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Two and a half weeks of pure culture in Devizes Devizes Festival is now 32! That’s a pretty damn good achievement and it has grown from just a couple of days to the two and a half week extravaganza that we now have. It takes place from June 4 to June 22 across the Wiltshire town of Devizes and this year’s is set to be fantastic. Here’s some of the highlights. It kicks off with comedienne Jenny Eclair at the Corn Exchange on (June 4) but that’s not the end of the comedy delights. There’s Mrs Barbara Nice (June 8) at The Bear Hotel and Arabella Weir (June 15) at The Town Hall. Music wise there’s The Blockheads with support from Gaz Brookfield (June 6) at The Corn Exchange, the folky goodness of The Roving Crows (June 6) at The Bear Hotel’s Cellar Bar, The
Barflys (June 8) at The British Lion, Guitar Virtuoso Eduardo Niebla (June 9) at The Corn Exchange, 4 Girls 4 Harps (June 12) at the Town Hall, the fantastic local music showcase featuring The Vooz (June 13) at The Corn Exchange, Le Vent du Nord (June 18) at The Corn Exchange, and let’s not forget Mr B Gentleman Rhymer (June 21) at The Corn Exchange, There’s also some interesting talks with former SAS man Andy McNab (June 7) at The Corn Exchange, Liz Lochhead, the National Poet for Scotland (June 8), Howard Marks (June 19) at The Corn Exchange, and David Starkey - The Tudors and Us (June 21) at The Corn Exchange, For something a bit different you could try a special screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show (June 10) at Palace Cinema, The
Howard Marks
Only Way is Downton (June 22) at The Town Hall and Devizes Film Festival (June 22 from 6pm) at The Corn Exchange Merchants Suite. For the full line-up visit www.devizesfestival.co.uk
Pewsey Music Festival heats up
The full line-up of Pewsey Music Festival, which takes place on Saturday August 2 will be announced in early June. Confirmed so far are The Rocckingbirds and Ultimate Elton & The Rocket Band. Defiantly bucking UK trends of the early ’90s, The Rockingbirds anticipated the alt-country revolution, alongside US contemporaries The Jayhawks and Uncle Tupelo, and are still going strong today. Their 1992 self-titled debut attracted critical acclaim and appealed equally alternative music fans and country aficionados. The band toured extensively and played all the major festivals -Glastonbury, Reading, Cambridge, Phoenix - “enjoying” a reputation for their shenanigans both off and on stage. Their third album The Return of the Rockingbirds was released last year and they are currently working on their
fourth album. The Ultimate Elton & The Rocket Band are one of the top tribute acts in the country and were awarded Official UK No 1 at The National Tribute Awards 2013. Quite simply, the best Elton tribute you will see or hear anywhere. To keep up to date with the line-up announcements visit www.pewseymusicfestival.org
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