June 12th-14th 2015 The 7th Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival www.cambuskers.org www.twitter.com/cambuskers www.facebook.com/cambuskers For enquiries please contact: Heather Bevan-Hunt on [email protected] Welcome to the 7th Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival is now in its 7th year (we took a year off in 2012 for the Olympics) and is the 2nd festival 12th - 14th June 2015 that Cambuskers Community Group has organised. The Festival’s popularity has grown immensely and is a Vote for your highlight of the Cambridge calendar. We have more applicants from overseas than ever before, who will perform alongside Favourite Buskers and artists from the local area. Cambuskers bring a diverse range of music, dance and street win a fabulous prize! theatre to the streets of Cambridge. We also have music at d’Arry’s in King Street, The Earl of Beaconsfield in Mill Road Local and international talent including and The Six Bells in Covent Garden (off Mill Road). New for musicians, dancers, magicians and many more this year is a Cambridge Buskers marquee at Oakleigh Fairs Town & Country Show on Parkers Piece. You will find a map will be showcased in the streets of Cambridge on the back cover with directions to these locations. City Centre. Visitors to the festival are being This free 3-day event starts between 10am-11am finishes between 4pm – 5pm, depending on the location and will be asked to vote for their favourites. later in some venues, see pages 5-7. The new Mayor opens the festival at 11am on Friday 12th You can see them between 10am and 5pm on June outside the front of the Guildhall. Cambuskers All Stars Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June. Skiffle Group is performing, as well as last year’s winner Tom Korni, followed by a performance from Gyps’n’Progress, Please write the names of your favourite 3 (acoustic swing gypsy trio) and D’Ukes, (a 6 piece ukulele band). Cambridge 105 are covering the opening ceremony acts plus the name of your favourite and will be broadcasting live from the festival on Saturday 13th international act : June from 2pm - 5pm. This year we have more workshops than ever before at Millers 1. Music in Sussex Street during the festival, for those wanting to learn the ukulele, harmonica or fiddle or want to improve on 2. their playing, which you will find details of on page 14 & 15. New for this year we will have a banjo workshop and a 3. mandolin workshop for guitarists who want to learn another instrument and/or improve on their musical skills. Favourite International artists: We have a competition (for visitors to the festival) to vote for your favourite buskers. There is a tear off competition coupon on this page. There will also be a coupon in the Cambridge News during the festival. There will be fabulous prizes up for There will be Competition Drop-Boxes to hand grabs for the winning acts! Drop boxes to post your coupons are at various locations, (details on the competition coupon). in the voting slips at: Millers Music, d'Arry's All completed coupons will go into a prize draw! Cookhouse & Wineshop, Information Desk at Apart from wanting to celebrate the variety of talent we have in Cambridge City Centre we also want to draw attention to the Grafton, CamBuskers Marquee at The the Street Performers Code of Practice (A Buskers Guide), so Town & Country Show, The Six Bells, The Earl that we can increase awareness amongst performers of the need to adhere to this. It’s also a guide for the public. This is of Beaconsfield. available as a download from the City Council website. Cambuskers would like to thank this year’s supporters of the Closing date for the competition is close of event, which includes, Millers Music, The Earl of Beaconsfield, business Sunday 14th June. Cambridge Dutchbikes Ltd, Pharminox Isolation Ltd, Langham Press, Oakleigh Fairs, Cambridge Bid, Cambridge City Council, To be entered into a draw to win fabulous Cambridge County Council, Cambridge 105, The Six Bells, d’Arry’s, foodPark, Friends of the Earth and Cambridge prizes, please complete the details below: Newspapers. Name We would also like to thank buskers for taking part – a full list of all performers is on page 4. Address We hope you enjoy some truly great entertainment – there are performances to suit all tastes! We hope the sun will shine on us, but whatever the weather we will have a fabulous festival! Heather Bevan-Hunt Festival Director Tel. no Email: [email protected] Email Website: www.cambuskers.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cambuskers 2│ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cambuskers The 7th Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival June 12th - 14th 2015 Brought to you by Cambuskers Community Group www.cambuskers.org • www.facebook.com/cambuskers www.twitter.com/cambuskers Event Programme • Your guide to the 7th Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival • A fabulous array of music, dance & variety acts over 3 days • Competition to vote for your favourite buskers Contents M Competition cut out coupon pg 2 M A foreword from your Festival Director pg 2 M Supporters of the Festival pg 3 M The Festival List of Acts pg 4 M The Festival Timetable pg 5, 6, 7 M 2014 Competition Winners pg 9 M Cambridge Friends of the Earth pg 12 M Free Musical Workshops pg 14, 15 M Map and Venues for the Festival pg 20 l Pharminox Isolation Ltd http://www.pharminox-isolation.com a Langham Press v http://www.langhampress.co.uk i t Oakleigh Fairs http://www.oakleighfairs.co.uk s Cambridge Dutchbikes Ltd . e http://www.dutchbike.co.uk F Millers Music http://www.millersmusic.co.uk e The Earl of Beaconsfield h http://earlofbeaconsfield.co.uk t foodPark http://www.foodparkcam.com/ f Cambridge Bid o http://www.cambridgebid.co.uk Cambridge 105 s http://www.cambridge105.fm r Cambridge Newspapers e http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk t D’Arry’s Cookhouse & Wineshop r http://www.darrys.co.uk o The Six Bells http://sixbellspub.co.uk p Friends of the Earth p http://www.cambridgefriendsoftheearth.co.uk u Cambridge Live SCOiVxENTBGAeRlDlEs N https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk COVENT GARDEN S │3 Flashback Photograph - Folk rock trio Rod Lynton & Pete Hammerton Fromage a Trois - Anarchic bluesy jazz Soulful acoustic guitar & vocals List of Acts Geoff Carne & the Hatz - Acoustic Rock/Blues Romy Gensale - Acoustic guitar, vocals, original songs Band Santai - Tales of a Walking Stick - Storytelling 4th Labyrinth - Retro rock/pop band Girano Voci - Italian vocal improvisation, circle through folk, blues rap & klezmer Action Painting - Italian artist, ‘Art in Movement’ songs Singing Binman - busking inside a bin! Ain’t Misbehavin’ Gyps ‘n’ Progress - Acoustic swing/gypsy trio Sissy Ford - Under 16, vocals and keyboard, Husband & wife duo, jazz, folk, rock, blues Hope Brothers - Skiffle, folk, blues and comedy original songs Annie Jo Dickson Vocalist accompanied by Dad Jackson Creek Band Six String Ukulele Nigel (Alan) on guitar 3-piece acoustic country & western band tenor 6 string Ukulele Belle & the Busker - 4-piece band, guitar, bass Jake Lowen Warrington Siana C-R Hula Hoop Artist Dancer/entertainer cahon, vocals Accordion player, from continental French, 80s spinning hula hoops Broken Arrow rock, shanties, country. Silver Lining - Acoustic folk pop duo Rhythm & blues & rock & roll James Dylan Thomson Splintered - Acoustic folk/rock duo Cambridge Suzuki Group - Young Suzuki string Troubadour, guitar and vocals The Budapest Marionettes - Hungarian players John Buckley - Acoustic guitar, vocals Marionette puppetry telling stories to music Cambridge Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann John Meed - Singer songwriter The Cambridge Lindyhoppers - Energetic social Traditional Irish Music & Songs Josh and George - Classical Duo swing dance CamBuskers All Star Skiffle Band The Ellis & Connelly Band - A jolly bunch of old A group with a love of music & a sense Just Malcolm - Vocals with backing tracks gents playing old hits & lots of gags. of fun! Keith Luckey - Acoustic guitar, vocals, country, The Emma Collins School of Irish Dance Cameron Sanderson blues, lofipunkabilly Traditional Irish Dance Acoustic Singer/Songwriter Kelly & Woolley - Fiddle & Guitar duo, Cajun, The Gravy Train Trio - Ceroc AM - Modern jive dancing country and original songs organ trio, funk, boogaloo, dance & jazz Charlie Middle - guitar & vocals Leo Cebon - Solo violin - Bach to Klezmer & beyond The Hooligans - 3-piece family band, Trad Irish, Claudia & the Braidy Bunch bluegrass & klezmer Uplifting acoustic sweetness! Louis Perritt - Guitar & vocals, Original songs plus Beatles, T-Rex etc. The Mighty Arms of Atlas Compania Rampante - Spanish theatre, circus Classic hard rock skills, juggling Lucy Black - Classical singer The Misspent Ukes Luke Robson’s Honest Magic - Classic magic for Craig Nethercott & Trevor Bryant - Guitar, 5-piece quirky ukelele pop band keyboard & harmonica duo all ages The Sepia Swing Show Twins - Acoustic Roots Nigel & John Godsill Nola - New Orleans Jazz Daisy Hill - Singer/songwriter, guitar & keyboard and Blues Duo player, folky pop No Name - Guitar and vocals duo, covers The Woodleys - Acoustic duo, Dan the Mime - Street mime improvisation One Man Magic Cabaret - Magic, juggling, singer/songrwriter , harmony based mentalism. Datum Plane - 4 piece Acoustic Rock Band Tom Korni - The One Boy Band Poetry Corner - Poets perform original work Dave Holmes - Bossa Nova guitar and vocals Vernon Frost - solo artist, singer/songwriter Psychic Lemon - psychedelic krautfunk D’Ukes - Ukelele band, songs from Vox Mondiale 60’s onwards Rachel Clark - Singer songwriter Women’s a’cappela world music group Elliot Porter - Acoustic guitar, vocals, original Rcubed - 5-piece band, vocals, blues/swing/Latin William Bearcroft - Comedy Magician songs & a hint of funk Facebook link: Bearcroft’s magic Emma Spray - Acoustic guitar and vocals, original Richard Wells Zoe & Zara with Richard Arshaw - Vocals with songs solo acoustic guitar/mandocello folk/rock guitar, soul, pop, uplifting feel good music.