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Little Johnny England
Little Johnny England has been steadily making an impact on the folk and roots circuit with their own brand of folk rock, establishing a reputation as the band that is putting the 'rock' back into folk rock.
The band is comprised of five musicians who have been working within folk, traditional and mainstream for many years. Their individual credits include Peter Kaye, Fatima Mansisons, Show of Hands, Ruby Turner, The Steve Gibbons Band and The Albion Band to name just a few.
"They make a stirring sound indeed. Guaranteed to revive the jaded palates of those who thought electric folk was all but dead and buried."
- Traditional Music Maker
Robin and Bina Williamson
This incredible duo makes an enchanting and unique Indo-Celtic sound. Their acoustic concerts of song, story and music blend the East/West harmonies of Robin and Bina's vocals with harp, bowed psaltery, dulcimer and many other instruments.
Original, traditional and spiritual folk.
"Pure beauty through simplicity"
- Robert Plant.
Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson returns with songs about the exuberant nature of love and life with meditative tunes about the world's rich mysteries. Her new album, Roses at the End of Time, has been described as "a strong, mature work that's also fresh, confident, and full of passion "
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"lush and passionate... edgy lyrics with piercing imagery"
New York Times
A Mr Kite Benefits event.
The Bogtrotters
In aid of Bury Cancer Support Centre
The Boggies are a totally authentic band who have made a musical niche that is distinctly their own. Their energetic, original vocal material and instrumental music excitingly fuses traditional Irish, Scottish, country and Cajun genres.
Emily Smith
Emily Smith is a leading light of the contemporary Scottish folk scene. Her powerful, clear vocals have gained her award winning, worldwide recognition. As a songwriter Emily has been likened to "a Scottish Joni Mitchell"
, but as a collector she is equally adept at presenting fresh and evocative interpretations of traditional songs.
She has worked with artists such as Richard Thompson, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Eddi Reader. Recent TV appearances include Transatlantic Sessions 4 and BBC Songs of Praise.
"As far as I'm concerned she can walk on water"
Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2
"Smith could become to Scottish folk what Joni Mitchell is to its Californian cousin"
Q
"Smith deserves to become yet another new folk celebrity"
The Guardian
Shaken Not Disturbed
Street Shakers Cheerleading and Dance Club
Join Bury FC's official cheerleading team Street Shakers Cheerleading and Dance Club with special guests from St.Gabriels and Bury Church High School Dance Squads for a night of dance and talent like no other!
Dancers from all over Bury and beyond will perform routines from the 70s right through to hip-hop, pom pom cheers and arial displays.
Not to be missed by dance enthusiasts and budding cheerleaders!
Richmond Fontaine and Richard Buckner
Supported by Peter Bruntnell
A veritable Americana feast with full sets from Richmond Fontaine in duo format (featuring Willy Vlautin and Dan Eccles) and Richard Buckner with an opening set from Peter Bruntnell.
A Mr Kite Benefit.
Wednesday 17
October 7.30pm
Thursday 18
October 7.30pm
Friday 19
October 7.30pm
Saturday 20
October 7.30pm
Main Theatre
£8 Early Bird Offer
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PADOS
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned...
A very British story, with a very British heart, Calendar Girls is Tim Firth's record-breaking stage adaptation of the 2003 film.
"An uplifting and very inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious".
"A show whose feelgood factor is sky-high".
Ian Shaw + Trio
Winner of Best Jazz Vocalist at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and 2004, Ian Shaw has already amassed a number of highly acclaimed albums and is a popular performer both in the UK and the US. An incredibly colourful character, he has been cited as one of the world's finest male jazz vocalists.
A Bury Jazz Weekender event.
Thin Air
Cottongrass Theatre Company
"Ash, feathers, wings, raven, prophesy. Always the same... circles, dips, lost, looking for something"
A young man's dream of flight has ghostly consequences. Set in the shadow of two world wars, this haunting family saga is a tale of ambition and secrets and passion unspent.
Thin Air is a new play by Carnegie Award-winning author Berlie Doherty. The supernatural story of a First World War fighter pilot who returns home from the horrors of the war in possession of a secret that will haunt his community for generations to come...