The Weekend of Wonderful at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival coming up on the 26th:
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HEBDEN
BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL
Started in 1993 we are a long-standing resident of
Hebden Bridge, ingrained in the landscape!
We love to work with the people, businesses and venues across the
town to join hands in creating fun and interesting events for our
community and visitors.
We deliver a unique annual Summer Festival, as well as nurturing
local young talent through The Nova Collective, and offer a
programme of lively monthly talks at Cafe Culture.
Not only that but we love to drop by with inspiring one-off arty
events and volunteer opportunities year round.
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A weekend event to celebrate the centenary of partial
suffrage
Wonderful women come to Hebden Bridge!
Scotland's National Poet Liz
Lochhead, local musician Magpahi, sound artist Debbie Sharp,
Rochdale's all women Cantare Choir join protest singer Grace Petrie
on the bill for the Weekend of Wonderful Women in Hebden Bridge.
The
weekend, organised by Hebden Bridge Arts Festival,
celebrates the rich contribution women have made to Calder
Valley and the arts running from 26 - 28 October in Hope Baptist
Church.
LIZ LOCHHEAD will be reading from her collection Somethings Old,
Somethings New on Saturday 27 October. Liz's
work ranges from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy
mixing poems and monologues accompanied by the soulful saxophone of
Steve Kettley.
Rochdale's
all female choir CANTARE conducted
by LUCY
PANKHURST close the festival on Sunday 28
October. Lucy is a descendent of the Pankhurst family who were key
figures in winning the vote for women a century ago, and their
debut gig in Hebden Bridge is chance to join in singing the
suffragette anthem. The choir will be joined by Splinter
Ensemble playing specially composed music by Lucy, including Grimm
Tales which is her 21st century spin on some of our favourite
fairy tales.
KATE RADFORD runs the Arts Festival's Nova Collective
supporting emerging local artists and throughout the weekend she is
staging All The Things They Never Told You. Her immersive
installation aims to reveal the truth about your potential as a
woman, and the world that you deserve to live in.
Also
running throughout the festival is speakHer by local artist DEBBIE SHARP.
These audio tales describe what protest means to women today and
what is still to be fought for. They can be heard in the Map
Chair at The Town Hall – and will also be played at Hope Baptist
Church before the main events.
On
Friday 26 October local writers TESSA GORZJEIKO &
ALISON ANDREWS will present Pampiric in the Banyan
Tree on Market Street. Their work in progress is the sharing
of a piece around older women and the secrets of eternal youth.
"We
thought it might be nice to celebrate diverse female voices during
the Weekend of Wonderful Women and we hope there's a bit of
something for everyone," said Arts Festival Artistic
Director Helen Meller. "It's also Pumpkin Festival
that weekend too so we're hoping that there will plenty of
interaction between the two audiences checking out what is on
offer around town."
"GRACE PETRIE opens
the festival on the Friday night and her new album Queer as Folk is
rightly getting rave reviews. We've just heard she has won a
support slot on Frank Turner's UK arena tour so this will be a
chance to this committed performer in an intimate venue."
  
Tickets
are available now from the
Festival website or at Hebden Bridge Town Hall
Monday-Friday 9-5pm.
The
Arts Festival would like to hear about the women who have inspired
you – past or present, local, national and international. Share
your ideas by email.
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We hope to see you at some of these events.
If you would like to chat about volunteering with us
please email hbafvols@gmail.com
If you would like to support us by
donation please visit our website
Cheerio
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