This is the second year of the festival and we have grown this year to include 8 venues on Saturday with over 35 hours of free or by donation entertainment and workshops. The concerts on Saturday evening with Tony Hall and Martin Simpson looks to be a really good night out to finish what will be a very entertaining day so why not come and join in and have a great time here in historic Aylsham.
Venues:
Town Hall – Market Place, Aylsham
Market Place – outdoor venue – Market Place, Aylsham
Bure Valley Railway – Norwich Road, Aylsham
Drill Hall – Cawston Road, Aylsham
The Unicorn – Hungate Street,
Aylsham Biddy’s Kitchen – Market Place,
Aylsham The Conservatory – Penfold Street, Aylsham
The Library Hungate Street, Aylsham
Festival Events Diary: Friday 7th and Saturday 8th September 2018
| Friday 7th September 2018 | ||
| Open Mic in the Town Hall | Hosted by Flying Folk | Doors open 1930 |
| Saturday 8th September 2018 | ||
| Market Place | Egyptian Dance Group | 1000-1020 |
| Morris dancing with various Morris sides | 1025-1100 | |
| Pied a Terre – French traditional dance group | 1100-1200 | |
| Norfolk Step dancing, in the tent | 1100-1315 | |
| Morris dancing with various Morris sides | 1200-1430 | |
| Broadland Ukes, in the tent | 1330-1445 | |
| Balkan International Dancers | 1430-1515 | |
| The Unicorn | Morris dancing with various Morris sides | 1015-1240 |
| Tony Purdy | 1130-1230 | |
| 5 Shades of Grey | 1300-1330 | |
| Beeston Bump Bluegrass Band | 1330-1400 | |
| Rattlebox | 1400-1430 | |
| Biddy’s Kitchen | Partners in Time | 1100-1200 |
| The Conservatory | Vernon & Annie | 1200-1300 |
| Drill Hall | Longsword workshop | 1300-1445 |
| 5 Shades of Grey | 1500-1535 | |
| Drill Hall | Rattlebox | 1535-1610 |
| Beeston Bump Bluegrass Band | 1620-1655 | |
| Partners in Time | 1655-1730 | |
| The Library | Broadland Ukes workshop | 1430-1515 |
| Town Hall | Norwich Swing Dance Collective, plus workshop | 1030-1230 |
| SOB (Some Other Band) | 1245-1330 | |
| Irish Set Dancers, plus workshop | 1330-1415 | |
| Happyday Gospel Choir | 1430-1515 | |
| Entertainment with an African theme | 1515-1630 | |
| Bure Valley Railway | Morris dancing with various Morris sides | 1015-1200 |
| Music with Rock the Lobster | 1100-1700 | |
| Morris dancing with various Morris sides | 1245-1430 |
During the day there will be stalls in the Market Place and refreshments in the Town Hall
Concerts in the Town Hall Saturday 8th September: tickets available from the Council offices or on the door. Tony Hall concert ticket price £7, Martin Simpson Concert ticket price £20 or £22:50 for a ticket for both concerts.
To book tickets online please use the link below:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=aylsham+&loc=&loc-lat=&loc-lng=&date=
Interested in taking part in one of the workshops then contact Natasha or Smudge on 01263 733354 or email events@aylsham-tc.gov.uk and we will book you onto the workshop you request, space is limited on the workshops so booking is recommended
