Festival Programme
For more information please call 01484 516 244
Information about the perfomers at the festival event can be viewed below. To see a simplified schedule
please visit the main festival event page.
| Ibou & the bar 1.22 Drummers |
| 12.00pm |
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Rhythms from Senegal -
Feel the beat with Ibou and the BAR 122 Community Drummers
playing rhythms from Guinea and Senegal. Also featuring top local
drummer and regular Hoot artist Louisa Houghton. Everyone who took
part in the drumming workshop earlier in the week and the audience
will have the chance to join in!
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| Maria Slovakova |
| 12.30pm |
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Artist & Poet -
Slovakia born Maria is the artist responsible for the Pigs Might
Fly logo-pig, for which many thanks. Now based in London, United
Kingdom, she is a visual artist by trade who has also been busy
with writing poetry and stories since her early 20's.
http://maria-slovakova.net
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| Hoot Guitar Porkestra & Another Planet |
| 1.00pm |
Big strings and other funky sounds -
Guitar Porkestra – Singing songs written by members of the Guitar
Porkestra around the subject of 'Pigs Might Fly.' Strumming, singing
and having fun. The guitar orchestra is an open group for anyone who
would love to learn to play the guitar… beginners to Hendrix welcome,
there is a place for everyone! If you have any other string instrument
from cello to ukulele then bring these along!
Another Planet – Another Planet is an open music group based in Batley,
today they will be playing some pieces that they have devised and some samba.
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| Ian Greenaway |
| 1.30pm |
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singer/songwriter -
Imagine a voice with just a touch of Elvis just a touch of Orbison and
Fury and Holly with the echoes of Cline and Williams and the ripples of
Reeves imagine a voice full of angry emotion imagine a voice of love so
calm, imagine a voice from a heart full of pain singing with raw emotion,
imagine a voice that cries for every teardrop he ever cried. This is not
imagination this is the voice of the lost and the lonely this is the voice
of Ian the Midnight Walker.
www.myspace.com/ianthemidnightwalker
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| Mikwano |
| 2.00pm |
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Joyous Community Songs, Dance and Drumming from Rawthorpe -
A performance based group linked to the Raw Talent community arts group
based at the Netherhall Learning Campus in Rawthorpe, Kirklees, Mikwano
perform joyous community songs, dance and drumming with an infectious
enthusiasm that shows just how much they love this stuff.
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| Big Dance |
| 2.30pm |
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Ceilidh Dancing with Moira Barker -
Our very own lady of the circle dance shows you how to twirl your partner, strip
the willow, skip through the arches and generally have a full-on dance lark in a big gang.
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| The Ashes |
| 3.00pm |
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Tomorrow's rock stars, today! -
A three piece indie rock/classic punk band from Scissett Middle School. Joe Kent-Waters on
drums and vocals, Alex Foster on bass and vocals and Andrew Beal on lead guitar and vocals.
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| I aM Poets - AIM |
| 3.30pm |
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Poetry readings -
The I aM Poets first performed at the Huddersfield Literature Festival
in 2008 to critical acclaim. This year they have contributed to the
first anthology produced by The Write Stuff - creative writing workshops,
and will be performing some of the new works contained in this volume.
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| Merrie City Singers |
| 4.00pm |
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Wakefield Community Choir -
made up of men, women and a few younger folk; non-auditioning, non-competitive –
our aim is to join together, create harmony and have fun. We sing allsorts – pop,
old time, world songs, songs of the people and songs of the spirit, carols at
Christmastime, occasional hymns and classical pieces. We sing largely unaccompanied
and in parts, but we occasionally use drums or shakers.
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| Jess Baker & Cleo Lindor |
| 4.30pm |
Two talented female songstresses -
Jess Baker is a singer songwriter based in Huddersfield. Her songs are short and sweet… like she is.
Cleo Lindor is a singer songwriter based in Huddersfield. A wonderful voice full of soul, singing beautiful songs.
www.myspace.com/jessbakerguitar
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| Tracey Britton & Maurizio Miele |
| 5.00pm |
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Singer & guitarist -
Old Hooter DJTray and local guitar legend Maurizio Miele get together
for the first time to perform an exclusive set of covers old and new.
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| Pathways Jam |
| 5.30pm |
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Blues Extraordinaire -
Pathways Day Services – provides meaningful activities to people who suffer
mental distress. Service users have helped in the development of the musical
activities at Pathways and have found “Jamming” a good way to socialize and
become comfortable around others. Using the genre of the Blues is useful in
catering for both the beginner and the more experienced and skilled musician.
Many of the performers have learnt to play their given instruments over the
last 1-2 years. Some of the group have decided to start their own self help
group "One Step Beyond" using music as a focus. Although the group is performing
they believe it is the taking part that is most important.
www.pathwaysds.org.uk
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| Beijo |
| 6.30pm |
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Sultry Jazz/Blues Combo -
Beijo, Brazilian for kiss, are a sultry, four piece jazz/blues combo with Jemima Cannegreti singing
her own compositions with John Tasset on the Saxophone, Brian Richards playing bass guitar and voice
and guitarist Rob Carr. What better way to recover than to seal it with a kiss! Beijo.
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| The Big Weave – Hoot |
| 7.00pm |
Multi-media performance using dance, music and video -
Using the idea of journeys we explored and created a multimedia performance using dance, music and
video. Weaving together our stories and using the wonderful space and history that Bates Mill gives us…
Weave – interlock, interlace, combine separate elements, meander, wind, wander, sway to and fro…
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| String Fellows |
| 7.30pm |
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Seven fellows, many strings, wild, raucous songs -
We are many fellows and we have many strings. We present a varied songbook lovingly prepared in the
String Fellows kitchen. Main ingredients: guitars, double bass, voices, percussion, fruity harmonies.
Expect ragged and raucous fun.
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| David Carless |
| 8.00pm |
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David Carless is a singer-songwriter and a researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University.
In his research, he uses interview and story-based approaches to explore experiences of
mental health, identity, activity and creativity. Tonight, he will perform a series of
songs which touch on these themes, drawn from his own life as well as the lives of some of
those who have shared their stories in the course of his research.
www.myspace.com/davidcarless
www.leedsmet.ac.uk/carnegie/dcarless.htm
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| Kizmet Belly Dancers |
| 9.00pm |
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Egyptian goddesses of Marsden -
Marsden Egyptian Belly dancing group, dancing to make themselves feel good. Dancing to traditional
and not so traditional music. Good for the Body and Soul… and very fun! The audience will be treated
to solos and group dances and maybe you will feel brave enough to get up and give it a go.
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| Rusty Staples |
| 9.30pm |
The filthiest bingo caller in town -
Rusty Staples is officially the 'Worstest Bingo Caller in the North' as voted for by readers of
the esteemed organ 'Northern Bingo Callers Weekly'
Despite his shortcomings, he's somehow managed to become the regular caller at the Marvelous Tea Dance Company gatherings.
He's either a chancer who got lucky, or perhaps they couldn't get anybody else. To make matters
worse, he's blagged his way into the Pigs Might Fly festival!
We've had a word with him about his unacceptable conduct last time, but we have a feeling that it
went 'in one ear & out t'other'
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| Ottersgear |
| 10.00pm |
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Fat, juicy tunes with a folk edge -
WELCOME TO OTTERSGEAR - Our rambling protagonist, whilst out on his daily stroll about the pike, comes
across a balloon. His simple mind thinks the balloon may be god; he has never seen a balloon before
(or God for that matter). In his pursuit of the balloon he is trapped by sinful faeries that like to partake
in the dance and the drink. They teach their ways to our innocent chap and he falls into their mindless trap.
Waking in the woods the next day, terribly hungover and full of regret over his distraction from his objective
he makes his way home. On his way he promises never to fall prey to such things again. He finds the balloon once more.
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| papaJACA |
| 11.00pm |
Top band featuring massed percussion and brass playing the most powerful sounds of Brazil -
claudio kron do Brazil & papaJACA band
a blend of brazilian traditional sounds
APRESENTA The Live Show"""
(The influence of African culture on Brazilian Traditions) A performance by claudio kron do BRAZIL and papaJACA band
using a range of different traditional instruments including Pandeiro, Berimbau, Djembe, Congas, and Guitar. Covering
various rhythms including Samba de roda, Ijexa, Baiao, And Maracatu.
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Also featuring Sohail Khan and his one man drama 'Nanka@Play', live Big Painting from AIM, Video
Interviews with Moira Barker (Nosey Parker), Mayoral blessings, mystery celebrities, Frontline Magazine
and much, much more.
| Sohail Khan |
| Nanka@Play |
Come and let the Janitor take you on a journey through time and space. Enter the Trans-Notional capsule and
emerge in the presence of the 'Ninki-Nanka'. A creature of myth and legend, the Nanka will play a game with
you and gift you with a poetic fragment, this fragment being of deep, deep meaning and purpose.
Sohail Khan is a theatre worker and live artist. The Ninki-Nanka is a playful exploration of Myth, cultural
interpretation, playful danger and messing about.
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| Moira Barker |
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Watch out for Moira Barker! The Lois Lane of Pigs Might Fly.
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