Blues

Paul Cowley, of Sutton Blues Collective. (pic: Sutton News)

Paul Cowley

Poetry

Julie Boden, poet in residence at Symphony Hall. (pic: Sutton News)

Julie Boden

Jazz

Rebecca Kelly, jazz violinist-vocalist. (pic: Sutton News)

Rebecca Kelly

Rock

Drummer Ian Palmer. (pic: Sutton News)

Ian Palmer

Fine Art

Pop Bang artwork, Ian Cook. (pic: Sutton News)

Pop Bang - Ian Cook

Musical Theatre

Stuart Jones (left) and cast of Shirt & Tie. (pic: Sutton News)

Musical Shirt &  Tie

Classical

Richard Mason, leader of the Emmanuel Choir (pic: Sutton News)

Richard Mason

About the Festival

The Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts aims to showcase the work of local artists and to give everybody the opportunity to get involved with the arts in Sutton Coldfield.

2008 is our inaugural year - get involved and make it a success!

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Carte Blanche Trio

Jun 11th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Carte Blanche Trio plays jazz standards at Sutton Coldfield Library (Meeting Room 2) on Saturday July 12 from 2.45pm to 3.30pm.

The group is fronted by legendary newsagent Bill Lowe, a saxophonist and clarinettist who is one of two remaining founder members of the Four Oaks Big Band.

With the big band he has just completed a [...]

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Chris Lowe - Chris Aloud!

Jun 11th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 1

[ July 12, 2008; 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Four Oaks-based Chris presents Chris Aloud, in which he promises “Stories, stories, stories and how to tell them.”

The session will be held in Meeting Room 2 at Sutton Coldfield Library on Saturday July 12 between 2pm and 2.30pm.

Chris is an accomplished story teller and singer and is guaranteed to entertain any audience. He has been [...]

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Shoot Panda!? top indie-rock bill

Apr 25th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 7

[ July 12, 2008; 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm. ] Bishop Vesey’s fine Afrobeat and techno-tinged indie-rockers Shoot Panda!? have agreed to headline a day of music by our best school and college-based rock bands.

They will perform in Meeting Room 1 at Sutton Library at the culmination of a mini-fest introduced by compere Joe Aston, of Arthur Terry School.

The line-up in MR1 is:

Relentless (11am-11.30am);

The Flood [...]

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