Organisers say the 25th anniversary Llangollen Fringe Festival which kicks off next Friday, July 22, offers a great line-up of performers, workshops and activities.
Here are details they have supplied of the programme:
"Friday 22nd – Comedy featuring some top-quality jokers headed by Paul Sinha who not only knows everything there is to know, but tells great jokes as well. Saint or Sinha – you decide? Note to Festival Ticket holders - please email Paul with your preferred seating position for the Comedy - Front, Middle, Back or Balcony. Thanks Saturday 23rd – World Music from The Turbans. They may be London-based, but their canvas is drawn from traditional near-eastern and eastern-European styles. This is music for all ages, so bring gran and the kids and treat yourself to the celestial glow of some truly vibrant music. I saw them a couple of years ago and they were great! Perfect for a Saturday night and guaranteed to get you dancing! Monday 25th – And now for something completely different and also something of a coup for the Fringe, because Roger Eno hasn’t been a prolific live performer of his Ambient music over the years. But he’s going to perform some for you. I would call his music mesmeric if I knew what that meant, but I think you’ll find yourself transported to another and better place while you’re listening to it. Don’t let this one pass you buy, let it pass through you instead. Tuesday 26th – The evening for all you aspiring hipsters and cool cats out there, but anyone who loves great music is welcome as well. If it’s a Tuesday then it must be Jazz, because Tuesday is Jazz Night at the Fringe. The Zoe Gilby Quartet are cool and sophisticated players of both original material and some well-known jazz standards as well. A great live band, satisfaction guaranteed and with special guests So What Now what could possibly go wrong? Wednesday 27th – Right it’s midweek and time to “get down” to “fractured rock and roll at its best”. Warmduscher first got together at the end of 2014 and have been on an upward trajectory ever since. Iggy Pop no less, the Godfather of Punk graced their 3rd album with his presence. If you’re looking for some Ramalama and a Shindig this is the band for you, or maybe you’re looking for a “mix of in-your-face-punk and sinister electronica” again Warmduscher will deliver. Hot stuff indeed. Supported by Red Telephone, a band from Cardiff who make layered neo-psych at-rock combining angular guitars, Kraftwerkian-inspired rhythms and New Wave-tinged synths all mixed with masses of melodic melancholy.. Thursday 28th – And tonight we have for you one of the most important figures in the history of Folk Music, a man who has inspired Paul Simon and Bob Dylan no less, and countless others as well. Martin Carthy, for it is he, has been interpreting traditional songs in an innovative way since he first heard Lonnie Donegan playing “Rock Island Line”. The music of the common people kept relevant and fresh for modern times. And, as if that wasn’t enough, he will be accompanied by his daughter Eliza Carthy who is of course a star in her own right. Mark Radcliffe described her in my presence as “a force of nature” and he was spot on. Friday 29th – If the Carthy’s have retained a youthful outlook, Talisk actually are youthful and this shows in their energetic and powerful live performances. Hailing from Scotland they draw on influences from all over for their folk-based music and their fusion of concertina, fiddle and guitar is enthralling. Winner of countless awards – you’ll be kicking yourselves if you don’t come along and see why! Saturday 30th – Is it Saturday again already? But what a finish this promises to be to the 2022 Fringe Town Hall and as always with the Fringe something a little different. Ebony were one of the first Steel Bands to be formed in the UK, their latest project has been to take the classic electronica of Kraftwerk and turn it into, well…something else. Anyway, check in with your doctor if they don’t get you smiling and leaping about with gay abandon in what promises to be a fabulous finale show. Okay that’s a lot about the main performances, but don’t forget that the Fringe is about so much more than them. There’s a jam-packed programme of fun and exciting activities and workshops that will cater for all ages from 1 to a 101 so even I can join in. Wow, I wish I lived in a place that put stuff like that on…hang on I do, it’s called Llangollen and it’s part of the Fringe. Please follow the link below and find out what’s on offer, you’re bound to find something whether for yourself, the kids or your mum. There’s art, poetry, music, archaeology, walking, singing, dancing, story-telling, circus, jewellery making and much, much more. Llangollen Fringe Workshops - Llangollen Fringe Festival We are so looking forward to seeing you all at Llangollen Fringe 2022, 22-31 July. P.S. Don’t forget to check out the entertainment being provided by our friends at Gale’s Wine Bar throughout the Fringe." |
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