Go Local Banchory
From arts to food and books to whisky: discover and take advantage of all the great culture available on your doorstep. Banchory is the first to become a Go Local town. The campaign was launched on the 9th and 10th of September 2011 with an exciting weekend of entertainment for the whole family around the town, including live music, art, theatre and dance.
VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW OF PHOTOS!
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=107931
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PROGRAMME
Folk duo Ross Couper and Tom Oakes
FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
Go Local, Map Local – workshop
Buchanan’s Bistro, Burn o’ Bennie
10.30 – 13.30
Join artist Mel Shand to create a wonderful map of the Banchory area based on your favourite local hot spots. Drop in, no booking required. www.melshand.com
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes – folk duo
Deeside Drinks Emporium, Dee Street
16.00-17.00 Live music and wine tasting (free)
19.00 Full concert at Woodend Barn (tickets £15/£13 book here)
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RedRag theatre,
SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2011
Scott Skinner Square – stage
11.00 Deeside Dance Centre – Can-Can and Hip-Hop
11.30 Isaac Barnes - young solo guitarist
12.00 RedRag Theatre – ‘Doorways in Drumorty’ (short performance)
12.30 Singing for Joy – choir
13.00 The Malpaso Gang – country band
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Yeadon’s Bookshop, Dee Street
11.00 Eddie Gibbons – poetry reading
Tease Coffeebar, High Street
11.30 Deeside Dance Centre – contemporary dance performance ‘Blackbird’
Banchory Library, Scott Skinner Square
11.30-12.00 Storytime – Rhyme-time for ages 0-6
Drop in, no booking required
Banchory Museum / VisitScotland Information Centre, Bridge Street
11.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.00
Being BAD in the Museum! Banchory Museum’s Big Archaeology Draw (BAD). Chance to draw archaeological objects, plot a dig, draw a neolithic burial and learn how to draw dinosaurs or warriors from Picts to Musketeers. Drop in, all ages.
Little things...in the garden - Kelly Compton
Banchory Cycles / Youth Industries, Arbeadie Terrace
12.00 – 14.00 Graham Ling, jazz guitar and saxophone
16.00 Michael Irvine, guitar and vocals
Taylors of Banchory, High Street
13.00 RedRag Theatre – ‘Doorways in Drumorty’ (10 min show)
Deeside Drinks Emporium / Yeadon’s Bookshop, Dee Street
14.00 RedRag Theatre – ‘Doorways in Drumorty’ (10 min show)
Buchanan’s (at Woodend Barn)
15.00 Isaac Barnes – live guitar music
Out There Active Wear, High Street
All day Friday and Saturday – Kelly Compton, photo exhibition in the changing room
A piper from the Aberdeenshire Youth Pipes & Drums will play in and around the town centre on the Saturday.
…And there may be many more surprises!
Map of Banchory + venues
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Other culture on your doorstep worth checking out:
Northumberland Theatre Company: Tartuffe
Wednesday 7 September, Finzean Hall, Finzean
Uncharted Waters by All or Nothing & Strangebird Zirkus
Crossing the boundaries between circus, dance and theatre.”…be swept away by spectacular skill on Chinese pole, aerial fabrics and rope together with stunning imagery and haunting live music & song!”
Starts 7.30 pm. Tickets £8/£6 Buy tickets
Thursday 8 September, Woodend Barn
Northumberland Theatre Company: Tartuffe
Adapted by Stewart Howson, Molière’s classic is performed Commedia del’Arte style with a relevance and humour that will delight modern-day audiences, 350 years on.
£10, £8 conc, £5 under 16 in advance Buy tickets
For full What’s On listings at Woodend Barn, please visit their website
Sunday 11 September, Buchanan’s Bistro
Enjoy Music – launching their Second Sunday series.
Every second Sunday of the month Buchanan’s Bistro will have live music of a mellow nature from 12.30-15.30. “Bring papers and friends!”
Free entry. Future dates: 9 October, 13 November, 11 December.
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THANK YOU, PARTNERS!
We are proud to be launching Go Local Banchory with the support and help of:
Our Go Local partners:
Woodend Barn, sound, NEAT, HI-Arts and Aberdeenshire Council
Local businesses and organisations:
Banchory Cycles
Banchory Library
Banchory Museum
Buchanan’s Bistro
Classic Abode ltd
Continental Cream
Deeside Dance Centre
Deeside Drinks Emporium
DMO
Down the Lane Balloons
Federation of Small Businesses
It’s Curtains For You
Kate’s Emporium
Masson Distribution
Out There Active Wear
Taylors of Banchory
Tease Coffeebar
VisitScotland
Yeadon’s Bookshop
NB: If you are an arts organisation or local business in the Banchory area and wish to be involved or know more about the campaign, please get in touch by phoning GANE: 01330-826522 or email fionajack@ganeaudiences.co.uk.
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