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 Up-coming Events
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We hope you are having a good summer. We are excited
to announce that we have partnered with Folkestone
Quarterhouse & Folkestone Fringe to bring Global
Sounds to the new Outlands Festival in Payers Park in August, starting
this Sunday 2 August.
Outlands is a new festival of outdoor art, celebrating community,
culture and public space taking place on Sunday 2, 9 and 16 of August
in Payers Park. Co-curated by Folkestone Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Fringe and Music for Change, Outlands Festival presents a programme of
family theatre, world dance, live music workshops and much more over
August 2015.
On Sunday 2 August Second Hand Dance present Grass (2.30pm, pay what
you can). Featuring worms, slugs, snails, ant dancing and lots of other
fun facts this quirky dance show will get you thinking about the world
beneath your feet! Music For Change's Global Sounds will also be
running workshops and performances throughout the afternoon including a
West African circus skills workshop and performance from Emmanuel
Okine, a South African acapella vocals and gumboot workshop from
U'Zambezi and Roma music from Téa Hodzic.
Dr Longitude's
Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie visits Outlands Festival on Sunday 9
August (2.30pm & 4.30pm, adults £6/ children £5/ family £20).
Packed with puppets, music and magic the world's weirdest wonder
emporium comes to Folkestone to answer questions such as are Bumblewasp
poisonous? What do Whistling Pank's eat? And What happens when you lick
a Tresillian Toad? Global Sounds will also be getting people active
with Gypsy-Jazz music from Yiannis Zaronis, a West African drumming
workshop from George Fiawoo (sign up recommended) , an acoustic
performance from Kotchin, finishing off the day with an interactive
parkour workshop (sign up recommended).
The final day of
Outlands Festival celebrates the best in emerging singers/songwriters
and bands from Folkestone and East Kent. Presented by Music for Change
and partner Beautiful Town Music Sunday 16 August acts including Nina
Clark, Tasha McCoy, Emily Watts, Thomas Ashby and Avi Simmons will be
performing in Payers Park ending the festival on a high note!
For more information on all of the events, to sign up to a workshop or
book for a show, please visit www.quarterhouse.co.uk/festivals/outlands-festival
or contact Box Office on 01303 760750.
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