Bexleyheath
Art And
Jazz Festival
Bexleyheath
summer
festival
of art
and jazz
will take
place on
Saturday
14 June.
This year
will see
the activities
extended
from the
Broadway
pedestrian
area, into
some of
the town's
venues,
and will
link in
with the
film festival
being held
on 11 June
at Cineworld
Bexleyheath.
Cllr
John
Waters,
Cabinet
Member
for Regeneration
and Housing
said: "This
is a really
exciting
time for
Bexleyheath,
with local
talent
and world
class musicians
drawing
people
to the
town to
enjoy music
and arts.
I urge
people
from all
over Bexley
and the
south east
to come
and enjoy
what Bexleyheath
has to
offer! "
The festival
has been
organised
by the
London
Borough
of Bexley’s
Town Centre
Management
in partnership
with the
Arts Council,
Bexley.
The main
arts events
will take
place in
the pedestrian
area of
the Broadway
Bexleyheath.
The Arts
Council
of Bexley
will have
marquees
for their
members
to exhibit
and sell
their work
from 10am.
There will
be a free
Children's
Marquee
with interactive
workshops
in artwork,
crockery
painting
and balloon
modelling
plus a
face painter.
On the
entertainment
stage Sheer
Lunacy
and Tatter
Coats in
collaboration
with Bohemian
Events,
who are
based at
Rose Bruford
College
in Sidcup,
will be
performing
throughout
the day
and will
be staging
an unique
performance
called
the ‘Dragons
Lair’ at
3pm which
will include
a 7ft high
Dragon.
There
will also
be performances
from Pelham
School
Choir,
The Bob
Hope Theatre
who be
performing
Dr Seuss
Cat in
the Hat,
The Lyra
Greek Dancers,
Streetwise
and the
Little
Big Band
from Bird
College,
Sidcup.
(See timings
and listings
below).
- 11.15am
Mayor opening
event
- 11.30am
Pelham
School
Choir
- 12.00am
Bob
Hope
Theatre
(Dr
Seuss ‘Cat
in
the
Hat')
- 12.30am
Streetwise
- 1.00pm
Lyra
Dancers
(Greek
dancers)
- 1.30pm
Streetwise
- 2.00pm
Bob
Hope
Theatre
(Dr
Seuss ‘Cat
in
the
Hat')
- 2.30pm
Lyra
Dancers
- 3.00pm
Sheer
Lunacy
and
Tatter
Coats – Dragon’s
Lair
- 3.30pm
Little
Big
Band
(Bird
College
of
Music
and
Performing
Arts)
Volunteers
from Demelza
Children’s
Hospice
will be
running
a cafe
area.
Three
Bexleyheath
venues
will be
playing
host to
some world
class jazz
entertainers.
Back in
the 1940s
the Red
Barn Public
House in
Barnehurst
became
known as
the home
of the
Jazz revival
in England,
hosting
regular
jazz evenings
and it
is hoped
that the
Bexleyheath
Jazz Festival
will raise
its profile
locally
once more.
To make
this happen
The Ivory
Lounge,
The King’s
Arms and
the Marriott
Hotel will
be carrying
on the
tradition
by having
live jazz
acts playing
throughout
the afternoon
and evening.
All of
the jazz
festival
events
are free
with no
pre-booking
required.
The much
travelled
Buster
Birch with
his piano
trio will
be at the
Ivory Lounge.
Buster
has played
in over
30 countries
with some
of the
greats,
and has
a broad
musical
base that
has seen
him play
in the
Philharmonic
Orchestras
and appeared
in countless
West End
stage productions.
The Jive
Aces, a
dynamic
band who
have performed
on hundreds
of TV and
radio shows
in over
25 countries,
will also
be performing
at the
Ivory Lounge
during
the afternoon
and then
in the
Marriott
Hotel in
the evening.
The Dierdrie
Davenport
Group,
with Dierdrie
herself
famed for
her role
in the
1980s on
Rockschool
and representing
Great Britain
in the
European
Jazz Festival,
will be
performing
in the
Kings Arms.
Local
talent
will also
be given
an opportunity
to shine
in their
home town.
Acts include
a talented
local soloist
Katie Martin
from Chislehurst
and Sidcup
Grammar
School,
who was
a finalist
in the
Bexley
Young Musician
of the
Year competition,
and the
popular
Little
Big Band
of Doreen
Bird Music
College
- well
known in
the borough
for their
excellent
performances.
(Details
of performances
below)
The Ivory
Lounge
from 12
noon -
6pm
- 12pm
Buster
Birch Trio
- 2pm
Jive
Aces
- 5pm
Doreen
Bird’s
Little
Big
Band
Kings
Arms from
5pm - 8pm
- 5-8pm
Dierdrie
Davenport
Group
Marriott
Hotel bar
and restaurant
from 6pm-11pm
- 6-8pm
Katie
Martin
Soloist
(Chislehurst & Sidcup
Student)
- 8-10pm
Jives
Aces
