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Hexham Bluegrass Festival published their Delivery Report!2 weeks ago
Delivered 30 July 2023
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To fund a free community Bluegrass music festival in Hexham, Northumberland in The Sele Park and in free venues around the town. There will be performances , workshops and sessions for all ages
Hexham Bluegrass Festival will bring music, workshops and opportunities to play Bluegrass to Hexham. It will involve amateurs, professionals, youth groups and venues in the town over a 3 day period. It will bring the town alive and help to establish Hexham as a centre for Bluegrass music in the North East. It will stimulate local business but all events will be free to the public. The festival builds on the success of the Bandstand Sessions which have run for the past 2 years every Sunday in the Summer and a pilot afternoon festival held last year.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
The benefits of this festival will be: Providing a free festival accessible to all, showcasing music that is not normally available to lots of people. Establishing Hexham as a centre for Bluegrass Music in the North East. Building the Hexham bluegrass community. Providing paid employment for musicians and technicians Stimulating the local economy. Building a sense of community in the town by bringing people together in a public space. To provide volunteering opportunities.
Steps to get it done:
In conjunction with the Bandstand sessions, which are free summer concerts showcasing local musicians, a pilot afternoon Bluegrass festival was held in 2022. Over 400 people came and 40 musicians performed, both amateur and professional. Evaluations done on the day demonstrated an appetite for a bigger festival this year. The bandstand sessions are funded by Hexham Town Council who will be making a contribution to the 2023 Bluegrass festival. The principles governing the Bandstand sessions are: that the music should be free, held in publicly accessible space( The Park in the centre of the town) and that the musicians should be paid. These principles also govern this festival.
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Thank you so much for supporting our fundraiser. The Festival is going to happen! We have four weeks to go but we are continuing to raise money via this site and at our other Bluegrass events. Events like busking in Hexham market place on 8th July. Thank you the North of Tyne Combined Authority for giving us 60% of our target and everyone at Spacehive, the crowd funding platform, for their help. Free events....Bluegrass chats in Hexham library at 7.30 tonight, Oh brother Where art thou at The Forum Cinema on 4th July and of course, the Festival weekend itself (28 - 30th). See you there. More updates soon.
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Hi, There is a month to go until the Bluegrass Festival and we are still fundraising, please continue to spread the word and thank you for your support. Also we need volunteers for the Festival weekend, so if you can lend a hand please let us know and we will be in touch. The Bluegrass chat at Hexham Library is this Wednesday at 7.30 and is free, just come along. See you there.
Hi, We have been busy spreading the word and warming everyone up for a great festival... The Hexham bluegrass band busked at Hexham Market in May and the Often Herd, one of the headline bands at the Festival, gave a concert at Core Music on 4th June. The 28th June sees the first Bluegrass Library Chat between two seasoned Bluegrass players who will be talking and playing at 7.30. and finally, (for this posting), there is a showing of our favourite Bluegrass film, "Oh Brother, Where art Thou"? on Tuesday 4th July at The Forum Cinema at 7.00 with live bluegrass music in the cafe at 6.15. See you there. Keep spreading the word. Thank you
Whoop, 50 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Total £5,711
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Total £5,711
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VolunteerHexham Bluegrass festival is a growing collective of musicians playing bluegrass and old-time music in the north east. We want to build on the success of the three day festival in 2023. We are partnered with Hexham Town Council, which has organised the free Bandstand sessions in Hexham's Sele Park since 2021; and with Core Music, a CIC in Hexham, that programmes and manages the Bandstand Sessions. During the year we hold classes with professional bluegrass musicians and sessions and last year we ran sessions in the run up the festival which included busking, a showing of Oh Brother where art thou ( a film famed for its Bluegrass sound track) and talks in the library about Bluegrass. We will be organising a free run up programme again this year. In this year's festival we hope to grow interest and participation through offering more workshops, jam sessions and performances around Hexham. We are also working with a youth music group to provide volunteer opportunities and experience in running music events. The Sele is a free public space and we work closely with Northumberland County Council and Hexham Community Partnership in the management of the space, which is a town resource. We are a constituted group with a management committee.
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