Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival 2016
We've been booked to play at the wonderful Sandwich Folk and Ale festival again. We're on the Market Stage at 11 a.m., Saturday 9th July. There'll be more details here and here soon and there's photos of us playing last year here.
Another sponsor for Hopping Down in Kent
Great news! We have been given permission to use Screen Archive South East footage from the DVD "In the Hop Fields of Kent" (which we have been showing at the various Workshops) at the show on 26 November. That means changing all of the promotional material to add in their logo – but…
Hopping Down in Kent
It now feels concrete - the venue has been booked, posters and tickets are being printed and Shepherd Neame have a webpage about the event on their website - see: http://www.oldbrewerystore.co.uk/events/hopping-down-kent-community-folk-opera Many thanks to Shepherd Neame and Ideas Test for sponsoring us. Tickets will be available later this week from…
Update on Hopping Down in Kent
It's been a while... We've been busy getting this new musical project - a 'Folk Opera' - off the ground. It's all very exciting! We're just about to have our 6th Workshop on the project and loads of people have been coming along to the workshops, generating new ideas,…
Hopping Down in Kent
We are really excited about a new idea. We're currently putting together a community based project, Hopping Down in Kent, which is being supported by the Arts Council via the Creative People and Places "Ideas Test". So what is it? We're creating a multimedia production based around hop picking in Kent.…
Sandwich Folk and Ale
We're on The Guildhall Stage at this lovely festival today at 11 a.m. It's sunny! Whoop whoop! Come along to our favourite festival and enjoy the music... More info here
New CD… Blueprint
Yup - Blueprint is here! Our very first full-length CD... Here's the track listing: 1 / Abbey Grounds 3:43* (Woodward) 2 / August in May 3:34** (Woodward) 3 / Drifting away 3:18* (Woodward / Allen / Carling) 4 / Olaudah Equiano 4:33* (Woodward) 5 / Grace Darling - Bus Stop 7:32* (Woodward - Anita Anderson)…
Upcoming gigs…
After a bit of a quiet spell where we weren't doing many gigs, we've now got a few booked. Put them in your diary and come along... Saturday 27 June - at The Wrong Turn (Micro Pub), Pie Factory Road, Barfrestone Saturday 11 July - Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival,…
We took part in The Perfect Pitch … and WON!
We took part in an evening at Sun Pier House, Chatham, to pitch our idea of a Folk Opera called "Hopping Down in Kent" - and we won the 1st prize panel of judges award! We got a trophy and £50 - plus the skills of a mentor, who's helping…
Open Mic at Sun Pier
We've been a bit quiet in terms of gigs recently - but we're now going to be performing at "SunSpot" this Thursday Feb 5 at Sun Pier House, Chatham. See you there... https://www.facebook.com/sphopenmic?fref=ts. Also performing just before us will be Rachel Morris, who has the most exquisite voice... Come along and be…