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REVIEW โ Devizes Arts Festival โ Hawes & Catlow @ St Andrews, Chris Ingham Trio @ Town Hall 15th June 2023
Andy Fawthrop The Hot & The Cool Devizes Arts Festival headed towards the end of its second week with a double-dip into the chocolateโbox of goodies. At lunchtime we had some hot folk, and in the evening we had cool jazz…… St Andrews was the venue at lunchtime as Kit Hawes (guitar, vocals) and Aaron… Read more
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REVIEW โ Devizes Arts Festival โ Clive Anderson 14th June 2023 @ The Corn Exchange, Devizes
Andy Fawthrop The Scottish Play Devizes Arts Festival headed towards the end of its second week last night. And here was another highlight….. Clive Anderson is pretty well known household name, being seen on TV and heard on radio as a presenter, writer and interviewer over the past 30 years. Heโs an award-winner, a versatile… Read more
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An evening with Will Kirk at Devizes Arts Festival
Ben Niamor The format of this, my first foray into this kind of event, seeโs BBC radio presenter Sue Davies chatting with Will, the furniture restorer and woodworking maestro from the Repair Shop on the gogglebox. Apparently his first event of this kind too.. Sue has a dry wit and gentle manner well suited to… Read more
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REVIEW โ Devizes Arts Festival โ Lois Pryce 13th June 2023 @ The Bear Hotel, Devizes
Revolutionary Ride Andy Fawthrop Devizes Arts Festival played a blinder this afternoon by cranking up the outside temperatures to a level suitable for listening to Lois Pryce talking about riding her motorcycle around the heated countryside of Iran in 2013 and 2014. . The talk/ slide show/ video was entitled โRevolutionary Ride โ One Womanโs… Read more
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Swindon band Talk In Code in race to Glastonbury Pilton Party; show offs!
Those cheeky popsters who rocked up at my 50th with a beanie hat present from their own merch range and expected me to parade around wearing it like I was their personified billboard, yeah them, the fantabulous Talk in Code, well, right, havenโt seen them since, say theyโve been busy on the festival scene, when… Read more
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The Sisters and The Brothers at the British Lion
by Ben Niamor with images by Andy Fawthrop Continuing the tradition of great quality Devizes Arts Festival fringe events in the wonderful town centre beer garden of the British lion, Devizes this year we were treated to a cracking bluegrass band.… Hats off to the arts festival for finding outstanding artists in any given field.… Read more
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