Festival Saturday Entertainment

10.00 Tai Chi Start the day with a calming session of Tai Chi with Judy Schuneman. If you’ve never done Tai Chi before here is your chance to try it
10.30 Nailsworth Community Choir Continue the mood by listening to the beautiful harmonies of our ever popular local choir
11.00 Panache Steel Band Caribbean sounds bring the tropical sun to Nailsworth. Swing those hips!
11.30 Punch and Judy – he’s at it again! Punch gets up to his traditional antics in our own little theatre in the Gardens.
12.00 The Dixie Hotshots Tap your feet, clap your hands and enjoy the sound of a great traditional jazz band
12.30 Good King Norfolk’s Juggling Hold your breath while our juggler thrills you with impossible feats – how does he do it?
1.00 The Jolly Stompers If you know how to line dance then come and show off. If you don’t know – well now is your chance to learn
1.30 Panache Steel Band Another chance to hear the band with the tropical beat
2.00 Punch and Judy The puppet gang are back, naughty as ever. Oh yes he is!
2.30 The Dixie Hotshots A final chance to hear this great jazz band as they bring our jazzy afternoon to a close

Market stalls
An inviting selection of stalls selling gifts, foods, snacks and all those little things you can’t resist

Animal balloons
Our wandering balloon man will make you the strangest of shapes

Children’s face painting
Make yourself as beautiful or scary as you want

Steam engine
Thrill to the sight of this powerful giant from Woodchester

Duck Race
Have a flutter in the popular scramble in the stream with our little yellow friends

Wander round the town to see what’s going on. You might make your way to Cossack Square and take time out to enjoy a delicious barbecue in the Britannia Inn’s front garden (weather permitting). Alternatively, watch out for special Festival lunches in other restaurants around the town.

Children's Art Activity

Imogen Harvey Lewis. Have fun and enjoy contributing to a shared artwork which will be developed throughout the day, under the experienced leadership of Imogen, who is well known for her creative work with children throughout the area. Age Range 4 – 11. Children can drop in at any time, but must be accompanied by a parent/responsible adult.

Bucket donations

Exhibition
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Photographic Competition for young people (12 – 18 yrs)

Young people are invited to submit one or more photographs giving their personal view of Nailsworth. Click here for rules and submission details (closing date 7th May).

Photographs will be displayed in the Mortimer Room throughout the day for public viewing.

Free

Nailsworth Community Workshop
Afternoon of Tea and Crafts

Drop in to our workshop and get a taste of some of the crafts we offer. It will be possible to make a bracelet out of copper or leather, do some block printing and there will be a community carving on the go.All this with a cup of tea while you work. Or just drop in for a cup of tea and a chat. For more details contact Pam Brown 0797 1737 626 www.practicalintelligence.org.uk

Free

An evening with Julie Felix

The iconic singer/songwriter/ performer has been touring worldwide for over four decades. In her brand new show for 2012, she takes her audience on a fascinating journey through her music and personal experience. Her Mexican/Welsh/American Indian roots in California gave her a rich and heady artistic background. She has always followed her own restless stars, passionately embracing the cause of peace, and singing songs of protest and inspiration to rallies and audiences around the world. She uses the many threads in her life – peace, healing, freedom, love, woman’s power, human rights – and weaves them into music that touches the soul and makes the spirit sing.

Bar

£12

SOLD OUT

Early Bird Walk

Join an early morning bird walk led by one of WWT Slimbridge’s Reserve Wardens. A unique opportunity to enjoy an expert’s insight into the wide range of birds that inhabit the Nailsworth area. This will be an easy relaxing walk to enjoy the wonderful birdlife around the town.

£3 on the day (accompanied children free)

A picnic with the bees

Join with St Dominic’s Buzz Club members and learn about our interesting friends the bees. Bring a picnic and enjoy the atmosphere in the new nature centre. For further information visit www.thebuzzclub.moonfruit.com

Free

London Bulgarian Choir

The songs you will see the London Bulgarian Choir perform are arrangements of traditional and ancient Bulgarian songs. Some tell powerful tales of love and loss, fighting and celebration, while others are inspired by the daily fabric of life.The choir has toured in Bulgaria twice, won the first ever BBC Radio 3 Open Choir of the Year, performed at Westminster Abbey and was featured as one of Joan Armatrading’s Favourite Choirs on BBC Radio 4. Let yourself be transported by their utterly enchanting and haunting singing.

Bar

£10

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A talk by Professor Mark Horton
What happened when the Romans left?

Mark Horton, Professor in Archaeology at Bristol University and star of TV’s ‘Time Team’ and ‘Coast’ will describe new archaeological discoveries in Gloucestershire. His illustrated talk will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of our local area, particularly Berkeley, where he has been involved in some exciting finds. Mark’s career has taken him to mountain, ocean, desert and jungle. To Zanzibar, Panama, Egypt and Iran – you can’t fail to be impressed by this man’s unbridled passion for the big dig.

Bar from 7pm

£5

SOLD OUT

Richard Valentine Memorial Folk Concert
Martin Carthy

For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it. He’s a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs, which have influenced a generation of artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Martin Carthy was awarded the MBE for services to English Music and won Singer of the Year and Best Traditional Track at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005.

£18

SOLD OUT

Festival Film: ‘A Good Year’

A fun film for those who like their wine or France or both. Starring Russell Crowe, it’s a tale with a twist when our hero, a wealthy City financier, inherits a chateau with a vineyard, but hasn’t a clue what to do with it. Fortunately he gets help from – would you believe it – an attractive young woman. Sample some interesting wines and listen to the experts in a postfilm discussion.

Bar from 7pm

£6

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Afternoon film show ‘High Society’

Enjoy a showing of this ever-popular 1950s classic. All are welcome, but especially those who find it difficult to attend evening events.

£2.50 (on door)

Brodsky Quartet – 'The Wheel of 4Tunes'

Sponsored by Stag Developments

We welcome back the Brodsky Quartet with an exciting but informal concert, part of their 40th anniversary season. They will bring along 40 of their favourite pieces for string quartet and the actual programme will be chosen with the help of the audience, using a Wheel of 4Tunes! The quartet will discuss each of the chosen pieces and invite questions – a rare opportunity to get to know these outstanding musicians and their music.

Refreshments available

£15

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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School proudly presents
‘Cold Comfort Farm’

Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm has found a place in the hearts of many devotees of the comic English novel, parodying, as it does, the romantic stories of D H Lawrence and Mary Webb. In Paul Doust’s hilarious stage play, the heroine, Flora Poste, embarks upon a quest to discover her family’s roots, and as a result the ‘nice girl from London’ meets the rough and ready Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. Come with us into a world where there’s something nasty in the woodshed, where porridge pulsates with the latent lust of rural romance, and the Sukebind draws you ever closer into an intrigue that will keep you gripped and laughing in equal measure. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School brings you the ‘Stars of Tomorrow in a Play for Today.’

Bar

£10

SOLD OUT

Indian cookery

Learn to cook authentic Indian food with Mohib of Passage to India. Take home your own Chicken Bhuna, Aloo Begun Bhaji,Vegetable Pulao and Mint Sauce. Proceeds will go to a charity which provides homes and support to needy people in Bangladesh.

£20 per person

(Both sessions sold out)

Traditional African drum workshop

Engaging and easy to pick up the rhythms, this lively activity will leave you thoroughly exhilarated.

£5 (£4 if you bring your own djembe)

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Literary Lunch with Jamila Gavin

Celebrated author Jamila Gavin has entertained thousands of children and young adults with her vast output of novels and short stories, many reflecting her close links with the culture of India, the country of her birth. Her novel ‘Coram Boy’ won critical acclaim and became a highly successful stage production. Jamila is also an energetic specialist in creative writing teaching and loves to encourage youngsters to take up the pen. She is a local lass, living in Stroud, and takes a great interest in Gloucestershire issues. Enjoy a pleasant lunch and a stimulating talk in Horsley’s newly refurbished church.

Bar

£10

CANCELLED

Full refunds will be made

The 3rd Nailsworth Poetry Slam

Poetry, but not as you know it! This is an exciting evening of poetry readings performed with drama, excitement, laughter, tears and fun. 15 poets perform their poetry in a knock out competition over 3 rounds. If you’ve never been to a poetry slam before,or if you think poetry isn’t for you come along and you’ll be guaranteed a surprisingly entertaining evening. You will also participate in choosing the Nailsworth Slam winner 2012.The evening is hosted by Marcus Moore and Sara- Jane Arbury, who bring their own unique style to ensuring that justice is done and that a good time is had by all.

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If you would like to perform some of your poetry in the slam contact Marcus on 01285 640470 or email spielunlimited@gmail.com

Read Marcus's explanation of a Poetry Slam

£6

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Explore Nailsworth

Start from the library and follow verbal and visual clues to complete a walking route around the area, solving cryptic clues as you go.This trail will encourage you to look, or relook, at aspects of the town and its immediate environment. This is a fun activity suitable for families, groups, couples or individuals. Estimated completion time is 2 hours. Clues will be available in French for our Lèves visitors, if desired. Completed clue sheets need to be returned to the start by 2pm in order to be eligible for judging. Answers will be posted on the website after the event (Organiser’s decision is final!).

Cream Tea Promenade

Nailsworth’s answer to Bath’s Pump Rooms! Turn up when you like, to listen to classical music, performed by young, extremely talented, local musicians, and enjoy a cream tea and cakes.