LEEK ARTS FESTIVAL
01538 388024.
•8.00pm - The Roving Crows at Foxlowe Arts
Centre. Best Band in the 2014 Fatea music
awards and nominated as Best Live Act in this
year’s sprialearth.co.uk awards, The Crows make
a triumphal return to Leek Arts Festival. Celtic
folk rock at its very best. Tickets £12 online and
from
Leek
TIC
or
The
Foxlowe.
www.rovingcrows.com.
•9.30pm - Bill Daison Blues Band at The Black
Swan. Chicago-style electric blues with George
Glover (Climax Blues Band) on keyboards. Free
event.
Tuesday May 20
•7.45pm - Jack Goes Boating (15) Foxlowe
Films at Foxlowe Arts Centre. For full details see
www.foxloweartscentre.org.uk/film.
Wednesday May 21
•7.30pm - Ted Cullinan Lecture at Foxlowe
Arts Centre. Renowned architect Ted Cullinan
CBE, RA, RIBA will talk about the design and
construction of the Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Free event with
collection on the night.
Friday May 23
•8.00pm - Funk Station at Foxlowe Arts
Centre. An eight piece band playing disco, funk
and soul classics – a night of dancing is
guaranteed! www.funkstation.leek-staffs.org.uk/
The Foxlowe 8pm. Tickets £5 from Leek TIC or
online from The Foxlowe.
Saturday May 24
10.30am to 12.30pm - Leek and The First
World War Guided Walk at Leek Tourist
Information Centre. This two-hour walk will
attempt to give an understanding of some of the
places and personalities that had such an
important role in the history of the town from the
period 1914-1918. Meet Bill Cawley at Leek TIC
10.30am. Tickets £5 on the day.
•7.30pm - Joni Talks: A Night At The
Musicals at Foxlowe Arts Centre. Joni Talks
performs her show, A Night At The Musicals,
featuring songs from a wide variety of the
greatest musicals of the last century. Tickets
£7.50 from The Foxlowe and on the door.
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