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 - Monday 26 August 2013
The Leanne Thorose Band
Rick Townend
The A&E Stringband
The Kent Carters
Programme starts 11am – open for continuous picking (no charge for entry to site)
Workshops:
| 11.45-12.45 | Rick Townend - guitar | |
| 3.00-4.00 | Rick Townend - banjo | Ced Thorose - resophonic guitar |
| 4.30-5.30 | Emily Smith - fiddle | Leanne Thorose - mandolin |
1 pm – Lunch-time Open-Mike stage
5 pm – Barn-dance on the lawn - no charge
8 pm – Concert featuring all artistes
Ticket Prices: Entry to site/Picking/barn-dance - FREE; Workshops £7(£5 conc); Concert - £12 (conc.£8)
concessions - over 60 / under 16 / unwaged - Tickets from St Julians Club (make cheques to 'St Julians Club'), Sevenoaks, TN15 0RX
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 from London. Taxi journey to St Julians about 10 mins. There is
also bus 401 [click at the top for 'Sunday' and 'All Stops'] 2-hourly from Tonbridge or Sevenoaks
stations to Morleys Roundabout - pleasant 25 minute walk to St Julians along bridle-path (see Ord.Surv.map or try TN15 0RX on Google maps). Please
check time of
last train
back to
your
home station, and also if there are delays because of railway maintenance -
see 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. There is a map at www.stjulians.co.uk - postcode is TN15 0RX [note - if you are using SatNav and approaching from the south via the village of Underriver, please do not turn left at the north end of Underriver - it's a farm track and blocked by gates etc.; carry on to the top of the hill and then turn left - St Julians driveway is half way between that junction and River Hill]