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On the A629 - Penistone Road, Birdsedge Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8XP Get Directions
ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH in APRIL AND MAY 2012
Contact Jacey (01484 606230) for details and tickets.
We've got some seriously great acts lined up for you... scroll down for gigs by...
VIN GARBUTT * AL PARRISH (ex Tanglefoot!)

Click the logo for all Birdsedge Live events or click the logos below for tickets for specific artiststs. We now offer online sales from the very reputable WEGOTTICKETS.COM. Please note that they do charge a small handling fee on top of our ticket price. If you buy on the last day before the show please print your ticket receipt and bring it. Alternatively you can send a cheque made payable to Birdsedge Live plus a stamped addressed envelope to: Jacey Bedford, 10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XW. For enquiries or last minute bookings on a reserve-and-pay-on-the-door basis phone 01484 606230.
 
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Saturday 14th April

Doors 7.00 - Music 7.30

Vin Garbutt

VIN GARBUTT

Possibly Britain's best-loved folk entertainer, well known for both his hilariously crazy intros and his gut-wrenchingly honest songs. Vin is a complete one-off. Superlative. Not to be missed.

www.vingarbutt.com

Buy tickets by clicking on the botton or at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/143716

Or send a cheque payable to Birdsedge Live to Jacey Bedford,10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XW. Remember to buy in advance, save £2 per ticket. and be sure of a seat.

£10
advance

£12
on door

 

Saturday 12th May

Doors 7.00 - Music 7.30

Al Parrish

AL PARRISH (of Tanglefoot)

A chance to see the wonderful Al Parrish, lead singer of Canadian supergroup, Tanglefoot, and owner of THAT voice - described by CBC radio as 'halfway between melted chocolate and sex.' Al will be singing some Tanglefoot songs (he wrote some of them) and some of his own post-Tanglefoot songs as well as some traditional songs and the best of contemporary Canadian, including a few Stan Rogers songs. Charming, charismatic and entertaining.

www.alparrish.ca

Buy tickets by clicking on the botton or at: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/143717

Or send a cheque payable to Birdsedge Live to Jacey Bedford,10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XW. Remember to buy in advance, save £1 per ticket. and be sure of a seat.

 

£9
advance

£10
on door

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Birdsedge Village Hall is warm, much enlarged, with comfy (upholstered) chairs, and a separate bar. Full, level access for wheelchairs. New WCs - including facilities for disabled and baby change. Parking in the school yard next door (access from Birdsedge Lane). Main entrance now at rear of building. Hot food and yummy home baked cakes available.
ac logoWe would like to acknowlege financial assistance from the Yorkshire Musicians in Residence scheme of Arts Council England for underwriting concerts in previous seasons from 1989 to 2008 by Artists including: Simon Mayor and Hilary James; Maire ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman; Artisan; Maggie Boyle Steve Tilston & Chris Parkinson, Pete Coe and the Brian Bedford Band. Sadly the funding has now been cut from this excellent twenty-year scheme and we - and all other Yorkshire-based vanues - lose a valuable source of underwriting for gig fees for Yorkshire based artists. I expect the athletes at the 2012 Olympics will be grateful for our sacrifice. If you abhor the cuts in arts funding why not let the Arts Council know about it? They say no arts funding will be cut to support the Olympics. Yeah, right!

The New Hall - Opened May 2009

 
The New Hall Concert

 

  

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Birdsedge is on the A629 between Huddersfield and Penistone, just half a mile south of the crossroads with the A635.(Look to the bottom left hand side of this map.) The Village Hall is on the main road in the middle of the village, right on the roadside, near the school and the mill. The car park is for disabled users only, but we have permission to use the school yard for parking for events outside of school time.. You can also park off the main road, up the lane by the school. The turning is within 100 yards of the hall. If you are travelling to the south, turn first right after the hall. If travelling to the north, turn left before the hall. Please note that if you park on the main road, outside the row of cottages, or on the hard standing opposite, you will upset the residents - and we would like to keep them as our friends. Also the main road is a 40 limit and it is illegal to park without lights after dark.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Artisan -- Birdsedge's Resident Performers 1985 - 2005
Harmony trio Artisan travelled the world for twenty years, taking their own particular brand of songs and humour to Britain, Germany, Canada, the USA and -- Birdsedge. Why Birdsedge? Well, everyone has to live somewhere and two thirds of Artisan call Birdsege home. When they first started performing together in 1984, the Village hall was their first venue. In 1989, when they gave up the day-jobs and made music their full-time career, they didn't lose their links with the village hall, and for the past twenty years they have given their services to keep a series of music nights in this small rural hall. Artisan disbanded in November 2005 - after a hugely successful international career (see endnotes) - but Jacey will continue to run Birdsedge Live (and run her agency) and Brian will continue to do sound for the shows (and run his studio). Artisan were persuaded out of retirement for ten weeks in Summer 2010. Full story here.

Artisan

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This page was created by Jacey Bedford on 1st January 1999 and updated on 19th January 2012