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| Jazz Festival Breakfast | 9am |
Enjoy a mellow Sunday breakfast to prepare you for another full festival day, or recover from the night before, with a delicious breakfast from Mrs B's festival café and live jazz music from local musicians led by Mike Peake.
The Festival Club Cafe, Assembly Rooms
Free entry
Ends 11.30am
Event Code: 1601
| Workshop: Pottery for all ages | 10am |
For details, please see Sunday 9, Event: 0909.
Enigma Gallery, 15 Vicarage Street | Tel: 01373 452079
£3.50 per pot
Ends 1pm
Event Code: 1602
| A Walk to the Trees | 10.30am |
Tim Bentley, together with the help of volunteers, planted 2000 trees in Frome for the millennium. Starting at Frome Library he will lead a walk lasting about 2hrs 30mins to show people how the trees are growing.
Frome Library
Free
Event Code: 1603
| Art Car Boot | 11am |
Exciting car-boot style art and crafts fair selling work by local artists, designers and craftspeople. Something for everyone. Come to sell your work or come to browse. For more information on booking a pitch contact Black Swan Arts: 01373 473980.
Old Cattle Market Car Park, opposite Black Swan
Ends 3pm
Event Code: 1604
| Workshop: People Making People | 12 noon |
Make a portrait doll in a day. Collage, sculpting, painting. Absolutely anybody welcome, any age, any ability. Masses of exciting materials to play with. A drop-in workshop, so come when you like and stay as long as you like. Café available.
Assembly Rooms
£2 on door
Ends 5pm
Event Code: 1605
| Complete Bach Partitas & Sonatas | 1pm |
The conclusion of this epic musical journey with father and son, Roger & Emil Huckle. Roger concludes with one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, the profoundly moving D minor Chaconne. Also features E major Partita and A minor Sonata.
See also Sunday 09, Event: 0907
All Saints Church, Lullington
£10
Event Code: 1606
| Merlin Creative Team: Sunday Scratchings | 2pm |
See creative work-in-progress and help develop the artists' ideas by giving them feedback. Artists sharing their work include: Kathy Hinde (digital artist/musician), Neil Light (performer/film-maker), Niki McCretton (performer), Marina Sossi (performer), Crysse Morrison (writer/SLAM poet), Annabelle MacFadyen (performer), plus more to be confirmed.
Merlin Theatre
Free
Ends 4pm
Event Code: 1607
| Walk: Frome's Historic Past | 2.30pm |
Guided tours with local experts around historic Frome, starting at The Round Tower and ending at Frome Museum, where refreshments will be available. Donations to the Museum are welcome.
Meet at Frome Tourist Information Centre
Free
Event Code: 1608
| Summer School Performance | 4pm |
Liszt Piano Concerto No.2: Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony
Somerset Youth Orchestra and the Frome Festival Summer School Choir with Peter Donohoe (Piano); Sally Harrison (Soprano); Riccardo Simonetti (Baritone); Chorus Master Jeffrey Skidmore; Conductor Jason Thornton.
The 5th Frome Festival Annual Summer School Production presents a unique collaboration with Somerset Music and International Artist in Residence Peter Donohoe. The orchestra joins the choir for a monumental performance of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, involving some 250 musicians, coupled with Liszt's mighty 2nd Piano Concerto. This production tours to Germany the following week. Book early!
(See also 8pm below, Event: 1611)
Cheese & Grain
Adults £12 / Children £6
Event Code: 1609
READ PERFORMANCE REVIEW by Alan Burgess
READ SUMMER SCHOOL & GERMAN TOUR REVIEW by Peter Donohoe
| Frome on Film Premiere | 6pm |
FILMFROME's finale event premieres an absorbing documentary about Frome and its diverse community. First-time filmmakers capture the everyday miracles that touch our lives to create a unique and compelling account of their own town. Includes live music & Cheap Street treats before the film.
Merlin Theatre
£2
8pm
Event Code: 1610
See other films in the Frome Festival
| Summer School Performance | 8pm |
Liszt Piano Concerto No.2; Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony.
See 4pm above for details, Event: 1609.
Cheese & Grain
Adults £12 / Children £6
Event Code: 1611
READ PERFORMANCE REVIEW by Alan Burgess
READ SUMMER SCHOOL & GERMAN TOUR REVIEW by Peter Donohoe
| The Free House Debate | 8pm |
"I'm so scared about the future and I don't know what to do". Chris Martin, Coldplay, Talk
Can humanity cope with the speed of change in a chaotic and divided world? What does the 21st century hold for us? The Bishop of Bath and Wells is among the special guests who will join the debate over a pleasant drink. All welcome.
The Griffin Inn, Milk Street
Free
Event Code: 1612
| Sirius B: End of Festival Party | 9pm | D |
Jazz-flecked, intoxicating, sun-drenched Brazilian grooves with singing horns and flutes, crossing boundaries between fiery sambas, world dance and romantic, hard-hitting bossa novas. An exhilarating Latin feast of sunshine to end the Festival!
The Festival Club & Fez Club, Assembly Rooms
£4 adv / £5 door
Ends 12.30am
Event Code: 1613