Bratton Clovelly Festival

September 22, October 12 & 13

Bratton Clovelly will see the return of the wonderful folk duo Cosgrave and Banks, including new repertoire and their well known favourites, on Saturday, September 22nd. Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks are both highly skilled and experienced musicians in their own right. They write their own music as well as interpreting folk classics and less well known pieces from across Europe. Coming together, they use the interplay of various instruments (sometimes you’re convinced there must be more than two people playing!) to produce a sound that is endlessly imaginative and richly textured, sometimes witty, sometimes haunting, with rhythms and tones that will make you want to dance. Their banter and chat and a café-style setting make for a relaxed evening of great music. The bar will open at 7pm and you can book by the seat or by the table, so come along with family and friends.

In its third year, Bratton Clovelly Festival is branching out with a day-long grant-funded workshop for children on October 12th. Having secured grants from the Balsdon and Norman Family Trusts, they’ve been able to book the award-winning Puppetcraft troupe to run a day of workshops for the children Boasley Cross Primary School. The day will include a 'making' workshop and a music workshop using a variety of discarded ‘junk’. It is hoped more of these workshops can be run for other local primary schools in the future.

On the following day, Saturday, October 13th, at 3pm in Bratton Clovelly Parish Hall, Puppetcraft will perform their public show, The Tin Forest. The music the children have learnt the day before will form the basis of the introduction to the puppet show.

Don’t think this is a puppet show for children only. No matter what age you are, you’ll be enchanted by the story of the lonely old man whose brightest dreams come true right in the midst of a dreary junkyard. These puppeteers create magic.

Following the performance, the Friends of Boasley Cross will provide a delicious tea to help raise funds for the school.

For further information about festival events, visit: wwwbrattonclovellyfestival.com email brattonclovellyfestival@gmail.comor phone 01837 871696.