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2023 Programme Guide

Saturday 1st July

Saturday 1st July
MIDSUMMER MAGIC
Limekiln Farm
Chalvington
BN27 3TA
Directions to Limekiln Farm, Chalvington

The eighteen singers of ‘Singing Salon’ will take you on a magical and fun adventure through the gardens of Limekiln Farm.

The performance will start at 6pm and end by approximately 7.30/8pm. Each half will last approximately 40 minutes, and the first half will by followed by a short drinks interval.

TICKETS: £20

SHORT FAMILY PERFORMANCE AT 3PM EVENING PERFORMANCE AT 6PM

ADULT + CHILDREN: £10

CREAM TEAS & FOLK MUSIC
April Cottage
Church Lane
Ripe
BN8 6AS
Directions to Limekiln Farm, Chalvington

Liz Pearson and David Asher will play a small collection of mesmerising songs that they make as part of Chalk Horse Music. They play original music alongside traditional Folk.

TICKETS: £12 (includes cream tea).
CHILDREN aged 5 - 12 half price
CHILDREN under 5 FREE

2:30 – 5:00PM
LAST SITTING FOR TEA 4PM

Sunday 2nd July

Sunday 2nd July

Tuesday 4th July

Tuesday 4th July
RIPE NURSERY SCHOOL CONCERT
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
Directions to John The Baptist Church, Ripe

Ripe Nursery School is delighted to be taking part in The Villages Music Festival again this year.  The children will perform songs and stories, with old favourites and new ones to their repertoire.

TICKETS: FREE ADMISSION

CONCERT BEGINS AT 11AM

Wednesday 5th July

HOME: LAND & HEARTH
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
Directions to John The Baptist Church, Ripe

A summer bouquet of melodies for voice and piano trio.

From classic interpretations of English folk songs to instrumentals evoking landscape and the importance of home and hearth.

The programme includes songs by Amy Beach, Butterworth, Dvorak, Quilter, Ravel, and Vaughan Williams, with instrumental interludes by Peter Maxwell Davies, Marx and Schumann.

TICKETS £15 - INCLUDES A GLASS OF WINE

PERFORMANCE AT 7PM

Wednesday 5th July

Thursday 6th July

Thursday 6th July-1
SIAN DICKER & KRYSTAL TUNNICLIFFE
Berwick Village Hall
7 Station Road
Berwick
BN26 6TD
Directions to John The Baptist Church, Ripe

PERFORMANCE AT 2:30PM

A relaxed, informal and interactive concert created for people living with dementia, their friends, family and carers – and anyone else who would like to attend. With plenty of opportunities for audience participation as well as a chance to relax and take in the performance, the music will last approximately one hour and be followed by tea and biscuits. Everyone is welcome to come and go as they please and respond to the music in whatever way is natural for them.

TICKETS: FREE ADMISSION BUT PLEASE RESERVE YOUR PLACE

MELVYN TAN
Wick Street Farm
Arlington
Polegate

BN26 6TN
Directions to John The Baptist Church, Ripe

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM - CONCERT BEGINS AT 6:30PM

A programme of music from world renowned pianist Melvyn Tan.

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db major Op 27 No 2

CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

SCHUMANN, R: Kreisleriana Op 16

BRITTEN: Holiday Diary, Op. 5

TICKETS: £25. DRESS CODE SMART CASUAL.

WINE SERVED AFTER THE PERFORMANCE.

Thursday 6th July-2

Friday 7th July

Friday 7th July
SUMMER JAZZ
Limekiln Farm
Chalvington
BN27 3TA
Directions to Limekiln Farm, Chalvington

7PM - 10:30PM

TICKETS £12
PAY BAR, CASH & CARDS ACCEPTED

Summer jazz lounge music with Didier Messidoro, Glen Richardson and Stephen Wrigley.

Their blend of Anglo-French influences include jazz, latin, pop, world music and cinema and produces an eclectic repertoire where Burt Bacharach,Van Morrison and Serge Gainsbourg rub musical shoulders with John Barry and Nina Simonne.

Please note this is an outdoor event, so please bring a rug if chilly.

Saturday 8th July

Saturday 8th July-1
IAN KING
St Bartholomew's Church
Chalvington
BN27 3TD
Directions to Limekiln Farm, Chalvington

Ian King performs songs from his recent album 'inebriate of air'. Songs composed to the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

PERFORMANCE AT 11AM

CLASSICAL CONCERT
St Mary's Church
Church Road
Barcombe
BN8 5TS
Directions to Limekiln Farm, Chalvington

Classical concert with Laughton Village Choir, soloists and strings. Conducted by Linda Glenn. Bach Magnificat and other music

TICKETS £15
DRINKS AFTERWARDS

PERFORMANCE AT 6PM

Saturday 8th July-2

Sunday 9th July

Sunday 9th July
SOUTH COAST SOUL REVUE
Yew Tree Inn
Chalvington Lane
Chalvington
BN27 3TB
Directions to April Cottage, Ripe

6:15PM - 9:30PM

South Coast Soul Revue was formed in 2008 by Ripe resident, Barclay Thompson and has come a long way since its first ever performance for Lewes FC’s annual dinner dance at the Pelham Arms. Since then, the band has played over three hundred gigs at venues throughout the South-East including: Lewes Con Club; Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham-by-Sea; The Spring Arts Centre in Havant; Cranleigh Arts Centre; Brighton Komedia; and Brighton Open Air Theatre.

ENTRANCE WITH 2 COURSE MEAL & GUARANTEED SEAT - £35

ENTRANCE ONLY - £12

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