A TWO WEEK CELEBRATION OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS IN ST IVES CORNWALL ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL 201914th-28th September Programme of Events Visit our website for updates and online booking: www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk and follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. Tickets & Information Unless otherwise stated, tickets are available from: St Ives School of Painting l www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk Outside Workshops l Cornwall Riviera Box Office: 01726 879500 For outside workshops we recommend l Visit St Ives Information Centre, St Ives Library, Gabriel Street, St Ives TR26 2LU you bring sturdy walking shoes (or Opening hours: Mon to Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm 01736 796297 trainers) and either warm waterproof l Tourist Offices in Penzance, Truro, St Mawes, St Austell, Bodmin, Launceston, clothing, sunhats and sun cream as Liskeard. appropriate. We meet at Porthmeor l Tickets on the door if available. Studios but a few landscape workshops are based at the Penwith Studio, Information Points accessed via a steep cobbled ramp. l Café Art, The Drill Hall, Royal Square, St Ives. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-4pm - Tues, Thurs 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm l Outside Mountain Warehouse, Fore Street, Sat 14th and 21st 10am-5pm Pre-Concert Suppers The 2019 Festival Raffle Café Art, The Drill Hall, Win Cheese and Chocolate. Prize is donated by ‘Cheese On Coast’ and ‘I Should Chapel Street, St IvesTR26 2LR Coco’. Raffle tickets can be bought at a number of venues, including The Guildhall Vegetarian hot meals served in an and Café Art during the Festival. The winner will be announced at the end of October. informal and cosy cafe setting. Dish of the Day either Curry, Chilli or Tajine Open Studio Art Draw (vegan & gluten free options available). Visit 5 Open Studios in 5 different locations for a chance to win £100 towards a piece Hot and cold drinks available, or bring of artwork from one of the participating studios. See page 42 for details. your own alcohol for £1 corkage. The prize is donated by Cornish Riviera Holidays. l Saturday 14th - Vegetarian Chilli l Wednesday 18th - Vegetable Curry Festival Sponsors l Friday 20th - Vegetable Tajine The St Ives September Festival offers an opportunity for collaboration between l Monday 23rd - Vegetarian Chilli business interests and the cultural resources of the local community through l Wednesday 25th - Vegetable Curry sponsorship. Our 2019 sponsors are: Art Space Gallery, Aspects Holidays, Bradleys l Friday 27th - Vegetable Tajine Estate Agents, Coodes Solicitors, Cornish Riviera Holidays, Peter Eddy, Greenwood l Saturday 28th - Vegetarian Chilli Wilson Accountants, Star Linen Hire, St Ives BID, St Ives Holidays, St Ives Rotary, £6.50 per person if pre-booked in St Ives Town Council, St Ives Tourism Association, Tregenna Hotel and Resort. conjunction with Festival Concert Ticket. Capacity: 20. For information call: 01736 799450 or email: [email protected] Welcome Contents There's something wonderful about coming back to St Ives. It's a feeling I notice, whenever I go away, of returning to somewhere special. So, to returning visitors to the Festival this year, I'd like to wish you a very warm Saturday 14th 4 welcome and to new visitors, I hope the St Ives September Festival will create some wonderful, memorable moments for you which will mean your first visit certainly Sunday 15th 6 won't be the last! Monday 16th 7 We have a very exciting and dynamic programme of events happening this year across music, the arts, talks, walks, films and exhibitions as well as workshops to Tuesday 17th 10 name just a few. St Ives is a diverse cultural community and being by the sea - especially in September when the light is often at its most glorious - seems to bring Wednesday 18th 13 out people's creativity, so I hope you have fun browsing this year's Festival Thursday 19th 16 programme and all that the Festival has to offer. Along with our new website, we've tried to make information as easy to find as Friday 20th 18 possible in this year's programme. You'll see colour coding to highlight different Saturday 21st 21 activities, as well as a day by day snapshot of what's going on. Advance interest in events has been high, so a word of advice would be whatever Sunday 22nd 23 takes your fancy, please book early and each event has contact details for ticketing Monday 23rd 25 enquiries. We're looking forward to celebrating a unique breadth of arts and music events with Tuesday 24th 27 you here in this glorious setting. Wednesday 25th 29 Warm wishes, Thursday 26th 32 Mary English, Chair St Ives September Festival PS. The dates for the 2020 Festival are 12th - 26th September Friday 27th 35 Saturday 28th 37 Film Season 38 Open Studios 40 St Ives Map 44 Exhibitions 45 Mary English Chair, St Ives September Festival Saturday14th September Ấ EXHIBITION Ặ WALK Ậ MUSIC ấ FILM Ắ OTHER ắ POETRY ẳầ THEATRE ẶẲ WORKSHOP ẳ TALK Ả COMEDY INFOMATION POINT FREE STREET ENTERTAINMENT EXHIBITIONS Outside Mountain Warehouse, From 12 noon a variety of entertainers Held in various locations. St Ives is host Fore Street from 10am to 5pm. will be getting everyone in a Festival to a very large number of art galleries mood with performances in the town. and exhibition spaces. See pages 45-48. BORLASE SMART ROOM, PORTHMEOR THE GUILDHALL, STREET AN POL BOATHOUSE THEATRE, STUDIOS, BACK ROAD WEST Ặ St Ives Town Walk CARNGLAZE PLACE ẶẲ Willow Basketmaking with Tony Farrell ẳầ Great Expectations with Annemarie O’Sullivan 11am £5 (no booking required) 7.30pm £11 Friday13th (Day 1), Saturday 14th (Day A walk that includes places of historical James Hornsby brings this Charles 2), Sunday 15th (Day 3) and cultural significance in the town. Dickens classic to life with his amazing 10.30am-4.30pm The development of the town and the one-man show. Limited space so please £300 (including all materials) significance of mining and fishing in the reserve seats in advance. To book: call Working with Annemarie in a stunning past are explored through the the theatre on 07985 261181 historic studio space overlooking townscape. The growth of tourism and Porthmeor Beach, learn to make a the arts are examined. Visit to the THE GUILDHALL, STREET AN POL simple basket or functional bag over Fishermen’s Lodge is included. 2 hours. Ậ Dougie MacLean three days using beautiful native willow. 8pm (doors 7pm) £25 Attach a leather or wooden handle. This BARNOON WORKSHOP, CLODGY VIEW Scotland’s finest singer-songwriter - is an immersive course for beginners or Ấ Your Face, My Art internationally renowned for his song anyone wishing to improve their willow 12noon-4.30pm ‘Caledonia’, music for ‘Last of the basketmaking skills. To book: visit Portrait £15 (no booking required) Mohicans’ and inspired performances. www.annemarieosullivan.co.uk A contemporary twist on the traditional He has received two prestigious Tartan art of seaside portraiture. Drop in, Clef Awards, a place in the Scottish BARNOON WORKSHOP, CLODGY VIEW choose your artist (each with their own Music Hall of Fame, a Lifetime ẶẲ Draw St Ives style), sit for your portrait in under 15 Achievement Award from BBC Radio 2 10.30am-12noon minutes and leave with an original piece Folk Awards and an OBE! ‘a musical £7 (no booking required) of art. hero’ (Wall Street Journal) An outdoor drawing experience suitable (unreserved seating). for all abilities. We take you to lovely NORWAY SQUARE (elsewhere if wet) spots around St Ives, depending on the Ậắ Music & Poetry in the Square THE CASTLE INN weather, including beach scenes, coastal 12.30-2pm FREE Led by Bob Devereux. Ậ Jonah’s Lift path, townscapes, streets, gardens or 9pm High energy folk and world music. harbour scenes. Included are drawing ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING, materials and tips and techniques on PORTHMEOR STUDIOS, UNION INN capturing what you see. Meet at BACK ROAD WEST Ậ 20th Century Stardust Barnoon, and dress for the weather. ẶẲ Life Drawing 9pm 70s and 80s glam rock. 1.30-4pm £18 non-members, £9 members. GOLDEN LION Drawing from the figure is a classical Ậ The Hoodle ritual practised by artists for centuries. 9pm Country rock, blues, R&B, rock, We have offered life drawing at our psychedelia, americana, folk. Porthmeor Studios for more than 30 years, under the expert guidance of our THE QUEENS HOTEL, HIGH STREET artist tutors. Ideal for anyone wanting to Ậ Tom Dale hone their skills or simply have a go. 9.30pm Old time blues, mountain music Willow Basketmaking, 10.30am, Porthmeor Studios. To book: call 01736 797180 or visit using slide guitar, banjo and more. schoolofpainting.co.uk 4 Saturday14th September Dougie MacLean Saturday 14th, Guildhall, 8pm (doors 7pm) 5 Sunday15th September Ấ EXHIBITION Ặ WALK Ậ MUSIC ấ FILM Ắ OTHER ắ POETRY ẳầ THEATRE ẶẲ WORKSHOP ẳ TALK Ả COMEDY ST IA CHURCH, MARKET SQUARE STEEPLE WOODLAND NATURE MEET AT WESTCOTT’S QUAY Ậ Festival Inaugural Sung Mass RESERVE, TR26 2AY Ặ St Ives Storywalk 9.30am FREE (donations) Ắ Steeple Woodland Family 6pm £7 (no booking required) We welcome St Martin’s Singers to sing Open Day 2-5pm FREE Love St Ives through its stories. With the music in our Festival Solemn Mass: Great family afternoon in the Steeple professional storyteller and local ‘I Was Glad’ (Boyce), Mass setting: ‘O Woodland nature reserve just below historian Shanty Baba. From the historic Quam Gloriosum’ (Victoria), Gradual: Knill’s Monument. Live music, singing, to the comic; from the tragic to the ‘Sing Joyfully’ (Byrd), Communion: ‘O crafts and lots to keep the kids amused.