Led by Carolyn Robson. An all-day singing workshop for everyone. No experience is necessary and you don't have to be able to read music. You will sing a variety of songs and rounds, and work on new arrangements of folk songs celebrating Brunel's work.
See other Brunel 200 related events:-
Sun 09, Event: 0903; Mon 10, Event: 1007; Fri 14, Event: 1411
Frome College
£10 all day / £5 half day
Ends 1pm & 4.30pm
Event Code: 0802

Led by John Kirkpatrick. An all-day instrumental workshop for any acoustic instrument, working on new arrangements of folk tunes. An ability to read music will be an advantage but is by no means essential.
Frome College
£10 all day / £5 half day
Ends 1pm & 4.30pm
Event Code: 0803

How would you like to see the creative talents of Frome's many writers as they weave their magic onto the blank sheet of paper? They will be seen in the shop windows of Cheap Street locality – dare you disturb them? Come and find out!
Cheap Street
Free
Ends 2pm
Event Code: 0804

One of the country's leading illustrators, Rob Scotton's new picture book, Russell and the Lost Treasure, is another tale about Russell the Sheep. Watch him demonstrate his drawing skills – he is sure to make drawing sheep look easy!
Age: 5–7 yrs.
Frome Library
£3
Ends 11.30am
Event Code: 0805

Led by Zainab Nigoumi from Artsplash. Come and enjoy magical tales, create sculptures, mosaics and jewellery using treasures of the earth. Make a stone friend to share secret thoughts with! A creative workshop for children with a sense of the slightly absurd. Age: 8–12 yrs.
Frome Library
£5
Ends 12.30pm
Event Code: 0806

Led by well-known local artist Kate Lynch. Have fun, get grubby and explore the exciting shadows, wild lines and atmos-pheric smudging of charcoal. Create dramatic works of art.
Age: 8-12 yrs.
Assembly Rooms
£6
Ends 12.30pm
Max: 15
Booking essential
Event Code: 0807

Frome Youth Choir (directed by Alan Burgess) will perform new music written by Helen Ottaway (Composer in Residence) and some of their own members, the culmination of an innovative project. They will be joined by Frome Community College's Brass ensemble directed by Keith Thomas and other young local musicians.
St John's Church
£5 (£3)
Event Code: 0808



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An afternoon for writers and those interested in the world of books and publishing.

Frome College Adult Learning and Leisure building
£6 (£5) adv / £7 (£6) door
Ends 2pm
Event Code: 0809A

Frome College Adult Learning and Leisure building
£6 (£5) adv / £7 (£6) door
Ends 3.30pm
Event Code: 0809B

Frome College Adult Learning and Leisure building
£6 (£5) adv / £7 (£6) door
Ends 5pm
Event Code: 0809C

Literary agent Teresa Chris and author Debby Holt: 'Writing a Novel and Troubleshooting Problems'.
Bring the first three pages of your novel and a synopsis.
Frome College Adult Learning and Leisure building
£25 (£22)
Ends 4pm
Booking essential
Event Code: 0810

Twenty-minute appointments with literary agents / consultants: Jane Judd (fiction); Julia McCutchen (non-fiction); Lorella Belli and Laura Longrigg (fiction and non-fiction).
Frome College Adult Learning and Leisure building
£17 per session
Ends 5pm
Booking essential by 30 June; contact Frome Library: 01373 462215
Event Code: 0811

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Enlarge a two-dimensional animated character to the size of your bedroom door. Any character will do: superhero, famous green ogre or yellow boy with spiky hair! Bring your colour cartoon character cut from a magazine or printed from your computer.
Age: 9-13 yrs.
Assembly Rooms
£7 | Max: 15
Ends 4pm
Booking essential
Event Code: 0812

Enjoy the big band sounds from this award-winning, 20-piece, community-based Big Band conducted by David Dayman-Johns. This is a fundraising event for the Blue House. Refreshments available. See also Exhibitions.
Blue House
£5 (tickets from the Blue House or on door)
Ends 4pm
Event Code: 0813

Somerset County Councillor Robin Bush, for ten years resident historian on Channel 4's Time Team and veteran of six speaking visits to America, recounts his entertaining and touching tales of Somerset Past, which have filled his many books on the county.
Rook Lane Chapel
£5 (£4)
Event Code: 0814

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Let us refresh your ears with a cappella songs spanning the centuries and the globe, as you enjoy the Tashens Café. Jackdaws Songbirds is an informal group of adult singers, established three years ago as a development of the Songbird schools projects in the Frome area.
Black Swan Arts: Tashens Café
Free
Ends 4pm
Event Code: 0815

Enjoy this ever-popular family event where you have the chance to taste fantastic and exotic foods from around the world and listen to live music. As this year we are celebrating Summerset, performers include an all-star band led by The Carnival Band's Bill Badley, Priddy Folk Festival favourites The Back Room Band, and super songstress Barbara J Hunt.
The Market Place
Free
Ends 9pm
Event Code: 0816

Second showing of this amusing play - See Friday 07, Event: 0704.
Frome Memorial Theatre
£7 Balcony / £6 (£5) Stalls
Event Code: 0817

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A sparkling programme of baroque and contemporary music from Lucy Wakeford, harpist with the London Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras; Siobhan Grealy, flute, described by the Sunday Times as a performer "with glistening panache"; Richard May, cello, BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Great Elm Midsummer Concerts promoted by Jackdaws Music Education Trust
Rook Lane Chapel
£10 (£5 under 18)
Event Code: 0818


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Last year's heats attracted over 1000 music fans supporting their favourite bands. This year's final has been moved to the Cheese and Grain to accommodate the massive crowds. Book early to see the best of the best of local talent competing for fabulous prizes. Not to be missed.
Cheese & Grain
£5
8pm
Event Code: 0819

This select group of local musicians will be playing Irish and Celtic music. This is guaranteed to be a rip-roaring evening with plenty of jigs, reels and most definitely 'the craic'!
The Griffin Inn, Milk Street
Free
Event Code: 0820

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"Spellbinding" Venue Magazine
Keith Harrison-Broninski returns for another late-night candlelit concert exploring the spiritual side of jazz. This year features "his haunting settings of Ann Harrison-Broninski's beautiful early lyric poetry" (Gig of the week - The Guardian). Legendary guitarist Ray Russell, singer Emma Harris, and Ann herself reading 'Montparnasse' join Keith's piano trio.
St John's Church
£7
Starts 9pm | Ends 11pm
Event Code: 0821

With acoustic and electronic influences, this exciting band weave strands of world, rock, folk and dance into a funky, heart-lifting wall of sound. Trancey, richly melodic and dancey, they unite the body and soul in joyful psychedelic and elemental dance.
The Festival Club, Assembly Rooms
£6 adv / £7 door
Ends 11.30pm
Event Code: 0822

Frome's premier funky breaks and beats collective Tighten Up, DJs Barry Breaks and Chris Gringo, will be playing a full spectrum of sounds from ska and reggae to vintage funk and soul. Expect a full dancefloor!
The Fez Club, Assembly Rooms
£2 adv / £3 door
Ends 1am
Event Code: 0823

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