FESTIVALS
BLACK DEER FESTIVAL
ST EDMUNDS FESTIVAL
Blues On The Farm
www.bluesonthefarm.com // 14-16 Jun St Edmunds Festival
www.stedmundsfestival.org.uk // 26 Jun-2 Jul
Lovers of the blues will be treated to a new boutique
music festival in Canterbury this June. Blues on the
Farm is being staged over three days at Woolton
Farm at Bekesbourne, which is the home of Kentish
Pip Cider. Featuring some of the biggest names of
the genre including Skinny Molly, Nine Below Zero
and Dr Feel Good. The annual St Edmunds Festival is organised by St
Edmunds School in Canterbury and is a celebration
of the arts, showcasing the incredible talent that the
young people of Canterbury have to offer. Not only
that, but there is always an array of worldwide talent,
often household names, who are also part of the
lineup.The 2019 festival sees the likes of Curtis
Stigers, Derek Nash, Louise Marshall, Harry the
Piano and the Tippett Quartet among plenty of
other performers.
Black Deer Festival
www.blackdeerfestival.com // 21-23 Jun
Already boasting a remarkable lineup featuring some
of the best Americana and global country superstars,
Black Deer Festival is delighted to announce even
more names will be coming to Eridge Park in Kent
this year. Artists that have been added include: Band
of Horses, Kris Kristofferson and the Strangers, Billy
Bragg, Yola, Ryan Bingham, Jerron Blind Boy
Paxton, The Sheepdogs, Chance McCoy, the Worry
Dolls and Emily Mae Winters.
Pelagian Opera Festival
www.pelagianfestival.com // 28 Jun-7 Jul
Pelagian takes inspiration from both the Batignano
Festival, which each year delivered stunning
productions on tiny budgets in breathtaking
surroundings, and Les Florissants festival in France,
where music and garden gloriously unite for their
sellout festival productions. Likewise, Pelagian will
support a tapestry of talent, the common aim being
a desire for genuine collaboration, artistic bravery
and the very highest standards of what can be
achieved with available ingredients; rather like the
restaurant and gardens of The Salutation itself and
the team who lead and run it. With a profound
emphasis on local and seasonal produce, head chef
Shane Hughes will create stunning festival menus
for both the evening dinners and the afternoon picnic
hampers that celebrate the finest ingredients from
the Garden of England.
The festival theme for 2019 is ‘as if by magic’. It is
presented in association with The Museum of
Witchcraft and Magic (Cornwall), the Museum of
British Folklore (a new museum making its base in
Dover) and the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Den
Haag), one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious
music schools, founded in 1829.
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