9.29°C Here is this year’s line-up for Wivenhoe May Fair 2010.
Indie rockers Absent Kid and Cav OK are just two of the region’s top bands set to grace the Main Stage at the 2010 Wivenhoe May Fair on Monday, 31st May.
They will be joined by the highly rated Fooled By Chance, alternative pop-rockers The Rascos and surf-guitar band Surfquake. In addition, flying in from Sweden to rock the crowd are the Tequila Girls.
Appearing on the ever-popular Acoustic Stage are the unmissable Ragged String Band, ex-Fuzz Face frontman Ady Johnson and his band, acoustic funk aficionados Vardo & the Boss, and all-girl band Ladybird & the Larks, performing original satirical songs with vocal harmonies.
The local talent pool has also provided the Acoustic Stage with sets from Wivenhoe Folk Club and up-and-coming 15-year-old singer-songwriter Lou Terry. Finishing the afternoon will be folk rockers Murphy’s Lore, who played a stomping set to a packed tent of revellers last year.
New for 2010 is the festival’s cycle-powered cinema tent, showcasing the work of independent filmmakers. The cinema will screen more than ten films, shorts and animated works, including contributions from local filmmakers: The Stolen Destiny, a fantasy tale directed and written by Bethan Morgan, and Heightfever, an animated film by Graham Fitzgerald.
Transition Wivenhoe will also be showing The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard and Re-Cycle, a charity that sends recycled bikes to Africa. In addition, the Animation Department of the Royal College of Art will screen What Light (Through Yonder Window Breaks) by Sarah Wickens, I Hear What You Are Saying by Lottie White, Wolves by Rafael Sommerhalder, Dark Island by Jons Mellgren, Passing by Seong Jun Lee and Norwich to Sherringham by Bali Engel.
Both children and adults will be well catered for during the day. The obligatory beer tent will be selling real ales and cider, and a wide range of food will be available. Market stalls, workshops, circus acts, a bouncy castle, face painting, and other activities for children will keep the whole family busy. The popular healing area will also return, enabling visitors to try a range of alternative therapies.
MAIN STAGE
Fooled By Chance
The Rascos
Surfquake
Absent Kid
Cav OK
Tequila Girls
ACOUSTIC STAGE
Wivenhoe Folk Club
Lou Terry
Vardo & the Boss
Ragged String Band
Ladybird & the Larks
Ady Johnson
Murphy’s Lore
CINEMA STAGE
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Re-Cycle (about Colchester’s recycled bikes to Africa charity)
The Stolen Destiny – a fantasy tale directed and written by Bethan Morgan
Heightfever – an animated film by Graham Fitzgerald
What Light (Through Yonder Window Breaks) by Sarah Wickens
I Hear What You Are Saying by Lottie White
Wolves by Rafael Sommerhalder
Dark Island by Jons Mellgren
Passing by Seong Jun Lee
Norwich to Sheringham by Bali Engel
FUNDRAISERS:
Serious rock from the legendary Bone Chain at The Station in Wivenhoe. Free entry. 8pm, Saturday 22nd May.
More live music from the fabulous Contractions, all the way from the USA. Find them on Wivenhoe Quay, next to the Rose and Crown. Free entry. 2pm, Sunday 23 rdMay.
Roots and reggae from Roots Radagon at the William Loveless Hall, High Street, Wivenhoe. Tickets £3. 8pm, Saturday 29th May.
