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An exciting and varied schedule of events has been planned for 2010 please see below for details. More activities and information will be added over the coming months so don’t forget to check this page on a regular basis for new events.
Unless otherwise stated to arrange tickets for any event just pop in and book in person, or call 01886 833633.
Events
For 2010 we are pleased to announce
Upcoming Events
Mumbo-Jumbo presents 'Musical Gumbo'
Saturday 13th March - Food from 7pm – Performance from 8pm - Tickets £6 in advance - £8.00 on the door
Featuring Mumbo-Jumbo, Paul Cowley and Dave Reeves – The Wooden Horse of Doctor Troy.
Mumbo-Jumbo takes four highly experienced blues, jazz and roots musicians, all strong vocalists in their own right, throws them together in a broadly acoustic format and lets them deliver what they are best at - live music performance.
Taking elements from blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, country and their own Brit folk heritage they deliver an original and entertaining brand of music they clearly enjoy just as much as the audience. Now featuring top blues guitarist Tommy Allen along with Oliver Carpenter, Chris Lomas and Abby Brant, the band apply their combined 115 years of performance and 5,500 gigs across the world to entertain anyone with ears.
Organisers of our annual 'Blues at The Fold' Festival, these four top Midlands blues musicians will fill your ears with pleasure and the venue with instruments.
To launch Blues at the Fold 2010 – Saturday 3rd July – (www.bluesatthefold.co.uk)
Mumbo-Jumbo are also bringing along top blues singer songwriter Paul Cowley and the inimitable festival compere and performance poet Dave Reeves - the Wooden Horse of Dr Troy for this very special night.
Display of the University of Worcester’s Green Graphic Design Students Prototype Information Boards Using Recycled Materials & Sustainable Design Techniques
University of Worcester ‘Green Graphic Design’ students have been working on a sustainable graphics project in conjunction with the Fold’s staff over the last 5 months. This preview afternoon will now enable some of the work from this project to be displayed to the public for the first time. The project brief asked the students to design and create a combination of information graphic displays and wayfinding signage for use in and around the Fold. Although completed to working prototype level only, many of these designs and ideas use sustainable design considerations utilising re-used, post consumer and recycled materials.
The students involved have now completed their studies into sustainable graphic design techniques but some hope to take these into their real-life practices after graduation in summer 2010. With many larger companies now asking designers to create solutions using recycled paper, card and vegetable-based inks, these students will hopefully now have a working advantage. The Green Graphic design studies undertaken at the University of Worcester, are one of only a handful of such courses presently running at undergraduate level in the UK.
The student work will be in place until Friday 12th March.
"Tree Of Birds" Book Signing.
If you missed Marie-Therese, one of our Designer Makers from Eek Batik, doing a book signing of her book "Tree Of Birds" on Saturday 20th February don't worry you can order a signed copy for a special ocassion.
The Fold are going to be the only venue selling "Tree of Birds" and a percentage of the books proceeds are going to the Noah's Ark Trust.
More information about "Tree Of Birds".
Folk at the Fold
Monthly folk club, every fourth Saturday, 8.30 - 11pm. Next meeting Saturday 27th March 2010.
Be heard - come and sing, play, tell a story or poem - or just enjoy listening! Beautiful half timbered surroundings with lovely acoustics.
Entrance fee: £2, Bring your own drinks and a smile!
for more information contact Eric or Eileen on 01886 832029 or email eric_payne@btinternet.com
Gareth's Sponsored Walk in aid of Worcestershire's Breast Cancer Unit Campaign
Whilst most of us are tucking into chocolate eggs this Easter Gareth Ellis from the Fold's Care Farm will be walking and sleeping on some of Scotland's most exposed peaks. He will start a five day walk of the West Highland Way on Good Friday, from Kinlochieven to Drymen, to help raise funds for the campaign to to build a dedicated breast care unit in Worcestershire. The campaign under the slogan 'Everbody Know's Somebody' aims to raise 2.5 million for more info visit www.everybodyknowssomebody.co.uk.
Gareth will be walking in memory of his Mum and if you would like to sponsor him please complete a sponsorship form in the ecoCafe or visit his Just Giving on-line sponsorship page.
http://www.justgiving.com/Gareth-Ellis-West-Highland-Way
Dancing The Ramayana - Shindig Live Music Event
Interactive storytelling through dance & music - Saturday 24th April - Food from 7pm - Performance from 8pm
A Traditional Kathak dance from North India together with live music brings to life legendary stories based on the Ramayana
The Ramayana is an epic love story written over one thousand years before romantic love became a defining theme of Western literature. It recounts the story of the great prince Rama, his banishment to the forest, the abduction of his wife Sita by a powerful demon Ravana, and Rama’s rescue of her.
Sampad - South Asian Arts www.sampad.org.uk
Shindig Worcestershire’s Rural & Community Touring Scheme www.shindig.org.uk
(Due to adverse weather we had to postpone the Roving Crows gig and we now have a new date)
The Roving Crows - Contemporary Irish Band
Thursday 29th April 2010
Concert at 8pm - Food from 7pm
Tickets £7 in advance - £8 on the night - Special Student rate £5 in advance £6 on the night
The Roving Crows music is funky and upbeat - guaranteed to get your feet tapping!
With roots in traditional Irish music and influences ranging from country to rock and blues they generate a moving and upbeat experience.
Their original material is a mix of humour and social statement that reaches and drives the crowd.
Whatever your taste in music, come and see them live. Their unique blend of story and music is guaranteed to entertain and get you dancing!
To hear some of the Roving Crows music ahead of their performance at the Fold visit their website www.rovingcrows.com
