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TEIGNMOUTH is not just a summer resort and its mild climate and plentiful accommodation offers the opportunity of a welcome autumn weekend break. What could be better than a visit to Teignmouth’s celebrated Jazz and Blues Festival now celebrating its 27th year? The festival is long renowned as an eclectic one that caters for all tastes in jazz and blues. With musicians from overseas to local all with a wide array of talent from Devon’s prestigious jazz community. With the opening of the state-of-the-art Pavilions,
the festival is taking full advantage of the town’s unique range of venues all within yards of each other Ranging from a 200-seater auditorium to the funky
Teignmouth Jazz & Sunday, November 20 Taking place at many venues throughout the town.
to disabled fans with good wheelchair access and hearing loops at the time of press. This year’s artists include some of the best on the
scene, Gilad Atzmun and the Orient Trio, Greg Abate, Paul Towndrow, Steve Waterman and Gabrielle DuComble. Johnny Mars and Julian Piper head up a strong blues scene along with the Backbone Blues Band and Hucklebuck. Details about this year’s festival can be found on its
website at
www.teignmouthjazz.org as can information about the festival’s monthly club nights throughout the year. Full programme details are on the festival website
Bronx Bar to a wide array of more intimate venues in the extensive fringe activities in cafes and pubs. With all this going on there really will be dancing in the streets. The Pavilions also greatly extends the Festival
Office, email:
teigntic@teignbridge.gov.uk or online through
www.ticketsource.co.uk/teignmouthjazzandblues).
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FRI 17 to SUN 19 2016 JUNE
MID-Summer will once again see Teignmouth play host to some of the finest performers currently working on the folk circuit, when the town’s annual folk festival, its 18th, is held over the weekend of June 17-19. Now a firmly established event on the national folk calendar, the event will feature a roster of guests such as Jeff Warner from the USA but a regular, welcome visitor to these shores. Jeff is almost a one-man festival, being not only a fine musician and singer but also a great authority on the American folk song tradition and a vastly experience workshop leader on a host of subjects. Definitely a man not to be missed! From Scotland we have the return
FOLK FESTIVAL
of one of the UK’s finest bands, Malinky. A powerhouse of tunes and songs that will never disappoint its audience. Exeter-based vocal group, The Claque and shanty men The Roaring Trowmen from Bristol will provide ample opportunities for lovers of rousing choruses to sing along with gusto.
Fine English tradition band Magpie Lane are another band that we have persuaded back to Teignmouth, with good reason. A new act to the festival will be the ridiculously talented duo, The James Brothers (they are not brothers and only one of them is called James!) No folk festival would be complete without the sights and
42 Teignmouth Town Guide 2016
www.teignmouthjazz.org. Information and tickets through Teignmouth Tourist
Prices from £80 for a weekend stroller to £12-£15 on the door (student and member concessions)
sounds of a multitude of Morris dance sides, and that’s exactly what we shall have. Teams from far and wide will be appearing around the town during the weekend plus the Bovey Tracey Mummers will be entertaining all and sundry with their jolly japes! Saturday will see the return of the ever-popular City of Plymouth Pipe Band playing around the town. Apart from the major concerts held in the town’s brand new Pavillions, the festival’s ceilidh/barn dance will be held at the the community school featuring local high-energy band Red Shed. The festival continues its policy of
Friday, November 18 to
providing a range of top quality free entertainment on its Triangle stage, this year featuring local Irish- influenced band Celt among others. A song and tune session hosted
by Teignmoutth Folk Club will be held at the Heritage Centre on Saturday afternoon giving performers the oppotunity to perform in a friendly,
enviroment. More details of the festival can be
found at
www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk or from Anne Gill 01803 290427.
www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk informal
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