The Llangollen Fringe Festival Programme 2008
Well its all over now - but below you'll find what was on at the Llanngollen Fringe 2008.
Thursday July 17th
8.00pm Town Hall - Cherry Lee Mewis - £9.00
Sponsored by NEWI
Doing her bit to keep blues music well and truly alive, with support from Terraplane Blues... [more]
Friday July 18th
8.00pm Town Hall - Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes - £15.00 SOLD OUT
Sponsored by The Wild Pheasant
Acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England... [more]
Saturday July 19th
6pm St. John's Church - Virginia Barrett - £5.00 (includes interval glass of wine)
Acoustic performance with the beautiful, warm, distinctive voice of the former Hank and the Wolf front woman, plus The Glasswalkers... [more]
Saturday July 19th
8.00pm Town Hall - Misty's Big Adventure & Thomas Truax - £8.00
Sponsored by JSRM Light & Sound
Two artists linked by their association with Llangollen-raised Ed Pybus, and his company SL Records... [more]
Sunday July 20th
From Noon Bridge Street - Dancing in the Street - FREE
Sponsored by Gales Wine Bar
Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street - Llangollen’s Bridge Street to be precise, closed for the day with stalls, novelties, funfair, street artists, but most of all dancing... [more]
Sunday July 20th
8.00pm Town Hall - Welsh Language Comedy Night- £8.00
Sponsored by Linguassist
Headlined by Tudur Owen (S4C's PC Leslie Wynn)... [more]
Monday July 21st
8.00pm Town Hall - Comedy - £10.00
Sponsored by OaD Design
Stand-up comedy with Reginald D Hunter and Tudor Owen... [more]
Tuesday July 22nd
7pm (approx 1 hr) Y Caban Plas Newydd - Jan Wallis - Free
In association with Denbighshire County Council
Meet the artist Jan Wallis, whose textile hangings Hangs A Tale are on exhibition in Y Caban at Plas Newydd. The hangings are based on various folk tales, including the Mabinogion. As well as talking about her work, Jan will give her own original reading of the Taliesin legend.
Tuesday July 22nd
8.00pm Town Hall - Comedy - £10.00
Sponsored by Neil Barrett Photography
Another outstanding night of stand-up with Paul Foot and Hal Cruttenden... [more]
Wednesday July 23rd
8.00pm Town Hall - Comedy - £12.50
Sponsored by Llangollen Chiropractic
A triple-whammy for our final night of stand up; Alistair Barrie, Glenn Wool & Keith Donnelly... [more]
Wednesday July 23rd
11am - 5pm - Fringe Family Day - £10.00 / 3-5yr olds £4.00 / under 3's Free
Railway trip or Motor Museum, children's author Cat Weatherill and storyteller Fiona Collins plus two shows in the Town Hall – poet and perfomer Paul Cookson & Comedian Keith Donnelly.... [more]
In Association with North Wales Children's Book Group
Thursday July 24th
3.30pm Town Hall - Comedy 4 Kids Club - £6.00
Fringe favourite James Campbell brings us his renowned Comedy 4 Kids Club, with Alistair Barrie & Silky... [more]
Thursday July 24th
7.45pm - 10pm St. John's Church - The Time Bandits - £6.00 (includes interval glass of wine)
A hit at last year’s Fringe, this year they have the evening to themselves - and that will hardly scratch the surface of their repertoire... [more]
Thursday July 24th
8.00pm Town Hall - Jazz Guitar Celebration - £10.00
Sponsored by Abbey Dingle
A musical blend of all the major styles in Jazz guitar with Gary Potter, Billy Thompson and Trefor Owen. This will be an evening to remember... [more]
Thursday July 24th
8.15pm Hand Hotel - The Fringe Club - £6.00
More stand-up comedy with Silky, Wendy Wason & James Campbell at the Fringe Club in the Hand hotel [more]
Friday July 25th
7.45pm St. John's Church - Simon James - £4.00
An evening of improvisation and exploration of the solo Flamenco guitar with the Fringe veteran. He'll also be appearing at the Fringe latin Night.
Friday July 25th
8.00pm Town Hall - Kissmet - £11.00
Sponsored by Honey Pots
At the forefront of the British Asian fusion scene, Kissmet combine the musical traditions of both cultures... [more]
Friday July 25th
8.15pm Hand Hotel - The Fringe Club - £6.00
Yet more stand-up comedy with Steve Parry, Andrew O'Neill & Pete Cain at the Fringe Club in the Hand hotel [more]
Saturday July 26th
1.00 - 5.30pm Town Hall - Fringe Eco-day - £5.00 in advance - £6.00 on the door
Sponsored by Llangollen Wholefood Cooperative
Among other speakers Paul Kingsnorth will be talking about places that stubbornly refuse to have their character erased in the name of progress... [more]
Saturday July 26th
8.00pm Town Hall - Wheeler Street - £10.00
Sponsored by The Cornmill
One of the rising stars of the UK folk scene, Wheeler Street are A seven piece festival band... [more]
Saturday July 26th
8.15pm Hand Hotel - The Fringe Club - £6.00
The last night of stand-up comedy with Steve Parry, Tom Adams & more at the Fringe Club in the Hand hotel [more]
Sunday July 27th
8.00pm Town Hall - Latin Night - £8.00
Sponsored by Llangollen Enterprise
An Evening of Flamenco and Samba with Simon James, Karamba Samba and Deian Timms... [more]
Monday July 28th
8.00pm Town Hall - Cerys Matthews - £15.00 SOLD OUT
Sponsored by AN Richards
The return of a Fringe favourite... [more]
With Cerys Matthew's' show on the 28th selling out so quickly, it was hoped that she would be able to stay another day and perform again on the 29th, but unfortunately this is no longer a possibility.
Throughout The Fringe Festival
Y Capel Gallery (Tourist Information Centre) - Art Shows - FREE
In association with Denbighshire County Council
A range of art will be on display in the Tourist Centre gallery for the duration of the Festival including Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio, photographer Simon Sait and former Plas Newydd artist in residence Ann Bridges... [more]
Thursday 24th July - Saturday 26th July
8.15pm - 10.30pm The Hand Hotel - The Fringe Club - £6.00 per night
Our 2008 Director of Comedy, James Campbell, brings us more comedy in the transformed function room of The Hand Hotel... [more]
Wednesday 16th - Friday 18th July
St. Johns Church - Richard Coan - FREE
Richard will literally be in residence at St Johns Church, Abbey Road working and preparing for his ‘Recent Times’ show at 7pm on Friday 18th... [more]
For a handy map showing where everythings happening check our Fringe venues page.
