St Ives September Fringe Festival 
5th to 21st September 2003

www.st-ives.uk.com is the official website for the St. Ives September Festival 2003

Following the demise of the original St Ives September Festival a group of local artists, performers and businesses has come together under the guiding hand of Colin Johnson (a St Ives based artist of International repute) to create a 'fringe festival' who's variety and scope will equal or exceed the old festival. With about 150 events already booked this year's fringe festival will cater for all tastes and interests. Watch this page for a full programme, which will soon be available and for news about the festival and the performers now and during the event.

Meanwhile for further information about the festival, please contact...
Colin Johnson on  +44 (0) 1736 79 46 22

September Festival Brochure download
* pdf download 3.2mb

 

St Ives September Fringe Festival

5th – 21st September 2003

Festival Programme and Planner

EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

KEY: SEE BELOW
*      Tickets from the Tourist office & (if still available) on the door
**           Tickets also available from the venue in advance
***         Tickets essential in advance
^            Tickets available on the door

Time

Venue

Event

Tickets

Friday 5th

     

12:00 – 2:30pm

Howard’s Hotel

Carbis Bay

Artists’ Lunch on the lawn and around pool with…

·          Me & the Devil – blues trio: guitar, harmonica, double bass, special guest Sheila Collier, jazz singer.

·          Kulture Brake – guest cabaret spot

Sponsored by Howard’s Hotel

£5.50**

Lunch & music

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Pedn-olva Hotel

Porthminster Beach

Preview of the Exhibition – ‘Music & Musicians’

·          Paintings & Drawings by many artists with…

·          CHARLES HAYKOPP – Classical Guitar

Followed by…

 

5:00pm – 7:00pm

St Andrew’s Street

Street-an-Pol, The Warren

… a series of previews at galleries and restaurants.

 

7:30pm

Interval

St Ives Guildhall

Street-an-Pol

40s & 50s Dance (period dress optional)

·          JAZZ COCKTAIL & SUGAR BULLETS – bands

Organised by the St Ives Trust & Archive Centre

WEARABLE ART FASHION PARADE

Organised by Fiberart Gallery

£8.00*

 

Castle Inn

Fore Street

Harvest Home Auction

Organised by St Ives Lions Club
 

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre,

Lower Stennack

The young kids of the St Ives KIDZ-R-US Company present their final performance of…

Bugsy Malone

£7.50 &

£7.00

Children

£5.00**

11:15pm

From the Guildhall

Candlelight costume procession (in costume) to Porthminster Beach Restaurant with music from

KRIS GAYLE & VIV WOOD

Sponsored by Porthminster Beach Restaurant

Supper

£5.50**

Saturday 6th

     

Daily

6th – 20th Sept.

Tremayne Applied Arts

Street-an-Pol

A GLIMPSE INTO THE 1950s & 1960s

Work of artists and craftsmen in St Ives during the period

TELLING THE TOWN

A look at the work of printer GUIDO MORRIS & his Latin Press

St Ives 1946-1953.                               50TH ANNIVERSARY

 

Daily

10:00am – 4:30pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

CLARE WHITE (1903-1997)

Exhibition of vibrant watercolours featuring scenes from round the world by St Ives Arts Club’s first lady president (1954)

Curated by ANDREW POLLARD

 

10:00am – 4:00pm

The Island Centre

WINGHAM WOOL WORKS – a treasure trove for all textiles enthusiasts.

Felt making and silk paper making workshops.

To book places: 01736 797122

 

12:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Penzance Youth Jazz – 14 piece, ‘full of energy’ big band once again kicks off the Festival Frings programme at the Lifeboat Inn

 

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Around the town

Samba Kernow – St Ives own Samba band is out on the streets

 

3:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

CLARE WHITE (1903-1997)

ANDREW POLLARD talks about Clare White and her paintings.

 

4:00pm

Trewyn House Garden

VIRGINIA SHAW (oboe), SALLY PRICE (harp) & FRIENDS

Music for a summer’s day – a relaxed recital of music for harp and  other instruments from the 18th century to the present day.

Tea and cakes in the interval.

£4.00

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Karen Taylor – Devon based and Cornwall born Jazz & Blues singer, in great demand in the recording studios, on the radio and live on stage. Tonight joined by…

PAUL HARRIS (piano) & PETE KUBRICK-TOWNSEND (double bass). TONY BROWN (drums) will guest.

Sponsored by Tremayne Applied Arts
 

8:00pm

Salt House Gallery

Norway Square

SHIRTS ON THE LINE – UNPEGGED.

Poet, playwright and biographer PHIL BOWEN meets poet, painter and gallery owner BOB DEVEREUX for an impromptu conversation and linked readings.

£5.00**^

8:00pm

(doors open 7:15)

St Ives Guildhall

Street-an-Pol

THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA

For 30 years this internationally known Orchestra has combined hot jazz, early swing and dance melodies with novelty tunes and comedy routines; recording some 16 albums and specialising in the music of the 1920s & early ‘30s.

Presented by the Rotary Club of St Ives.

£15.00 &

£13.00*

Sunday 7th

     

10:00am – 4:00pm

The Island Centre

WINGHAM WOOL WORKS – a treasure trove for all textiles enthusiasts.

Felt making and silk paper making workshops.

To book places: 01736 797122

 

10:30am

United Methodist Church

Bedford Road

Harvest Service

 

12:00 noon

Bluefish Restaurant

Norway Lane

PAUL HAYWOOD (saxes) & JAMES OEKEN (keyboards)

 

12:30pm – 2:30pm

5:30pm – 7:30pm

8:30pm – 10:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

A GREAT BLUES DAY

ME & THE DEVIL

FIRE & WATER

SPOOKY BLUES

 

8:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

50TH ANNIVERSARY

A SOLITARY MISTER – a conversation between poet and playwright PHIL BOWEN and actor PETER READ about poet DYLAN THOMAS (1914-1953)

£4.00^

8:00pm

Salt House Gallery

Norway Square

ALAN BISSET – novelist

£3.00^

Monday 8th

     

8:00am – 10:30am

Porthgwidden Beach Restaurant

SPECIAL FESTIVAL BREAKFAST – MELANIE TIMMS (vocalist) and accompanying guitarist.

£6.00

Breakfast

12:30pm

St Ives Guildhall

Street-an-Pol

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

MUSIC FOR A SUMMER’S LUNCHTIME - DOUGLAS YOUNG (piano) PETER SHEPPARD SKAERRED (violin). A cabaret style recital from one of today’s finest violinists.

 

5:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Ben Waters – One of the finest boogie woogie pianists working in Britain today, with guest (saxophone)

 

6:00pm – 7:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

Marion Whybrow & MARION DELL – Local authors launch their book Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell – remembering St Ives.

 

7:30pm

United Methodist Church

Harvest Supper with Camborne Wesley Choir

 

7:30pm

West Pier

ST JOHN IN THE FIELD BAND

 

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

The other side of the Words

Life & Song of poet W.S. Graham, adapted by Phil Bowen with actor PETER READ.

£5.00**

8:30pm

Western Hotel

Royal Square

BLUEGRASS CENTRAL – five piece band with JOHN DOWLING on banjo

£6.00^

8:30pm

Russets

Fore Street

David & Tom Quirke – laid-back jazz.

Music with dinner – please check with the Restaurant

 

8:30pm

Bluefish Restaurant

Norway Lane

BLUE IN GREEN – SIMON LATARCHE (piano) & STEVE RUMBLE (sax)

 

8:45pm

Sheaf of Wheat

Lower Stennack

BLUE ON BLACK – blues band

 

Tuesday 9th

     

10:00am – 5:00pm

St Ives Parish Church

Quilt Exhibition

 

10:00am (Coffee from 9:45am)

Castle Inn

Fore Street

MICHAEL BRIDGE presents and illustrated talk, ‘A PUB WITH A PAST’ featuring highlights from the pub’s history 1830-1960s

£2.00***

12:00 noon

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Films about sculptor Barbara Hepworth with guest speakers

£3.50**

12:30pm – 2:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

A second session from the great boogie woogie pianist, Ben WATERS

 

5:30pm – 7:30pm

 

3 DAFT MONKEYS – Multi-instrumentalists Tim Ashton, Athene Roberts and Jamie Waters perform a wide range of their own material

 

7:30pm

St Ives Parish Church

CENTENARIES CELEBRATION

PRIAUX RAINIER (1903-1986) & BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Talk and Concert. PHILIPPA MO (violin) PETER SHEPPARD SKAERVED (violin & viola) VIRGINIA SHAW (oboe) and friends

Sponsored by The Cornerstone Gallery

£5.00*

7:30pm

The Mariners Gallery

‘ART & ARTISTS IN ST IVES’. An illustrated talk by ROY RAY

£4.00*

8.00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

‘Tall Ships & Backgammon’ – A fantasy in words and live music suitable for all age groups with GRAHAM (teller of tales) and DAVE & DEE BROTHERTON

£5.00

£2.50*

Concessions

9:00pm – doors open 8:30pm

Isobar

TENOR MADNESS with MARK LOCKHEART & ROB TOWNSEND. Two top sax players with Peter Kubryk-Townsend (db), Andrea Trillo (dm) and Ralph Freeman (pn)

Presented by St Ives Jazz & Blues Club

£6:00 and

£4:00^

Wednesday 10th

     

8:00am – 10:30am

Porthgwidden Beach Restaurant

SPECIAL FESTIVAL BREAKFAST with MELANIE TIMMS (vocalist) and accompanying guitarist

£6.00

B’fast

10:00am – 4:00pm

Various Artists’ studios

OPEN DAY – Artists’ studios open throughout the day.

See separate map & list of those taking part or look out for

‘OPEN STUDIO’ signs

tbd

10:00am – 5:00pm

St Ives Parish Church

Quilt Exhibition

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1:00pm

St Ives Library

Gabriel Street

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (painter 1903-1980). An illustrated talk on his life and work by DAVID ASHTON

£4.00^

3:30pm

St Ives Library

Gabriel Street

Poet ANN ALEXANDER reads her personal selection of poetry under the heading Nasty, British & Short

£3.00^

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Jazz singer SHEILA COLLIER travels from Cumbria to join local musicians RICHARD PENROSE (piano), BOB McTEAR (trumpet) and CLAUDIA COLMER (double bass) with a programme entitled BILLIE & BESSIE

Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Harding Laity

 

7:30pm

St Ives Society of Artists

Norway Square

‘CREATING A SPLASH’. An illustrated talk on the artists of the society 1927-1953 by DAVID TOVEY

£3.00*

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

ST IVES OPERATIC SOCIETY perform the musical comedy ‘NUNSENCE’

£7.00**

8:00

Howard’s Hotel

Carbis Bay

‘STRINGBOX’. Close harmony four-piece band playing folkroots and contemporary classics with a miscellany of instruments

 

8:00pm

Bluefish Restaurant

Norway Lane

JAMES CANNON (saxophone & vocals) and TIM CRAMPTON (guitar) play great jazz for the diners

 

‘8 till late’

Western Hotel

Royal Square

NIGEL KING’S – BIG BOP DANCE NIGHT

£3.00^

8:30pm – doors open 8:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

KULTURE BRAKE. ROD BULLIMORE, NICOLA CLARK, BERNIE DAVIES and DHYANO present ‘SPLATT’ – a fast moving cabaret of song and humour

£5.00*

9:00pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

MISSISSIPPI BURNING – A special reunion of the rock trio,

EMMA SPENCER (bass guitar), GUY (guitar & vocals) and JED KINGSFORD (drums)

 

9:00pm

Sheaf of Wheat

Lower Stennack

PAUL SIMMONS – Pianist/singer

 

9:00pm

Meet at Wescott Quay

SHANTY BABA leads THE FULL MOON LANTERN GHOST STORYWALK. Be there if you dare!

Adults £4.00 u16s £3.00

Thursday 11th

     

9:30am – 12 noon

and

2:30pm – 5:00pm

Above The Bistro

High Street

POETRY WORKSHOP with PETE MORGAN, a published and praised poet. “Morgan id a kind of sophisticated camera… taking extraordinary untouristy pictures of places around the world.” George MacKay Brown, The Scotsman

Day tickets £8.00^

Half Day

£5.00

10:00am – 5:00pm

St Ives Parish Church

Quilt Exhibition

 

12:45pm

The Bistro

High Street

TIM HEALD – prolific journalist, novelist and biographer gives an insight into his working life

£3.00^

1:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Films about sculptor Barbara Hepworth with guest speakers

£3.50

3.00pm

The Catholic Church Hall

Tregenna Hill

‘ST IVES IN THE FIFTIES’. Film by JAMERS COUCH, introduced by JANET AXTON

£4.00

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

MANDY FOX QUINTET. Jazz singer Mandy is joined by PENROSE FEAST (saxophones), TIM RICHARDS (piano), PETE KUBRICK-TOWNSEND (double bass) and ANDREA TRILLO (drums.

Sponsored by West Penwith Music

 

7:30pm

West Pier

HAYLE TOWN BAND in concert

 

7:45pm

The Bistro

High Street

PETE MORGAN – poet and tutor for the day reads from his own works

£4.00^

8:00pm for 8:30pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

Kulture Brake – the zany cabaret foursome are back on stage.

BYO Wine

£5.00*

8:00pm

Russets

Fore Street

Sheila Collier (jazz singer) accompanied by pianist Richard Penrose. Traditional jazz with dinner.

Presented by Russets

 

8:00pm

Cantina

Fore Street

ALAN THOMPSON (guitar) and VIV RODD (piano). Modern jazz with dinner.

Presented by Cantina

 

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

ST IVES OPERATIC SOCIETY perform the musical comedy ‘NUNSENCE’

£7.00**

Friday 12th

     

10:30am

Meet in Norway Square

HARDING LAITY leads a St Ives Walk. DOWNALONG TALES, including a morning on the tiles.

£2.00^

12:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

John Etheridge. The first of two sessions with the great jazz guitarist; he will be joined by PETE KUBRICK-TOWNSEND (double bass) & ANDREA TRILLO (Drums)

Sponsored by Tides Café

 

1:00pm

St Ives Library

Gabriel Street

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

‘THE YORKSHIRE CONNECTION – FRANK HALLIDAY & BARBARA HEPWORTH. Man of letters, Frank Halliday, was one of the team who worked on the first St Ives Festival with Barbara hepworth and Priaux Rainier 50 years ago. A talk by his son, SEBASTIAN HALLIDAY

£3.00^

3:30PM

The Bistro

High Street

ANN KELLY poet, novelist and photographer will read from her own work

£3.00^

4:00pm – 6:00pm

St Ives Library

Gabriel Street

The Fringe presents ‘TALENTED TASSLES – CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS. For children aged five and upwards, ‘MAKING FELT’.

Book via Library

£1.50 per workshop

5:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

John Etheridge and his trio will be joined by pianist and St Ives Jazz Club founder, RALPH FREEMAN

 

7.30pm

Hellesveor Methodist Church

HARVEST CONCERT & SUPPER

 

8:00pm

Porthminster Hotel

HELEN DUNMORE – award winning poet and novelist.

Sponsored by St Ives Bookseller

£4.00^

8.00pm

Western Hotel

Royal Square

BRAZILIAN EXPLOSION. Dance night with SAMBA KERNOW and Latin D.J. NINA. Together they bring the spirit of Carnival and the sophistication of Brazilian music.

Sponsored by Onshore & Coast

£4.00^

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

ST IVES OPERATIC SOCIETY perform the musical comedy ‘NUNSENCE’

£7.00**

8.00pm

Russets

Fore Street

NICOLA CLARK – singer songwriter / guitarist with guest

 

8.30pm

The Castle Inn

Fore Street

DICK PLANK & NIGEL WOOD – Irish American folk.

Sponsored by Skinners Fine Cornish Ales

 

9.00pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Singer/songwriter / guitarist and fiddle player ROB McGEORGE is joined by SANKULE on djembe

 

Saturday 13th

     

10:00am – 5:00pm

St Ives Leisure Centre

Open day. Sports, barbecue, competition and, at 1:00pm, music from ME & THE DEVIL

 

12:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Blue on Black – four piece powerful Blues band

 

2:00pm – 4:00pm

West Pier

Hammered Steel – 25 piece steel band formed 10 years ago in West Cornwall

 

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Guitarist, singer/songwriter and travelling troubadour Wizz Jones is joined by his son Simeon on saxophone and harmonica

 

8:00pm

Western Hotel

Royal Square

CROSS O’TH HANDS – a four piece acoustic band playing contemporary & traditional English and European folk music with guests

Sponsored by Hobgoblin Music

Presented by St Ives Folk Club

£4.00^

8:00pm

Salthouse Gallery

DODO MODERN POETS. Three London based poets, ALISON TROWER, PATRICK CUNANE & SUE JOHNS read a selection of their work

£5.00

8:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

John Cox Quartet – Saxophonist John is joined by MAX TURNBULL (keyboard), GOUDIE CHARLES (double bass), & TERRY RODD (drums)

 

8:00pm

St Ives Theatre

Lower Stennack

ST IVES OPERATIC SOCIETY perform the musical comedy ‘NUNSENCE’

Final Night

£7.00**

8:00pm – 9:00pm

West Pier

Four Lanes Choir

 

8:30pm

The Pool Club

Funny Feathers Jazz Band – Jazz, Blues & ballads from 1930s

 

Sunday 14th

     

10:45am

Hellesveor Methodist Church

HARVEST SERVICE

 

12:30pm

Bluefish Restaurant

Norway Lane

PAUL HEYWOOD (saxophone) and JAMES OECKEN (keyboard)

 

12:30pm – 2:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Viv Rodd Quintet – The long established modern jazz pianist brings his latest quintet to the Fringe Festival with LARRY JOHNS, BOB TINKER, TERRY RODD & DAMIAN RODD

 

3:00pm

St Ives Parish Church

INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS’ SEMINAR – CONCERT. Classical musicians from around the world who gather at Prussia Cove each year and tour Cornish Churches

£11.00

£9.00

£6.00

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

WIZZ JONES and his son SIMEON return

 

8:00pm

The Salt House Gallery

ANDREW GREIG (poet and novelist)

£5.00

8:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

A talk on painter CLARE WHITE by ANDREW POLLARD

 

8:30pm

Western Hotel

Royal Square

Hangover Blues Band –the lively five piece blues band make their first visit to St Ives

 

Monday 15th

     

12:30pm – 2:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

Guitarist, singer and fiddle player ROB McGEORGE is joined by djembe player SANKULE

 

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Chy-an-Albany Hotel

SHORT STORIES & POEMS AFTERNOON

All writers welcome

Cream Tea

£4.50

5:30 – 7:30pm

Lifeboat Inn

The Wharf

COOL SCHOOL – A trawl through the great American 20 C songbook with guitarist BERNIE DAVIES, drummer TONY BROWN and guests

Sponsored by Andrew King

 

7:30pm

Mariners Gallery

CENTENARY CELEBRATION

BARBARA HEPWORTH talk by ALISON OLDHAM with actor DAVID SHAW

£4.00

8:00pm

St Ives Arts Club

The Warren

Whistler in St Ives – lecture by Roy Ray

£5.00

8:00pm

Parish Church

Neil Smith – Internationally known classical guitarist revisits St Ives Fringe festival; this time also offering master classes

£5.00

8:30pm

Russets

Fore Street

David & Tom Quirke – laid-back jazz.

Music with dinner – please check with the Restaurant

 

8:30pm

Castle Inn

Fore Street

GALLY’S FOLLY. MICKEY RIPLEY (vocals & guitar) and MANDY GALLAGHER (vocals, flautist & concertina player) perform a mix of raw Celtic folk, songs from the North East and self-penned songs

 

8:45pm

Sheaf