Didsbury Arts Festival 2011 - What's On Guide
The 2011 Didsbury Arts Festival begins on Saturday 24th September and promises to deliver a whole week of art in Didsbury...
Entry to events is free unless shown otherwise. The full DAF Programme can be picked up at Didsbury Library for event details, booking and times. Or, you can visit the web site at http://didsburyartsfestival.org
SATURDAY 24th SEPTEMBER
‘Off The Cuff’ speaking - Didsbury Speakers - Albert Club, Old Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury 10.00am
The Didsbury Arts Festival Doodle Train - Ivy Manchester, Barlow Moor Road 10am - 1pm
Writing Memories - Edmund of Prestwich - Didsbury Pub, Didsbury Green (Upstairs) 10.30am
Didsbury Coffee Concert Emmanuel Church 11.00am
Courage To Sing - Choir, Northern Brass, Brass Quintet, The Wollfenden Fountain Machine, Street Theatre, Big Sid Giant Puppet - all outside DidsburyLibrary from 11.30am
Perspective drawing for amateur artists workshop - Simone Ridyard, Emmanuel Parish Centre 11.30am - 1.30pm
DAF Festival Gallery, Emmanuel Church – 1.00pm-5.00pm everyday
Animation Nation - Children’s Workshop - Didsbury Library 12 noon, 1pm & 2pm
Art Song of Scotland - Music Recital - Didsbury United Reformed Church 1.00pm
New Writing in Didsbury - Moor Cottage Writers - Moor Cottage 1.30pm
Eastern European Folk Dancing, Illusion Rock Band, Didsbury Theatre School - Parsonage Gardens Open Air Stage plus Punch & Judy Show – all at the Parsonage Gardens from 1.30pm. See Parsonage Gardens programme for details
Tangents - a mindscape in a landscape film/talk with Cecile Elstein, Emmanuel Church 2.00pm
A Walk Around Didsbury, New Manchester Walks - Start at Café Rouge 2.00pm £6/£5
Pop and Circumstance - Celesta Players - East Didsbury Methodist Church Hall 2.30pm & 7.45pm £6/£4
Piano Recital with Kwango Lee at Emmanuel Church 4.00pm
Loss of Separation - Conrad Williams - Northern Lawn Tennis Club 7.00pm
Spoken Word Snail & Radio: Now in Technicolour at The Albert Club 7.30pm £5/£4
Harvest Barn Dance at Christ Church URC 7.30pm £7.50
Ties of Friendship - Kalinka Balalaika - Emmanuel Church 7.30pm
Jim Bannister Trio - Northern Lawn Tennis Club 8.30pm £3/£2
SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER
Craft Café at Northern Lawn Tennis Club 10.00am - 4.00pm £1/children free
Adventures In Writing at Healthy Spirit 10.00am - 1.00pm £10/£6
Latin Horses, Walkabout Street Theatre, Yeshe the Yak, Giant Walkabout Puppet, Street Dance, 3rd Davyhulme Scout & Guide Band – all outside Didsbury Library from 11.30am
DAF Festival Gallery at Emmanuel Church 1.00pm - 5.00pm everyday
DAF 2011 Parade of Artists & Puppets from outside Didsbury Library 1.00pm
DAF Creative Space in Fletcher Moss Park 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Global Vista - Vista Trio at Nazarene College Chapel 1.30pmChi Kung (Qigong) with Andreas Scholl in Fletcher Moss Park 2.00pm
Memento Mori with Nicholas Royle in Parsonage Gardens 3.00pm
CoMA Manchester presents Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ - CoMA Nanchester at The Sanctuary Bar 4.00pm
AFD Street Dancers at Didsbury United Reformed Church 5.00pm £1
Souza Winds & Strata Strings at Christ Church, Darley Avenue, West Didsbury 7.00pm
Travelling Light Circus at Parrs Wood High School 6.30pm £5/£3
The Didsbury Comedy Club with Andrew Ryan at Didsbury Cricket Club 8.00pm £7/£6 NUS
Sargasso Township Jazz Band at St Catherines Club 8.00pm £5/£4
Speakfreaky Open Mic Event at Folk Café Bar, West Didsbury 8.00pm
The Disappeared at The Slug & Lettuce, Didsbury Village 8.30pm
MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER
Crochet Workshops & Yarn Bombing at Healthy Spirit, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury 11.00am - 1.00pm
DAF Festival Gallery at Emmanuel Church 1.00pm - 5.00pm everyday
Classical Music Concert - Arioso at Nazarene College Chapel 1.00pm
Exhibition and Poetry Reading - Jeffrey Wainwright & Barry White at Nazarene College Chapel 3.30pm
New Poetry & Music - Jinny Shaw at Nazarene College Chapel 7.00pm
Intriplicate & Voci Dolci at Emmanuel Church 7.30pm
Doctors and Witches with Elizabeth Baines at Healthy Spirit 7.30pm
Nick Holmes Band at The Railway Pub 8.00pm
Murmurations with Nicholas Royle at PizzaExpress 8.00pm
Alice Gasson at The Didsbury Pub 8.00pm £3
An Evening with A Means to An End and Friends at The Sanctuary Bar 9.00pm
The Acoustic Conquistador with Arlen Connolly at Folk Café Bar 9.00pm
Storyville Live Music Gig at Didsbury Cricket Club 9.00pm
TUESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
DAF Festival Gallery at Emmanuel Church 1.00pm - 5.00pm everyday
Octets for Winds and Strings at Nazarene College Chapel 1.00pm
Crochet Workshops & Yarn Bombing at Healthy Spirit 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Recital of songs with Louis Hurst & Ewan Gilford at Emmanuel Church 4.00pm
Poetry and Music with Susan Stern & Quagga Saxaphone Quartet at The Sanctuary Bar 4.00pm
Backchat - Poetry & Jazz at Folk Café Bar 6.00pm
Young Identity at Emmanuel Church 7.00pm
Live Music Now! Charity Recital with Absolution Saxaphone Quartet at Didsbury United Reformed Church 7.30pm £5
Art, Architecture & Music - Siemens highlight - Siemens 7.30pm (Book)
A Reading by Jackie Kay at Nazarene College Chapel 7.30pm
Free Your Creative Soul Workshop at Healthy Spirit 7.30pm - 9.30pm £10
The Steve Pimlott/ Ulrich Elbracht Experience at Albert Club 8.00pm £5/£3
Dislocation Dance at The Slug & Lettuce 8.00pm
Open Mic Night hosted by Andrew Ryan at Didsbury Cricket Club 8.00pm
Peter Clare - Solo Jazz Piano at Gusto 8.00pm
Gary Taylor Jazz Quintet at Didsbury Golf Club 8.30pm £3/£2 members
Jazz Swing singer David Bradley at The Royal Oak 8.30pm
Soul Sessions with Lauren Housley at One Lounge Bar 8.30pm
The Stronger and Silent Night - Nicola Schofield at PizzaExpress 9.00pm £4
WEDNESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
DAF Festival Gallery at Emmanuel Church 1.00pm - 5.00pm everyday
Pasaos Duo - Saxaphone & Percussion at Nazarene College Chapel 1.00pmCrochet Workshops & Yarn Bombing at Healthy Spirit 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Piano, Flute and Clarinet Trio with The Showcase Society at Christ Church Darley Avenue, West Didsbury 4.00pm
A Tribute to Linda Chase with Carol Ann Duffy, Jane Lawrence & Paul Beevers at Emmanuel Church 7.00pm £5
A Spanish and Brazilian Music Concert at Christ Church, Darley Ave 7.30pm
Alexandra Lennon with Jazz O.D. at Didsbury Golf Club 7.30pm £3/£2
Book Launch: A Man Walks Into A Kitchen - Robert Graham - Didsbury Pub 7.30pm
Infinite Tai Chi Free Taster Workshop at Christ Church, Darley Ave 8.00pm
Jazz Swing singer David Bradley at The Railway Pub 8.00pm
flashtag 1: Anthology Launch at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 8.00pm
Seymour & Sykes : Make History at The Slug & Lettuce 8.30pm
A Modern Jazz Sextet - Jazzworks at The Sanctuary Bar 9pm
The Bradawls at The Slug & Lettuce 9.30pm £3
THURSDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
Infinite Chi Kung Free Taster at Christ Church, Darley Avenue 10.00am
DAF Festival Gallery – Emmanuel Church – 1pm-5pm everyday
Vocal Recital - Debbie Oliver/Jonathan Fisher at Nazarene College Chapel 1.00pm
An American Dream - Questi Venti at Emmanuel Church 4.00pm
Midnight Bourbon with Peter Clare & Leisa Gray at The Sanctuary Bar 4.00pm
Book Launch: 8 X 8 - MMU Cheshire/Stockport College - Nazarene College Chapel 7.00pm
Carole Isis - Singer Songwriter at Didsbury United Reformed Church 7.30pm
Sister Talk - Makeda - at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 7.30pm
Free Your Creative Soul at Healthy Spirit 7.30pm-9.30pm £10
Everybody Salsa! at Ivy Manchester 7.30pm £3
Tributes’: South Manchester Short Film Festival - Albert Club 8.00pm
Boplicity at PizzaExpress 9pm £2
Purgatory - Purgatory Productions at St Nicholas Church 9.00pm £5
FRIDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
Dance For All - Strictly Wheelchair & Lancastrian Pupils - Lancasterian School1.30pm
A reading from A Selection Of Tall Tales - Angelina Johnson at Mary & Archie 3.00pm
Snapper’s Five-A-Day Puppet Show with Tim Preston at West Didsbury Sure Start Centre 3.30pm
Points North - Tempest - at Nazarene College Chapel 4.00pm £3
The Pathfinders at The Sanctuary Bar 4pm
Poetry Launch with John McAuliffe, Evan Jones, Vincenz Serrano at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 7.00pm
Kathryn Stott, Nelson Goerner & friends at Emmanuel Church 7.30pm £15 adv
English music & songs from the shows - The Cavendish Singers at Didsbury United Reformed Church 7.30pm
Bless DAF - a festival live music performance at St Nicholas Church 8.00pm £8
Mish Mash Cabaret at Didsbury Cricket Club 8.oopm £7/£5
The Whole Hog in Concert at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 9.00pm
SATURDAY 1st OCTOBER
Architectural Stroll with Phil Griffin outside The Didsbury Pub 10.00am
Free Your Creative Self at Healthy Spirit 10.00am - 5.00pm £30
Continental Coffee Concert with Students of Chethams at Emmanuel Church 10.30am
DAF 2011 Competitions Awards Ceremony at Didsbury Library 11.00am
Exhibition & Poetry Reading - Jeffrey Wainwright & Barry White at Nazarene College Chapel 11.00am
‘Telling Tales’ Story-telling workshop with Emily Capstick at Didsbury Library 11.00am - 12.30pm
Parrs Wood Drama Performance & Primary School Dancers at Didsbury Library 11.30am
The Pride and Prejudice, the Fun and Fears of being a Small-time Publisher - Jane Schaffer of Seven Arches Publishing - Albert Club 12noon
DAF Festival Gallery – at Emmanuel Church 1pm-5pm everyday
A Musical Journey Piano Recital with Stephanie Leung at Emmanuel Church 1.00pm
Hatha Yoga Class Free Taster at Didsbury United Reformed Church 1.00 - 2.00pm
Recital by Students of Parrs Wood High School at Nazarene College Chapel 1.15pm
‘What is this Place: Who Made this Place?’ at Emmanuel Church 2.00pm
Is it Jewellery? A Mini Symposium at Nazarene College Café 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Spilled Milk with Johnny Woodhams at Didsbury United Reformed Church 2.30pm
An afternoon of classical favourites with Manchester Beethoven Orchestra at Christ Church, Darley Ave 3.00pm £5/children free
Wise Move Dance – Triple Bill at Emmanuel Parish Centre 4.00pm
A Quiet Night with Carl Tighe at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 7.00pm
Magic of Twilight - Lanterns & Lamps Event - meet at Fletcher Moss Café (outside) 7.00pm £2
Didsbury’s Got Talent - Showcase Final - Parrs Wood High School 7.30pm £5
Mancunians Making Music - St James Consort - at Emmanuel Church 7.30pm
Jadid Ensemble in Concert at Nazarene College Chapel 7.30pm £8
Mike Farmer Quartet at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 8.30pm £4/£3
The Bet Shop Boys at The Royal Oak 8.30pm
Easy Pieces Comedy Night at The Albert Club 8.00pm £6/£5