Festival Events Fri 8 July


17:00 THE CLARA GRANT STORY Frome Festival 2011 opens with a heart- warming heritage project that celebrates the extraordinary work of Chapmanslade social reformer Clara Ellen Grant OBE (1867-1949). Clara rose to national prominence when she handed out toys in ‘farthing bundles’ to children in London’s East End. She also introduced hot school meals and founded a community centre that still runs today. Jason Thornton directs children from Chapmanslade School and Clara Grant Primary School, Tower Hamlets, as they tell her amazing life story through interviews with people who knew her and music created by students. Merlin Theatre £4 / £2 concs. Event 806


19:30 DANIEL PIORO & CHARLOTTE BONNETON Violin/viola duo Daniel Pioro and Charlotte Bonneton follow up last year’s outstanding festival debut with a concert programme that includes chamber music by Saint-Saens, Mozart and Sarasante. Bar available. Rook Lane Chapel £10 / £5 under 21’s. Event 801


19:45 LUCY PORTER Lucy Porter’s bouncy, feel-good comedy tackles love, marriage, money and more in an award- winning show that has earned her regular television slots on Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You, Clive Anderson’s Chatroom and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Merlin Theatre £15. Event 802


Clara Grant


Turin Brakes


21:00 THE DELTICS


Smooth those ears back as Bristol’s toe-tapping 1960’s R&B combo The Deltics return to one of their favourite haunts with a stack of new songs. Expect a bit of dirt, a little swagger and a dash of beat. Griffin Inn Free. Event 804


Lucy Porter


21:00 - 23:00 PORT ERIN


Music @ The Olive Tree kick off their festival programme with Bath three-piece Port Erin. Named after a town on the Isle of Man, the band’s influences include Elbow, Bjork and Marvin Gaye. Olive Tree Free. Event 803


20:00 doors open - 23:30 TURIN BRAKES & TOM MCRAE Both acts rose from the millennium New Acoustic Movement that included Cold Play, Starsailor, David Gray and I Am Kloot. A decade on, London’s Turin Brakes and Suffolk’s Tom McRae belong in the same breath as Mumford & Sons, performing live shows that lift audiences to another realm. Brakes founding pair Olly Knights and Gale Parodjanian met McRae, the son of Anglican ministers, on the latter’s influential Hotel Café Tour, which showcases new acoustic talent on both sides of the Atlantic. Bolt down the roof for this one. Standing only. Age 14+ Cheese & Grain £15 adv. / £18 door. Event 805


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