WemsFest
is a
voluntary arts festival which organise a
wide range of concerts, drama and comedy at
venues in and around Emsworth and Westbourne
throughout the year, and founded the annual
Emsworth Beer Festival which in September
celebrates its 4th anniversary (27th –
29th).
The venues we use
include the 90 seat Brook Hall, atmospheric
Chidham Village Hall (110 seats), Emsworth
Sports & Social Club (140 seats), Emsworth’s
contemporary Baptist Church (300 seats) and
the Parish Room in Compton.
The ethos is that if
you live in a community then you should
endeavour to contribute to your community
and to that event we’ve staged more than 300
events since our first in The Stag’s
Head in Westbourne in January 2011.
Coming up........
Julie Felix: Saturday 19 October
£17.50
Emsworth Baptist Church
Highly accomplished
folk singer Julie continues to entertain
after over five decades in the music
business, and even performed on the acoustic
stage at this year’s Glastonbury. She’ll
perform songs from their latest album “Rock
Me Goddess”.
Ric Sanders Trio: Saturday 9 November
£14
Compton Parish
Room Ric has been
playing fiddle with folk rock group Fairport
Convention for many years. Tonight, with
Michael Gregory and Vo Fletcher, he’ll
perform jazz standards, original
compositions and hits from several decades.
Tannahill Weavers: Wednesday 20 November
£17.50
Emsworth Baptist Church
The
Tannahill Weavers are one of Scotland’s
premier bands. They havea unique combination
of traditional melodies, rich vocals and
multi-instrumentals that make their
performances unforgettable
Maroon Town:
Saturday 23 November £15
Chidham Village Hall
Maroon Town play a
heady mix of Jamaican ska and reggae with
rap, atin, funk and soul. They are
guaranteed to fill the dance floor with
their high energy performance and tracks
such as ‘Ya Ya Lemme Tell Dem’.
Fara: Thursday 12 December
£15
Chidham Village Hall
This 4 piece female
band from Orkney wowed the audience at Brook
Hall last year. Their vibrant arrangements
are full of rich harmonies, energetic violin
playing and driving piano. Fara are leading
musicians at the forefront of today’s
Scottish folk scene.
A Lady of Jazz by John Gleadall and Greg
Mosse
£12.50
Wednesday 16 October
– Compton Parish Room
Thursday 17 October
– Brook Hall, Emsworth
A Lady of Jazz is an
uplifting evocation of 1920s New Orleans and
the gripping story of Honey Grey, lead
singer in her Daddy’s band. She sings her
own brilliant ragtime, Charleston and blues
numbers as well as standards like ‘Careless
Love’, ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business’ and more.
“Sensational – I knew it would be!” Julia
Sowerbutts, Artistic Director 0f Ink
Festival.
Emsworth Sports & Social Club
Sol Bernstein, Joe
Wells and more: The multi-talented Sol
brings his own style of comedy, song, dance
and who knows what else to Emsworth. “Simply
my favourite comedian” according to Harry
Hill.
Steve Day, Jane Hill & Rob Coleman: Friday
29 November
Steve is one of a
kind - warm, witty and engaging whilst
dealing with the dilemmas of being a deaf
man in a hearing world. He’s a regular on
radio and performs to great critical
acclaim.
April Verch and Joe Newberry: Thursday 13
February
2020 £12.50
Chidham Village Hall
This
American/Canadian duo collaboration is
driven by a shared love oftraditional music,
blending folk, bluegrass and old time
Americana. With joyful fiddle tunes,
poignant songs and April’s spectacular step
dancing.
McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle: Thursday 20
February 2020
£20
Emsworth Baptist
Church
These highly
talented musicians receive global acclaim.
They will celebrate their friendship, and
musical kinship, in an evening of great
Celtic music including songs from their
first album together, The Wishing Tree.
Full details of all
Wemsfest events to March 2020 can be found
on
www.wemsfest.com. Tickets and brochures
from: Bookends, 9 High Street, Emsworth or
www.wegottickets.com
For further
information about WemsFest please call 01243
370501 or email
wemsfest@btinternet.com .
To join our mailing
list and to keep up to date with what’s
going on, please email
wemsfest@btinternet.com. We promise not to
send you any rubbish!
Buy your
tickets
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in person - at Bookends in the High Street Open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm, payment by debit or credit card, cash or cheque.
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by post - 6 Lumley Terrace, Lumley Road, Emsworth, PO10 8AB Cheques to ‘WemsFest’. Please enclose SAE, unless you live in Emsworth or Westbourne, as we’ll deliver them.
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online: - www.wegottickets.com (a small handling charge applies)