Artistic Direction - Festival 2008
About The Festival
Running Up To The Arts Festival During May
The festival is made up of the actual festival day and celebrations on the Saturday 10th May 2008 with workshops, music and events for different groups and ages.
There will be great opportunities to do fantastic fun and creative learning activities with kids and parents during these workshops. The workshops will work towards participation and celebration of what has been created or learnt at the festival. Workshop and event dates and activities, are being compiled all the time. See schedule for dates and times.
The Titanic Burslem Fringe Festival 08 - 11 May
A jam-packed, four day celebration of quality acoustic roots, folk, the spoken word, arts and crafts.
May 08 Thu
Mike Silver & Johnny Coppin - Folk
The Leopard - 8.00pm
£10.00
Two of the country's most highly respected and accomplished singer-songwriters.
John Lindley - Screen Fever - Creative Writing Showcase in association with Room
in the Roof
Burslem School Of Art - 7.00pm
£5.00, £3.00 concessions - tickets includes refreshments.
May 09 Fri
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan - Folk
The Leopard - 8.00pm
£10.00, £7.50 concessions
Tickets from Jason Hill 01782 813401
PotteriesFolk@yahoogroups.com
Mike Silver - Songwriting & Guitar workshop
The George Hotel 1.30 - 4.00pm
Free (£5 deposit, refundable on the day)
May 10 Sat
Burslem Arts and Crafts Festival
From 11.00am throughout the day.
Multicultural Folk Dancing Workshop in association with Stagecoach,
The George Hotel 11.30am - 1.00pm
Free
CMPAS Singing workshop
Burslem School of Art 11.30am – 1.00pm
Free
Salsa Class with groove academy
Burslem School of Art 12.30 – 2.00pm
Free
Burslem Fringe Outdoor Music and Dance Stage
1.30 - 4.30pm
Free
Elvis Fontenot and the Sugar Bees + Loud Mouth Women - Cajun Night
The George Hotel 7.30pm
£10.00 (ticket includes pie and pint supper and Cajun workshop)
Discounted Tickets £8.50 for Burslem residents - take recent utility bill to Burslem School of Art.
John Power former frontman of 90's band the La's whose 1990 hit 'There She Goes' secured him a huge Top 20 chart position.
He then formed Cast and there followed a string of Top 10 singles. Performing in the evening, there is also a rare chance to take
part in an afternoon songwriting workshop with him.
Workshop 1.30 - 4.00pm
Free (£5 deposit refundable on the day)
Evening performance at The Leopard 7.30pm
£6.00 adv Supported by Holly Raynolds, MS Thomason + UpStart
Songwriting Competition launch (in association with Urban lizard)
Download a Flyer for Andrew Hull Pottery - Wallace (The Fisherman).
May 11 Sun
Harvey Andrews & Ruth Notman - Folk
The Leopard 7.30pm
£10.00
As the sun sets on this year's festival, you are invited to a gentler night of folk. Acclaimed folk legend Andrews (65) plays alongside 19 year old Ruth Notman. Her album 'Threads' "one of the most assured, varied and impressive ablums of the year" The Gardian.
Stoke Your Fires - Festival of Animation - May 15th - 18th 2008
Stoke Your Fires 2008 is the first of an annual event celebrating animation in one of the UK's fastest growing animation communities - Stoke-on-Trent.
Organized in conjunction with the City of Stoke-on-Trent council, the festival will take place between the 15th and 18th of May 2008 at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, utilizing its 300 seat forum theatre for screenings of award winning animation, seminars, and Q&A sessions with a host of guest speakers. The festival will also be making use of the museum's expansive gallery spaces for workshops, master classes and exhibits. Go to www.stokeyourfires.com for more information.The Arts Festival on Saturday 10th May 2008
Visit Burslem for a day of Activities and unique Arts and Crafts with on street entertainment.
Carnival processions, heritage talks, competitions and live music.
- Arts and Crafts Stalls Throughout Queen Street
- Artist Open Studios and on-street demonstrations
- Food Stalls from around the world
- Live Music and Dance at the School of Art Stage
- Bulls Head, Queens Head and Leopard Beer Festival
- School of Art Music, Multimedia, Story Tellers and Dance all Day.
- Competition and Prizes.
- On street entertainment and circus.
- Food and Music Event at the Leopard.
- Evening Entertainment in the pubs from Thursday until Sunday.
- Animation festival and workshops.
Who is Organising the Event:
The Burslem Arts Festival Group was formed in January 2006 to help make the Arts Festival an ongoing event twice a year in Burslem Town Centre. Representatives include Burslem School of Art, Stoke on Trent City Council, Jellifish Internet Services Ltd., Burslem Chamber of Trade, Ceramica and Burslem local business, including Port Vale, Moorcroft, Moorland Pottery and talented local Artists make up the group all making putting on this event a reality.
Aim of the Event:
To highlight Burslem as the creative area of the city. To help the local community to enjoy a special quality creative day in Burslem. To show off local artists work. To inspire a sense of joy and inspiration and aspiration in Burslem. To network local artists, community, business, new housing developments and creative housing developments. To include all groups and ages to take part and come together for the arts festival in a safe quality environment in the beautiful heritage setting of Burslem Town Centre.
WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE FESTIVAL ON Saturday 10th May 2008 and at the workshop events and evening music events at Burslem Venues....
