Kentucky to Kent UK
Appalachian Music in the Garden of England
a day festival on August Bank Holiday each year at St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent
Date this year - Monday 25th August 2008
Programme:
11am – open for continuous picking (no charge for entry to site)
| Fiddle | Bob Winquist | and Roger Churchyard |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Chris Moreton |
5 pm – Barn-dance on the lawn (weather permitting) - no charge
8 pm – Concert, celebrating the music of Andy Townend -
artistes confirmed to date:
| MIKE ARTES | ROGER CHURCHYARD |
|---|---|
| CHRIS MORETON | DAVE PLANE |
| RICK TOWNEND | ALAN WARD |
| GERRY WILLIAMS | BOB WINQUIST |
Artistes invited (not yet confirmed): MICK AUDSLEY, CHRIS COX, TIM DAVIES, ROSIE DAVIS, ADRIAN FARMER, PETER GREEN, MALCOLM WALTON
See page on this site about Andy Townend
There will also be an exhibition of photographs etc., and some of Andy's music available on CD and cassette.
Ticket Prices: Entry to site/Picking/barn-dance - FREE; Workshops £6(£4 conc); Concert - £tba
concessions - over 60 / under 16 / unwaged
How to get
to St Julians:
by train - from London Charing Cross (4
per hour) and most Kent stations (1 or 2 per hour). Sevenoaks is 30
minutes form London. Taxi journey to St Julians about 10 mins. There is
also bus 401 2-hourly (www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk) from Tonbridge or Sevenoaks
stations to Morleys Roundabout - 25 minute walk to St Julians (see Ord.Surv.map). Please
check time of
last train
back to
your
home station, and also if there are delays because of railway maintenance -
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney/
by car - Sevenoaks is near Junc.5 on the M25 [if coming
from the east turn off the M26 at Wrotham Heath - you cannot leave the M26
for Sevenoaks
at M25-J5]. Follow signs to Sevenoaks and go through town heading south.
About
a mile
out of town
pass the White
Hart pub on R,
take
next
L - St Julian Road. 3/4 mile along this turn R into St Julians Club drive,
then after 3/4 mile park above or below tennis courts. House entrance is
a little further, by weeping willow tree.