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MELBOURNE FESTIVAL CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES : September 11th to September 25th
The Melbourne Festival consists of an Art and Architecture Trail and a Festival of Performing Arts. The Art & Architecture Trail, the core of the Festival, takes place over the middle weekend, September 18th - 19th. The Festival of Performing Arts takes place over a fortnight from September 11th - 25th .The concert and performances programme last year was the most comprehensive to date attracting over 1500 people over the two week period. We are hoping for a bumper turnout again this year.
To book tickets call 07962 430450
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Saturday 11 September: The Public Hall, Derby Road - 8pm :Dani Wilde:
This is your chance to get in at the start of something big! Brilliant Brighton based Blues / Soul singer Dani Wilde is set to take the world by storm with her long awaited second album ‘SHINE’ produced by British blues legend Mike Vernon comes out in August. The Melbourne Festival gig is an early date on her nationwide tour. Dani mixes blues and soul influences with a more contemporary edge inspired by the likes of Alanis Morisette and Joss Stone. The music press expect Shine to make Dani a household name – her band Mark Earl, Jonny Chase, Will Harmonica Wilde and Ben Poole are pretty amazing as well! Book early to avoid disappointment!
Sponsor:Onesystem Ltd www.onesystem.co.uk Tickets £12
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Saturday 11 September: Catholic Church - 7.30 pm: The Sitwell Singers: Tickets £8 from Festival Office or Sitwell Singers on 01332 662519 or tickets@sitwellsingers.org.uk
“This and That” - A varied programme to pass an enjoyable summer evening with the choir. Music from England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Russia, America – old and new, sacred and secular, serious and not-so-serious. Pieces by Elgar, Sullivan, Tchaikovsky, Byrd … in fact, something for everyone! |
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Sunday 12 September: Public Hall Derby Road - 7.30 pm: StrumPluckWarbleTwang: Andra Sparks - voice, Nick Weldon - double bass, Dominic Ashworth - guitars: Tickets: £10
With Andra Sparks' beautiful voice, Nick Weldon's pulsing double bass, wickedly funny songs and anecdotes (son of Fay Weldon after all..) and the guitar wizardry of Canadian Dominic Ashworth - the trio STRUM, PLUCK, WARBLE and TWANG their way through the music of the ages with humour and intensity. Exploring classical song, jazz, folk, blues, pop and movie themes: from Purcell and Dowland to Ellington, Jobim to Leonard Cohen and Pat Metheny to Leiber and Stoller - the trio take a wry look at life - reflecting how 'plus ca change' www.andrasparks.com
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Thurday16th September: Hannah James & Sam Sweeny: The Alma - Derby Road: 8 pm - Free Entry
Back in 2002, the young Sam and Hannah met and spent 7 years playing together as part of Kerfuffle. In 2009 they performed as a duo for the first time producing reworks of traditional folk music in a spine tingling, mesmerising style. They are both extremely talented musicians and bring a rather astonishing variety of instruments to gigs. Their early performances at Sidmouth Folk Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival and others were a great success and their début album, Catches and Glees was released in 2009 was very well received and led to a Folk Award Nomination for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Both are also part of other successful groups, Sam with big band Bellowhead, and Hannah with the Demon Barber Roadshow.
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Thursday 16th September : Hothouse Big Band: Methodist Chapel: Tickets: £8
The talent of the young people in Hothouse Big Band is amazing , they may be young but they sure can play! Great music with a mix of modern jazz and some classical pieces all arranged and conducted by the inimitable Jon Eno. Great music, great atmosphere – come along and have a ball!
Sponsor : The National Forest Spring Water Company www.nationalforestspringwatercompany.co.uk
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Friday 17th September : Comedy Night: Royal British Legion, Derby Road: Tickets: £7 from Festival Booking office or Frank Hughes 0133 2862243
The Comedy Nights have had regular spots every 3 months since they were launched two years ago. The formula is timeless: Compère; 3 comedians; beer and wine; bajhis and samosas; packed house. An Arts festival is about creative development and comedy is just poetry without the label. For this evening, the headline comic is Andy White who escaped from a job in a call centre to become a stand-up comic! Andy combines silly voices and a mad afro to devastating comic effect. Supporting Andy are Dan Evans and Tudor Owen and keeping everything under control is our Compere Alan Seaman. |
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Friday 17th September: Get Rhythm: Bluebell Inn: 8 pm Free Entry - All Welcome!!
After a brilliant evening during the last Melbourne Festival weekend in 2009, Get Rhythm return to The Blue Bell with their great mix from the 50's to the 90's including Country & Western, Irish, Blues and Rock & Roll. Angela on guitar and Martin on keyboards are both professional singers and musicians, they are looking forward to another great night where you'll all be singing and dancing again at The Blue Bell.
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Saturday 18th September: Camp David – David Bowie Tribute Band: Public Hall, Derby Road: 7.30pm: Tickets £10:
f you liked David Bowie you’ll love Camp David! Five piece live band Camp David are probably the best David Bowie tribute band out there. From Members Clubs at the BBC to Weddings in Russia they never fail to leave a sense of euphoria in their trail! The set is generally a mix of the 70's and 80's classics including Ziggy Stardust, Life On Mars, Changes, Heroes, but does in fact cover something from every Bowie album ever!
Come On...Lets Dance!
Sponsor : Chellaston Dental Practice
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Tuesday September 21st: Between the Covers: Thomas Cook Hall: - 7.30 pm: Tickets: £5
This lovely evening is now a feature of the Festival. This year's theme is "The Perfect Crime". For those new to the event, “Between the Covers” is an evening where members of the Derbyshire County Library Service talked about their favourite books. The crime novel has appeal across the sexes and all ages; the evenings are fun, inspirational and the room will befull. For a Festival organiser, that's enough! |
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Thursday 23rd September: My Brilliant Divorce: Library Theatre Company: Public Hall, Derby Road :Tickets £6
Divorce hurts – no doubt about that – but Geraldine Aron's one-woman comedy, My Brilliant Divorce produces gales of laughter. Mrs Angela Kennedy Lipsky, starring Debbie Kelly, is an abandoned middle-aged female "in agitated state" ditched by her husband for not just one but a string of younger, more exotic women! The show covers Angela's sense of shock and humiliation, depression, jealousy, and her fantasies of reconciliation, thoughts of revenge and disastrous dates. Her encounters with the plot's supporting characters (including Axl the Scotty dog) are hilarious.
Politically correct it may not be but that is life. My Brilliant Divorce may be caught in a time-warp in which women of a certain age feel incomplete without a man but that doesn't make it any less frothily amusing.
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Friday 24th September: Musica Donum Dei: Melbourne Parish Church: 7.30 pm: Tickets: £12.50 to include a glass of wine from the Festival Booking Office 07962 430450
Scandal in the Ccathedral Close -the Singer and the Swan’ Once again the Friends are giving full support to the Melbourne Festival. Musica Donum Dei gave a stunning performance of Shakespeare and Elizabethan music last year. This year, a scandal between the celebrated poetess Anna Seward, unmarried daughter of a cathedral canon, and John Saville, a respected vicar-choral and nationally famous singer, which rocked Lichfield in the 18th century. The story is told in music of the period by composers such as Handel, Philip Hayes and Thomas Arne, with readings from letters, newspapers and journals.
Sponsor: East Midlands Self Storage Ltd www.em-storage.co.uk
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Friday 24th September: Idle Hands Blues Band: The British Legion, Derby Road. 8pm : Tickets £6
A classic original British Blues Rock band based in Chesterfield featuring Phil Allen, Dave Robinson, Jamie Burns and Paul Heydon. Their dynamic, edgy live performances combining original material with re-worked Blues tracks have earned The Idle Hands a well respected, hard earned reputation and a truly dedicated fan base. Powerful, gritty & soulful vocals are interlaced with proficient, intensely exhilarating guitar work, all solidly backed by a vacuum tight rhythm section, creating a band whose combined skills & dynamic live performances captivate audiences.
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Saturday 25th September: Come and Sing: Bill Shone Centre, High Street. 2pm : Tickets £15
The chosen work this year is Brahms German Requiem. This beautiful piece of music will be sung in English. The workshop is led by Peter Williams who will be known to many of you. He is a distinguished musician with a wealth of experience in choral singing. Following the workshop there will be an informal performance of the work at 7.00pm in the Bill Shone Centre.
Audience Tickets £4.00
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And finally, some dates for your diary............
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Saturday 2nd October: A Choir’d Taste: TBA |
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Wednesday 6th October: Magical Mayhem: Light Party , sponsored by Bright Lights: Senior Citizens Centre, Church Street: 6:30 - 7:30pm: Tickets £3
from Rachel Coupe 01332 416152 or Melbourne News
This Light Party is a real treat and not to be missed! Paul Brown has already amazed us with his magic show and circus workshop. His gadgets and stunning visual effects guarantee an evening to remember. The party includes juggling, frisbees and parachute football - all in the dark! Anyone aged between 7 and 18 is welcome. Everyone gets LED
headgear to wear.
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Saturday 23rd October: Oompah Band -Men in Shorts: Bill Shone Centre, High Street. 7.30pm : Tickets £10
Men in Shorts the Midlands finest Oompah Band an evening of thigh slapping entertainment, beer and food.
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For full details contact info@melbournefestival.co.uk or call 07765 819428. To book tickets call 07962 430450.
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