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If you would like details of gigs listed on this page, please contact me (garryblakeley@aol.com) and I will be happy to forward you any information that you may require. Always check with venues before travelling long distances!!
DIARY DATES 2023
Jan 25 Garry & Bear Burns Night (Jenny Miller)
Feb 22 FOF Crooked Billet Stoke Row (nr. Reading) thecrookedbillet.co.uk
March 17 Garry & Bear The Stag Hastings (St. Patrick's Day)
Feast of Fiddles Tour Dates
MAR 20 Benson Parish Hall 01628 636620 nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
MAR 21 Wimborne Tivoli Theatre | 01202 885566 | tivoliwimborne.co.uk
MAR 22 Exeter Corn Exchange | 01392 665938 | exetercornexchange.co.uk
MAR 23 Worcester Huntingdon Hall | 01905 611427 | worcesterlive.co.uk
MAR 24 Milton Keynes The Stables | 01908 280800 | stables.org
MAR 25 Bury St Edmunds The Apex | 01284 758000 | theapex.co.uk
MAR 27 Chatham The Brook Theatre | 01634 338338 |medwayticketslive.co.uk
MAR 28 Tewkesbury The Roses Theatre | 01684 295074 | rosestheatre.org
MAR 29 Masham Town Hall | 01765 680200 | mashamtownhall.com
MAR 30 Alnwick The Playhouse | 01665 660678 | alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
MAR 31 Lowdham Village Hall | 01159 653514 | warthoglivemusic.com
APR 01 Stratford Playhouse 01789 333990 I stratfordplay.co.uk
May 26 Garry & Bear Plough, Westhill, Hastings
July 29 Garry & Bear Private Function 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Aug 27 Garry & Bear The Stag, Hastings, 5.00pm - 7.00pm
Sep 10 Garry & Bear Porters, Hastings Old Town
Sep 22 Garry & Bear Plough, Westhill, Hastings 8.30pm - 11.00pm
Sep 29 GARRY SOLO CONCERT - ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH Hastings Old Town BUY TICKETS
Nov 05 Garry & Bear (with drummer) Porters, Hastings Old Town
Nov 12 Llama Legs FILO 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Nov 17 Garry & Bear The Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Dec 17 Garry & Bear The Stag 5.00pm - 7.00pm
2024 dates
Jan 14th Royal Oak Pett Garry & Bear 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Jan 25th Burns night Garry & Bear Jenny Miller
Feb 23rd Garry & Bear The Plough West Hill 8.30pm - 11.00pm
Feast of Fiddles Tour Dates:
April 08 Exeter Corn Exchange 01392665938
09 Worcester Huntingdon Hall 01905611427
10 Manchester The Stoller Hall 03331300967
11 Kendall Brewery Arts 01539725133
12 Alnwick Playhouse 01665660678
13 Masham Town Hall 01765680200
14 Settle Victoria Hall 01729825718
16 Stratford Playhouse 01789333990
17 Wimbourne Tivoli Theatre 01202885566
18 Benson Village Hall 01628636620
19 Emsworth St. James Church 01243370501
20 Maidstone Mote Hall 01634241108
22 Bexhill Izzard Theatre 01424214545
23 Bury St. Edmunds The Apex 01284758000
24 Milton Keynes The Stables 01908280800
25 Cromer Pavilion Theatre 01263512495
26 Lowdham Village Hall 01159653514
April 28th Llama Legs Queens Head Icklesham
July 05th Feast of Fiddles - New Forest Folk Festival
Aug 08th FOF Cropredy Festival
Sep 06th Garry & Bear The Plough West Hill 8.30pm
Oct 06th Llama Legs Queens Head Icklesham
FEAST OF FIDDLES TOUR 2024 APRIL 7TH - APRIL 27th
THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
The Wheel of the Year is a truly fabulous and unique celebration of the annual cycle. It takes you on a passionate and exciting journey through the passages of history, whilst inviting you to experience the many magical festivals and traditions of the passing seasons.
The superb lyrics of Rose Blakeley are highly descriptive and are brought to life by the powerful and atmospheric music of Garry Blakeley (Feast of Fiddles). His stunning compositions are a beautiful combination of folk rock arrangements, slow airs and driving traditional tunes, which weave in and out of the rich, evocative narration of selected poetry and stories by Jane Downes (The Catsfield Steamers).
The Wheel of the Year also features some of the highlights of The Ceremony of May our successful and well-loved tribute to May Day and the famous Jack-in-the-Green.
This is an incredible production, which will totally enthral you and steal you away to a place of enchantment and imagination!
COME AND EXPERIENCE THE FEAST OF FIDDLES SHOW - you will not regret it !
Feast of Fiddles is a musical entertainment like no other – six of the UK’s finest fiddle players in a band of 11 which includes Dave Mattacks – the grandfather of folk rock drumming. Peter Knight of Steeleye Span, Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention, Brian McNeill, Ian Cutler, Tom Leary and Garry Blakeley bring their own individual styles together to visit many musical genres in a show that has a wide dynamic range and will have you dancing in the aisles and perhaps even shedding a tear. The 2013 tour is the band’s 20th annual outing and the critical acclaim gets louder every year. Bring even your sceptical friends, they won’t be disappointed.
“Absolutely awesome!” – Sue Marchant, BBC East
“Feast of Fiddles is far more than half-a-dozen of
Britain’s most talented exponents of the instrument.
It’s a joyous two hours of excellence and
exuberance.” Get Rhythm
“Your imaginative programme was riveting from start to finish. I relished the brilliance of tone colours in all sections; the violins soaring away, like the spring in the bow of an arrow, on an effortless flight path in perfect unison – like the first violins of a very great symphony orchestra – yet better, because of your innate musicianship, conductor-less craft, rhythm and palpable love of the many genres of music making you had to offer. You are seriously all great musicians.”
David Fanshawe – African Sanctus