Pigs Might Fly - Festival of Arts & Mental Health 2009

Workshop Events: 3rd-9th October. Festival Event: Saturday 10th October. Making the impossible possible!

Festival Programme

For more information please call 01484 516 244

Live performance, music, art and dance.

12pm - 12am - Free Entry - The Blending Shed, Bates Mill, Huddersfield

Saturday 10th October
12.00pm - 3.00pm:
Ibou & the bar 1.22 DrummersRhythms from Senegal
Maria SlovakovaArtist & Poet
Hoot Guitar Porkestra + Another PlanetBig Strings and other Funky Sounds
Ian GreenawaySinger/Songwriter
MikwanoJoyous Community Songs, Dance and Drumming from Rawthorpe
Big Dance – Ceilidh Dancing with Moira Barker
The AshesTomorrows Rock Stars, Today
3.30pm - 6.30pm
I aM PoetsPoetry Readings
Merrie City SingersWakefield Community Choir
Jess Baker & Cleo LindorTwo Talented Female Songstresses
Tracey Britton & Maurizio MieleSinger & Guitarist
Pathways JamBlues Extraordinaire
Brendan StonePresents his Short Film SCH!ZO
BeijoSultry Jazz/Blues Combo
7.00pm - 12.00am
The Big WeaveMulti-media performance using dance, music and video
String FellowsSeven fellows, many strings, wild, raucous songs
David CarlessSinger/Songwriter
Aiden JollySongs of passion and principle
Kizmet Belly DancersEgyptian goddesses of Marsden
Rusty StaplesThe filthiest bingo caller in town
OttersgearFat, juicy tunes with a folk edge
Pigs Might DanceDJ Set to make you hop
papaJACATop band featuring massed percussion and brass playing the most powerful sounds of Brazil

Also featuring Sohail Khan and his one man drama 'Nanka@Play', live Big Painting from AIM, Video Interviews with Moira Barker (Nosey Parker), Mayoral blessings, mystery celebrities, Frontline Magazine and much, much more.