Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts

[ July 11, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] School concert (19:30) to raise money for partner school at Rondevlei, South Africa.

Tickets £10 @ Arthur Terry School (0121 321 2221)

[ July 10, 2008; 9:30 pm; ] Ten Days Late, aka Rich Price and Simon Yeates, perform at O’Neill’s in The Parade on Thursday July 10 at 9.30pm. The covers duo are regulars at the pub where they turn out an eclectic, mellow mix of music including Coldplay, Robbie Williams, U2, Tenacious D, John Denver and Craig David.
Admission is free.
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[ July 10, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Summer concert featuring big band and classical music (19:00) @ Streetly School

[ July 12, 2008; 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm. ] Prodigiously talented Sutton violinist-vocalist Rebecca Kelly performs on the main stage in The Parade on Saturday July 12 from 3.15pm to 3.45pm.

Rebecca turned to the jazz-swing of Stephane Grappelli having first played in a variety of classical groups including the Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra and the Bravura string orchestra.

She also featured as a jazz soloist [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ]

This four-piece “dark rock” band, formed by ex-Plantsbrook and Bishop Walsh pupils, rounds off a top day of live music on The Parade on Saturday July 12, between 4pm and 4.30pm.

They studied at The Birmingham Music Academy for two years and then The London Academy of Music for a year, learning about the music business.

The [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm. ] Sutton Coldfield folkie Bob Allaway, one of the town’s best kept secrets, steps under the spotlight at Sutton Library (Meeting Room 2) on Saturday July 12 from 1pm to 1.45pm.

Bob, a professional sign-writer, is far from the household name he should be, his CD Sundry Notes Of Music revealing a fiercely intelligent talent whose original songs sound [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 11:00 am to 5:30 pm. ] The Royal Hotel’s refurbished Assembly Hall, built in the late 19th century but only recently rescued from its latterday use as a storage room, will host an attractive programme of entertainment during the day on Saturday July 12.

First on will be the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (11am-11.30am), followed by some contemporary styles from Studio School Of [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Fresh from a successful tour of Salzburg in Austria, the Plantsbrook Swing Band will round off a day of entertainment in the Royal Hotel’s Assembly Hall on Saturday July 12 with an hour of lively arrangements of songbook classics.

The band, featuring pupils playing trumpets, clarinet, tenor and alto saxes, trombones, drums, bass and rhythm guitar, [...]

[ July 10, 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Live music will be being performed at Wishaw Golf Club, Bulls Lane, Wishaw on Thursday (July 10) at 8pm as part of the Festival. Entrance is free and a number of local musicians will be performing, hosted by the resident trio Grammar School comprising Martin Daley (ex Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders and currently with [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Emerging Sutton Coldfield star Ben Drummond performs on the Main Stage at 13:30, July 12th.  He has just launched his much-anticipated debut EP in March with a performance at Jools Holland’s nightclub The Jamhouse in  Birmingham.

The self-taught artist, originally from Wednesfield but based in Sutton for the last three years, began playing bass at 12 and has [...]