What’s On Autumn & Winter 2015 SETH LAKEMAN THE UNTHANKS ELIZA CARTHY AND THE WAYWARD BAND THE BLUES BAND NOSFERATU ANDY MCKEE LAU SECKOU KEITA GRIMM’S FAERY FEAST
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elcome to our autumn season of events at The Met. September to December is always a busy period for us with the thrilling addition of Ramsbottom and Homegrown Festival to our programme.
The Homegrown Folk Festival reaches out across Bury using some of our fantastic venues to welcome great names from the world of English folk and roots music including Seth Lakeman, The Unthanks and Eliza Carthy.
This year we are very excited for our Christmas show, which will take families on a flavoursome journey through the Grimm’s Tales. The great Ian McMillan has rewritten some fabulous stories, which will be told all over our building by Proper Job Theatre Company with the extra special addition of tasty treats to enhance the multi-sensory experience.
The music programme is amazing this season and it’s difficult to highlight just a few.
As part of the theatre programme, we are delighted to welcome the amazing Les Enfant Terrible with their indoor version of The Imaginary Menagerie. We saw it three times at Ramsbottom Festival 2014 and can’t wait to see it again! Elsewhere Manchester legends Lip Service return in October and half term is packed with the very best in touring theatre for children including Gulliver, We are Brontë and Kid Carpet and the Noisy Neighbours.
Please come and see some brilliant new artists to the venue like Calan as well as the likes of Lau, Thea Gilmore, The Albion Band, Nell Bryden and Judy Tzuke. Particular mention must be given to Sweet Liberties, a very special show on 26 November as part of the Magna Carta celebrations in 2015. As ever we are grateful to you, our audiences, for continuing to come and see fantastic artists in our small venue. In addition we must credit Arts Council England and Bury Council for continuing to support The Met, helping make Bury a great place to live and visit. We look forward to welcoming you to The Met this season. David Agnew Artistic Director
We’re calling this project A Better Met, and for the past three years we’ve been working hard behind-the-scenes to make it happen. Transforming the building will cost £4.6 million, of which we’ve already raised £4.2 million. We need your help to find the final £400,000.
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The Imaginary Menagerie Thursday 5 November
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The Met is a much loved venue, but our 165 year-old building is starting to show its age. We want to refurbish and improve the building, to create an exciting and vibrant space for you and for artists, while retaining The Met’s unique character.
We’ve been overwhelmed by the support for the project so far and with almost 90% of our target already achieved, we hope you’ll join us in the final push to create a brilliant venue for arts and music in Bury.
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Comedy Dave Spikey Work in Progress
Thursday 3 September 8pm £20 / £17.50 Co-writer and star of Phoenix Nights, comic, presenter and actor Dave Spikey will be attempting to prove punchlines are funny out of context.
Perverted Moves in the Dark Arrso n Hami Productions Thursday 24 September 8pm £9 / £7 concession An off-the-wall comedy with live and filmed sketches plus a few surprises by Manchester duo Arrso n Hami. Contains occasional bad language and adult themes.
The People’s Republic of Poetry A Firm Of Poets
Friday 30 October 8pm / £8 A cross between a poetic supergroup and Whose Line is it Anyway?, this dynamic show will feature regionally established and emerging poets stepping up to the mic to perform their work.
People’s Republic of Poetry Workshop Friday 30 October 4pm / FREE Want to read your work with Firm of Poets? Join this workshop to hone your performance poetry skills before joining them on stage in the evening.
Justin Moorhouse Destiny Calling Friday 11 December 8pm £15 / £13 concession Fresh from appearances on Phoenix Nights Live, Coronation Street and Live at The Apollo comedic tour-de-force Justin Moorhouse is back doing what he does best – making people laugh up and down the country.
First Thursday Comedy Club
Ages 15+.
Top comedy on the first Thursday of every month First Thursday First Thursday …in November …in August Thursday 6 August 8.30pm £8 advance / £10 door Comedian of the year competition. Ten rising comedy stars compete for your votes. Who wins? You decide.
First Thursday … in October Thu 1 October 8.30pm / £8 advance / £10 door
Dave Spikey
In celebration of the 100th First Thursday, Charlie Chuck, headline act of the first ever Comedy Club returns. Support from Tony Cowards, Rachel Fairburn and Red Redmond.
Thursday 5 November 8.30pm £8 advance / £10 door Comedy fireworks with Australian John Robertson and musical comedian Tom Taylor. Plus two of the brightest stars on the horizon, Adam Rushton and Katie Mulgrew.
First Thursday …in December Thursday 3 December 8.30pm £8 advance / £10 door Fresh from her Radio 4 show and appearances on Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You, Jo Caulfield headlines. Support from Lancashire lad Mike Wilkinson, Mercury Comedian of the Year Tom Little and rising star Ben Briggs.
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Children & Families David Gibb Sat 17 October 11am / £8 David Gibb is an award-winning songwriter and storyteller on a mission to make great music for children and families. Get lost in magical musical stories from finding a dragon in your bedroom to dreaming about swimming in the sea. Ages 3+
The Imaginary Menagerie
Shows for October half term Gulliver Kid Carpet Big Telly Theatre Co Tue 27 October 2pm / £6 Uproarious theatrical adventure. When Gulliver returns from another amazing experience at sea, his family are more than a little perplexed. They had just about coped with the giants, and the tiny people, but a world ruled by horses? He and his family must learn to live together in this strange world where weird is the new normal. Ages 12+
We Are Brontë
Les Enfants Terribles
Publick Transport
Thursday 5 November 7pm £10 / £6 concession
Wed 28 October 7.30pm £10 / £6 concession
Are Bumblewasps poisonous? What do Whistling Panks eat? What happens when you lick a Tresillian Toad…?
A comic family friendly introduction to the world of the Brontë’s.
Answer these and more questions in a puppet-packed, ludicrously lyrical extravaganza from the acclaimed creators of The Terrible Infants and The Trench. Ages 6+
Physical theatre collides with stand-up and improvisation to discover the imaginary worlds the siblings created and the real world they lived in. No ordinary Brontë We Are adaptation. Ages 12+ Brontë
and the Noisy Neighbours
out of the egg productions
Thu 29 October 1pm / £6 A funny and moving new show that uses music, puppetry and projection to look at what it’s like to move into a new house and find your place there. Ages 6+
The Toothy Adventures of
Davy Denture Artful Playground Fri 30 October 11am & 1pm / £6 Interactive and imaginative musical journey for children. Everyone expects Davy to be a dentist when he grows up. But he wants to be... something else. Off he goes with Grandpa Fred and Robot on an adventure where he makes toothy discoveries, learns about love and loss, and finally decides what he wants to be. Ages 3+
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Kid Carpet and the Noisy Neighbours
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Grimm’s Faery Feast
Join the brothers Grimm in their kitchen this Christmas as they cook up a feast of miraculous stories and special food!
Thursday 17 - Thursday 24 December
Adapted by
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n original and wonderful adaptation of the Grimm’s tales. Perfect for a Christmas treat.
Wander into the theatre foyer and immediately be immersed in the world of the Grimm’s stories with installations inspired by the tales. Walk through a dark forest to get to Cinderella’s ballroom where the feast is taking place. Open the ballroom doors, see the candlelit table and enjoy the tasty treats cooked
up by the storytelling chefs. Be transported to a world of food, forests and fairies in this fantastic immersive feast. Grimm’s Faery Feast integrates quality culinary treats created by award winning chef Stephen Taylor, beautiful music developed by Roddy B and a fantastic new script by Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan alongside Proper Job’s trademark visual, dynamic and visceral style. Ages 5+
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The Doppel Gang Just Some Theatre Co
Pirates of Penzance
The Doppel Gang
Whitefield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24 October 7.30pm / £12 WAODS present their new take on the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.
‘The Pirates’ are set to headline this year’s Penzance festival which is celebrating its 30th year of bringing an eclectic mix of music to New play that combines the wild wit of the iconic Marx Brothers with international audiences. Whatever brilliantly British humour. A hopeless happens a fun time is always manager, a desperate double act and guaranteed to be had by all. In an interview with the ‘Major General’ he an unconvincing male impersonator told us that he was “proud that his attempt an audacious stunt to save humble festival has grown into such their theatre. Will anyone believe a huge international event”. they are the real Marx Brothers? Thursday 10 September 7.30pm £8 / £6 concession
Nosferatu Proper Job Theatre Company
Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 October 7.30pm / £12 / £10 concession
We Are Brontë
We Are Brontë
Publick Transport
Wednesday 28 October 7.30pm / £10 / £6 conc Physical theatre collides with stand-up, clowning and improvisation.
We’re delighted to present the premier of Proper Job Theatre Company’s Nosferatu.
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Inspired by the 1922 German Expressionist film Nosferatu and Bram Stoker’s Dracula this new play uses breathtaking illusions and trickery, features an original musical score and a libretto from acclaimed poet Ian McMillan.
It’s one hour before dawn. On the blood dark sea the ship is barely moving. There’s a sail as torn as a tattered shirt. Something is aboard the ship. Suitable for ages 12+ this bloodthirsty production promises to live long in the memory. Proper Job will return to The Met in December with Christmas show Grimm’s Faery Feast.
Inspired by the real and imaginary worlds of Yorkshire’s literary siblings this is no ordinary Brontë adaptation.
Star Makers Planet Rabbit
Thursday 29 October 7.30pm £10 / £8.50 concession It’s panto time at the Theatre Royal and we join the staff behind the scenes at the biggest show of the year.
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Shakespeare Schools Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival
Wednesday 25 November 7pm £9 / £7 concession / £6 groups 20+ We welcome local talent to the stage as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. Over the evening three schools will each perform different abridged Shakespeare plays. Come and celebrate the achievements of our local schools while enjoying a wonderful evening of entertainment.
The Picture of Doreen Gray
You must be the one to Bury me
You must be the one to bury me
Babel Theatre Company Thu 26 November 7.30pm / £10 A journey into a fragmented world as one man’s grasp on reality crumbles when the memories of his recent relationship materialise around him, subjecting him to an onslaught of romantic terrorism. Inspired by Alain De Botton’s Essays in Love the show unpacks the puzzles that love bamboozles us with, in a vibrant and original way.
Casting the Runes
Two Ghost Stories by MR James Tuesday 3 November 8pm £8 / £6 concession Meet the unforgettable Abbot of Lufford – magic lanternist and historian of the occult. The story is best known as the source of classic horror film Night of the Demon. It is partnered with The Residence at Whitminster where a dark shadow is cast over the precinct of a peaceful English church. Suitable for ages 13+ and contains moments of pleasing terror.
Passing The Strangers Picture of by Eric Chappell Doreen Gray Planet Rabbit Productions Lip Service Theatre
Wednesday 11 November 8pm / £12 Celebrity presenter Doreen Gray has it all, a drive time radio show, a high ratings lifestyle programme on Even More 4, but hitting 50, Doreen finds her face no longer fits the bill. At a school reunion she stumbles across a youthful self-portrait and makes a dark and dreadful pact with the picture. A hilarious new show from the award winning Lip Service.
Saturday 5 December 7.30pm £10 / £8.50 concession
A local single’s evening, a deserted hotel bar. Bachelor Malcolm is ‘big in imports’ and recently single Clive, a hospital porter, is masquerading as a doctor. Here they meet two divorcees, Julie and the cynical, defiant Liz. Malcolm is determined to break down Liz’s defences while trying to pair Clive off with Julie. But the women have a few tricks of their own, and Malcolm soon finds that life, like the evening, is full of surprises.
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Music Mad 4 Brit Saturday 1 August 8pm / £12 / £10 concession / Rock & pop / Standing An energetic tribute to the Madchester bands of the 80s and 90s. Be taken on a nostalgic musical journey via Oasis, The Happy Mondays, The Verve and many more.
Spooky Men’s Chorale Wednesday 2 September 8pm £17 / £15 concession / Folk The Spooky Men’s Chorale perform a repertoire that is inspired by the pointless grandeur of everyday manliness. Expect ancient Georgian table songs, tawdry anthems and ballads of pure beauty along with an interesting array of hats.
Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Friday 11 September 8pm £16 / £14 concession / Folk
Made in the Great War
Two of UK folk’s finest, who created a new era of English instrumental Friday 4 September 8pm / £16 / Folk music, return to The Met for a night Bellowhead’s Sam Sweeney tells the of thrilling live music with all the story of the fiddle that took almost old skills and a new collection of one hundred years to complete. traditional songs and instrumentals. Go on a multi-media journey from the music halls of Leeds to a luthier’s workshop in Oxford via West Flanders, Belgium and the Saturday 12 September 8pm Battle of Messines Ridge. £10 / Standing / Rock & pop
Black & Gold
An eleven piece soul band with full brass and rhythm sections playing classic and chart hits. Look forward to hearing hits such as Shake a Tailfeather, River Deep, Mountain High and Son of a Preacher Man.
Spooky Men’s Workshop Wed 2 September 3pm / £10 Fancy learning how to Sing Like A Bloke? Take part in a pre-show workshop where you’ll learn some of the Spooky repertoire.
Dave Swarbrick
Spooky Men’s Chorale Martin Carthy
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Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle
Black & Gold
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Friday 18, Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September Ramsbottom Cricket Club
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amsbottom Festival celebrates its fifth birthday with a packed selection of music, family arts shows, delicious food and real ale.
Festival line-up... Friday 18 September
The Wonder Stuff, Sundowners, Houdini Dax, The Narrows, Louis Headline artists The Wonder Stuff, Barabbas and the Bedlam Six, and The Jade Assembly, and more. Idlewild and The Proclaimers are joined by over fifty other great Saturday 19 September indie, rock and folk acts. Idlewild, The Go! Team, John Bramwell, Family arts now has its own stage, Lazy Habits, Space Monkeys, Edward with a crew of musicians, acrobats II, Tom Robinson Band, Slow Readers and storytellers leading children’s Club, Black Rivers, New York Tourists, activities all weekend. Highlights Ciaran Lavery, and more. include parkour, tap dancing and The Marie Celestial, a walking Sunday 20 September mechanical art installation. The Proclaimers, Moulettes, Marc Stalls from local food vendors will O’Reilly, Flight Brigade, Sweet Billy be serving up Great British grub Pilgrim, Blue Rose Code, Baked A La and international cuisine, with the Ska, Rura, Grainne Duffy, Galleon festival’s beer tents offering craft Blast, The Slytones, Bendrix, Harp and beers and real ales, including our a Monkey, and more. own special festival ale.
The Wonder Stuff
Idlewild
The Proclaimers
Want to camp? The festival campsite is just a short walk away. Ramsbottom Festival is organised by The Met in partnership with The Bridgewater Hall.
For more information and tickets visit Festival sponsors
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Music Ben Cox
Martin Stephenson and The Daintees
Friday 2 October 8pm / £14 £12 concession / Rock & pop Reunited with The Daintees, the ever popular Martin Stephenson performs new album California Star.
The Houghton Weavers
An exuberant tour-de-force combining heart-in-your-mouth intimacy with playful humour and warm self-deprecation.
Seckou Keita 22 Strings
Saturday 3 October 8pm / £12 £10 concession / World music
The Other Half
The Houghton Weavers
The Ben Cox Band
Thursday 24 September 8pm £14 / £12 concession / Folk
Ben Cox and his band return to The Met with a Telegraph top Jazz album of 2015, a debut session at Maida Vale and an endorsement from Jamie Cullum.
Expect traditional songs and ballads with a few jokes and anecdotes thrown in for good measure.
The Other Half Featuring Mark Billingham with My Darling Clementine Friday 25 September 8pm £13 / Americana A unique collaboration of song and story between leading light of crime fiction Mark Billingham and country music duo My Darling Clementine. A rundown Memphis bar. Lust, murder and domestic horror. That long and difficult search for... The Other Half. A Mr Kite Benefit.
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Wednesday 30 September 8pm £10 / Jazz
One of the most influential and inspiring kora players of his generation. A charismatic musician whose collaboration with welsh harpist Catrin Finch earned him accolades such as fRoots Critics Poll Album of The Year 2013, Songlines Magazine Best Cross Cultural Collaboration 2014, and two BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations.
Look forward to groove based funky original songs with Cox’s mesmerising tone and captivating delivery.
The Sounds of Simon Thu 1 October 8pm £12 / Rock & pop A tribute to the wonderful music of Simon and Garfunkel. Lose yourself to nostalgia with classics such as Mrs Robinson, The Sounds of Silence and Me and Julio down by the Schoolyard.
Martin Stephenson Seckou Keita
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Vonda Shepard Friday 9 October 8pm £20 / Rock & pop Through her long running appearances and performances on smash hit TV show Ally McBeal the American singer-songwriter’s music has been heard by millions.
The Stumble
China Crisis
In this intimate show she performs new hits from her fourteenth album alongside old favourites.
Homegrown Thursday 15, Friday 16 & Saturday 17 October / Folk See pages 18 and 19 for details of The Met’s festival of finest English folk.
Wille and the Bandits
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky
Friday 23 October 8pm / £8 / Blues
The Stumble
Classic rock blues three piece that pushes the boundary of the expected. Saturday 24 October 8pm Expect an eclectic mix of material £12 / Blues that is bursting at the seams with textures, originality and soul. Lose yourself in rapturous Chicago style Rhythm and Blues.
Vonda Shepard Wille and the Bandits
Limehouse Lizzy
China Crisis Autumn in the Neighbourhood Tour
Friday 30 October 8pm / £18 seated £16 standing / Rock & pop
This powerful six piece combine well Known for their string of hit singles chosen covers and original songs with China Crisis return in support of influences ranging from Muddy Water, their new album Autumn in the B B King and King Curtis. Neighbourhood. Look forward to classics including African & White, Christian and Working with Fire & Steel alongside some of their first new material in twenty years.
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky Thursday 29 October 8pm £16 / £14 concession / Folk
Sharing their Celtic, Nordic and Appalachian cultures are Aly Bain, Scotland’s supreme traditional style fiddler, Swedish multi-instrumentalist Ale Möller, and American old time fiddler, singer, guitarist and banjo player Bruce Molsky.
Limehouse Lizzy Sat 31 October 8pm / £16 advance £18 door / Rock & pop / Standing Action-packed, pyrotechnic-filled tribute to Thin Lizzy. Expect classic tracks such as The Boys Are Back in Town and Sarah along with more of the Celtic influenced tracks like Whisky in the Jar and Black Rose.
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Music Sam Baker with Carrie Elkin
Andy McKee
Lau
Sam Baker
Connie Lush
with Carrie Elkin
Friday 6 November 8pm £12 / £10 concession / Blues
Connie Lush
Lau
Wednesday 4 November 8pm £20 / Acoustic
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November 8pm / £18 / Folk One of the finest Blues singers in the The UK’s most musically revered UK, Connie Lush continues her love and celebrated folk trio perform affair with audiences everywhere, tracks from their acclaimed new bringing her enormous gusto for life album The Bell That Never Rang. and music wherever she goes. Comprising of Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O’Rourke, Lau continue to effortlessly bridge the seemingly opposed worlds of acoustic folk and electronica. Friday 6 November 8pm / £18.50 Rock and pop
One of the world’s finest acoustic guitarists with over 150 million YouTube viewers. Be entertained as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique.
After becoming a household name in the 90s, Beverly Craven is back performing hits including Promise Me, Memories, Holding On, Woman to Woman and Love Scenes.
Love Songs and Duets Sunday 1 November 8pm £16 / Americana
Two highly respected Texas singersongwriters come together to play covers of songs they love and a selection of everyone’s favourite originals. A Mr Kite Benefit.
Beverley Andy McKee Craven
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Judie Tzuke Songs and Stories
Thursday 12 November 8pm / £23 / Rock & pop
Beverley Craven
One of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters. This intimate gig will features old favourites, new songs and tales from her life and career.
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Livewire AC/DC
Judie Tzuke Martin Harley
Nell Bryden
The Grahams Metro Jazz Thursday 12 November 8pm £10 / Americana Lifelong couple, both romantic and musical, Alyssa and Doug Graham have been performing together since they were teenagers. Look forward to an expansion of their roots-based sound to include more propulsive and dynamic songs.
Nell Bryden Fri 13 November 8pm / £16 seated £14 standing / Rock & pop American singer-songwriter Nell Bryden is back on the road following the release of fifth album Wayfarer. Featuring singles All You Had, Wayfarer and Waves expect a departure from Nell’s usual sound with a more uptempo feel.
Friday 13 November 8pm / £5 / Jazz
The Met’s community jazz orchestra, led by saxophonist Munch Manship, perform a mix of the best foottapping jazz.
Calan Saturday 14 November 8pm £12 / £10 concession / Folk Fiddles, guitar, accordion, bagpipes and step dancing explode into life as Calan perform songs and tunes from their new album Dinas with infectious guitar rhythms and high-voltage routines giving way to beautiful and haunting songs.
Calan
Livewire AC/DC Saturday 14 November 8.30pm £15 advance / Standing / Rock & pop High-voltage rock and roll tribute to AC/DC including hit after hit, from Back in Black, to Rosie to Highway to Hell. If you’re still standing by the time the cannons fire bringing the evening to a crescendo, we salute you.
Martin Harley Sunday 15 November 8pm £12 / Blues Phenomenally talented slide guitarist, singer and songwriter, almost unique in the UK in his playing lap slide. Expect traditional delta blues inspired slide and vocals married with edgier and more commercial influences.
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Music Bury Beer Festival Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 12 noon - 12 midnight Friday before 5pm £2 / Friday after 5pm £4 / Saturday £4 Half price admission for Friends of The Met and CAMRA members
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ury Beer Festival transforms The Met’s Main Theatre into a gigantic bar featuring over 100 different ales, ciders and perries from our favourite local brewers plus a hand-picked selection from across the North West and beyond hosted by our resident ale experts at Automatic. We’ll also have a delicious range of Food for Beer on offer plus a fantastic programme of live music allowing you to drink and dance all weekend long.
VIP Beer Package £20 available in advance only VIP entry from 5pm onwards
• No queues entry to the Festival
• £10 of drinks
Thea Gilmore Magic Beans
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Magic Beans Thea Gilmore Presented by Edge St Live
Thu 19 November 8pm / £8 / Jazz
Sunday 15 November 8pm £27.50 premium / £22.50 standard Thea Gilmore performs songs from her latest album Ghosts and Graffiti. A retrospective with a difference expect to hear all her best known songs along with new tracks and newly recorded versions of some of her songs. “The most coherent, literate and charged British singer-songwriter of her generation...” MOJO
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House Devils
A band with an ear for a quirky cover and the imagination to take it in a completely new direction. Performing music from their second album Anything You Can Dream, be entertained by unusual covers as well as rootsy originals that draw on influences from folk, jazz and world.
House Devils Fri 20 November 8pm / £10 / Folk Featuring the combined talents of singer and guitarist Matt Fahay, harmonica and flautist Mat Walklate and all-Ireland senior fiddle champion Andrew Dinan. Tickets includes entry to Bury Beer Festival.
Lynched
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The Mighty Revelators
Sweet Liberties
Wreckless Eric
Thursday 26 November 8pm £18 / £16 concession / Folk
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm at Bury Art Museum / £10
Marking eight hundred years since the sealing of the Magna Carta, Martyn Joseph, Nancy Kerr, Sam Carter and Maz O’Connor perform new songs inspired by significant moments in the evolution of democracy, from the Magna Carta and the Tolpuddle martyrs to the fight for women’s suffrage.
One off special event hosted by Bury Art Museum. Best known for Whole Wide World Wreckless Eric will be joined by local four piece Adventures with Salvador and 80s teen angst icon Surfin Dave.
Mama Genesis
Lynched
£15 advance / £13 advance concession / £17 door
Friday 27 November 8pm £15 / £13 concession / Folk
Wreckless Eric
Traditional folk group hailing from Dublin. Distinctive four-part harmonies combine with uilleann pipes, concertina, accordion, fiddle and guitar to create humorous Dublin music-hall ditties, classic ballads from the Traveller tradition and traditional Irish and American dance tunes, alongside their own original material.
The Mighty Revelators Friday 27 November 8pm £10 / Blues Mama Genesis Flight Brigade
With a wealth of experience behind them as individuals, together they play quality funky blues. Expect original compositions with clear influences from blues greats such as BB King and Ronnie Earl.
Sweet Liberties
Saturday 28 November 8pm
A high-octane tribute to British super-group Genesis. One of the top Genesis tribute bands in the UK look forward to some of their greatest hits including Mama, Turn It On Again and Invisible Touch as well as much loved album tracks such as In The Cage and Ripples.
Flight Brigade Saturday 28 November 8pm £6.50 / Folk With music that evokes the sound of 70s folk they have opened for folk greats such as Seth Lakeman and been championed by BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson amongst many others. “glorious folk-tinged stadium anthems” Record of the Day
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Music The Albion Christmas Band
St Agnes Fountain
The East Pointers
The Blues Band
St Agnes Fountain
The Blues Band
Thursday 3 December 8pm £18 / Folk The annual collaboration of Chris While, Julie Matthews, David Hughes and Chris Leslie is back with new album Christmas is Not Far Away. As they begin their fifteenth sell-out year expect ‘rhythmed-up’ carols and Christmas music, interspersed with laughter and spoken word. It’s the official start of the festive season for their legions of fans.
The East Pointers Friday 4 December 8pm £10 / Americana This Canadian folk trio are attracting attention from across the world. Banjo, fiddle and guitar combine to create traditional and original tunes with influences ranging from Irish and Scottish to Canadian Maritime.
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Friday 4 December 8pm £25 / Blues
Passion and showmanship combine to deliver the definitive good night out. The quality and variety of performance and material is pretty much unrivalled and after thirty five years of playing together you can expect a show jam packed with the best rhythm and blues.
Nearly Dan
Baked A La Ska
The Albion Christmas Band Thursday 10 December 8pm £20 / £18 concession / Folk Featuring the combined talents of Simon Nichol, Kellie While, Simon Care and Ashley Hutchings, this show takes you on a guided tour through the Christmas customs of Britain, with traditional English Christmas music, spoken word, humorous readings and dance. A great way to start your festivities. “the perfect antedote to the corporate Christmas” The Guardian
Sat 5 December 8pm / £12 advance £14 door / Standing / Rock & pop
Baked A La Ska
Faithful homage to jazz-influenced best-sellers Steely Dan.
Saturday 12 December 8pm / £10 / Rock & pop
Ten-piece tribute act play all the favourites including classics Do It Again and Reelin in the Years.
With unusual Christmas album Ska of Wonder, Baked A La Ska will deliver seasonal ska treats such as When You Wish Upon a Ska and Harmonica for Christmas. Perfect if you fancy an alternative sound to Christmas.
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Ramsbottom Folk Club Top quality folk music every month at Ramsbottom Cricket Club Steve Turner The Rheingans Wednesday 12 August 8pm / £8 Sisters Steve Turner began his career on the Manchester folk scene in the 1960s, and has since built a reputation as a multiinstrumentalist, pioneering highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments.
Damien Barber and Mike Wilson Wednesday 9 September 8pm / £10 Two of the finest exponents of traditional song in the United Kingdom. Mike has a musical heritage that is emphatically of the North East – rural and industrial folk songs both traditional and modern. Heavily influenced by earlier Norfolk singers, Damien is a stylish and distinctive singer. Together they have a rich shared repertoire of traditional songs plus the work of modern folk writers.
Hicks and Goulbourne Wed 14 October 8pm / £10 Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Steve Hicks and singer songwriter Lynn Goulbourn thrive on the creative process of stretching established boundaries and perform mesmeric arrangements of traditional, contemporary and self penned songs and music.
Mr Kite Benefits
Wednesday 11 November 8pm / £10 Rowan and Anna Rheingans explore traditional and contemporary folk music from across Scandinavia, Britain and America. With a strong emphasis on two fiddles and two voices their sound is accompanied by banjo, cello, bansitar and concertina.
Steve Knightley Wednesday 16 September St Joseph’s Club, Chorley
Harp and a Monkey
Harp and a Monkey Wednesday 9 December 8pm / £10 Harp ’n’ banjo driven electrofolk-storytelling imbued with a deep Lancashire sensibility. A love of the Pennines, the people and their traditions shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance.
Tickets on sale in advance from The Met or on the night at Ramsbottom Cricket Club
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe
Saturday 14 November Fox Lane Sports & Social Club, Leyland Tickets available from The Met on 0161 761 2216
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Thursday 15 Friday 16 Saturday 17 October
omegrown, The Met’s annual festival of finest English folk music, returns this October for another weekend of great music at venues across Bury. “One of the most important live showcases of contemporary and traditional English folk, roots and acoustic music in this country, if not all of Europe.” Northern Soul This year’s festival takes place over the weekend of Thursday 15, Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October, with events taking place at The Met and the Castle Armoury Drill Hall in Bury town centre. Artists appearing at the festival include The Unthanks, Seth Lakeman, Eliza Carthy, False Lights and Fay Hield. We also welcome Habbedekuk, Basco and Rannock, three bands from this year’s guest nation Denmark.
Folk Festival Festival Offer 20% off if you book four Homegrown events together!
Taking place alongside the festival, English Folk Expo is an industry event bringing delegates to Bury from all over the world to experience the finest English folk.
Seth Lakeman
Sam Lee + Rannock
Thursday 15 October 7.30pm / £22 / Castle Armoury Drill Hall
Sam Lee is an outstanding singer and song collector. Danish band Rannok are known for their energy and new takes on traditional melodies.
Habbedekuk + Bella Hardy
Thu 15 October 8pm / £14 / The Met
and contagious rhythms. With a vibrant mix of folk, rock, salsa and big band jazz they catapult folk melodies into the 21st century.
Belshazzer’s Feast
Habadekuk are one of Denmark’s leading folk bands characterised by powerful horns, toe-tapping fiddle
Bella Hardy is one of the most creative, prolific and original singers in the UK. Her captivating voice inhabits her music and spins her narratives with an equal balance of strength and sensitivity.
Belshazzer’s Feast’s sense of humour and musicianship have stunned audiences. Stick in the Wheel are an uncompromising London band.
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Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band
Mercury nominated Westcountry folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman has steered English folk into the mainstream with high energy performances and a string of bestselling albums, including his current album Word of Mouth.
Sam Carter Maz O’Connor
Thu 15 Oct 7.30pm / £16 / The Met Oyster3 are the three founding members of Oysterband. Since 2009 there has been mounting excitement around songwriter, guitarist and singer Sam Carter. Maz O’Connor is one of British folk’s rising stars with a rare talent for fusing traditional and contemporary sounds.
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Stick in the Wheel
Fri 16 October 8pm / £14 / The Met
Kings of the South Seas + Basco Friday 16 October 7.30pm / £20 / The Met Innovative singer-songwriter and fiddle-player Eliza Carthy is one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. She is joined by The Wayward Band, a group bursting with some of the finest players in recent times including members from Bellowhead, Mawkin and Peatbog Faeries.
Kings of the South Seas create boundary crossing music that merges folk, jazz, music hall and rock with double bass, concertina, electric guitar and drums. Basco have captured the hearts and minds of audiences from all over Europe with their infectious energy, virtuosity and inventiveness.
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Sam Lee
The Unthanks David Gibb
False Lights
Eliza Carthy
David Gibb
False Lights
Saturday 17 October 11am / £8 / The Met
Jess Morgan
“Letters through your Door”
Keston Cobblers’ Club
Award-winning songwriter and storyteller David Gibb makes great music for children and families. Letters through your Door is a fun and exciting show for ages 3+ packed with toe-tapping, catchy numbers.
False Lights have an ear-ringingly dynamic, blast-in-your-face indie attitude in the name of folk – an explosion of loud, electric, guitardriven folk for the 21st century.
The Emily Portman Trio
Based on folklore but full of modern kick Keston Cobblers’ Club’s mishmash of accordion, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica and mandolin will
Fay Hield and The Hurricane Party Moore Moss Rutter Saturday 17 October 1.30pm / £16 / The Met The Emily Portman Trio combine harp, fiddles, banjo, musical saw and concertina to create their inventive arrangements. Fay Hield’s rich voice fronts The Hurricane Party, a line up of some of the best folk musicians working today. Moore Moss Rutter meticulously rework English tunes and compositions into sets and songs.
Saturday 17 October 7.30pm / £15 / Standing / The Met make you want to dance until your shoes wear out. Jess Morgan has been busy making a name for herself in contemporary indie-folk. Expect bold, inventive songs peppered with influences from Britain and America as well as country, blues and world music, driven by warm and distinctive vocals.
The Unthanks
The Andy May Trio Saturday 17 October 7.30pm / £22 / Castle Armoury Drill Hall Mercury nominated band The Unthanks have established themselves as the most innovative and critically acclaimed English folk band in modern history. Known for their timeless, unsentimental tales of loss, fear, booze and sorrow, the new songs are calmer and melancholic.
The Andy May Trio are an award winning Northumbrian piper, guitarist and fiddler playing high energy instrumental folk, inspired by the music of their native North East. They are sure to draw in both folk aficionados and newcomers for their dazzling shows filled with virtuosity and energy.
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Classes and Workshops
Harmonica classes with Mat Walklate
Metro Jazz Every Monday 6.30-9.30pm from 7 September / £80 term / £55 concession The Met’s community jazz orchestra led by Munch Manship. Ages 16+.
Harmonica Seven sessions alternative Mondays starting 14 September Beginners 5.30pm Beginners continued 6.45pm Intermediate/Advanced 8pm £42 term / £35 term concession Courses in harmonica for all levels, led by musician Mat Walklate.
Bury Youth Dance Company Street Dance and Contemporary Dance
Rehearsals held on Tuesdays Bury Youth Dance Company has been running since 2009 and is steadily gaining a reputation for training young people to become professional dancers. This term the company will be working towards an exciting performance project. All abilities welcome. Led by professional dancer and choreographer Claire Fildes. Ages 10-17. For further details contact catherine.collins@themet.biz
Bury Youth Theatre Every Wednesday in term Starts 9 September BYT Minis 5-8 years 4.30pm-5.30pm / £2 per session BYT Juniors 9-13 years 5.30-7pm / £3 per session BYT Seniors 14+ years 7pm-8.30pm / £3 per session Drama sessions led by Marc Young and Sammy Deas. Explore creativity through improvisation, games and activities while developing team building skills, voice projection and confidence.
Rock Choir
Every Monday 7.30pm-10pm starting Monday 14 September
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The most well-known contemporary choir with groups across Britain, Rock Choir has a pioneering new approach to vocal training and entertainment, raising money for charity through performances and events.
If you enjoy singing and would like to experience the buzz of a Rock Choir rehearsal firsthand, book your free taster for Rock Choir Bury online at www.rockchoir.com.
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Introduction to Sound Recording
Fiddle and Tin Whistle
Every Wednesday 7pm-9pm for five weeks starting 23 September / £75 Thursdays; for further details contact The Met on 0161 761 2216 This five week course covers: studio Workshops exploring play-by-ear equipment, microphone technique fiddle and tin whistle playing tutored and signal flow; drum recording techniques; instrument recording, Pro by folk musician Emma Sweeny. Tools and overdubbing; and hardware and software mixing techniques.
Introduction to Pro Tools Every Wednesday 7pm-8pm for 3 weeks starting 18 November / £40 A beginners guide to using the industry standard software for music recording and mixing.
One to Fives
Jump and Jive Every Thursday 10.30-11.30am / Starts 10 Sept / £2.50 per child Weekly dance workshops for children aged 1-5 and their families. Your little one can explore their creativity and have tons of fun. This season we will wriggle, jiggle and jump as we explore stories, rhythm and music through our bodies. Everyone is welcome, come and have a go! Sessions last one hour.
Bloco Ashê Bury Samba
Every Saturday 11am-1pm from 5 September / £5 / £3 concession / £2 under 16s
Aiming High Every Saturday in term from 29 Aug Juniors 9-13 years 10-11.30am / £3 Seniors 14-18 years 11.30-1.30pm / £4 Arts and drama sessions for young people suffering from mental and physical disabilities. Physical activities and drama games create a safe place for children to express themselves, encouraging them to become more independent and improve life skills. Supported by Bury Council Children’s Services, BBC Children in Need and The Met.
A percussive group for all levels playing samba influenced grooves and global beats across Bury.
Stagecoach
New members of all ages welcome.
Training in dance, drama and singing for 4-18 years olds. For more information contact Ruth Mauriello on 0161 763 6161 or visit www. stagecoach.co.uk/bury.
For information visit blocoashe.co.uk or call 01204 882201.
Inspire
Community Voices
Every Sunday 10am-1pm
Alternate Saturdays 2pm-4pm from Saturday 5 September £5 / £3 unemployed / £1 under 16s An a capella, multi harmony, community choir, for all ages and abilities to share a love of singing. Contact hello@inspirevoices.co.uk.
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Edwin Street Recording Studio Edwin Street is a professional recording facility featuring state of the art equipment and superb acoustics. Perfect for all aspects of recording, mastering, mixing and learning, the studio offers affordable options for all.
Access The Met is a fully accessible venue, on both its ground and first floors.
• The entrance is fully ramped
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Timetable of events August
November page
Sat 1 Thu 6
8pm
Mad 4 Brit
8.30pm First Thursday Comedy Club
Wed 12 8pm
Steve Turner
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September 8 Thu 3 8pm Dave Spikey 3 Fri 4 8pm Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle 8 Wed 9 8pm Damien Barber & Mike Wilson !7 Thu 10 7.30pm The Doppel Gang 6 Fri 11 8pm Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick 8 Sat 12 8pm Black and Gold 8 Fri 18 - Sun 20 Ramsbottom Festival 9 Thu 24 8pm The Houghton Weavers !0 Thu 24 8pm Perverted Moves in the Dark 3 Fri 25 8pm The Other Half !0 Wed 30 8pm Ben Cox Band !0 Wed 2 8pm
Spooky Men’s Chorale
October Thu 1
8pm
Thu 1
8.30pm First Thursday Comedy Club
The Sounds of Simon
Fri 2
8pm
Martin Stephenson
Sat 3
8pm
Seckou Keita
Wed 7 7.30pm Nosferatu & Thu 8
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!1 !7 Thu 15 - Sat 17 Homegrown Folk Festival !8& !9 Wed 21 - Sat 24 Pirates of Penzance 6 Fri 23 8pm Wille and the Bandits !1 Sat 24 8pm The Stumble !1 Tue 27 2pm Gulliver 4 Wed 28 7.30pm We Are Brontë 4& 6 Thu 29 1pm Kid Carpet & the Noisy Neighbours 4 Thu 29 7.30pm Star Makers 6 Thu 29 8pm Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky !1 Fri 30 11am The Toothy Adventures 4 Fri 9
8pm
Wed 14 8pm
Vonda Shepard
Hicks and Goulbourne
& 1pm of Davy Denture
Fri 30 8pm Fri 30 8pm Sat 31 8pm
!1 The People’s Republic of Poetry 3 Limehouse Lizzy !1 China Crisis
Sun 1
8pm
Sam Baker with Carrie Elkin
Tue 3
8pm
Casting the Runes
Wed 4 8pm
Andy McKee
Thu 5
Imaginary Menagerie
7pm
Thu 5
8.30pm First Thursday Comedy Club
Fri 6
8pm
Connie Lush
Fri 6
8pm
Beverley Craven
7 & 8
8pm
Lau
Wed 11 8pm
The Picture of Doreen Gray
Wed 11 8pm
The Rheingans Sisters
Thu 12 8pm
Judie Tzuke
Thu 12 8pm
The Grahams
Fri 13 8pm
Nell Bryden
Sat 14 8pm
Calan
Sat 14 8.30pm Livewire AC/DC Sun 15 8pm
Martin Harley
Sun 15 8pm
Thea Gilmore
Thu 19 8pm
Magic Beans
Fri 20 8pm
The House Devils
Fri 20 & Sat 21 Bury Beer Festival Wed 25 7pm
Shakespeare Schools Festival
Thu 26 7.30pm You must be the one to bury me Thu 26 8pm
Sweet Liberties
Fri 27 8pm
Lynched
Fri 27 8pm
The Mighty Revelators
Sat 28 7.30pm Wreckless Eric Sat 28 8pm
Mama Genesis
Sat 28 8pm
Flight Brigade
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December Thu 3
8pm
Thu 3
8.30pm First Thursday Comedy Club
Fri 4
8pm
The East Pointers
Fri 4
8pm
The Blues Band
Sat 5
7.30pm Passing Strangers
Sat 5
8pm
Wed 9 8pm
St Agnes Fountain
Nearly Dan Harp and a Monkey
Thu 10 8pm
The Albion Christmas Band
Fri 11 8pm
Justin Moorhouse
Sat 12 8pm
Baked A La Ska
Thu 17 - Thu 24 Grimm’s Faery Feast
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