Mitcheldean Festival

If you enjoy dancing or watching dancing Mitcheldean festival is for you. We encourage dancing wherever possible.  Watch out for Morris sides around the town during the day. Don’t forget our family ceilidh and barn dance in the community centre from 5pm. And if you feel the urge to dance to one of our exciting acts in our showcase concerts please don’t hold back.

Our fourth Mitcheldean Festival performers CD, “Sweet Return” will be available soon featuring songs by performers at our 2018 festival including Emi McDade, Bewellian, Lila J, Lucy Jarrett, Dick Brice and many more.

In a slight departure from previous years the new CD combines live recordings from last year’s festival with tracks donated by our performers.

At just £5 with 17 tracks and a running time of over 65 minutes it’s an absolute bargain — and all proceeds go to funding future festivals.

Why not pick up a copy at this year’s church concerts?

Join us in the Parish Church from 2:00pm to 9:00pm on Saturday 20th July for performances from 14 exciting acts:

• 2:00 — Double Measure
• 2:30 — Mike Weaver
• 3:00 — Don’t Tell Johnny
• 3:30 — The Taylors
• 4:00 — The Blackthorn Buskers
• 4:30 — Hugh Knight and Viv Bell
• 5:00 — Wendy Martineau
• 5:30 — Steve and Julie Wigley
• 6:00 — Caim
• 6:30 — Angela’s Sunset
• 7:00 — The Ragtime Jug Orchestra
• 7:30 — Jan Vaisey and Ian Harvey
• 8:00 — Vapor
• 8:30 — Welfare Mothers

We’re please to announce that, once again, Tracey Dixon will be hosting a candle lit acoustic concert in the parish church on Friday 19th July from 8:00pm.

Our performers will include Karl Jennings, Eden Tanner, Damian Clarke, Keith Hyett, Pauline Vallance, the Drybrook Male Voice Choir, Lila J, Eagle Alley and Dick Brice.

 

 

Thanks to everyone who applied to perform at our 2019 festival showcase concerts. The concerts team are now reviewing the applications and will be in touch with you in the next few weeks. If you haven’t applied for the 2019 event, don’t forget we will have busking spots available during the festival.

Our 2019 Festival will take place on 19th-21st July. We are now seeking performers for our two showcase concerts and other events.

Our showcase concerts will both be held in Mitcheldean church. The first is an ‘unplugged’, acoustic, candle-lit concert on the evening of Friday 19th from 7:30pm-10:30pm. The second is an amplified concert on the afternoon/evening of Saturday 20th.

Performers wishing to be considered for a slot at one of these concerts should download the Mitcheldean Festival 2019 Concert Application form, complete it and e-mail it to concerts2019@mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk.

Applications will close on 8th February 2019.

In case you didn’t know, we record the concerts at our Festival and our performers generously donate the recordings for use on our fund raising CDs. The proceeds from these CDs are used to help fund next year’s Mitcheldean Festival.

We currently have two CDs available at £5 each, plus £1.50 postage. Wave Over Wave contains performances from the 2016 festival and Hello New Life contains performances from 2017. CDs can be sent by post or collected, post free, from Mitcheldean Folk Club at the White Horse in Mitcheldean on the second Thursday of each month. For more information and to order a copy of either CD (or both) please email concerts2018@mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk

For those seeking a more relaxed alternative to Sunday’s folk walk some of our usual suspects will be hosting a acoustic session in The White Horse from 2pm. Come along to sing a song, play a tune, tell a story or just enjoy the entertainment provided by others.

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 One of the best things about having a Festival in Mitcheldean is that the countryside is within walking distance — literally! And what better way to enjoy a summer Sunday than to sing along the Gloucestershire Way?

 First, a cooked breakfast is available at the White Horse in Mitcheldean between 10 am and 12 noon @ £6.95 per head — please call / text Andy on 07772 053778 or e-mail folkwalk@mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk by SUNDAY 15^TH JULY to book your brekkie (veggie option available).

 At 12 we will then set off on a circular tour of around seven miles, visiting several establishments with time for refreshments and a few songs. Each stop has its own theme for music and poetry:

• First Stop will be the Co-op, Mitcheldean to get sandwiches and drinks etc. for lunch under the oak tree or whenever we feel hungry
• Under our usual oak tree with a view towards the Severn — themes are Animals and Rivers
• The Yew Tree, Longhope — Faith and the Forest (a drink stop only this year due to the pressure of other bookings at the pub)
• The Farmer’s Boy, Longhope — Countryside, Farming
• The White Horse, Mitcheldean — Horses, Colours
• The Jolter Press, Mitcheldean — CIDER!
• The Brewery Tap, Mitcheldean — BEER!

…and the ice creams at the Farmer’s Boy are well worth sampling!

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 Dogs are welcome as you can see — if you don’t want the breakfast you can just turn up for 12 at the White Horse, but advance notice of numbers would be helpful (call / text 07772 053778 or e-mail folkwalk@mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk) — see you there!

Mitcheldean Festival welcomes buskers. This year, in addition to our usual “Busk Stops” around the village we are providing a “Buskers’ Base” in the Brewery Tap where buskers can both perform and store their belongings.

Busk Stops are located in the following places (just look for the Busk Stop signs):

• On the field with the fete
• Outside Townsend House
• Between the White Horse and the town hall
• Outside the doctors’ surgery
• Outside the church
• In the Brewery tap itself

A small PA will be provided in the Brewery tap and buskers are encouraged to perform into the evening. Please respect your fellow buskers and take it in turns to perform.