I had the opportunity to work at the festival looking after some performers fromPif Pafwhich was great fun. They were performing with The Flycycle and The Submercycle, two fantastic contraptions...
It was a beautiful sunny day and I got to see lots of different companies performing which was fantastic.
The Herbert Lates
We performed 'The Lion & the Fox', based on one of Aesop's Fables, at 'The Herbert Lates' - a series of exciting evening events at The Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry.
Here are a few musical snapshots from Summer 2015:
Over the Summer I did a couple more gigs with Postculture which was great fun.
We worked on some more music together and also a cheeky little video to go along with 'Sunsound', my debut track with them. Have a listen...
To read previous posts mentioning Postculture click here if you like.
I went with some friends to an open mic gig down at The Box Office Bar at The Picturedrome - Gareth and I went along to perform a couple of songs, just for fun. Whilst we were there we got word that the legendary Martha Reeves and The Vandellas were performing on the main stage next door in the very same venue. We snuck over after playing a couple of tunes and got to see them live! It was so amazing! It was doubly exciting for me as not only do I love Motown, but at this point I was in rehearsals for a brand new Motown group The Dazzlettes and had been diligently rehearsing many of their songs! (I will talk more about The Dazzlettes in a future post). We managed to get really close to the front of the stage despite our late arrival and also meet the ladies afterwards. Incredible.
Along with Steve Ansell & The Truthwe were invited to be interviewed again by BCB radio station - this time they played some of our recorded tracks, which was fun. I had a lot of creative fun and interesting experiences with Steve Ansell & The Truth, later in 2016 we came to the end of our season together and went onto some new projects. But if you enjoyed Steve's fantastic writing check out the Facebook page of Good Earth Collective.
Of course I love hearing live music and over the Summer I got to listen to lots of great artists not only at festivals but also a bit closer to home I paid a visit to Holmfirth Food Festivaland enjoyed some of the live music there outside Hot Banana Music, and in SeptemberI got to see my talented friend Kirstie performing with The Haze - check out their Facebook pagehere to hear some of their original music.
Other things happened too with work but rather than put every little gig in chronological order I felt it would be easier to group certain types of gigs together. SO...here are some pics from the festivals!
Bute Fest
Sound check: I went to Bute music festival along with
Steve Ansell & The Truth (minus Gareth).
The main stage, where we did our set.
It was a soggy affair but great to visit this Scottish Island and play some music.
Cloud Spotting
We performed The Town Band of Bremen at Cloudspotting music
and arts festival in Lancashire.
Just So Festival
The Fabularium went along to Just So Festival (a family arts
Festival) and went down a storm when we continued to perform
in a downpour by relocating the audience to under a large tree.
We also performed at the campfire stage with Steve Ansell & the Truth.
I loved the festival and seeing lots of performance
and creativity going on throughout.
Ramsbottom
We performed The Town Band of Bremen
at Ramsbottom Festival.
Setting up for the show.
I love performing at Festivals, it's definitely one of my favourite settings to work in as I enjoy the whole atmosphere, camping and enjoying other people's performances as well as focusing on your own.
