Workshops - 10am to 5pm. Dance – doors open 7pm; starts 7:30pm; finishes 11pm. Café, bar.
Tickets The whole thing. £25. 25 years old and under £14. + Booking Fee. Workshops only (10am-5pm). £15. 25 years old and under £8. + Booking Fee. Evening only (7pm – midnight) £12. 25 years old and under £7. + Booking Fee. Buy tickets: Tickets are only available online from WeGotTickets. Conditions: If you are 16 or under you must be accompanied by an adult. To check you are entitled to the concessionary price (25 years old and under) you may be asked for proof of age at the door.
About Blowzabella Day … Blowzabella have been staging folk music and dance workshop events in Britain and abroad for 30 years. The aim is to encourage people of all ages and abilities to participate at whatever level they are comfortable with. Many participants have gone on to form bands and dance groups as a result of attending Blowzabella workshops. All the members of the band are highly experienced at teaching people of all ages and abilities.
About Blowzabella … Blowzabella is Andy Cutting – diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya – vocals, saxophone, clarinet, whistle; Paul James – border bagpipes, saxophones, whistle; Gregory Jolivet – hurdy-gurdy; David Shepherd – violin; Barn Stradling – bass guitar; Jon Swayne – border bagpipes, saxophone. The band make an inimitable, driving, drone-based sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional dance music. Many of the tunes they’ve composed are “standards” in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world. Bands across Europe who experiment with folk music often cite Blowzabella as a major influence.