Performing some of her classic hits, blues, jazz and perhaps a song or two from her forthcoming album, an electric evening with Elkie is guaranteed to leave you begging for more.

Elkie is a stunning performer and whatever she does, she does it best live. Don’t miss the chance to see a truly great artist in action in Penrith this September.

“Still One Of The Great British Voices” The Guardian.
www.elkiebrooks.com

Elkie Brooks, Saturday 6 November 2010
Penrith Leisure Centre, Southend Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TP

Door open: 7.30pm
Tickets: £20

Box Office
Tel: Penrith Leisure Centre 01768 863 450
Web: www.seetickets.com

Jazz enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen are heading to Penrith on Sunday 15 August. Tickets are now on sale: contact 01768 863450 or www.seetickets.com. As part of the popular ‘Eden Arts presents’ programme, which has already welcomed internationally renowned acts such as comedian Bill Bailey and soul singer Earl Thomas – Kenny Ball is next line to provide first class entertainment on our very own Penrith stage.

Kenny is known as the most successful trumpet jazz player this side of the Atlantic and has been with his band for over 50 years. Judi Wright, Eden Arts promoter, said: “Kenny Ball’s classic jazz style is timeless, popular with all ages. It’s not pretentious, but it is infectious, and we’re looking forward to a great summer’s evening of entertainment.”

Kenny himself celebrated his 80th birthday last month, but their stamina and musical integrity make them as popular today as when they started out in the 1960’s. His landmark recordings of the 1960s such as ‘Midnight in Moscow’, which reached number 2 in the UK and US charts, catapulted him to worldwide fame, and since then he has become a living legend. The debut hit “Samantha” and the smash “When I’m 64”, made Kenny a household name.

Penrith Leisure Centre: Sunday 15 August, doors open 7pm. Tickets (£15) now on sale: call 01768 863450 or online at www.seetickets.com. www.kennyball.co.uk/

Eden Arts presents a continuing programme of events – tickets also on sale:
Elkie Brooks on Saturday 6 November, 7.30pm
Maddy Prior on Saturday 16 October, 7pm
Billy Bragg on Sunday 5 December, 7pm
Tickets now on sale at www.seetickets.com or Penrith Leisure Centre 01768 863450.
Visit www.edenarts.co.uk for more information.

The festival will bring together the best of Cumbria’s fruitful acoustic scene for a 2 day extravaganza of music, culture, beer, food and more.

Hosted in the grounds of the award winning Black Swan Hotel, MACfest is an intimate, family friendly and beautiful little festival. If you missed out last year, you definitely shouldn’t this time. With a superb line-up and lots more site activities and entertainment, MACfest ’10 is going to be a fantastic weekend, rain or shine!

The music will be 100% local, and 100% brilliant, including a weird and wonderful ceilidh from The Wierdstring Band; summer rhythms and soulful vibes from Paddy Rogan, Jack Hartley and Louise Martin’s excellent new outfit, The Righteous Bees; a melting pot of folk, swing, calypso and Balkan sounds served up by Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra; and foot-stompin’ improv-blues from the super-jam band, The Slabs.

More fabulous music comes from Indian Postal Service, BlueJam Cumbria, Midnight Moses, Jess Thomas, Slarkrise, Gail Bashall, Bill Lloyd, Unkle Carbunkle, Stooshie, and the superb super group, Room Full Of Mirrors, plus more acts TBC! As well as music, MACfest will offer craft stalls, an acoustic space, face painting, children’s workshops, an amazing night time lantern procession (a highlight of last year), street entertainment, real ale, and real food.

Tickets for this “mostly acoustic, down-to-earth, music lovin’ shindigeroony” are available on the website www.macfest.co.uk and are a humble price of £30 for the weekend, or £13 Friday, £18 Saturday. These are early-bird prices available until 1st August (prices after, £35/£15/£20). Tickets are FREE for children under 12.

Tickets are also on sale at Mad Monks Music, 20 Kirkland, Kendal, and The Black Swan Hotel in Ravenstonedale. Basic camping is included in the ticket price, but for those with campervans and/or want a little more luxury are advised to stay at Low Greenside Farm campsite for just £5 per person (booking advisable). For more info. visit the website listed above. Mostly Acoustic Cumbria would like to thank Eden Arts for all their support and help.

From that time on, hit after hit came pouring out until the final tally was fourteen top 30 records eclipsing even Kenny’s idol the great Louis Armstrong’s total – an achievement which has never been equalled by any other jazz artist. “Midnight in Moscow” was a top two hit in both the UK and the USA. The band’s popularity was further enhanced by their four-year spells on The Morecambe and Wise Show and Saturday Night at the Mill both of which were viewed by millions.

Kenny is identified with great jazz but also wonderful entertainment. Kenny, like Armstrong, believes in making jazz attractive to everyone. His records continue to sell in the hundreds of thousands. In May Kenny celebrated his 80th birthday, but shows no sign of hanging up his trumpet!

www.kennyball.co.uk

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Sunday 15 August 2010
Penrith Leisure Centre, Southend Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TP

Doors Open: 7.00pm
Tickets: £15.00

Box Office
Web: www.seetickets.com
Tel: 01768 863 450

The Music of Martindale with the Gladly Solemn Sound Choir – Glenridding Harmony singing weekend with concerts on the Ullswater steamer and the old church at Martindale in the Lake District, with lakeside walk and afternoon tea. Sunday 20th June from 10am

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Neilsen’s Third Symphony with The Cobweb Orchestra – Alston Town Hall A new venue hosting a music-making day with a friendly and welcoming group that exists so that people can enjoy playing music together. New players are always welcome, concert at 3pm for friends and family. Sunday 20th June from 11am

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The Jilly Jarman Quintet – Upfront Gallery, Penrith Jazz standards from Fats Waller through to Coltrane and beyond, featuring two young vocalists who cover the range from pure high scat to low blues emotion, cool solos from the trumpeter and a laid-back jazz-spiced Cumbrian rhythm section. Sunday 20th June at 8pm

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Piano Recital with Alessandro Taverna – Penrith Methodist Church A programme including Bach, Chopin, Liszt & Beethoven from this fantastic Leeds International Piano Competition finalist Thursday 24th June at 7.30pm

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Music for a Summer Evening with Penrith Singers – St Andrew’s Church, Penrith A concert of popular choral classics and English folk songs in support of the Penrith Singers Bursary Fund for Young Singers Friday 25th June at 7.30pm

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Bob Fox at The Acoustic Tearoom – The Masonic, Kirkby Stephen An ideal venue for the up close and acoustic artists who take a pride in their craft and who love an intimate atmosphere with their audience, this makes for a very special evening. Saturday 26th June at 8pm

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Appleby Grammar School Brass & Woodwind Ensembles, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School vocalists – Long Marton Parish Church Fellside Music Summer Concerts 2010 – Sundays in the parish churches of the Heart of Eden. Sunday 27th June at 5pm

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‘Guitar Factor live’ is a chance for players of any age to get up and show an audience what they can do. Previous winners will be playing at the show this year. The prize for the most popular player will be a JamHub silent rehearsal studio for up to 5 players. Auditions are being held on Sunday the 18th of July to short list the final 12 players. Please contact Malcolm White on 01931 713241 or email malcolm@cumbria-guitarshow.co.uk to enter or for more details.

Plus informal workshops and guitar clinics plus lots of gear to look at in the three exhibition halls over the two days of the show. For full details and timings view the show website at www.cumbria-guitarshow.co.uk.

Tickets: £8 or £6 if bought early through Rheged – Tel 01768 860090
Dates: 29th and 30th of August (Bank Holiday Sun and Mon)
Venue: Rheged (Junc 40 M6, nr Penrith) 10am till 5.30pm each day

www.cumbria-guitarshow.co.uk
info@cumbria-guitarshow.co.uk

More than 25 years ago Billy Bragg first took to the stage as a solo performer. His individual style and distinctive protest songs, combining elements of folk and punk, make him a respected and revered figure in the industry today.

Deemed as one of England’s greatest songwriters and performers, in recent years a growing number of younger musicians and audiences have been discovering his music. Jamie T, Kate Nash and Hard-Fi amongst many others have all name-checked Billy as a great influence on their career.

In 2008, Billy’s ‘Mr. Love & Justice’ album was released to much critical acclaim, and in the same year he was awarded Q magazine’s prestigious ‘Classic Songwriter’ award. Billy also supports the ‘Jail Guitar Doors’ initiative, to buy instruments as part of the rehabilitation of prisoners in UK jails.

Billy Bragg continues to delight live audiences with his unique performance. His incredible musical catalogue spans 13 albums and includes the publically celebrated tracks A New England, Sexuality and Waiting for the Great Leap Forward.

Billy Bragg, Sunday 5 December 2010
Penrith Leisure Centre, Southend Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TP

Doors Open: 7.00pm
Tickets: £16.00

Box Office
Web: www.seetickets.com
Tel: 01768 863 450

http://www.billybragg.co.uk/gigs/gigs.php

Tickets £6, £4 concs. Booking info 01434 382738

“Willy Barrett says he isn’t “Wild” anymore: just livid. Barrett himself is still best known for his previous partnership with the equally indefinable John Otway (‘Beware of the flowers ‘cos I’m sure they’re gonna get you’, for example) but he has moved on since the heady days of the 70s. He is, however, one the most accomplished multi-instrumentalists working today and played amazingly dextrous blues, neo-spanish, jazz, rock and folk with aplomb, barely sneaking a look at the fretboard of his guitar as he did so.

But it’s a band. The classically trained Mary Holland plays cello, keyboards and sings wonderfully whilst fielding her bandmates’ rather twisted sense of humour and John Devine, when he is not fixating on nurses and mooses (best not to ask) matches Barrett’s fluency on uilleann pipes, flute, keyboards and an array of percussion.”
Excerpt from review of Sleeping Dogz @ The Plough, Great Torrington, by Dave Gibbons

www.musiczoo.co.uk

Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne JINSKI are two highly individual guitarists/musicians with strong distinctive voices. JINSKI have a wealth of great original songs that draw upon acoustic roots and country music whilst remaining resolutely modern. JINSKI play songs that tell stories of love, joy, loneliness and longing. Intricate, soulful, beautiful songs, foot stomping, sing-a-long, raucous songs; music for the head and the heart, full of passion and originality.

www.jinski.com/

CALLING ALL CREATIVES!
Kendal Calling would like to invite any one who is involved in arts within Eden to come and be a part of the event this summer. The festival has been grown form very humble beginnings and has always supported local music, arts and produce.

We think it is vitally important that this continues and are actively looking for artists, performers, stalls and anything else that is from the Eden Valley or close by to be a part of the event. We are actively prioritising local submissions so please get in touch whatever your idea.

The festival takes place from the 30th July to 1st August and plays host to dance, music, performance art, art installations, comedy, spoken word and alot more.

If you would like to get involved then please check the contacts page at www.kendalcalling.com for direct emails. Please place EDEN ARTS in capitals in your submission.

Thanks