A wonderful creative feast including work from Chorlton Painting Group, costumes from The Athenaeum Dramatic Society, photographs from Manchester Amateur Photographic Society and other arts and crafts from the members of St. Werburgh’s congregation.
Saturday 22 May
PREVIEW: ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION
St. Werburgh’s Church
Saturday 22 May and Saturday 29 May 10.30AM–2PM
Monday 24 May – Friday 28 May 11.30AM–4PM
Free
MANCHESTER MUSIC SERVICE STRING SHOWCASE
Bluebox Theatre
Saturday 22 May 10:30AM
Free
Children from Manchester schools perform in string orchestras and string quartets that rehearse on Saturday mornings at Chorlton High School as part of the Music Service Activities Programme.
RICHARD SHEARS LOITERING WITH IN TEN
Craft Market – St. Clement’s Church
Saturday 22 May 11AM–4PM
Here’s the challenge; ten portraits each taking less than 20 minutes, painted over two days at two different venues – the Festival’s busy Craft Market and Electrik, one of Chorlton’s hectic bars. Come and be a part of Richard’s exciting task as he helps us celebrate our tenth Festival in this unusual (and brave) way at the Craft Market. And then have your tea and watch the artist in action at Electrik as he completes the challenge of painting ten rapid portraits, each taking less than 20 minutes. See the work he completed on Saturday 22 May at the Craft Market and maybe be one of his subjects. The work will be displayed in Electrik until the end of the Festival and will then be yours to collect and keep.
ARTS AND CRAFTS MARKET
St. Clement’s Church
Saturday 22 May 11:00AM
Free
Take a break from the entertainment and have a wander around the Festival’s Arts and Craft market, back by popular demand. It has been described in the past as ‘better than Christmas’!
FAMILY FUNDAY
St. Clement’s Church
Saturday 22 May 12PM
Free
Celebrate the official launch of the tenth Chorlton Arts Festival with music, dance and crafts. An event for all the family, with food and drink, face painting and a live performance stage. Performers include Blue Lizard, Mad Donnas and The Kalina Banda, a Balalaika Band and join in with the workshop session .
Reggae Reggae BBQ
Iguana Bar
Saturday 22 May 12PM till 4PM
Join us for a special BBQ served up by our friends from Moss Side’s finest Caribbean takeaway ‘Alvinos.’
PREVIEW: GROWING GROUND
Creative Recycling
Sunday 23 May – Wednesday 30 Jun
GALLERY OPEN WED – SUN 11AM–5PM
Mixed-media and photography exhibition by resident artists Glennis Andrews, Fiona Norton and Jack Lloyd.
BOB NANCOLLIS, THE SMALLEST SCULPTURE PARK IN THE WORLD
4 Corkland Road
Saturday 22 May, Sunday 23 May, Wednesday 26 May, Saturday 29 May 1–5PM
Third year running and Bob brings more for you to be charmed by in this spectacular show in his back garden, with sculpture from him and fellow contributors. It really is a gem not to be missed!
QUEENIE AND THE PAWNS
The Hillary Step
Saturday 22 May 4PM
Free
Bitter-sweet original songs about love and loss with an acerbic sense of humour. Queenie on guitar and vocals, Tony Marshall on bass and Jon Mambo on guitar.
CLAIRE MOONEY SINGER/SONGWRITER
Creative Recycling
Saturday 22 May 7PM
£5 in advance / £6 on the door
Ten Pan Alley – To celebrate ten years of Chorlton Arts Festivals and raising funds for the People of Haiti. The PA will be powered by their bicycle-driven turbine! Let there be sound! Refreshments throughout the evening.
THIS MORNING CALL
St. Clements Church
Saturday 22 May 7:30PM
£5/£3 concessions
This Morning Call is the unusual moniker of an electronic pop producer Ben Heyworth.
Based in south Manchester, Ben’s unashamedly eclectic and often downbeat style borrows from the likes of Keane, The Postal Service and a-ha. It’s an exciting new direction in a city already blessed with a rich musical inheritance, an independent spirit and an international reputation.
Mixing traditional indie balladry with electronic quirks, glitch and ambience, Ben draws a somber line under the increasingly creative goings- on in the electro scene, whilst putting a quiet rocket under the traditional guitar band set up. www.thismorningcall.com
TICKETS & INFO: 07794 860 305
E: tickets@chorltonartsfestival.com
Concessions: NUS/OAP/Disabled/Unemployed
RNCM EVENING RECITALS
St. Werburgh’s Church
Saturday 22 May 7:30PM
Free
Pianists Lee Cheong and Carlos Quesada from the Royal Northern College of Music perform in this series of solo recitals. See website for more details.
NIGHT MUSIC
Charango
Saturday 22 May 8PM
Free
DJ’s Balearic Mike and Jan Hammered, play an exotic mix of Tropical/Balearic Vinyl.
IGUANA’S FINEST PART 1
Iguana Bar
Saturday 22 May 8PM
Free
Part 1 of Iguana’s finest featuring hand-picked favourites in celebration of Chorlton Arts Festival’s tenth year.
On the bill:
Paper Boats / The Quangos / Any Idle Clone / Tom Lannon
Over the years Iguana has showcased some of the best talent Manchester has to offer. Tonight we’ve specially hand picked some of our personal favourites to showcase as part of CAF and have put together and unmissable line up.
Paper Boats – encompassing Nick Cave esc lyrics and those epic moments associated with the likes of Arcade Fire, their sound results in something incredibly special and unusually refreshing. Paper Boats’ impressive line up includes Violin, Piano, Drums, Double Bass, Trumpet, Guitar and Lead Vocals from hearty Singer/Songwriter Petty Thief. Highly recommended.
The Quangos – Entertaining, endearing and immediately likeable. This trio of young Manchester lads have successfully veered away from the generic Indie/Rock sound by mixing Indie with Ska & Pop creating something upbeat and charming that you cant help but smile at with impressive vocals from front man Josh Goddard. Highly recommended.
Any Idle Clone – Any Idle Clone is a solo music project in which all material is written, performed and produced by Chorlton-based singer/songwriter Dan Conley. With a subtle brilliance, both vocally and in his writing, Dan’s songs are likely to tug at your heartstrings if you listen with the intent of understanding the depth of their meaning.
Tom Lannon – Soulful and imaginative, Tom’s songs are likely to take you back to a place you’ve been at one time in your life. His husky tone, powerful vocals and expressive lyrics make for an emotional combination, bound to keep your eyes peeled and your ears pricked for the duration.
11pm till late – Resident DJ Richard Hartwell spinning Funk, Soul, New Wave, Rare Grove, Disco & US Garage.
Double Bill: BUT I JUST WANT TO FALL IN LOVE AND WORK WITH ELEPHANTS and ELVIS IS MY MUM
Wilbraham St. Ninian’s Church Hall
Saturday 22 May 8PM
Free
But I Just want to Fall in Love and Work With Elephants – This is a comedy performance which considers one of life’s important questions, which is why do I often not like the use of music in performance? Drawing on songs from Hairspray, by way of the Chuckle Brothers, this post-gay performer valiantly tries to escape the fact that she is a left- handed lesbian from Liverpool.
Elvis is My Mum – A visual piece exploring family and family trees. Elvis is My Mum presents the audience with a literal and metaphorical ‘rainbow family tree’.
FLASHLIGHT BY BREAD
Chorlton Green
Saturday 22 May 9PM
Free
Flashlight
(BREAD – Ruth Essex, Kate Moran, David Boultbee)
Community focussed, light based, landscape intervention
We’re lighting up Chorlton with 1000 paper lanterns and want you to help!
Artists’ group BREAD create works which gently ask you to stop for a moment and take in your surroundings in the hope that you’ll notice something new. This time we’re attempting landscape intervention by flash-mob!
Look out around Chorlton for the Flashlight flyers that you can fold into a lantern. They’re available from the Festival Hub, the library and lots of shops and cafes. We’re also handing them out in schools – we may even post one through your door!!
We’ll let you know what to do with your lantern on May 22. Until then mum’s the word, but it will be around Chorlton at 9pm.
More information available online: http://breadartcollective.co.uk
You’ll also need a light kit, available from the Festival Hub for £1
GRACE IN FLAME
Chorlton Green – Horse and Jockey
Saturday 22 May 9PM
Free
Grace in Flame is a performance group that offers a unique combination of belly dance and fire manipulation. Their special form of belly dance incorporates other styles
of dancing such as street, burlesque and African, and is all set to modern and alternative music. They also perform fire manipulation using poi, staff and hoop, which is especially stunning set against the
night sky.
www.graceinflame.com or follow them on Facebook.
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TICKETS: 07794 860 305
E: tickets@chorltonartsfestival.com
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