Sat 17 July
10:50
FROME TUNNELS
EXPLORE UNDERGROUND FROME
For details please see listing for Mon 12th at 17:50. Max 15
Frome
£7.50 Event: 153
10:00-17:00
LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION RATINGS TOURNAMENT
FROME SELWOOD TENNIS CLUB
Local annual tennis tournament where players from far and wide compete. This is the penultimate day of the competition and you can be assured of some good tennis. If you come along you will also qualify for one of two tennis taster session to be held later in the season, run by our qualified coaches. There is no car park at the club.
Frome Selwood Tennis Club
Free Admission. Event: 154
11:00-17:00
OPEN STUDIOS
VISIT ARTISTS’ STUDIOS IN FROME
See the half-page feature at the front of the brochure for more information about this chance to visit Frome artists in their studios.
Frome
Free Admission. Event: 155
11:00-16:30
MOVING HOME
FROME NOW AND THEN - EXHIBITION
For details please see listing for Sat 10 July at 11:00.
Frome Key Centre
Free Admission. Event: 156
11:30-17:30
GRAND GALA FETE
A fun day for all the family with a host of stalls, a full programme of ring events, a cricket match and an atmosphere reminiscent of the Frome Show of old. Proceeds to Help for Heroes and other Lions and Rotary charities.
Old Show Ground
Event: 157
12:00-16:00
FESTIVAL CREAM TEAS
TEAS WITH ENTERTAINMENT
For details please see listing for Sat 10th at 12:00.
Monmouth House & Garden
Free Admission. Event: 158
12:30-14:30
CHARITY FILM PREVIEW - TOY STORY3
Disney/Pixar’s latest adventure with Woody, Buzz Lightyear and pals.
Westway Cinema
£5.50 / £4.50 / £4.00. Tickets only available from Cinema (01373 467088) Advance booking advised.
13:00-14:00
GREATER LOVE
A LUNCHTIME CONCERT OF SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
This local chamber choir and instrumental ensemble, Christ Church Singers, make their Festival debut with a wonderful programme of beautiful classical choral works including Bach’s cantata Gottes Zeit(BWV 106) with recorders, strings and chamber organ, William Byrd’s glorious a cappella 4-part Mass, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s Three Latin Motets and John Ireland’s evocative anthem Greater Love.
Christ Church
£8 / £6. Event: 159
13:30-14:30
BEGINNERS’ BALLROOM
Beginners’ Ballroom Workshop. Come to this ‘taster session’ and see for yourself how much enjoyment dancing generates. Rhythms to suit everyone. Good weight bearing exercise to music, plus interaction with other dancers. We hope to give you basic waltz, quickstep and maybe even jive steps by the end of the session. Please wear sensible footwear: trainers or mules are not recommended. Please come with a partner. Age 16+.
Trinity Hall
£6. Event: 160
14:00-17:00
POTS OF TEXTURE
Drop in session to make a pinch/knee/elbow pot and decorate using textures from the garden. The finished pots will be fired and ready for collection after approx 2 weeks (postage extra). Children to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Enigma Pottery Studio & Gallery
£3.50 Event: 161
14:00-16:00
MEDICINAL PLANT WALK
For details see event for Sat 10 July at 14:00. Max 25
Frome
£6. Event: 162
14:30-15:30
“R U N 2 POETRY? :-)”
PRIZE-GIVING
Exciting new text-speak poetry competition. Theme: The Outsider. Max 20 lines. Age limit: 18 years. Send ur txtspk poem to: fftxtcomp@googlemail.com Prizes: £30, £20, £10. Closing date 20 June. Prize-giving ceremony - Bath poet Nickki Bennett will judge and present prizes.
Frome Library
Free Admission. Event: 163
15:00-17:00
TEA DANCE
MODERN SEQUENCE BALLROOM DANCING
A tea dance for established tea dancers and the opportunity for newcomers on the tea dance scene to see what it is all about! Refreshments available. Age 16+.
Trinity Hall
£2.50 Event: 164
15:00-16:30
SHE-WOLF’S CLOTHING
MARINA WARNER EXPLORES FAIRYTALES
Since Angela Carter re-worked some of the nursery classics and other fairytales in her collection The Bloody Chamber, familiar heroines like Cinderella, Beauty, Snow White and others, have inspired many women writers and artists to follow her into that forbidden room. Marina Warner will explore the surprising character of fairytale - and its protagonists - after Angela Carter. Refreshments available from the Food Frome cafe.
Rook Lane Chapel
£5. Event: 165
17:00-20:00
SALUTEMUS
A MIX OF JAZZ AND BLUES
Delicious BBQ in cafe courtyard with live music by Salutemus, an eclectic mix of Jazz and Blues. Divas will also be serving seasonal salads, teas, coffees, cakes and treats, house wines and beers.
Divas Café
Free admission. Event: 166
18:00-19:00
BLUES GUITAR WORKSHOP WITH RICK PAYNE
Bring your guitar and a basic knowledge of chords and learn from the man whose workshops are described by Acoustic magazine as “innovatively delivered…if you really want to play like a master, this is the way to do it”. Rick, a much sought-after tutor, has been passing on his skills for many years and has a series of tuition DVDs with Truefire USA. www.rickpayne.co.uk. Max 15
United Reformed Church
£5. Event: 167
19:30
JOHN HEGLEY AND SURPRISING FRIENDS
EKO POETRY COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY
John Hegley is the judge of the EKO poetry competiton . The four prize winners will perform their winning poems and receive their prizes. John Hegley is a regular sell-out at The Edinburgh Festival and has performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival, the USA Comedy Festival in Aspen, with Ulrika Jonsson & Anita Dobson in The Pyjama Game and on BBC R4’s Hearing With Hegley. John is widely known as one of the country’s most innovative comic poets with several best-selling volumes of poetry to his name.
Rook Lane Chapel
£10 / £8. Event: 168
19:30-21:45
APPALACHIA - AN EXPLORATION
BATH PHIL & HARPETH RISING
A unique collaboration between the critically acclaimed Bath Phil and American folk band Harpeth Rising. You are warmly invited to join us for an all American hike along the 2000 miles of the Appalachian Mountains from the deep south to the far north- eastern states of the US. Witness hoe downs and Shaker ceremonies and hear tales of rural American life today. Both groups will interweave classic and contemporary pieces and songs from the region. Programme to include: Copland: Appalachian Spring and John Adams: Shaker Loops, interspersed with authentic American folk songs and improvisations from Harpeth Rising.
St.John’s Church
£18. Event: 169
19:45-21:15
FLICKS, STICKS AND KICKS.
A TAKE ART AND MERLIN THEATRE DANCE EVENT
Drummer and dancer Darren Ellis duets with his sticks in his clever work Sticks and Bones, alongside Probe dancer Antonia Grove, who brings two new solos to the Merlin Theatre. Completing the bill is a sneak preview from Yorke Dance Project’s new work City Limitless, delving into the life and loves of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. Flicks, Sticks and Kicks is a specially curated event for Frome Festival by Cath James, dance programmer for Take Art. Age 5+.
Merlin Theatre
£12 / £10. Event: 170
20:30-22:30
RICK PAYNE IN CONCERT.
Rick Payne is a master of acoustic Blues, his intricate finger picking and soaring slide have audiences captivated as he draws every nuance out of every note. “The guitar playing is simply amazing, it expresses such emotion you have to sit back in awe.” R & B Magazine; “impressive slide guitar playing from the West Country bluesman whose work bears comparison with early Ry Cooder”. Daily Telegraph.
United Reformed Church
£10. Event: 171
20:00
DJ MADAPPLE @ THE GRIFFIN
Madapple whips up a sunny celebration with the best reggae, ska and funk records to get you in the mood for summer. Age18+
The Griffin Inn
Free Admission. Event: 172
20:00-23:30
BAKA BEYOND
Musicians from six countries in West Africa and Northern Europe combine their cultures and traditions to create a unique fusion of World Music. Inspired by the Baka tribe in the Cameroonian rainforest, their intoxicatng Afro-Celtic sounds and rhythms will have you feeling uplifted and energised. Stars of Womad, Glastonbury and countless major festivals, Baka Beyond are undoubtedly one of the most popular World Music acts on the circuit. This concert will benefit the Baka people through Global Music Exchange.
Cheese & Grain
£14 advance/ £16 door Event: 173
Doors open 22:00-late
CABARET SANS FRONTIERES
LATE NIGHT SHOW
For details see listing for Thu 15 July at 20:00.
The Granary
£7.50 / £5 Event: 174
