Friday 6 August
Festival Art @ the Medway and Official Festival Opening
An eclectic exhibition of local and regional art from young artists, new creative practitioners and industry professionals, including work from Deborah Goldenglove, Vicki C Nottingham, Don Wazejewski, Ann Leblanc, Sian Trezise-Hardinge, Mark Wears, Adam Robinson, Keith How and a special display of a painting in oils by Bert Broomhead with a short introduction by Amaryllis Rae.
Opening on Friday 6 August, Medway Centre, 5.30pm. Exhibition 7–14 August, check BAF office for details.
Festival Art @ Rutland Mill
New exhibition of painting and portraits by Chris Gill and Diane Syder.
Monday 9–Friday 13 August, Bakewell Arts & Design, Rutland Mill, 10am-4pm, Free
Festival Dance @ the Medway: Shaded Voice Dance Company – ‘Looking Between’
Dynamic contemporary choreography. Shaded Voice return with two new works. A poignant and uplifting narrative piece contrasts with an unusual physical interpretation of society. Two unique styles combine exhilarating movement and stirring artistry creating truly striking performances
Friday 6 August, Medway Centre, 7.30pm, £7.50/£5.00
BAF Sessions @ the Tent
Opening night at the now famous BAF Sessions featuring Varianta Crumb and Carl and Bruce.
The BAF Tent,8pm, Free
Saturday 7 August
Young People’s Creative Writing Workshop
Maisie Ash invites you to let your imagination run free and make up all sorts of places and people. You don’t need to be super-duper at English, you just need to be willing to use your imagination. Ages 10+.
BAF Tent, Castle Inn car park, 3–5pm, Free
Teatime Talks @ the Tent – Maisie Ash Exposed
Intrepid young interviewers Mooney & Wears put this year’s Young People’s Writing Workshop leader through her paces and find out what Maisie knows in the first of our rapid-fire interviews in the BAF Tent.
BAF Tent, Castle Inn car park, 5.30–6pm, Free
Festival Theatre @ the Medway: ‘Beat Surrender’
Sometimes a force can enter our lives, so primal, so perfect and so powerful that all we can do is bow to its inevitability. A play about love, doubt ... and Jack Kerouac. By Brian M Clarke and Tom Elliott. Directed by Helen Parry.
The Medway Centre, Saturday 7 August, 4pm and 7pm, £8.00/£6.00
BAF Sessions @ the Tent – Beatles’ ‘White’ Album
Local artists will take to the stage to deliver their versions of such classics as Back in the USSR, Helter Skelter and Sexy Sadie from this most exciting collection of Beatles hits.
The BAF Tent, 8pm, Free
Sunday 8 August
BAF @ Festival Square – Live on the Lorry
Live music on the stage in the heart of Bakewell when the town square becomes Festival Square for one day in the year. Launch of the first BAF Battle of the Bands followed by a late afternoon showcase with performances from the Kerry Fernandez Band and fabulous Liverpool-based tribute band The Mersey Beatles. Unmissable.
Market Square, Sunday 8 August, 12–6pm, Free
Sponsored by Tarmac
Festival Theatre @ the Medway: ‘Beat Surrender’
See Saturday 7 for details.
The Medway Centre, Sunday 8 August, 7pm, £8.00/£6.00
BAF Sessions @ the Tent
With Sophie Kingston and Johnny Roberts.
The BAF Tent, 8pm, Free |
Monday 9 August
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – Lynda Sneddon
Make a funky coloured wire ring with Lynda Sneddon. Age 8+
Marge@mememe, Bakewell Arts & Design, Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, afternoons Monday 9–Friday 13 (approximately 30 minutes), £5. To book telephone 01629 815200 – advance booking advised
Teatime Talks @ the Tent – BYT Babes
The Castle conversations continue with a mass interview with the cast of this year’s Bakewell Youth Theatre production, ‘Into the Woods’.
BAF Tent, 5.30pm, Free
BAF Sessions @ the Tent – Caribe/the Kerry Fernandez Band
Gypsy jazz, Cuban Latin and improv from Caribe and the funk, soul, groove-based Kerry Fernandez Band.
The BAF Tent, 8pm, Free
Tuesday 10 August
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Lynda Sneddon
See Monday 9 for details.
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Marge Elliott
Customise your clothes – bring T-shirts or tops, jeans or shorts, jackets and take them away transformed! Age 8+.
Marge@mememe, Bakewell Art & Design, Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, 1–3pm, £6. To book telephone 01629 815200 – advance booking advised
Teatime Talks @ the Tent: Bert Broomhead by Amaryllis Rae
Mooney & Wears back to their old tricks, this time interrogating an unsuspecting Amaryllis and the work of her father, legendary artist Bert Broomhead, whose painting ‘The Uplit Tree’ can be seen at the Medway Centre throughout the Festival.
BAF Tent, 5.30pm, Free
Poetry in the Garden
Poetry lovers and poets bring and share poems – their own or an old favourite. A relaxed and informal event in a beautiful garden with its first airing during the Festival.
30 Riverside Crescent, 7–9pm. Access from riverside gate from 6.30pm. Free. Bring cushions/travel rugs. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Wednesday 11 August
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Lynda Sneddon
See Monday 9 for details.
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Marge Elliott
Bring and customise your clothes, or create an accessory. Grown up girls only.
Marge@mememe, Bakewell Arts & Design, Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, 7–9pm, £10 including a glass of wine. To book telephone 01629 815200 – advance booking advised
Bakewell Youth Theatre presents ‘Into the Woods Junior’.
Book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. A magical mystery tour through the woods featuring such characters as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), a few princes, a witch, the wolf and many more. Magical for both adults and children.
The Garden of 1 Castle Street, Wednesday 13–Saturday 16 August, 7pm, £8/£6
Festival Theatre @ the Medway: Jigsaw Productions present ‘More Light’
The journey of eight concubines struggling to accept their impending deaths as they are locked away from the world in their Emperor’s tomb. Cannibalism at its finest! The Medway Centre, Wednesday 11 August, 7pm, £8.00/£6.00
Bakewell Silver Band in Concert
Bakewell’s popular and well-established traditional silver band get Bakewell in the mood.
BAF Tent, Wednesday 11 August, 7.30pm, Free (Collection for the Silver Band to be taken) |
Thursday 12 August
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Lynda Sneddon
See Monday 9 for details.
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Marge Elliott
Customise your clothes – bring T-shirts or tops, jeans or shorts, jackets and take them away transformed! Age 8+.
Marge@mememe, Bakewell Arts & Design, Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, 1–3pm, £6. To book telephone 01629 815200 – advance booking advised
Bakewell Youth Theatre presents ‘Into the Woods Junior’.
See Wednesday 11 for details.
Festival Theatre @ the Medway: Jigsaw Productions present ‘More Light’
See Wednesday 11 for details.
BAF Sessions @ the Tent
Charlie Jobson struts his acoustic stuff while Fabienne Holloway shows her classic soul and R&B influences.
The BAF Tent, 8pm, Free
Friday 13 August
Workshops @ Rutland Mill – with Lynda Sneddon
See Monday 9 for details.
Bakewell Youth Theatre presents ‘Into the Woods Junior’.
See Wednesday 11 for details.
BAF Sessions @ the Tent – Friday Night is Open Night/Victoria Sharpe
Shrinking violets and polished professionals alike are welcomed to the stage for their chance to shine – with inevitably magnificent results. For those who prefer to stand and stare, don’t miss Victoria Sharpe’s Friday 13th finale performance.
The BAF Tent, 8pm (Registration for entrants 7pm) Free
Saturday 14 August
Teatime Talks @ the Tent: From Ambridge to Emmerdale
Cromford writer Chris Thompson has been writing professionally for 25 years. Currently writing for Emmerdale, he has over 450 TV and Radio credits to his name, including 150 episodes of The Archers. Chris will talk about his career and answer any questions intrepid reporters Mooney & Wears care to throw at him, unless they involve giving away storylines!
The BAF Tent, 5–6pm, Free
Bakewell Youth Theatre presents ‘Into the Woods Junior’.
See Wednesday 11 for details.
Festival Theatre @ The Medway: Cotton Grass Theatre Company present ‘The Unknown Land’
Inspired by true accounts of nineteenth century Arctic exploration, Inuit mythology and the fatal attraction of the polar regions.
Medway Centre, 7pm, £8/£6
BAF Sessions @ the Tent
With music from folk duo Reuben’s Train and ska legends Shotshotstacy – don’t forget your dancing shoes for the BAF Sessions finale.
BAF Tent, 8pm, Free
Sunday 15 August
Folk in the Gardens
The now traditional end-of-festival chill out in the ambient setting of Riverside Gardens.
Riverside Gardens, 2pm, Free. Dress appropriately to the weather. (In the event of rain the event will be sited in the Queens Arms, Market Street)
End of Festival Party @ the Tent
The final, final wind-down for all those who have supported the Festival as performers, technicians, volunteers, administrators, sponsors and audience.
The BAF Tent, Castle Inn car park, 7-10.30pm, Free |
