Programme for the 2008 Fiddle Festival

Saturday 26th April

Charanga Evening at John Leggott College 7.30pm

CHARANGA DEL NORTE

This is part of our Education Programme. About 50 students from North and North East Lincolnshire are going to take part in a workshop with the internationally acclaimed CHARANGA DEL NORTE. They are a 12 piece professional outfit playing music in the Cuban Charanga style. The students will perform the results of the workshop with the band in the evening. Charanga Del Norte will also perform pieces from their new CD. So put your dancing shoes on and get ready to Salsa!

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Wednesday 14th May

Vale of Ancholme Music and Technology College 7pm

Young Persons Ceilidh and Concert

This is the start of the Festival proper. It will involve some of the young people who have taken part in the Education Programme. The evening takes the form of a dance and concert. It was a huge success last year.

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Thursday 15th May

Classical Concert at the Angel Ballroom in Brigg 7.30pm

TASMIN LITTLE

Tasmin Little, the internationally renowned violinist who has made her first new recording in four years. The brand new recording of Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E major, Paul Patterson’s virtuoso show piece Luslawice Variations and Sonata No. 3 “Ballade” by the Belgian composer and violinist Eugene Ysaye, were specifically designed to show the huge range of expression a single unadorned violin can produce. Tasmin now brings The Naked Violin to you in a lively evening concert of performance, demonstration, discussion and audience interaction.

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Friday 16th May

Angel Ballroom 7.30pm

FAIRPORT CONVENTION (ACOUSTIC)

Need I say more! Simon Nicol (guitar, vocal), Chris Leslie (fiddle, mandolin, vocal) and Ric Saunders (violin) and occasionally joined by Gerry Conway on percussion. As always, the Wootton Fiddle Club will start this concert. Sorry, this concert is sold out!

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Saturday 17th May

Afternoon Concert 3.15pm

CHRIS GARRICK & HOT CLUB QUARTET
OLD BLIND DOGS

The afternoon concert will kick off with the amazing talents of CHRIS GARRICK - Jazz fiddle player extraordinaire and his Hot Club Quartet. This is Chris’s first time at the Festival. He is one of the most prolific jazz violinists of the modern era.

These are followed by OLD BLIND DOGS, one of the original cutting edge outfits in Scotland. Their line up is: Aaron Jones on bass, bouzouki, guitar and vocals; Rory Campbell on Border pipes, whistle and vocals; Jonny Hardie on fiddle, mandolin, guitar and vocals; and Fraser Stone on drums, percussion and Tequila! Their music is both exciting and soulful.

Saturday 17th May

Evening Concert 8pm

TAB HUNTER & BEN PALEY
ALTAN

The end of our celebrations begin with the foot tapping delights of TAB HUNTER AND BEN PALEY playing energetic and beautiful Swedish, Irish, Klezmer and American traditional music (and more), Ben Paley (fiddle)and Tab Hunter (guitar) have worked with Damon Albarn, Channel 4 and The Levellers, among others.

Our final act needs no introduction, ALTAN are recognised as one of Donegal’s finest exports. Altan consist of Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne, Mark Kelly and Daithi Sproule. Twin fiddles and accordion are underpinned by guitar and bouzouki. With beautiful songs in both Gaelic and English.

As well as some superb fiddle workshops/sessions and wonderful street entertainment this year we have changed our pricing policies to make booking easier.

Be aware last year many people were disappointed, as we had sold out weeks before!! Looking forward to seeing you there!