Announcing The Hexham Gathering 2017
Thursday 25th May – Sunday 28th
May 2017
The Hexham Gathering, a
partnership between Folkworks / Sage Gateshead and Queen’s Hall Arts, is a unique annual festival featuring hundreds of young people
performing traditional music, song and dance in Hexham and the surrounding area
in a four day
folk spectacular.
New for 2017, the festival will
be visiting venues across the Tyne Valley with a Magnetic North East
Village Hall Tour led by award-winning Northumbrian pipes and fiddle player
Kathryn Tickell. The tour will stop in Stocksfield, Allendale and Wark.
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| RURA |
Young players will be at the forefront of performances in Hexham town
centre whilst Queen’s Hall will be full of music throughout the weekend as it
hosts concerts, instrumental and singing workshops, and The Big Gig - headlined
by the young Scottish powerhouse RURA, a winner at The Scots Trad Music
Awards 2015, and named one of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk
scene by Songlines.
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| Folkestra |
Festival goers can also enjoy performances from Queen’s Hall Arts’
resident youth folk band 4th Generation, Scottish fiddle player Eryn
Rae, Superfolkus with special guest Kathryn Tickell, and Sage
Gateshead regional youth folk ensemble Folkestra. For the first time at
Hexham Gathering, The Great Hall in Hexham Abbey hosts the Gathering Ceilidh.
There is also the opportunity to join
in with the fun with a mixed instrument workshop with festival headliners RURA
and a singing workshop with English folksinger, musician and dancer Hannah
James.
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| Kathryn Tickell |
This year’s festival is sponsored by
Red Hot Property in Hexham. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of Red Hot
Property, said: “As a leading regional estate agent Red Hot Property is
committed to making a positive contribution in our local community. We are
proud to sponsor the Hexham Gathering which provides fantastic opportunities
for our young people to develop their skills, talent and confidence whilst
having fun”.
On
The Web:
More details at www.hexhamgathering.co.uk
or
Tickets:
The Hexham Gathering 2017
takes place from Thursday 25 May until Sunday 28 May and all tickets can be
booked through the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre Box Office, Hexham on 01434 652477
or online at www.queenshall.co.uk
The
full line-up includes:
Thursday 25 May
Village Hall Tour with Magnetic North East at Stocksfield Community
Centre, 7.30pm
Friday 26 May
Village Hall Tour with Magnetic North East at Allendale Village Hall, 7.30pm
Saturday 27 May
Hexham Town
Centre Takeover, 10.00am – 4.00pm
The Big Gig: RURA / Superfolkus + Kathryn Tickell / Folkestra at Queen’s
Hall Arts Centre, 7.00pm
Hexham Gathering Ceilidh at The Great Hall, Hexham Abbey, 8.00pm - 10.30pm
Sunday 28 May
Mixed Instrument Workshop with RURA at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, 10.00am – 12
noon
Singing Workshop with Hannah James at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, 10.00am – 12
noon
4th Generation and Eryn Rae at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, 12noon
Hexham Gathering Final Celebration at the Bandstand, Abbey Grounds, Hexham
, 1.00pm - 3.30pm
Village Hall Tour with Magnetic North
East at Wark Town
Hall and Mechanics Institute, 7.30pm
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