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2024 Diary Dates:
Jan 14th Two Sawyers Pett Garry & Bear 5.30pm - 7.30pm (private party)
Jan 25th Burns night Garry & Bear Jenny Miller
Feb 03rd Llama Legs Dolphin 9.00pm - 11.pm
Feb 09th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Feb 23rd Garry & Bear The Plough West Hill 8.30pm - 11.00pm
March 01 Garry & Bear Tintin's 9.00pm - 11.00pm
March 18th Garry - Sedlescombe - private function 2.30pm - 3.45pm
March 17th Garry & Bear Paddy's Day STAG
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
27 Roses Theatre Tewkesbury 01684295074
May 06th Garry & Bear JITG West Hill from 12.00 noon CANCELLED
May 10th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.00pm - 9.00pm
May 26th Llama Legs Royal Oak Pett 4.00pm - 6.00pm
June 05 Holy Trinity Church Garry solo - Free Concert 1.10pm - 2.00pm
June 16th Garry & Bear the STAG 5.00pm - 7.00pm
July 05th Feast of Fiddles - New Forest Folk Festival
July 14th Llama Legs Jenny Lind 4.00pm - 6.00pm
July 19th Garry & Bear Crown Inn Rye 8.30pm - 11.00pm
July 20th Garry & Bear Andrew Lucas (private) 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Aug 03rd Lama Legs Dolphin 9.00pm - 11.00pm
Aug 03 Garry & Bear The Beacon (afternoon)
Aug 04th Llama Legs Queens Head Icklesham 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Aug 08th FOF Cropredy Festival
Aug 11th Garry & Bear Brickmakers Bexhill 3.00pm - 5.30pm
Aug 16th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Aug 18th Llama Legs Porters Old Town 4pm - 6.00pm
Sep 06th Garry & Bear The Plough West Hill 8.30pm
Oct 04th Garry & Bear Jenny Lind Sundowners 5.30pm - 6.15pm
Oct 05th Garry & Bear Eastbourne Beer Festival 12.00am - 12.45pm 1.15pm - 2.00pm
Oct 05th Garry & Bear Bull at Battle 9.00pm - 11.00pm
Oct 06th Llama Legs Queens Head Icklesham 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Oct 20th Garry & Bear Rye Waterworks Micro Pub from 3.00pm
Nov 22nd Garry & Bear The Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Dec 05th Garry & Bear Bull at Battle
Dec 08th Garry & Bear Porters Old Town 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Dec 14th Garry Solo - craft fair Bexhill
Dec 15th Garry & Reg Marchant - Tapp Room Rye from 3.00pm
Dec 19th Garry & Reg Marchant - The Globe Rye from 7.30pm
Dec 27th Garry & Bear - The Dolphin - 7.30pm - 9.30pm
DIARY DATES 2025
Jan 10th Garry & Bear Jenny Lind (Sundowners) 5.30pm
Jan 12th Garry & Bear Brickmakers Arms Bexhill 3.00pm - 5.30pm
Jan 26th Garry & Bear Burns Night Jenny Miller
Feb 21st Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Mar 01st Llama Legs - Private Party (Brendan)
Mar 16th Llama Legs - Royal Oak Pett from 4.30pm
Mar 17th Llama Legs The Albion - Paddy's Day 9.00pm - 110.pm
FEAST OF FIDDLES TOUR
Apr 07 Nettlebed Village Club 01628 636620
Apr 08 Exeter Corn Exchange 01392 665938
Apr 09 Cardiff The Gate 029 2048 3344
Apr 10 Worcester Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427
Apr 11 Lowdham Village Hall 01159 653514
Apr 12 Hastings Pheonix Arts 07970 010002 BUY TCKTS NOW ONLINE
Apr 14 Sevenoaks The Stag 01732 450175
Apr 15 Emsworth St. James Church 01243 379501
Apr 16 Stratford Play House 01789 660678
Apr 17 Bury St. Edmunds The Apex 01284 758000
Apr 18 Tewkesbury Roses Theatre 01684 295074
Apr 19 Milton Keynes The Stables 01908 280800
May 9th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Aug 29th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Dec 5th Garry & Bear Dolphin 7.30pm - 9.30pm
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