15 fun filled days in the Yorkshire Dales15th to 30th June 2012

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15 fun filled days in the Yorkshire Dales 15th to 30th June 2012
32nd annual Grassington Festival 2012
Grassington Festival –
A word from our festival director
Welcome to Grassington Festival
The 2012 festival has something for the everyone, from
walks, workshops and talks, including Andy Kershaw,
Sarah Raven and Frank Stone to an eclectic range of films
and culinary events. We’ve a truly amazing Art and About
programme, including the opportunity for you to have a
Picasso in your living room! And building on the legacy of
Lemn Sissay’s 2011 residency, poetry will be popping up in
some most unusual places.
Reaching out to every corner of the village and the globe,
is music hall superstar rapper Ida Barr, Cultural Flavours,
world music from Tennessee’s Earl Thomas and the soaring
trumpet jazz, hip-hop and funk of South African legend,
Hugh Masekela. Closer to home, Northumbria’s The
Unthanks fuse folk music with Yorkshire’s Brighouse and
Rastrick Brass Band.
Don’t miss the mesmerising shadow puppetry of Swamp
Juice, the incredible theatrical feat of one actor portraying
hundreds of characters in Bane, and the return of the
incredible Slung Low as they take you on a very unique
journey round Grassington. And to top it all there’s an
extraordinary experience awaiting us in Architects of Air’s
Luminarium. I can’t wait…
But none of this would happen without the astounding
support from you, our audiences, patrons, funders, sponsors
and volunteers. So a huge thank you, all of you. We look
forward to welcoming you all to Grassington in June!
Kate Beard
Festival Director
and the Festival Team
Grassington Festival Opening Night: Fri 15 JunE
with Skipton Building Society
Fri 15th June, 8pm
Venue Town Hall, 48a Main Street,
Grassington, BD23 5AA
Tickets £20
A word from our headline
sponsor
The South
Welcome
+ support: Rachel Goodwin
For many years Skipton Building Society has supported this
wonderful event. And we do so with great pride. Skipton has been
meeting the financial needs of generations of families in North
Yorkshire and beyond since 1853. And almost 160 years later,
we’re still here with the same values and beliefs.
Fri 15th June, 6.30pm
Venue The Square, Grassington,
BD23 5AT
Tickets FREE
As a local mutual we recognise the importance of supporting the
community. With our Head Office just a few miles up the road and
numerous branches within a 20-mile radius from here – many of
our staff and members, my family included, have enjoyed fantastic
events at Grassington Festival. Last year I had the pleasure of
attending the recording of BBC Radio Four’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A
Clue, seeing a packed marquee and hearing two hours of non-stop
roaring laughter.
The diversity of performance and engagement with the local community sum up perfectly what Grassington Festival is all about.
It left a great legacy last year, and special thanks must go to the
organisers for bringing it back with such enthusiasm and commitment. Not only has it got impressive new branding, but the line up
of events go from strength to strength. Skipton is proud to support
this event and I’m confident the 2012 festival will be even bigger
and better than before.
Good luck to all those involved,
Big Boy Bloater
Fri 15th June, 5.30-6.30pm
Venue Venue Begins Hebden Road Car
Park, BD23 5LB, continues up Main
Street, Garrs Lane and ends in The
Square, BD23 5AT
Tickets FREE
Carnival
Procession
Following the opening ceremony,
acclaimed guitarist and singer/
songwriter Big Boy Bloater will kick off
the party in a big way with his big voice,
twang, dark blues and swamp soul. 2011
saw him as a guest on Jools Holland’s
BBC Radio 2 show, a special guest of
Imelda May at two of her big UK concerts
(Roundhouse and Somerset House), and
chosen support for Imelda’s UK tour.
After 20 years, ten studio albums, five
greatest hits compilations, thirty-four
chart singles and 15m record sales
worldwide, when time was called
on The Beautiful South in 2008, not
everyone was ready to leave the party.
Dave Hemingway and Ali Wheeler join
original members Damon Butcher, Gaz
Birtles and Tony Robinson to bring you
hits from the back catalogue, including
‘Perfect Ten’, ‘Rotterdam’, ‘Don’t
Marry Her’ and ‘A Little Time’. A fitting
celebration for our opening night.
The South are supported by Harrogate
singer-songwriter Rachel Goodwin, who
brings her unique electro-acoustic sound
to Grassington to the launch night party.
“One of the great blues men of our time”
Jools Holland, BBC
with Dales Jam
David Cutter
Chief Executive, Skipton Building Society
To launch the festival, join us for the
colourful opening night carnival party:
colourful costumes, fabulous floats and
dramatic dancing with local schools,
clubs and community groups.
Event Suitability:
Fri 15th June FROM 6.30pm
Venue The Square, Grassington
Tickets FREE
Key to Symbols
Event Type:
Festival in the Field: Events in the
festival marquee
Festival Walks
Festival Main Programme
Workshops
Art and About: Visual arts events for the
whole family
Fringe
Film
please check access for wheelchairs/
events have a physical element
particularly SUITABLE FOR children
and families
Opening
Ceremony
The South
Contents
not suitable for children
Opening Night p3
Festival in the Field (marquee events) p4
Main Programmep5-11
Art and About (incl. exhibitions) p12
Festival Walks p13
Fringe p14-p17
Full Festival Diary (all events at a glance) p18-p19
Luminariump20
Workshops p21
Cultural Flavours/Films/Gigs in Bars p22-p23
Map + How to get here + Festival Picnicsp24
Booking Info p25
Booking Form p26
Festival Picnics
p27
Partners
p28
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Festival Main Programme
Festival in the Field EVENTS
Headline events in the famous Grassington Festival marquee,
Hebden Road, Grassington, BD23 5LB
Wed 27th JunE, 8pm
Tickets £18
Billy Ocean
The Unthanks
with
Hugh Masekela Brighouse &
+ Support: Josephine
Rastrick Band
+ support: Jen Armstrong + DJ
Tues 26th June, 8pm
Tickets £25
Hugh Masekela has come to be known
as a living legend in the half-century
since he first picked up a trumpet,
and luckily for us he shows no sign
of putting it down yet. Following a
highly lauded recent show at London’s
Barbican, Grassington will be one of
only a handful of UK performances this
year.. His voice has long spoken out in
his country’s struggle for civil rights,
whilst his soaring, joyful trumpet sound
brims with warmth and bristles with
elements of township jazz, hip-hop
and funk. Universally considered one
of the world’s all-time greatest horn
players, he remains, in the words of the
Independent: “a musician of phenomenal
grace and power.”
Having recently renewed their
‘National Champions of Great Britain’
title, Brighouse & Rastrick Band are
regarded by many as the best and most
consistent public subscription band in
the world. They recently collaborated
with Mercury-nominated The Unthanks
(described by The Guardian as “haunting,
original and magnificent”) as part of
BRASS2011. Grassington Festival 2012
is your opportunity to see The Unthanks
once again perform folk-led material
from their repertoire, accompanied
by the epic backdrop of the Brighouse
and Rastrick Band. A unique live
collaboration that will uplift and inspire.
“Backed by an explosive young band,
Hugh Masekela blew the roof off a
packed Barbican Hall...unforgettable.”
Len Phelan, The Morning Star.
Thur 28 JunE, 8pm
Tickets £24.50
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“Masekela’s sheer charisma and warmth
managed to apply the Extreme Defrost
setting to a British audience. He does
it in a way probably no other human
being can.”
Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz
Supported by rising star Josephine, a
Manchester based singer songwriter.
Photo Credit:
Hugh Saunders
We are delighted that Billy Ocean will
headline the 2012 festival: the biggest
black recording star Britain has ever
produced. Selling over 30 million
records in his lifetime, multiple Gold
and Platinum record holder and English
Grammy Award-winning Billy Ocean
has had chart-topping hits worldwide
with iconic tracks like ‘Love Really Hurts
Without You’ and ‘When the Going Gets
Tough, the Tough Get Going’.
Fri 29 JunE, 8pm
Tickets £20
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Animals &
Friends and
The Move
(featuring Trevor Burton
& Bev Bevan)
“Hugh Masekela creates an instant party,
leading from vocals and flugelhorn
like a South African Louis Armstrong.”
Guardian
Alan
Davies
An exclusive preview of material from
Alan Davies’ forthcoming national
tour, Life is Pain. After a decade away
from the stand-up stage, one of the
UK’s best-loved comedians and actors
(star of Jonathan Creek & QI) returns
to live performance for a preview at
Grassington Festival before his national
tour. Catch his acute brand of surreal
observational story-telling while you
can! Alan may perform with notes. May
contain strong language.
Rock out on our 60s night. Performing
huge hits like ‘House of the Rising Sun’,
Animals & Friends features founder
member of The Animals, John Steel,
alongside original Animals’ Micky
Gallagher (The Blockheads, The Clash,
Paul McCartney), Danny Handley
(Spencer Davis and Ric Lee of Ten
Years After) and Peter Barton (Wayne
Fontana’s Mindbenders and Boomtown
Rats Roberts & Crowe). Leading 60s
rock band The Move’s line-up includes
guitarist Trevor Burton (Steve Gibbons
Band, Ginger Baker’s Airforce, Raymond
Froggatt) and drummer Bev Bevan
(ELO, Black Sabbath). Having toured
together in 2010, Animals & Friends
and The Move unite again for a special
performance at Grassington Festival.
“If you like the TV Alan, you’ll love the
live Alan. And if you don’t like the TV
Alan, you’ll love the live Alan even more”
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Call the Box Office: (01756) 752 691
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Music in the Square
Saturday 16th June
Sat 30th JunE, 8pm
Tickets £28
British singer-songwriter Jen Armstrong
has been writing and performing music
since the age of 12. She has developed
a unique pop/rock style with catchy,
tongue in cheek lyrics coupled with a
beautifully powerful vocal. Jen’s weapon
of choice is piano, and with the odd pop
ballad thrown in for good measure, her
music has true power grabbing style!
Dance the night away with our post
performance DJ and celebrate at our last
night party.
10.30-4pm
Venue The Square, Grassington, BD23 5AT
Tickets FREE
Enjoy a lively free family day out in Grassington, as local
bands and young talent perform in the square. All welcome.
Skipton Girls’ High School
Chamber Choir
Sheeptown Songsters
Bradford Grammar School
Concert Band
Ida Barr’s Mash Up
Christopher Green will also be performing Ida Barr’s Mash Up at Aynham Close, Gills
Top and Thresfield Court over the opening weekend. Saturday morning is your chance
to see a public performance from this Victorian Music-Hall superstar rapper.
“Marie Lloyd meets Missy Elliott.
Awe inspiring” The Guardian
SAT 16TH JunE, 3pm
Venue St Margaret Clitherow Church,
Threshfield, BD23 1PJ
Tickets £12 including scrummy
afternoon tea.
Cassia String
Quartet
Young up-and-coming student
musicians, Cassia String Quartet –
Amy Welch and Tory Clarke (violin),
George White (viola) and Joshua Lynch
(cello) – will be performing Beethoven’s
‘Serioso’ String Quartet and Ravel’s
String Quartet in F in this beautiful
church setting. Performance followed
by afternoon tea with cake and scones.
Alan Davies
Photo Credit:
Tony Briggs
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Catch ‘em
While You Can:
Following the day of festival family fun with Art and About (12-4pm,
see pg 21 for details), stick around for more live music in the Square.
An Evening of Emerging Talent
Sun 17TH JunE, 11am
Tickets FREE
Festival
Service
Join us for a moment of calm and
tranquility amid the festival fun, as the
community comes together to celebrate
and give thanks through ecumenical
worship. This all inclusive service is open
to members of all faiths
Miss 600
+ support: Charlie and the
Martyrs + Jade McLellan
Sat 16th June, 8pm
Tickets £15
Sun 17TH JunE, 4pm
Venue The Square, Grassington,
BD23 5AT
Tickets FREE
Hailing from Derby, acoustic duo Miss
600 are Hannah Garner (vocals) and David
Amar (drums, lead guitar and bass guitar).
Miss 600’s 2011 debut album Buying
Time features jazz-infused pop songs
with a ‘Twist’ and includes collaborations
with Maxi Priest and Sonna Rele, and they
have featured on Sir Terry Wogan’s Show
on BBC R2 and the BBC R2 playlist.
Miss 600 have followed up this amazing
success with their latest single ‘Typically
Me’ also taken from ‘Buying Time.’ Radio
2 once again showed their support and
the single enjoyed 6 weeks on the play list
and to date has had nearly 1000 plays on
UK Radio.
Chris Evans (BBC Radio Breakfast DJ)
said “Brilliant single. Just brilliant. These
guys are going to be huge”
Formed by Birmingham’s own Charlie
Jones (BBC Radio 2 Singer/Songwriter
of the Year - Finalist 2008) and some of
Nottingham and Leicester’s most creative
and captivating musicians, Charlie &
The Martyrs are amazing crowds far and
wide with their unique style of Pop ‘N’
Roll. In 2009 the band were handpicked
to perform at the prestigious ‘Big Chill’
Festival and have more recently appeared
both BBC Radio 6 and Radio 2.
Jade McLellan, star of ITV’s The Dales
and member of The Buckden Singers, is a
classical and jazz singer with an incredible
voice beyond her teenage years. After
14 years of vocal training, Jade dreams of
becoming a professional singer and, with
a voice like hers, this talented youngster
has the potential to do so.
Sun 17TH JunE, 2pm
Venue Village Green, Linton, BD23 5HJ
Tickets FREE
Th’ Improv’d
Macbeth
Theatrical family fun show
by Penny Plain
Theatre Company
A theatre and family fun show.
Hardcastle’s Company are back in town,
this time with Mr Spoone’s said to be
superior version of the Scottish play
which, let’s face it, was too long and
too, well, Scottish. The attempts of this
down-and-out collection of Victorian
theatricals to struggle through a play
will make you laugh out loud.
The Magic
Tombolinos
Winners of Channel 4’s Evo Music
Rooms Competition 2010, The Magic
Tombolinos have stormed the world
music scene with their unique style of
Balkan, gypsy, jazz and flamenco music
(all performed with an assured swagger),
coupled with their energetic off-thescale live shows.
“I love the music these guys come out
with, great energy” Maxi Jazz (Faithless)
“They don’t do energetic, they do
nuclear!” Rob Brydon
“Be sure to catch them live, and bring
your dancing shoes” Songlines
Mon 18th June, 7.30pm
Venue The Fountaine Inn, Linton,
BD23 5HJ
Tickets £14.50
The
Adventures of
Andy Kershaw
Beer, Food
& Relish
The talented chefs at the Fountaine
Inn present a delicious five course beer
based Taster Menu. Each course will
be accompanied and complemented
by local beer and relishes. On hand will
be our friends from Hetton Ales and
Relish of Grassington to chat about their
fabulous products. Special offers on
award winning beers on the evening.
Andy Kershaw talks about his life and
adventures, from his childhood, right
through university, and to working with
top names such as The Rolling Stones,
Billy Bragg, John Walters. Not forgetting
his stint on The Old Grey Whistle Test
and his travels around the world seeking
out music and bringing it to our ears,
including visits to war zones. Aweinspiring talk.
Sun 17TH JunE, 7PM
Venue Octagon, 48a Main Street,
Tickets £15 Under 16s £10
every EVENING Mon 18th-SAT 23RD
June, 8.30pm
Venue Grassington
Tickets FREE (but must enter the draw)
Mornings and Converging
Paths:
Midnights.
Poetry and Jazz Retrospective
Made by Slung Low
with Rommi Smith
and Fruit Tree Project
Sun 17 JunE, 8pm
Venue The Methodist Chapel, Chapel
Street (off Main Street), Grassington,
BD23 5BE
Tickets £14
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Jon Gomm
Within days of Stephen Fry tweeting that
immortal “wow”, Jon Gomm’s YouTube
channel had received over 2million views
and his popularity has skyrocketed. This
incredible acoustic singer-songwriter
virtuoso uses his acoustic guitar to
create drum sounds, basslines and
sparkling melodies all at the same time,
and combining styles from blues and jazz
to rock and pop. His soulful vocals and
songwriting influences span everything
from Robert Johnson to Radiohead. Do
not miss this one-off gig!
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Sun 17TH JunE, 8PM
Open mic session, led by poet and
playwright Rommi Smith, the first
parliamentary writer in residence
and BBC writer in residence for the
commonwealth games.
With support from the band plus
performance by Rommi herself. Follows
workshop during the day (see p21) with
Rommi Smith and Fruit Tree Project.
Award winning theatre company Slung
Low returns to Grassington following
their popular Linton Camp project last
year. Converging Paths is a series of new
site specific theatre pieces based on
the novel The Ground Remembers by
Matthew David Scott.
The photography of Tiger Thomas has
not been widely exhibited: Retrospective
is the study of one of Grassington’s most
mysterious artists. Slung Low invites
you to a private view of Retrospective.
Tickets are free. But due to the nature
of the work, places are very limited.
More information and tickets:
www.convergingpaths.co.uk.
Mon 18th June, 8pm
Tickets £17.50 Under 16s £12
Martin Roscoe
Martin Roscoe is a highly popular,
respected and versatile pianist with
a distinguished career that includes
a repertoire of over 100 concertos.
He works regularly with the BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Manchester
Camerata, Northern Chamber Orchestra
and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra. Martin will perform a
selection of Beethoven classics.
“The pacing, the expressive energy,
the understanding of form, the tension,
absolutely wonderful… perfect musical
judgement and a formidable technique
from Martin Roscoe”
- Rob Cowan, BBC Radio3 (May 2011)
In order to secure one of the limited
viewing positions please email your
contact details and choice of evening to
[email protected]
A draw for tickets will be made on the 1st
May and successful audience members
contacted on the 2nd May.
A maximum of 2 tickets can be
applied for.
Photo Credit:
Chris Frazer Smith
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Tues 19th June, 7pm
Venue Café Maison, 51 Main Street,
Tickets £10 including panini
Thur 21ST JunE, 8pm
Poetry and
Paninis
Grow, Cook, Eat
with
Sarah Raven
Hosted by Ray Snape and the
Grassington Writers Group
An open and informal evening for all
those who write and enjoy the magic of
poetry. Bring along your own work to
share with friends old and new, while
enjoying a famous Café Maison Panini
supper. Everyone welcome to come along
and listen.
Tues 19th June, 8PM
Tickets £17.50 Under 16s £12
Liane Carroll
Trio
Having picked up just about every
British jazz award going in the last few
years, including the 2008 Parliamentary
Jazz Award for ‘Musician Of The Year,’
Liane has worked with an extensive
roster of international artists, including
Gerry Rafferty, Gerry Donahue, Long
John Baldry, Sir Paul McCartney, and
‘London Elektricity.’ With a huge vocal
range, a prodigious musicality and an
unerring sense of musical honesty, her
live set is one of the most emotionally
exciting to be found on the UK jazz
circuit and covers a broad repertoire
from the contemplative Tom Waits and
Lauro Nyro, through to familiar jazz
standards, as well as her own material.
“Close to musical perfection” Jazzwise
“Utterly brilliant” Time Out
“World-class” John Fordham The Guardian
WEDS 20TH JunE, 7.30PM
Tickets £10 / Family ticket for 4 £35
Swamp Juice
Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre are
delighted to present a swamp like no
other, with bickering toads, overbearing
fairies and a rather gentle swamp
monster. Using mind-blowing shadow
puppetry, acclaimed Canadian performer
Jeff Achtem brings his astonishing
award-winning show about life in a
swamp, with a stunning, jaw dropping 3D
finale. This made audiences of all ages
literally scream the house down, at this
years Edinburgh Festival. Yes, it’s that
good! Children under 7 may find some
scenes scary.
“a joyous hour of five-star DIY genius”
- Donald Hutera, The Times
“magical and brilliantly
idiosyncratic” - Three Weeks
“stunning and has all of the
novelty of a “real” 3D movie, but ten
times the charm.” - The Scotsman
Thur, 21ST June, 7.30pm
Venue The Fountaine Inn, Linton,
BD23 5HJ
Tickets £9.50
On Saturday 23rd June, as well as a packed day of free music, theatre,
dance and visual arts in the Square in Grassington, look out for
special festival events on trains and buses across Yorkshire. Follow
the fun back to Grassington for a day out with a difference! The day runs
from 10.30am - 5.30pm (with 10am meet in Leeds for Hope and Social)
Learn to grow and cook the very best
varieties, including growing tips and
recipes. Plot to plate ideas with Sarah
Raven: writer, cook, broadcaster,
inspirational teacher and expert on
growing and cooking from your garden.
The Whale
Talking Birds present The Whale, a
gentle giant made in metal that swallows
audiences one (or two) at a time for
an unforgettable 3 minute theatre
performance. Prepare to dive! The
Whale can also be seen on Sunday 24th
in Skipton as part of the Festival of Sport
and Culture to welcome the London
2012 Olympic Torch Relay to Skipton.
Plus a ‘pie-off’ in the afternoon, so
get baking! Further information to be
announced.
Fri 22ND June, 8PM
Tickets £22
Pasadena Roof
Orchestra:
Licensed
to Swing
It’s 1969. Man first steps on the moon.
The Beatles play their last public concert.
The first Woodstock happens… and
the Pasadena Roof Orchestra gets its
“Licence To Swing” when over 1000
original dance band arrangements
are discovered in an attic by foundermember, John Arthy. More than 40
years on from that incredible find, the
Orchestra’s repertoire has been shaken
again - not stirred! The best 1920s and
30s tunes are the simple ingredients
for that cocktail. So, sit back and take a
sip of the orchestra’s new programme.
Tickets include canapés and a glass of
fizz on arrival.
Poetry in
the Pub
Come and enjoy an old fashioned lively
and fun evening of ditties, odes and
monologues. Bring along your favourite
poems, read out your own work or just sit
back, listen and laugh as our host recites
some corkers! Includes Yorkshire’s finest
pork pie with peas for supper. Come one,
come all - this will be a ball!
For moreCall
details
the call
Boxthe
Office:
BOX(01756)
OFFICE:752
(01756)
691 752 691
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Festival in the Square, and beyond....
Venue Meet Leeds Rail Station, 10am.
(ending up in Grassington)
Hope & Social
Venue Meet Skipton Rail Station,
10.30am (ending up in Grassington)
The Story
Peddler
From 10.30am in Skipton, Melvyn
Rawlinson (The Story Peddler) will keep
bus passengers spellbound as he tells
stories old and new from around the
world, with wit and a twinkle in the eye.
See website from May for full journey
details. The Story Teller will be on the
bus from Skipton Railway Station to
Grassington.
Loud Minority
Local community samba band who play
loud and have fun!
From 10am at Leeds City Station
then at various other performances
throughout the day, join Glastonbury
Festival veterans, Hope & Social, on
their musical journey to Grassington
using various different types of public
transport to get there. See website
from May for full journey details.
Photo Credit: Bart Prettman.
Taciturn Dance
Company:
Grapple
A short burst of energetic and
passionate contemporary dance from
Liverpool dance quartet, Taciturn.
Mr Beaumont’s
Platter that
The Time
Matters
Traveller’s Tea
Party
The Ossett Observer presents
musicologist and confidant, Mr
Beaumont, who invites you to bring
your favourite piece of music to play
and discuss with him. No audience
and no shame. Just yourself and the
friendly Mr Beaumont. Your music may
evoke a memory, a time of your life,
or just an excuse to dance like a loon.
With permission, your discussion may
be recorded with the possibility of
broadcast or publication at a later date.
Please bring your music on vinyl, CD,
or MP3. Tea, Coffee (Mellow Birds) and
biscuits provided.
Two time travellers return home after
many eons spent exploring the
Cronosphere. After crash landing in a
shop in Grassington, they unpack their
discoveries and begin to play eerie music
from the future informed by the sounds
of yesterday. The performances combine
singing, dancing, rapping, electronic
instruments, didge, flute, live percussion
and useful instructions for time travel
Plus performances from Raven (see p16), Mik Artistik (see p10) Circus Fudge - this one-man street style juggling show centres
around possibly the world’s only musical washing machine. Full of sound, fury and.... domestic appliances. And Freerunning@
grassington - come and watch and even take part in a workshop. (For full details see www.grassington-festival.org.uk)
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Samba and
Stories
Bane 1
Fri 22ND June, 8pm
BANE 2
Sat 23RD June, 7.30pm
BANE 3
Sat 23RD June, 9pm
Venue Octagon Theatre, 48a Main
Street, BD23 5AA
Tickets £12 / £20 for 2 shows /
£25 for all 3 shows
Sat 23rd JUNE, 8pm
Tickets £16
Whitebone Productions
present
Police Dog
Hogan
Bane I, Bane II
& Bane III
+ support Mik Artistik’s
Ego Trip
As heard on Claudia Winkleman’s BBC
Radio 2 Arts Show and BBC Radio 3’s The
Verb with Ian Macmillan. A multi award
winning one-man comedy with a live
guitar soundtrack, Bane is a show set on
the streets of a nondescript American
city, akin to a Raymond Chandler or
Dashiell Hammett novel, spliced together
with a Quentin Tarrantino movie. Heavily
inspired by film and graphic novels, the
performance uses mime, gesture and
sound effects to conjure the setting, with
multiple character switching to create
a filmic tapestry on stage that is funny,
engaging and at times moving. Bane is
the sell out Edinburgh show everyone
is talking about. Suitable for audiences
aged 14 +
“It’s a brilliant hour of comedy theatre”
The Guardian.
Police Dog Hogan are a high-energy and
eclectic seven-piece, combining fiddle,
banjo, mandolin, bass, drums and guitars
with knockout four-part harmonies in an
exuberant medley of country, pop, folk,
and rocking urban bluegrass.
“A really good, fun time.”
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip are a strange
and beautiful beast of a “rock and roll
stand up meets performance art without
tears” band from Leeds, comprising
Mik Artistik, Benson Walker and Jonny
Flockton. These chaps are regulars at
Glastonbury, on Radio 4 ,and festivals up
and down the country.
“Brilliant!!” - Fiona Banner,
Observer Review.
SUN 24TH JUNE, 2pm
Venue Linton Green
Tickets FREE
Loud Minority
Local samba band who play loud and
have fun!
Sue Allonby
Storytelling
Sue Allonby the Storyteller will carry
on the Latin American theme with
storytelling walks in between samba
performances, popping up at various
places on Linton village green.
Watch out for the Yorkshire Ice Cream
Bicycle also doing the rounds today!
The Priory
Guild of
Singers
Magnificat
PERGOLESI
Frank Stone:
The Great
Escape, An
Illustrated
Lecture
Mon 25TH JUNE, 8pm
Venue Scargill House, Kettlewell, BD23 5HU
O Duo
Young percussion star duo, Owen Gunnell
and Oliver Cox, perform a lively concert
with broad influences from classical to
jazz, in the beautiful setting of Scargill
House.
Vespers for St John the Baptist including
Pergolesi’s Magnificat. This new Bolton
Abbey-based singing group perform
sacred music in its appropriate liturgical
setting. FREE and open to all.
Mon 25th JUNE, 8pm
Tickets £17.50
Earl Thomas
with Paddy
Milner
& the Big
Karine Polwart Sounds
SUN 24TH JUNE, 8pm
Tickets £15
+ support Tom Clelland
SUN 24TH JUNE, 3pm
Tickets £10
Frank Stone was shot down aged 18 on
8 August 1940 on a bombing raid over
Mannheim and was taken prisoner of
war, finishing up in the North Compound
of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany. He
lived in Hut 104 at the camp, the site
of the successful tunnel ‘Harry’, and is
able to give a first hand account of the
planning, organisation and operation
of the escape of 76 RAF prisoners. An
amazing opportunity to learn about ‘The
Great Escape’ from someone who was
there. Frank appeared on Kate Humble’s
Who do you think you are? and Ch4
documentary Digging the Great Escape,
shown Nov 2011. Talk with Q&A session.
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SUN 24TH JUNE, 6.30pm
Venue The Priory Church of St. Mary and
St. Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, BD23 6AL
Tickets FREE
A renowned folk singer-songwriter,
Karine Polwart’s fifth solo album is
released this summer. Her debut album
Faultlines won three 2005 BBC Folk
Awards, including Best Album, and Daisy
from its follow-up, Scribbled in Chalk
(2006), won Best Original Song in 2007.
Be among the first to hear the first fruits
of this stirring new stage in her career.
“a passionate, perceptive songwriter”
– Uncut
“exceptionally subtle and melodic”
–Q
“takes the heart to places few singers
even know exist”
– WORD
Tom Clelland’s late flowering career
as a singer songwriter continues apace
and here’s a chance to catch his shy,
gentle, sometimes spoken word style
in Grassington.
Singer songwriter Earl Thomas was
born in rural Tennessee, travelled the
world with his U. S. military family and
was a British rock & roll fan. Pianist and
composer Paddy Milner was born in
Scotland grew up in England and loved
American blues. Years later they would
meet, realising their soulful bond had
transcended space and time. Experience
this unique blend of blues and rock as
they present songs from their new album,
Earl Thomas With Paddy Milner & The
Big Sounds.
Thurs 28 JUNE, 6pm
Venue Bolton Abbey Priory Grounds,
Bolton Abbey, BD23 6AL
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The Twits
Outdoor theatre group, Illyria, present
this wonderful family show based on
the Roald Dahl classic. Expect a slimily,
stickily, revoltingly funny show, from
the most popular children’s author in
the world. Grassington Festival regulars
may remember Illyria from last year’s
incredibly popular Fantastic Mr Fox.
Please dress for the British weather
(waterproofs and warm clothes as well as
sunglasses and sunscreen!) and feel free
to bring a picnic (no BBQs).
Sat 30th JUNE, 10.30am-4pm
Tickets FREE
Music in
The Square
BoldAs
Quirky, charming and fun walkabout
beatboxing brass band trio.
Kala Sangam
FUSE Youth
Music Band
Renowned world music artists lead a
newly-formed band of young people,
performing as part of Kala Sangam’s
FUSE Youth Music Project. Expect the
unexpected as traditional south Asian
music meets rap and hip hop. Join the
group for an informal workshop and
audience participation opportunity.
Buckden
Singers
The Voice of Upper Wharfedale, a four
part community choir based in Buckden.
As seen on ITV’s The Dales, a chance
to watch this vocal harmony group in
person.
Dales Jam
Formed in 2003, led by newly crowned
Musician of the Year by Jazz Yorkshire
Awards 2012, Richard Ormrod, Dales
Jam are a local community band playing
an astonishing range of world rhythms
including Klezmer, Cuban, Calypso and
African beats.
Stick around after the
fun in the square, and join
us for the last night party
(more information on
page 5).
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Art and About
Grassington Festival Walks
Art and About is the Visual Arts programme at Grassington Festival: a series of colourful
and fun, family-friendly community events throughout the festival fortnight. This year’s
visual arts theme is Tracks & Trails. For details about special drawing and textile workshops,
please go to page 20 + 21
Open throughout the festival
Fri 15 – Sat 30 June,
11am-4pm daily
(closed to the public on Wed 20th June)
Tickets FREE ENTRY
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Tracks &
Trails
Exhibition:
A Community Sensory
Map Project
Fill in and create your own sensory
map. Anybody can collect a FREE
map from various venues throughout
June. Use your map to capture your
adventures and stories inspired by
the local landscape. Once completed,
come and add it to the community
exhibition in the Town Hall during the
festival fortnight. We look forward to
seeing yours! Map collection points
details are on the festival website.
Fri 15 – Sat 30 JunE,
Venue At various indoor and outdoor
venues throughout Grassington village
Fri 15 – Sat 30 JunE
Venue 22 Main Street, Grassington,
BD23 5AA (outside the house)
Art Trail:
Engrenge:
A Chain
Reaction
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Inspired by Leeds Art Gallery’s
Picture Lending Collection
See original famous artworks from
the Leeds Art Gallery Picture Lending
Collection in unusual places. Artists were
invited to collaborate and respond to
a selected picture from the collection
and develop their own new work. See
their work installed in the village during
the festival, displayed near the original
artwork that inspired it. Art trail maps
available to collect from the festival
office and Grassington Town Hall in June.
See p13 for details of the guided walk.
Additional Fringe exhibitions also listed
on map.
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With Carine Brosse and
David Ashby
Following on from last years giant
reserve of slugs and snails, 22
Main Street presents a playful and
interactive installation of assembled
bicycle parts as you have never seen
them before! Sponsored by The
Courtyard Pottery and The Bicycle
Shop, Skipton.
Participating artists: Alice Bradshaw,
Angie Rogers, Carine Brosse and David
Ashby, Deborah Britton, Donna RumbleSmith, Edward Mortimer, Emma Bayliss,
Gavin Jones, Helen Peyton, Jayne Lawless,
Jenni Danson, Jo Blaker, Nick Claidon,
Noel Connor, Robert Hardaker.
Sat 16TH JunE, 11am-4pm
Sat 16TH & Sun 17TH Jun, 10am-5pm
Venue 6 Skyreholme Mill Cottages,
Skipton, BD23 6DF
Leeds Art
Gallery Picture
Lending
Collection
ON TOUR
Open Studio
with Helen
Peyton
For one day only, browse the artworks
in the Leeds Art Gallery Picture Lending
Collection, sign up for the scheme, and
take away your very own piece of original
artwork to display at home. Lending
period 4 months (usually 3 months get a month free!)
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Artist Helen Peyton, as seen on ITV’s
The Dales opens her studio to visitors
for the weekend. Helen specialises in
limited edition lino reduction prints
and monoprints. She will be happy to
welcome you and talk about her work.
Call the Box Office: (01756) 752 691 / Book Online - www.grassington-festival.org.uk
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Grassington Festival walks offer you the chance to enjoy the beautiful Dales countryside
with expert guides and gain local knowledge on a wonderfully invigorating day out. All
walks are £3 unless otherwise stated.
Five of our walks are led by Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) volunteers.
Sorry, no dogs are allowed on YDNPA walks, and walkers are advised to bring a snack/lunch,
drink, waterproof clothing, sunscreen and sturdy footwear. Dress for the Dales weather.
The exception is the Linton Walk with Brenda McLouglin from Individual Inns, on which
well-behaved dogs are allowed and food will be provided, but do bring water and snacks.
Sat 16th JunE, 1.30-4pm
Start Kettlewell National Park Centre car
park, BD23 5QX
Tickets £3
FRI 22nd JunE, 10.30am - 3.30pm
Start The Fountaine Inn, Linton in
Craven, BD23 5HJ
Tickets £13.50 (includes food)
Wed 27th JunE, 2-4.30pm
Start Yarnbury, 2 miles up Moor Lane,
BD23 5BD
Tickets £3
Kettlewell to
Starbotton
Linton Walk
Leadmining
on Grassington
Moor &
Yarnbury
following the Wharfe
(with a Dales volunteer)
Enjoy the varied views of the Dale.
Walking upstream through meadow and
woodland and returning by the riverside.
Approx 5 miles (8km). A circular walk
following the Wharfe. No dogs.
Sat 16th JunE, 4.30-5.30pm
Tickets FREE
Grassington
Art Trail Walk
A walk around Grassington village to
see the Art Trail (see page 12 for
more info). Led by Ted Wilkins,
Assistant Curator at Leeds Art Gallery
and artists from the trail. No dogs.
Wed 20 JunE, 11am-3.30pm
Start Grassington National Park Centre
car park, Hebden Road, Grassington,
BD23 5LB
Tickets £3
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Discover the
Hidden Village
(with Brenda McLouglin
from Individual Inns)
Meet for a bacon sandwich at 10.30am,
then walk from Linton to Grassington, on
to Hebden and back along the Dales Way,
returning to Linton for High Tea. Not a
strenuous walk, but extremely scenic.
Well-behaved dogs allowed on leads.
Sat 23rd JunE, 2-5pm
BD23 5LB
Tickets £3
Woodland
and Riverside
Flowers
Varied and fairly easy 5½mile (9km)
walk discovering the floral delights in
the ancient woodland and in riverside
meadows. No dogs
(with with a Dales volunteer)
An easy 4mile (7km) walk in an
area of former industrial activity,
viewing remaining structures,
their former functions and the
processes involved. No dogs.
Sat 30th JunE, 2-4.30pm
BD23 5LB
Tickets £3
A Bridge
Too Far
Crossing Eleven Bridges
An easy 4½mile (7km) walk crossing
a variety of bridges built for many
different purposes. No dogs.
N.B all end
times are
approximate
A moderate 6.5mile (10km) walk to
discover the village never found by
Scottish marauders. No dogs.
Grassington Festival supports the local community. Read our new sustainability policy for more details:
www.grassington-festival.org.uk/sustainability
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Thur 21st JunE, 8.30pm - 11pm
Venue Cruck Barn, Craven Arms,
Appletreewick, BD23 6DA
Tickets £7.50
A celebration of local and emerging talent from any genre,
the Fringe is a place where anything goes and - unlike the
main programme - there are no selection criteria other than
enthusiasm, so everyone can get involved. It’s also a place
where you’ll find diversely brilliant artists and quirky treats.
Thurs 21st June, 8pm - 10.30pm
Venue Burnsall Village Hall, Main
Street, Burnsall, BD23 6BP
Tickets £10/£8.50 (under 16s)
Sarah Brickel
Band
Funky ‘neo-soul/jazz’ singer-songwriter
Sarah Brickel has a style all of her own.
Having been at the Dubai International
Jazz Festival, supporting and performing
alongside Jamie Cullum, James Blunt
and Spyro Gyra, Sarah Brickel is surely
a name to watch. Sir Michael Parkinson
is a big fan saying “I like the new album
‘Music Box’ and hope Sarah gets the
break she and her musicians deserve.”
Patsy
Matheson &
Becky Mills
Since the breakup of Waking the Witch,
Patsy and Becky have continued to
delight audiences throughout the
UK. Now, as they release their new
solo albums, these two world class
songwriters, singers and guitarists
have joined forces resulting in a unique
sound, drawing on roots in traditional
and contemporary folk, acoustic blues,
R & B, jazz and rock, with an emphasis
on intricate vocal harmonies. Combine
this with the pair’s engaging charm and
sense of humour, and this promises to be
a very special evening.
Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills
Fri 22nd JunE, 8pm - 10pm
Street, Grassington, BD23 5BE
Tickets £7.50
Trio Gitan
Miscellany
Sat 16th JunE, 8pm - 10pm
Tickets £9.50
Thur 21st & Fri 22nd JunE, 8pm - 10pm
Venue Café Maison (licensed café
with supper menu), 51 Main Street
Grassington, Skipton, North Yorkshire
BD23 5AA
Tickets £10
Sat 16th JunE, 8pm - 10.30pm
Venue Burnsall
Village Hall, Main Street,
Burnsall, BD23 6BP
Tickets £15/£12 with workshop
(see workshops page for info).
Miscellany:
‘Happy and
Glorious’
Edwina Hayes
The Snake
Davis Band
Musical Jubilee Celebrations!
Miscellany brings you a great evening’s
entertainment to celebrate Her Majesty’s
Diamond Jubilee, with music, songs and
laughter from all corners of the United
Kingdom. Whether you like musicals,
operetta, folk music, modern songwriters
or good old fashioned humour, there
is something here for you. Bring your
champagne and flags and round off
the evening by raising the roof of the
Octagon Theatre with well known songs
from the Last Night of the Proms.
Edwina’s beautifully written songs,
charming stage presence and voice
of an angel have won her a reputation
as a true natural talent of gentle folkamericana. She has opened numerous
shows for Jools Holland and Van Morrison
and the title track of her album Pour Me
A Drink was covered by Nanci Griffith.
In addition to his regular TV slots with
Jonathan Ross and Jools Holland, UK
saxophone legend Snake has been in
great demand for performances with
the likes of Ray Charles, Lisa Stansfield,
The Eurythmics and is renowned for the
haunting sax solo on Take That’s single
“A Million Love Songs”. He brings his own
band to Burnsall for an unforgettable
evening of saxophone jazz and soul.
Michael Parkinson - ‘A very talented
young lady’
From the wilds of rural North Yorkshire
to the sophisticated suburbs of York, the
intrepid members of TRIO GITAN spend
their free time swimming in the cold
fell waters of the River Swale, playing
wild violin licks to singing dogs and
transporting double basses and acoustic
guitars through idyllic Swaledale to an
assortment of venues around the country.
Trio Gitan will take you through the
evocative sounds of Parisien cafe music,
hot blooded tangos, wild European gypsy
music, Mediterranean dance tunes,
swing classics and their own powerful
and driving compositions. All blended
together to create a vivacious, dynamic
and awe inspiring night of entertainment
of the highest calibre. This music evokes
electrifying guitar solos, fiery gypsy
violins, and songs with plenty with vocal
harmonies. A truly unique band and a
wonderful evening.
Sat 23rd JunE, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue St Wilfrid’s Church Burnsall,
BD23 6BP
Tickets £8/£5 (under 16s)
Pinsuti
Chamber Choir
An Ilkley based Chamber Choir, founded
in 1997 by a group of about 20 singers,
Pinsuti specialises in sacred and secular
music from the 16th to 20th century.
Directed and conducted by Michael
Howell - MA a former chorister at
Westminster Abbey, organ scholar at
Exeter College, Oxford and currently
Organist and Director of Music at Holy
Trinity, Skipton - Pinsuti is returning
to St Wilfrid’s after a very successful
concert here in 2009.
Perez Hilton - ‘Like a soft blanket’
The Guardian - ‘Haunting honeyed solo
songwriter’
Snake Davis
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Sat 23rd JunE, 8pm - 10pm
Street, Grassington, BD23 5BE
Thur 28th JunE, 8.30pm
Venue The Black Horse Hotel,
Grassington, BD23 5AT
Tickets £5
Raven
Howlin’ Matt
Mysterious, diverse, earthy and
spirited, Raven presents a unique
blend of music through their haunting
harmonies and crunchy chords. Taking
you on a fabulous journey through a
fusion of irresistible sounds: daring
choral, sizzling salsa, ethereal melodies
and rootsy folk. Playing a variety of
instruments including keyboard, penny
whistles, accordion, guitars, flute,
congas, ukulele, recorders, and djembe.
Raven create a tapestry of life, love
and laughter.
Howlin’ Mat is every inch the blues man
and one hell of a guitar player. His wife
did leave him, he did lose his house and
sleep in his car, he does have no money
and his back does hurt. So when you
hear Howlin’ Mat play you know it comes
straight from the heart as he wrings
every ounce of passion out of his old
battered Gibson to bring you his real life
tales of cheap hotels, too much alcohol,
late nights and fast food. This is no fancy
fair with the rough edges all polished
and made squeaky clean but the real
‘raw roots’ deal honed through his many
live appearances up and down the UK.
Raven
Sat 23rd & SUN 24th JunE, 10am - 4pm
Venue Wharfedale Rugby Club,
Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield,
BD23 5BS
Sun 24th JunE,
7pm - 9pm (audience)
BD23 6BP
Tickets Audience £5.
Grassington
& District
Embroiderer’s
Guild
Exhibition
Scratch
Messiah
Ever wanted to sing The Messiah? See
workshops section for how you can get
involved in this scratch performance
of The Messiah. Having learned The
Messiah earlier in the day, join the newly
formed choir to listen to their one-off,
‘for one day only’ performance of a
selection from Handel’s masterpiece
in this beautiful, historic church. This
unique event brings together amateur
singers with professional soloists and a
small orchestra.
The Guild is a nationwide organisation
formed over 100 years ago, which
meets monthly for workshops and
seminars and competes at both
national and regional level. The
Guild embraces both traditional and
contemporary skills and encourages
membership enquiries from anyone
who loves textiles and would like
to learn more. Held every year to
showcase the Guild’s work, this
exhibition includes work by renowned
textile artists, Jan Beaney and Jean
Littlejohn, based on the theme of
Natural Layers.
Watch
Thur 28TH JunE, 8.30pm-11pm
Venue Cruck Barn, Craven Arms,
Appletreewick, BD23 6DA
Tickets £7.50
Fri 29th JunE, 9pm-10.30pm
Venue The Black Horse Hotel,
Tickets £7.50
Plumhall
An evening
with Watch
+ support - Dave Vermond
Formerly of Chumbawamba, Waking the
Witch and Accidental Tourists, Michelle
Plum has teamed up with Nick B Hall of
The Hall Brothers to bring you exciting
acoustic roots music as Plumhall.
Together they have created a sound
that delivers powerful and emotive
original songs, gorgeous harmonies
and dynamic guitar playing. The pair’s
natural chemistry is plain to see, and
they capture hearts wherever they go.
Their music draws inspiration from
many different genres, with a propensity
towards pop, folk and Americana. You
just can’t pin them down and that’s how
they like it!
An entertaining evening with popular
local new folk/rock/pop band, Watch.
Original material plus songs you can join
in. Mike and Chrissie Perry and brothers
Steve and Andy Mosby feature guitars
and vocals (Andy on bass). Steve and
Andy featured on Radio One Leeds and
Reading Festivals ‘Introducing Stage’,
Steve also played last Christmas at the
Royal Albert Hall.
Grassington Festival Fringe events are a celebration of local and
up and coming talent, which broaden the reach of the festival.
There are no selection criteria for the Fringe, so if you like what you see and would like to get
involved, contact the Fringe Director later this year for a 2013 Grassington Festival Fringe
application pack. Email: [email protected]
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Festival PLANNER
See page 12 for Art and About events throughout the festival, including Tracks and Trails,Art Trail & Engrenge
Day
Friday 15th
Saturday 16th
Sunday 17th
Monday 18th
Tuesday 19th
Wednesday 20th
Thursday 21st
18
Time
5.30pm
Venue
The Square
Show
Carnival Procession and Opening Ceremony
Page
3
Day
Friday 22nd
Time
10.30 - 3.30pm
Venue
Fountaine
Show
From Linton to Grassington and Hebden and back for tea
Page
13
6.30pm
The Square
Big Boy Bloater
3
2-8pm
Luminarium
General Admission
20
8pm
Town Hall
The South + Rachel Goodwin
3
8pm
Town Hall
Pasadena Roof Orchestra
8
10.30am - 4pm
The Square
Music in the Square - SGHS Chamber Choir / Sheeptown Songsters / Ida Barr / BGS Concert Band
5
8pm
Octagon
BANE 1
10
8pm
Café Maison
Edwina Hayes
15
10.30- 3.30
Fell Grange Farm
Dry Stone Walling (Beginners)
21
8pm
The Chapel
Trio Gitan
15
11am
Congregational Church
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
22
8.30pm
Grassington
Converging Paths: Retrospective (5)
7
11 - 4pm
Town Hall
Leeds Art Gallery Lending Scheme
12
10.00am - 5.30pm
Kettlewell YDNPA car park
Kettlewell to Starbotton, following the Wharfe (circular)
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Begins in Leeds at 10.00am (Grassington events from 10.30am)
and ends with story telling and performance in the Square with
Hope & Social
9
1.30-4pm
Festival in the Square and
beyond
10.00am - 4.00pm
Rugby Club
Grassington & District Embroiderer’s Guild Exhibition
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10.30am - 3.30pm
Fell Grange Farm
Dry Stone Walling (Intermediate)
21
2pm - 8pm
Luminarium
General Admission
20
Saturday 23rd
2.30-5pm
Burnsall Village Hall
Saxaphone Workshop with Snake Davis
21
3pm
St Margaret Clitherow
Cassia String Quartet followed by afternoon tea
5
4.30-5.30pm
Grassington
Art Trail Walk - led by Leeds Art Gallery round art works in the
village
13
8pm
Town Hall
Miss 600 + Charlie and the Martyrs + Jade McLellan
6
2pm
Luminarium
Laughter Yoga
20
8pm
Octagon
Miscellany: Happy and Glorious
14
2 - 5pm
Grassington YDNPA car park
Woodland and Riverside Flowers
13
8pm
The Snake Davis Band
14
7.30pm
Burnsall Church
Pinsuti
15
9pm
Devonshire Hotel
The Big Caffeine Fix
23
7.30pm
Octagon
BANE 2
10
11am
Town Hall
Festival Service
6
8pm
Town Hall
Police Dog Hogan + Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
10
12-4pm
The Square
Festival Family Fun Day - Bring Your Own Wheels
21
8pm
Chapel
Raven
16
1.30- 3.30pm
Octagon
The Music of Being Human, with Rommi Smith
21
8.30pm
Grassington
7
2pm
Linton Green
Penny Plain: Th’ Improv’d Macbeth
6
9pm
Octagon
BANE 3
10
4pm
The Square
The Magic Tombolinos
6
10.00am - 4.00pm
Rugby Club
Grassington & District Embroiderer’s Guild Exhibition
16
Sunday 24th
7pm
Octagon
Mornings and Midnights, Rommi Smith with Fruit Tree Project
7
1 - 4pm
St Wilfrid’s
Sing The Messiah
21
7.15pm & 8.15pm (for
diners), 9.30pm (bar)
Grassington House
Tom Figgins
23
2pm - 8pm
Luminarium
General Admission
20
2pm
Linton Green
Samba and Stories
10
8pm
Town Hall
The Adventures of Andy Kershaw
7
2.30 - 4pm
Luminarium
Sensory Poetry with Becky Cherriman
21
8pm
The Chapel
Jon Gomm
6
3pm
Octagon
Frank Stone : The Great Escape
10
7.30pm
Pina (Wim Wenders)
22
6 - 7.30pm
Luminarium
Storytelling with Nick Hennessey
20
7.30pm
Fountaine
Beer, Food and Relish
7
6.30pm
Priory Church
Priory Guild of Singers: Vespers including Pergolesi’s Magnificat
11
8pm
Town Hall
Martin Roscoe
7
7pm
St Wilfrid’s
Scratch Messiah Performance
16
8.30pm
Grassington
7
8pm
Town Hall
Karine Polwart + Tom Clelland
11
8.30pm
Black Horse
Jon Taylor’s Blues Dudes
23
12pm
Devonshire Fell
Cultural Flavours: Oh Crêpe! Master Class
22
10.30 / 1pm / 3.30pm
Royal Oak Furniture
From Little Acorns
21
7pm
Devonshire Fell
Cultural Flavours: Polly-Vu Français
22
2pm
Octagon
Poetry with Rommi Smith
21
8pm
Town Hall
Earl Thomas with Paddy Milner and the Big Sounds
11
7pm
Café Maison
Poetry and Paninis with Ray Snape
8
8pm
Scargill House
O Duo
11
7.30pm
The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)
22
8pm
MARQUEE
Hugh Masekela + Josephine
4
8.30pm
Black Horse
The Gentle Jazz Quartet
23
12pm
Angel Inn
Cultural Flavours: Inspirational Italian: Master Class
22
2-4.30pm
Yarnbury
Lead Mining on Grassington Moor & Yarnbury
13
7pm
Cracoe Village Hall
Cultural Flavours: Angelicus
22
8pm
MARQUEE
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Band
4
6pm
Bolton Abbey
Illyria - The Twits
11
8pm
MARQUEE
Alan Davies
4
8.30pm
Black Horse
Howlin’ Matt
17
8.30pm
Cruck Barn
Plumhall + support
17
Friday 29th
8pm
MARQUEE
Animals & Friends and The Move
4
9pm
Black Horse
An evening with Watch
17
Saturday 30th
10.30- 4pm
The Square
Music in the Square
11
8pm
Town Hall
Liane Carroll Trio
8
8.30pm
Grassington
7
8.30pm
Foresters
Area 40
23
10.30am
Grassington House
Cultural Flavours: Tantalising Tapas master class
22
11-3.30pm
Grassington YDNPA car park
Discover the Hidden Village
13
7pm
Grassington House
Cultural Flavours: ¡Viva Espana!
22
7.30pm
Sound it Out (Jeanie Finlay)
23
7.30pm
Town Hall
Swamp Juice
8
8.30pm
Grassington
7
10-4pm
Town Hall
Recycled Bag Workshop with Jill Govier
21
Monday 25th
Tuesday 26th
Wednesday 27th
Thursday 28th
2-8pm
Luminarium
General Admission
20
6 - 7.30pm
Luminarium
Sketching the Moving Model
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7.30pm
The Help (Tate Taylor)
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2-4.30pm
Grassington YDNPA car park A Bridge Too Far
13
7.30pm
Fountaine
Poetry in the pub
8
8pm
MARQUEE
4
8pm
Café Maison
Edwina Hayes
15
8pm
Sarah Brickel Band
14
8pm
Town Hall
Sarah Raven - Grow, Cook, Eat
8
8.30pm
Grassington
7
8.30pm
Cruck Barn
Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills
15
Last Night Party: Billy Ocean + Jen Armstrong + DJ
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THE LUMINARIUM
Workshops
Sat 16th June (beginners),
Sat 23RD JUNE (intermediate),
10.30am – 3.30pm
Venue Fell Grange Farm, Burnsall,
Skipton BD23 6BN (new venue this year)
Tickets Both workshops are £18
Dry Stone
Walling
Workshop
Immerse yourself in the spectacular world of The Luminarium:
a monumental inflatable structure and dazzling maze of winding paths designed to
generate a sense of wonder at the beauty of light and colour. £3 charge to enter and
explore. Workshop prices below include the £3 entry fee. There will also be a closed
session for Brooklands Special School with Kim Glassby on Friday 22nd.
Thursday 21st June to Sunday 24th June inclusive. General admission 2pm - 8pm
Venue Hebden Road, BD23 5LB
Thur 21st JunE, 6pm-7.30pm
Tickets £10
Sat 23rd JunE, 2pm
Tickets £3
Laughter
Yoga
Sketching
the Moving
Model
with Laughter Health
with artist Carine Brosse
and dancer Kim Glassby
A life drawing class with a difference:
the models are moving. Bring your own
drawing materials and sketch dancing
figures in action. Explore new dynamic
drawing expression and composition
as the dancers move and interact inside
the monumental sculpture of light,
the Luminarium. Some basic drawing
materials will be provided and there
will be guided drawing exercises during
the session.
Laughter makes you feel good and
is great for your heart, lungs, blood
pressure and confidence. Join in with
deep breathing, playful laughter
exercises and games, and emerge
de-stressed, relaxed and connected.
Sun 24th JunE, 2.30-4pm
Tickets £10
Sensory
Poetry
a creative writing workshop
with Becky Cherriman
Indulge in a sensory exploration of light
and colour, using The Luminarium to find
fresh ways of seeing and writing about
your own world, and communicating
your ideas through original imagery and
metaphor.
Sun 24th JunE, 6pm
Tickets £10
Storytelling
performance with
Nick Hennessey
Lose yourself in the wondrous stories
of the UK’s mostengaging storyteller,
musician and performer for the last
evening inside the Luminarium. This
promises to be treat for your ears.
“The spoken word is a force ofnature.
Whatever it touches, it transforms.”
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Learn traditional hands-on drystone
walling skills on a working farm with
Dales mastercraftsmen. Level of
participation determined by fitness.
Be prepared for physical activity and
wear strong footwear (not trainers) and
sturdy gloves. Bring a packed lunch.
Intermediate course covers creating wall
ends. Learn the basics on the beginners
course. Intermediate course will cover
creating wall ends.
Sat 16th June, 2.30pm-5pm
Venue Burnsall Village Hall, Main
Street, Burnsall, BD23 6BP
Saxophone
Workshop
with Snake Davis
Improve your saxophone skills with
hands-on tuition from legendary UK
sax player and teacher Snake Davis
(TV regular with Jools Holland and
Jonathan Ross), who has played with
artists as diverse as Ray Charles and Take
That. Intermediate level. £30, incl £3
discount off ticket for evening concert
(see Fringe section).
Sun 17th JunE, 12-4pm
Venue Grassington Village Square
Tickets FREE
Bring Your
Own Wheels:
Drop-in Drawing Day
An afternoon of drawing and markmaking using wheelbarrows, balls, and
bike parts, exploring the Tracks & Trails
theme. We’ll bring the paint, you bring
the wheels!
Rommi Smith
workshops
SUN 17th June, 1.30pm – 3.30pm
The Music of Being Human
Tickets £8 / Under 16s £5
A practical performance workshop to
equip you with the skills to perform at an
open mic session. Open mic performance
session follows in the evening (see pg 7).
TUES 19th JUNE, 2pm – 4.30pm
POETRY TRAIL WORKSHOP
Tickets £5
Poetry workshop. Looks at your material,
with a view to exhibiting around the
village in unusual places: bird boxes,
gardens, library books, doctor’s surgery,
shops, pubs etc, creating a poetry trail.
Tues 19th JunE, 10.30am/1pm/3.30pm
Venue The Royal Oak Furniture Company,
Moor Lane, Grassington, BD23 5BD
From Little
Acorns:
SUN 24th JunE, 1.00pm-4.00pm
(performers)
BD23 6BP
Tickets Performers (includes
refreshments) £10 Under 16s £8.
Audience £5.
Sing ‘The
Messiah!’
Ever wanted to sing The Messiah?
St Wilfrid’s Church invites singers of
all abilities to take part in a scratch
performance of Handel’s masterpiece.
Arrive by 12.30 ready to start rehearsal
at 13.00. Rehearsals with a break from
17.00 for soup and sandwiches. The
scratch choir (with professional soloists
and a small orchestra) will then perform
a public recital at 19.00.
Schools Workshops
Wed 20th June in Town Hall, 48a Main
Street, Grassington, BD23 5AA
With participating local schools.
The Royal Oak Furniture
Company Workshop Tour
Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of
Royal Oak Furniture’s cabinetmaking
workshops and showrooms. See their
creative skills throughout the process
from felling to final polish. Tour includes
a cuppa and chance to admire the
incredible view. 1.5hrs approx.
Thur 21st JunE, 10am-4pm
Tickets £20
Planet on your Plate
with Marty Jopson
BBC One Show science presenter Marty
Jopson leads a discovery session for KS2
about the science of food and how what
we eat can change the planet.
Recycled Bag
Workshop
with Jill Govier
Bring an old jacket (spare ones available
to buy on the day) and learn to transform
it into a contemporary stylish bag.
Patterns available to copy and take
home for future projects. Jill Govier is a
Yorkshire-based designer/maker and
founder of Touchy Feely Textiles.
Claytime with Theatre Is
Theatre Is works with young people to
play and learn through the performing
arts. This ‘play with clay’ is an open,
interactive theatre session KS1.
Rommi Smith will also be leading a
slam based poetry workshop at Upper
Wharfedale School on Tues 19th June.
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Cultural Flavours
Grassington Festival presents Cultural
Flavours: a series of high quality food
and cultural events in the Yorkshire
Dales. Each restaurant will host a
daytime masterclass (lunch included)
and an evening food and music event.
Spanish, French and Italian themes.
Wed 20th JunE, 10.30am
Venue The Grassington House Hotel,
5 The Square, Grassington, BD23 5AQ
Tickets £29
Tantalising
Tapas
Learn the secrets of la cocina in this
Spanish cuisine expert demonstration
and lunch at Grassington House
with chef owner, John Rudden.
¡Viva Espana!
Let chef owner John Rudden take you
on a journey through the food and wine
of Spain, inspired by a recent trip to
world-renowned Cal Pep on Barcelona’s
Las Ramblas. Fiery and passionate
musical accompaniment from Spanish
guitarist, Martinez, who brings the
moorish sounds of southern Spain and
Latin America to Grassington.
MON 25th JunE, 12 noon
Venue The Devonshire Fell, Burnsall,
Skipton, BD23 6BT
Tickets £25
Wed 20th JunE, 7.30pm
Polly-Vu
Français?
Sat 16th JunE, 11am
A night of French food, French dancing,
and Yorkshire hospitality, hosted by
our very own French-Yorkshireman
Stephane Leyreloup (who originates
from Auvergne in central France but
has lived in the Dales for the past eight
years) and Yannick Minvielle-Debat (of
traditional French music and dance
organisation Les Panards Dansants).
Three course French themed menu, with
entertainment between each course.
Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring
Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, Jude Law
and Christopher Lee, this 2011 fantasy
adventure drama film based on Brian
Selznick’s novel The Invention of Hugo
Cabret, is about a boy who lives alone in
a Paris railway station and the enigmatic
owner of a toy shop there.
Documentary portrait of the very last
surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside.
Starring Tom, Kelly, David, Daniel,
70,000 records and the good people
of Teesside. A distinctive, funny and
intimate film about men, obsession
and the irreplaceable role music plays
in our lives.
MON 25th JunE, 7PM
Venue The Devonshire Fell, Burnsall,
Skipton, BD23 6BT
Tickets £30
Inspirational
Italian
Be inspired by the intricacies of Italian
cookery with this masterclass and lunch
with The Angel Inn’s head chef Mark Taft.
WED 27th JUNE, 7PM
Venue The Cracoe Village Hall, Cracoe,
Skipton, BD23 6LQ
Tickets £30
Angelicus
Oh Crêpe!
Arrive at The Devonshire Fell for a
welcome cuppa and a chat with manager
Stephane and head chef Oliver Adams,
before enjoying a French Burger from
the new ‘posh burger’ menu. Then learn
step-by-step how to make the perfect
French Crêpe – and make it well as you’ll
be eating it for pudding!
Gigs in Bars
All film screenings will take place
in The Congregational Church, 6-10
Garrs Lane, Grassington, BD23 5AT.
Tickets cost £6 each. Under 16s £4.
Wed 27th JunE, 12 noon
Venue The Angel Inn, Hetton, Skipton,
BD23 6LT
Tickets £22
Wed 20th JunE, 7PM
Venue The Grassington House Hotel,
5 The Square, Grassington, BD23 5AQ
Tickets £30
Film Screenings
An evening of Italian opera and three
courses of delicious Italian dishes,
hosted by the Angel Inn with Opera
North. Featuring soprano Vicky Fielding
and tenor Guy Faulks as they sing some
of your favourite arias from the popular
operas.
Hugo
(2011, U, 128mins)
With 11 Academy Award nominations,
Hugo was the most nominated film of
2011, winning 2 BAFTAs and a Golden
Globe Award for Best Director.
Mon 18th JunE, 7.30pm
Pina
(2011, U, 103mins)
Oscar-nominated documentary tribute
to German dance choreographer, Pina
Bausch, directed by Wim Wenders.
Bausch innovated the world of
interpretative dance by having her
performers interact with elaborate sets
using natural and urban terrains. Pina
eschews the characteristics of a regular
documentary and presents the famed
choreographer’s story in a manner that
could almost be described as spiritual.
Tues 19th JunE, 7.30pm
The Last Waltz
(1978, PG, 117mins)
Concert film of The Band’s last concert.
After 16 years on the road, Scorsese’s
camera explores the interactions on
stage in the making of music. Offstage,
he interviews the Band’s five members,
focusing on the nature of life on the
road. The friendships, the harmonies, the
hijinks and the wear and tear add up to
one last waltz. Featuring that famous,
incredible Van Morrison performance.
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Sound it Out
+ post show discussion with Director,
Jeanie Finlay. (2011, 12A, 75mins)
Thurs 21 JunE, 7.30pm
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The Help
(2011, 12A, 146mins)
Highly critically acclaimed, multiple
award-winning film, set in Mississippi
during the 1960’s, directed by Tate
Taylor. A young southern society girl
returns home from college determined
to become a writer, but turns her friends’
lives – and a Mississippi town – upside
down when she decides to interview
the black women who have spent their
lives taking care of prominent southern
families. It’s not too long before
everyone in the town has something
to say as they all become unwittingly
– and unwillingly – caught up in the
changing times.
Sat 23 JunE, All day
(11am-5pm on a loop)
rd
Yorkshire
Onland
Boating Club
by Pointed Arrow
In 2009, Pointed Arrow pushed a 1/2
tonne boat 105 miles across the cities,
dales and towns of Yorkshire. Along the
way they invited the public to inscribe
the hull of the boat with messages about
the things they and their communities
value most. This documentary film
brings the whole journey together
and paints an extraordinary picture of
Yorkshire and the values that shape
it. Director Simon Brewis will be at the
festival and available throughout the day
to chat about the film.
Grassington Festival brings you the
best in local and regional talent as
part of our programme of live music in
relaxed bar settings around the village.
Mon 18th JunE, 8.30pm
Venue The Black Horse - Garrs Lane,
Sat 16th JunE, 9pm
Venue The Devonshire Hotel,
25-27 Main St, Skipton BD23 5AD
The Big
Caffeine Fix
A unique blend of original folk, pop and
blues. One of the most talked-about live
acts on the scene.
Jon Taylor’s
Blues Dudes
A collective of some of the most talented
and respected jazz & blues players in
Yorkshire: Jon Taylor (sax/harmonica/
flute/vocals), Rich Jevons (guitar), Ian
Rose (organ), Keith Jevons (bass), Paul
Smith (drums). For those who like jazzy,
funky, blues with a little Latin for good
measure, in the style of Jimmy Smith/
Kenny Burrell/Stanley Turrentine.
SUN 17th JunE, 7.15pm & 8.15pm (for
diners), from 9.30pm (in the bar)
Venue No 5 The Square, Grassington
House Hotel, Grassington, BD23 5AQ
Venue The Foresters Arms, 20 Main St,
Grassington BD23 5AA
Tom Figgins
Area 40
Local lad (grew up in Leck, schooled
at Giggleswick), who has generated
interest from both sides of the Atlantic
and featured on Ch4 series Inside
SBTV. A guitarist of skill and subtlety,
a songwriter of depth and imagination
with a voice that makes you sit up and
listen, lean back and dream. Meal is from
7pm (£25.50 inc 4 course dinner and
coffee). Please book for the meal direct
at No. 5 The Square on 01756 752406.
In the Bar from approx 9.30pm. Bar is
free entry, no booking required.
An eclectic mix of style and content from
the several singer songwriters within the
band. Songs indulge vocal harmony with
duelling electric violin and lead guitar.
Venue The Black Horse - Garrs Lane,
The Gentle Jazz
Quartet
Pictured left, this accomplished
ensemble offers a delightful programme
of ‘Mainstream Jazz’ from the cream
of American/European composers, with
silky vocals by Dee Doyle. +Surprise
Guest
The Gentle Jazz Quartet
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HOW TO GET HERE
BOOKING INFORMATION
TICKET SALE DATES
16th April for *Star Patrons
18th April for Patrons
23rd April for General Public
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By RAIL
Nearest train station is SKIPTON (9 miles
from Grassington), with regular services
to mainline stations. Taxis are usually
available at the Station.
By BUS
Please see www.prideofthedales.co.uk
or call 01756 753123 for timetable.
This year there will be a Festival Bus
to Skipton, operated by Pride of the
Dales, departing from the Square each
evening throughout the festival.
Please call the Box Office or visit
www.grassington-festival.org.uk from
May onwards for confirmed Festival
Bus details.
6. The Chapel
TO HEBDEN,
PATELEY BRIDGE
B6
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LINTON
ONLINE
www.grassington-festival.org.uk
4. Box Office
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B6
THRESHFIELD
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2. Town Hall
3. Congregational
Church
St. Margaret’s
Church
TO SKIPTON
1. The Octagon
R. W
TO BOLTON
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By Car
From Leeds direction take A65/A59 to
Skipton; From Manchester direction
take M65 to Colne then A65 to Skipton;
From Harrogate direction take A59 to
Skipton; From Clitheroe direction take
A65 then A59 to Skipton - at Skipton
follow B6265 to Grassington. There
is a free public car park and overspill
parking above the Town Hall. Or a Pay
and Display car park on Hebden Road a 5 - 10 minute walk up Main Street to
the Town Hall. Why not car share with
friends? (Save money and do your bit for
the environment)
By AIR
Nearest airport is LEEDS/BRADFORD
approximately 30 miles to Grassington.
BY TELEPHONE 01756 752691
Box Office opening hours
Mon to Sat 10am - 4pm
IN PERSON
From the Box Office,
Grassington Hub, Garrs
Lane, Grassington BD23 5AT.
No booking fee for tickets
bought in person. Opening
hours Mon to Sat 10am - 4pm
BY POST
Send booking form - cheques
only , payable to Grassington
Festival, to the Box Office
BOOKING FEE
£2 handling charge per
transaction, not per
ticket. Excluding in person
bookings at the box office.
MULTIPLE EVENT DISCOUNT
10% discount on purchase
of tickets for 5 or more events.
(Excluding Festival in the Field
events) .
UNDER 16s
Ticket prices apply to
all students in full-time
education. (Proof will be
required at the performance).
STANDBY STUDENT DISCOUNT
Tickets for any evening
performance £5 only,
where seating is available
5 minutes prior to start of
performance. (Proof of fulltime education required).
RESALE & REFUNDS
All tickets are NONREFUNDABLE except in
the event of a cancelled
performance. Tickets may be
returned to the Box Office for
possible resale up to 2 weeks
prior to the performance
subject to a £2 handling fee.
We will endeavour to resell
tickets for sold out
performances only but offer
no guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Please look after your
tickets as lost tickets
cannot be replaced.
Accessibility
Please call the House Manager
on 01756 752691 to ensure
access arrangements and
wheelchair seating. The Town
Hall is fitted with an induction
loop, simply switch hearing aid
to the ‘T’ position.
SEATING
Most seated performances
are now pre-allocated. All
seats must be taken no later
than 5 minutes prior to the
performance. Latecomers may
not be admitted until a suitable
break in the performance.
OPENING TIMES
Venues for main events (Town
Hall and Festival in the Field)
will open at 6.30pm and the
house will open approximately
45 mins before the show.
Please check times for the
other venues at the box office.
THE BAR
The bar at the Town Hall
and the Festival in the Field
Marquee will open for preperformance drinks from
6.30pm and interval drinks can
also be ordered in advance.
Wristbands sponsored by
GRASSINGTON FESTIVAL
Registered Charity No.
1116077
Company No.
5742319
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2012 Festival Booking Form
Easy & secure online booking is available at: www.grassington-festival.org.uk
PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS
Name
Date
Festival Patron (Y/N)
Address
PostcodeTel
Email
Payment:
Cheque (payable to ‘Grassington Festival’) for £
Cash (in person only)
DATE
Thank you…
To our 2012 Sponsors and Supporters
If you would like to find out more about the many great benefits of becoming a Grassington
Festival Sponsor, please contact the Sponsorship Secretary via the Box Office, email: sponsorship@
grassington-festival.org.uk or visit the Sponsorship page on www.grassington-festival.org.uk
Card (in person or phone)
EVENTS
PRICE
£
No. of
Tickets
£
p
No. of
tickets
£
p
EVENTS TOTAL
Deduct 10% discount when booking 5+ events
(this does not include Festival in the Field events)
DATE
Festival in the Field (marquee) events:
PRICE
£
Tues 26th
Hugh Masekela + Josephine
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Wed 27th
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Band
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Thurs 28th Alan Davies
24.50
Fri 29th
Animals & Friends + The Move
(featuring Trevor Burton & Bev Bevan)
20
Sat 30th
Billy Ocean + Jen Armstrong + DJ
(last night party)
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EVENTS & FESTIVAL IN THE FIELD TOTAL
Plus Handling Charge (for all methods of booking
other than in person at the Box Office)
TOTAL CHEQUE/CARD COST
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Date received
Tickets posted
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No. tickets issued
Ref. No.
with thanks to
Ayrton House, Dales Country Trading, The Grassington House Hotel, Peel Heritage, Pride of The Dales,
and Royal Oak Furniture.
Festival Picnics
Picnics are welcome in the Festival in the Field car park
before the shows, but NO drinks, bottles, glasses, deckchairs
or picnics may be brought into the festival enclosure.
Why not order a Relish Festival Picnic? Order at Relish,
Station Road, Grassington (01756) 753339 – minimum
of 3 days in advance.
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Patrons
We would like to thank our patrons who support us through
a donation of £22 pa. And our STAR patrons who support at
£80 pa. They play an absolutely vital role in the continuation
of the Festival.
If you are interested in finding out about patronage and its
special benefits please contact the Patrons Secretary on
01756 752012 or visit www.grassington-festival.org.uk.
Email on [email protected].
Volunteers
We rely on volunteers to help in all aspects of running the
festival and new volunteers are always welcome so if you are
friendly, reliable and enjopy working as part of a team and
would like to get involved we would really like to hear from
you. Please call the House Manager on 01756 752691 or
email [email protected]
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Full Days,
Half Days,
Short Rides
& Lessons
Available
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With over 20 years experience, the Trekking Centre has
built up a team of safe and friendly ponies suitable for
both novice and more advanced riders of all ages.
IN G C E N
All treks
are escorted
by an
experienced
rider.
Coniston, Nr. Skipton,
N. Yorkshire BD23 5HS
Tel 01756 752861 Fax 01756 752957
www.kilnseyriding.com [email protected]
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The Angel Inn
At Hetton
The most celebrated Inn in the
Dales now has nine luxury rooms
The Angel Inn, Hetton, Skipton BD23 6LT
www.angelhetton.co.uk
[email protected]
01756 730263
Award-Winning
culinary gem
•
Georgian splendour
with luxurious
contemporary bedrooms
•
Local food including
our own hand-reared
rare breed pork
•
WINNER
Perfect Weddings &
SMALL BUT SPECIAL
Celebrations
ACCOMMODATION
AWARD 2011
Grassington Festival 2012
Friday 15th June 2012 - Saturday 30th June 2012
Overlooking the Square, our patio dining is the perfect spot for
soaking up live street theatre and entertainment during the Festival.
Join us for pre-theatre dinner from 5pm and mingle with friends for
a nightcap in the bar after the shows.
Special Festival Package - overnight stays inclusive of full Yorkshire
breakfast from only £50.00 per person per night
Pre-theatre dinner from 5.00pm - booking essential
5 The Square, Grassington, North Yorkshire, BD23 5AQ
t: 01756 752406
e: [email protected]
www.grassingtonhousehotel.co.uk
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LONG ASHES PARK
LEISURE CLUB / PURE SPA
Located in a stunning position within the Yorkshire Dales
National Park, Long Ashes Leisure Club and Pure Spa provide
the ultimate destination for work outs, chill outs and pampering.
• Indoor heated pool with poolside relaxation area
• Steam room, sauna, jacuzzi and coffee lounge
• Air conditioned gym with TechnoGym and Oxide equipment
• Fitness assessments and tailored exercise programmes
• Elemis spa days, facials and body therapy
• Beauty treatments, Fake Bake tanning and Nouveau lashes
• Jessica, GELeration & Biosculpture manicures and pedicures
• Envy hairdressing offering a range of styling services
10% OFF ELEMIS TREATMENTS
FOR GRASSINGTON FESTIVAL GOERS
Simply bring your festival ticket and this voucher to receive your 10%
discount. Available 15 - 30 June 2012. Advance booking required.
Threshfield • Near Skipton • North Yorkshire BD23 5PN
Telephone: 01756 752261 • Website: longashespark.co.uk
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Enjoy the Coniston
experience with
friends and family!
Beautiful, spacious, ensuite accommodation
available
Look what you could be doing... Make a day of it! Special packages available.
Land Rover
Experience
Clay Pigeon
Shooting
Archery
Falconry
The Driving
Range
Fishing
Coniston Cold, Skipton, N.Yorks, BD23 4EA. Tel: 01756
[email protected] www.theconistonhotel.com
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Enjoy lunch in the
NEW Huntsman’s
Lodge
Located in the heart of the Yorkshire
Dales, set in 400 acres.The Coniston
Hotel offers the best in hospitality
and activities.
Walking &
Cycling
748 080
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If you’re reading
this, your customers
probably are too.
DISCOVER
For information about advertising and
sponsorship opportunities with Grassington
Festival, call the festival office or email:
[email protected]
Grassington
Festival Competition
WIN a two-night
stay for two at
The Fountaine Inn,
Linton-in-Craven
Set in the most beautiful unspoilt
location in the Dales, the Fountaine Inn
faces a pretty village green, a babbling
brook and an ancient ford. This cosy
inn has served many a Yorkshire man
and woman and countless visitors
from across the UK all under the
watchful eye of an early 18th century
Alms House and small chapel.
BOOK SAVE
A full menu is served every day
throughout the year so timing a visit
is not a problem - Lunch, High Tea
or a full blown Supper - our menu
has something for all appetities. The
Fountaine Inn also boasts five super
luxury barn bedrooms (open from May
2012).
For a chance to win, just answer this question:
What time is the couple on our website dining?
(Hint: Look at the Fountaine Inn website photos) Please send your answer and contact details to:
[email protected] with ‘Grassington Festival Fountaine Inn Competition’ in the subject line.
DISCOVER BOOK SAVE at yorkshire.com
At yorkshire.com you’ll discover lazy days and lively nights,
country escapes to coastal retreats. You can book indulgent
weekends and family fun days out and save with amazing
deals on our brilliant website. Go to yorkshire.com to discover
amazing offers and savings. Have a brilliant Yorkshire!
PROUD TO SUPPORT GRASSINGTON FESTIVAL
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Festival, East Yorkshire
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Skipton Building Society
Proud to
support
Grassington
Festival
For more information speak to your local branch
by calling 08457
171777*
or visit skipton.co.uk
skipton.co.uk
*To help maintain service and quality, some telephone calls may be recorded and monitored.
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Inti Raymi Incan Festival of the Sun

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with the LI Ducks

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