YOU HAVE JUST MISSED . . . The 2008 Bath International Banjo Festival This was the programme:

YOU HAVE JUST MISSED . . .

The 2008 Bath International

Banjo Festival

This was the programme:

FRIDAY 27th June

All day at The Little Theatre (which is mainly used as a cinema) several pubs within staggering distance. Tables outside The Little where we can sit and chat, have a beer or three, and make a merry noise! A significant number of musicians come by, who join in the jam session. A good way to make street music.
During the afternoon we shall be screening Bluegrass Country Soul. This is the first feature film ever made about bluegrass music. Shot on Labor Day Weekend in 1971 at Camp Springs, NC, it documents the first Bluegrass Festival. Live performance, commentary, interviews, history. With Ralph Stanley & his Clinch Mountain Boys, Earl Scruggs, JD Crowe and many more. 90 minutes of Banjo Bliss. First screening in the UK!
In the evening, a Grand Concert with Clarke Buehling, Kate Lissauer, Dan Walsh, Jürgen Kulus, the Bath Banjo Club and the surprise mystery appearance of Leon Hunt. In the tradition of the Festival, there may well be others who turn up for the gig and add to the evening’s entertainment. It might be you . . . !?

Evening until midnight - Session at The Raven [click on underlined words to find out more]. Nicely central (see the map on their website) it’s a very friendly place. An excellent pub in the middle of Bath, with its own beers. The nearest car park is Charlotte Street, but you might just as well come by bus from your B&B/hotel. The Raven serves excellent food, so you can get your evening meal there as well.
The Raven is a well known music pub (I’ve played there several times with our band Ere Whacks) We’ll have guitar and mandolin there as well, so we can have a full string band. Not just banjos.

SATURDAY 28th June

SUNDAY 29th June

Concert at The American Museum, Claverton Down, starting at 2.00 pm. Most of the performers from the Saturday evening concert will be there, but in an even more relaxed atmosphere. Light refreshments available Standard entrance costs to the Museum - £5 adults, £4 concessions, £3 children. This also covers you for wandering around the rest of the museum and the grounds, and also the Titanic exhibition.