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Thread #128972 Message #2891405
Posted By: plastic cod'ead
21-Apr-10 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: St George's Day do Sage Gates'd sat 24th
Subject: St George's Day do Sage Gates'd sat 24th
FOLK AGAINST FASCISM – Come and support the cause.
St George's Day Celebration
Saturday 24th April 2010
The Sage Gateshead
Free afternoon programme on the Councourse
3pm Crossing - Multi ethnic band based in Newcastle - blending several musical cultures in a big sound.
3.15-4.30pm - FREE RAPPER WORKSHOP by the award winning Newcastle Kingsmen
4.30- 7 – various performances from Folk Degree students
7.00 The young' Uns
Hall Two gig - 8pm
£10 full price £5 for students/most concessions
Hosted by Newcastle Kingsmen - possibly the current best rapper team in the world - and featuring the following incredible musicians and bands:
Three Sharp Knives (Matt Price and Stewart Hardy)
Paul Knox (Northumbrian Pipes)
Dogan Mehmet and the Deerhunters (Turkish/British fusions of folk)
The Young Uns (shanty vocal powerhouses from Hartlepool)
Tickets from our website www.thesagegateshead.org
Ticket Office phone 0191 443 4661
Or in person from The sage Gateshead Ticket office
For more information click the following links:
http://www.folkagainstfascism.com/
and
http://www.thesagegateshead.org/whats_on/event.aspx?e=&eid=634000200138722500_4&ts=634077360000000000&spid=16745&id=16746&df=634076640000000000&dt=634077503990000000&g=&p=&f=&ar=&keywords=&match=any
Apologies for any cross posting – trying to hit as many people as possible as its important to show the BNP they can't appropriate this type of music to promote their own ends.
Chris Pentney
Head of Folkworks Programme
The Sage Gateshead