT SATURDAY SUNDAY *bill subject to change subject to *bill SQUEEZE MELANIE C MELANIE Lost & Found 7 – 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 THE LAMBING SHED, KNUTSFORD THE The Eldon Lord Event partners Event RAZORLIGHT TOM ODELL The Botanist drink and music, hosted by Tom Kerridge Tom by drink and music, hosted Knutsford Little TheatreKnutsford Knutsford Little TheatreKnutsford Church St John’s The Botanist Evuna Dexter Jones and Old Sessions House Old Sessions The Courthouse Dexter Jones and The Courthouse Join us for a laid-back summer celebration of the very best food, best food, very the of celebration a laid-back summer us for Join www.pubintheparkuk.com at remaining Last tickets 3.15 TO 5.15PM 5.15PM TO 3.15 & FOLK KNUTSFORD TRADITIONAL SESSION 4PM HALLE BRASS DUO RNCM ZERBINA 4PM CHRIS HOWARTH 7.30PM & CIARAN ALGAR GREG RUSSELL RUSSELL MARK RADCLIFFE WITH DAVE & CHRIS LEE HELEN WALFORD HELEN 7PM MILES HUNT SAM LYON THE FINE LINES 7.30PM & FRIENDS MIKE MCGOLDRICK AMELIA COBURN 7.30PM SINGERS TATTON 8-11PM ELLIE & SIMON & 1.45-2.30PM 12.30-1.15PM LUMINOUS 1-5PM GLENN SHARP 2-4.30PM RICK W 3PM BERIAN MILES CATHERINE HARDMAN CATHERINE REV HOWLING THE CHETHAM ABIGAIL - 4.30 3.30 - AFRICAN DRUMMING DRUMROOTS (DROP-IN) WORKSHOP 4PM £12 £15 £12 £12 £15 £15 £15 FRIDAY SAT £11 Lost & Found St John’s Church St John’s Little TheatreKnutsford The Courthouse St Cross Church St Cross Little TheatreKnutsford The Courthouse Little TheatreKnutsford Brook Street Club Street Brook

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KRAFTY KIDZ EMMA GILMOUR PERFORMS AS ELSA 2.30 - 4.30 MARTHA DAWSON MARTHA 2PM - 3PM 1PM - 3PM SHAMONA HELEN WILSON CHARLOTTE PETERS ROCK CHARLOTTE VAUGHAN DAVE 1PM MODJANGO 12.30-1.15PM;1.45-2.30PM 12.30-1.15PM;1.45-2.30PM 12.30PM - 1.30PM AMY GRACE DEAN MAC AND THE 105 DEAN MAC 9PM TIL LATE 9PM TIL LATE TONY & JOHN TONY 8PM-11PM 8PM-11PM 8PM BEN ROTHWELL HIGGINBOTTOM & ROB CARROLL & ROB HIGGINBOTTOM THE MUSIC TRAIN WITH GEOFF THE MUSIC TRAIN 8PM PILGRIMS’ WAY PILGRIMS’ MARKS LUCAS 7.30PM VALE ROYAL STRING ORCHESTRA ROYAL VALE 7.30PM THE GRITSTONE CLAYS THE GRITSTONE ASHLEY SHERLOCK TOM ATTAH AND MAT WALKLATE AND MAT ATTAH TOM JAM SESSION JAM 7PM 7PM CHOIR 6.45PM 6.45PM VOICE MALE & FRIENDS CATENIAN THE ALGAR SUPPORTED BY MARK BY MARK SUPPORTED ALGAR

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Booths @ 6.45pm Sak’s Hair from 12.30pm Knutsford Little Theatre from 7.30pm CATENIAN & FRIENDS CHOIR AMY GRACE MIKE MCGOLDRICK & FRIENDS The Catenian and Friends Male Voice Choir was Amy Grace is an amazing emerging Mike has mastered numerous founded by a small group of members of The talent in Wrexham, where she regularly instruments including Irish flute, tin whistle, uillean Catenian Association in 2014 and is led by professional musicians performs at street festivals and pipes and bodhran. He performs regularly with the Joan and Alan Dean. local events. Amy recently featured on Calon FM as BBC Four Transatlantic Sessions and with Dire Straits Dexter and Jones @ 7pm vocalist of the week. frontman Mark Knopfler. Lost and Found AMELIA COBURN JAM SESSION 12.30-1.15pm; 1.45-2.30pm BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominee Enjoy some craft ales and specialist gins while 2017, Amelia Coburn performs sold out shows listening to some local musicians in this relaxed jam session. MODJANGO Modjango perform nationwide and abroad, regularly featuring in on her home turf in Teeside where she is known as ‘Teeside’s a wide variety of events, from The International Guitar Festival of Princess of the ukulele’. The Brook Street Club from 7pm Great Britain and Southport Jazz Festival to the Bude Festival. TOM ATTAH & MAT WALKLATE St John’s Church @ 7.30pm Mat Walklate, one of the UK’s most accomplished The Market Hall from 1pm THE TATTON SINGERS The Tatton Singers formed in 1976 and Blues harmonica-players, performs as a duo with CHARLOTTE PETERS ROCK Tom Attah, a soulful performer of new and original acoustic blues Charlotte Peters Rock is a writer and performer have a tradition of presenting quality concerts of choral material. Combining raw power with the dense hypnotic rhythms of original folk, protest songs and stories. Her work has been music. They are a well-balanced choir of 78 voices with a of the old blues shouters, live shows take audiences on a journey performed around Knutsford and extensively across the North reputation for dynamic music. from the Delta to the Download. West of England. The Botanist from 8-11pm THE GRITSTONE CLAYS DAVE VAUGHAN ELLIE & SIMON The Gritstone Clays are a 3-piece acoustic band Knutsford born Dave sings unaccompanied, This duo, formed of music graduates, have a playing Blues/Folk/Rock/Americana with a twist, ranging from the traditional to contemporary. His wealth of experience entertaining crowds. They have a wide formed in in 2016. Vocals, 2 guitars, mandolin and influences include his parents English and Australian heritage as and varied repertoire of popular classics from a multitude of harmonica produce something a bit different! well as poetry and songs from . styles and eras. ASHLEY SHERLOCK HELEN WILSON Returning for a second year due to popular Helen Wilson is a singer/songwriter based in demand, Ashley Sherlock will be showcasing Cheshire, who writes songs about peace, love and new music he recorded in Nashville, kindness. She has released an EP, an album and has performed at 24TH JUNE which expresses blues inspired melodies with smooth and many smaller festivals. versatile vocals. April’s Kitchen from 1pm to 3pm St Cross Church @ 7.30pm Lost & Found VALE ROYAL STRING ORCHESTRA SHAMONA 12.30-1.15pm & 1.45-2.30pm Formed in 1993, bringing together amateur Shamona is a three-piece band, named in Fred and professional musicians, the VRSO plays to Perry’s top 20 bands in Liverpool. Their track LUMINOUS Luminous are a five-piece girl band based around Manchester, support local charities. The VRSO with oboist Game Is Yours was recently featured in the Everton FC Season performing acoustically with some electrical elements and Debbie Fuller will perform a lively and eclectic programme. Ticket Campaign. focusing on vocal harmonies. Their influences include Dodie Clark, Music on the Moor from 2.30pm – 4.30pm Gabrielle Aplin and The Staves. Knutsford Little Theatre from 7.30pm DROP IN EVENTS PILGRIMS WAY KRAFTY KIDZ Evuna 1pm to 5pm Meet the highwaymen, robbers, and brigands Come along to create musical crafts with local GLENN SHARP of England in this energetic new show from children’s craft company Krafty Kidz, where you can build rain Glenn is a session musician, composer and Pilgrims’ Way. Performing English folk song and producer on the world music scene. He sticks and take part in other free craft activities for kids! 1980s disco are BBC Radio 2’s Folk Award nominees. specialises in traditional acoustic music, particularly flamenco and LUCAS MARKS AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOP Arabic, and composes music for film, TV and other media. Lucas Marks is a singer-songwriter from (3.30PM-4.30PM ONLY) Knutsford. Renowned for his thoughtful Join Drumroots in an exciting drop-in style Botanist 2pm - 4.30pm lyricism, his two albums ‘The Glorious Unknown’ workshop session where everyone can have a go at playing the RICK W and ‘Winter on Your Mind’ are on general release. African Drums. Rick is a talented guitarist and vocalist based in On Stage the North West who has performed regularly The Cross Keys from 8-10pm EMMA GILMOUR AS ELSA around Manchester and Cheshire for a number of years. THE MUSIC TRAIN WITH GEOFF Emma Gilmour first performed as Elsa for her HIGGINBOTTOM & ROB CARROLL Frozen fanatic daughter’s own birthday party. It went so well that The Old Sessions House @ 3pm Geoff Higginbottom and Rob Carroll are on the the singer and pianist now regularly transforms into Disney’s snow BERIAN MILES Music Train to and from and at the Cross queen. When she is not Elsa, the Knutsford resident can usually be Berian always had a passion for singing and Keys. They will be playing 6 & 12 string guitars, bodhran and found performing at Mere Golf Resort. picked up the acoustic guitar while travelling in Thailand. mandolin as well as singing both traditional and contemporary songs. He covers everything from The Beatles to Aloe Blacc, CATHERINE HARDMAN Departs Chester at 19:01 and returns from Knutsford at 22:24 Short, sweet, soulful singer-songwriter from Coldplay and The Killers. The Old Sessions House @ 8pm the Northwest of England, with music that is The Lord Eldon 3.15pm to 5.15pm influenced by Motown and 60’s Folk. BEN ROTHWELL KNUTSFORD TRADITIONAL & Having developed a passion for playing guitar THE HOWLING REV FOLK SESSION from an early age, Ben performs a variety of The Howling Rev will perform a solo acoustic The Knutsford Trad and Folk Session meets popular covers in his own individual acoustic way, set featuring tracks from bands he’s been in monthly to share tunes and songs. This special from Stevie Wonder to Bruno Mars. including Hey Hello, The Prodigy, bringing the festival session is open to all to join in - a perfect way to get in the The Botanist from 8pm – 11pm experience of a seasoned live performer. mood for Mark Radcliffe’s performance at the Little Theatre. ABIGAIL CHETHAM TONY & JOHN Abigail is a 17-year-old folk singer-songwriter Tony & John are a Chester based duo who also The Courthouse from 4pm from Knutsford. Beginning composing at the perform in a trio. They have a wide array of styles HALLE BRASS tender age of 7, Abigail’s lyricism is mature and artistically crafted to in their repertoire and always get the party started. Hallé Brass is one of the foremost brass tell stories of the human soul. ensembles in the UK. Formed in 1965 from April’s Kitchen from 9pm til late Saks Hair @ 2pm members of internationally renowned Halle Orchestra, they give concerts throughout the UK and abroad. DEAN MAC & THE 105 MARTHA DAWSON Dean Mac is a UK singer/songwriter, fusing funk Martha is a 17-year-old singer-songwriter from RNCM ZERBINA DUO influenced grooves with neo-soul. His smooth Knutsford. Covering pop and indie songs mixed The Zerbina Duo is formed of Harpist Becki vocals and slick dance moves combined with powerful on-stage with a few originals, she is very excited to be part of the Knutsford Mcllroy and Violinist Rebecca Howell, who are presence offer a unique pop artist. Music Festival again! both currently postgraduate students at The Royal Northern College of Music. Dexter and Jones @ 4pm Dexter and Jones @ 4pm HELEN WALFORD An American girl with a guitar, with influences of CHRIS HOWARTH Singer songwriter based in Cheshire, singing PJ Harvey, Cat Power and Jeff Buckley about personal experiences in an upbeat The Courthouse from 7pm folksy manner. TICKETS MILES HUNT Miles Hunt is the singer, rhythm guitarist & Little Theatre from 7.30pm TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA OUR WEBSITE: principle songwriter in UK chart topping band The Wonder Stuff. GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR WWW.KNUTSFORDMUSICFESTIVAL.COM Miles will perform a special solo show featuring rare acoustic Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar joined forces OR FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICES: versions of songs from TWS. in 2011. Combining Russell’s powerful vocals and guitar style with Algar’s winning fiddle playing, the duo have TOFT ROAD, KNUTSFORD, WA16 6TA. THE FINE LINES T: 01565 653929 Fine Lines was started in 2016 and in their short become highly sought-after within the British folk scene. time together have already MARK RADCLIFFE WITH DAVE /KNUTSFORDMUSICFESTIVAL played with the likes of folk giants Merry Hell, RUSSELL & CHRIS LEE Galleon Blast and John Power. The former BBC Radio 1 breakfast show presenter will join his former Family Mahone @KNUTSFORDMUSIC SAM LYON Sam Lyon is an acoustic singer-songwriter from Cheshire. Sam is a bandmates Dave Russell and Chris Lee for a stripped back folk show. successful unsigned artist who has played at well-known festivals @KNUTSFORDMUSICFESTIVAL and music venues across the UK.