ALL EVENTS IN SLOUGH
here it is - hopefully you've had chance to see this already, but this is the final version, with all events, dates, speakers/performers and venues confirmed - some have changed so please use this one
Tickets for The Beat *this Thursday* are selling quickly now, and we're pleased to announce the wonderful Couchie Banton and the Upfront Band as support. It's going to be a wonderful night, the very last gig in the magnificent Maharajah Suite upstairs at Vikrams. Nik Turner will play the very last gig downstairs on Nov 10th (the horn shall sound & the walls of Jericho shall fall!), then the old building is going to be demolished, re-appearing sometime next year in time for the Indian Wedding season, and all being well, we'll be back!
in the meantime, relish this years programme - gypsy music, electric cars, Joe Strummer, Partition, hip-hop theatre, Ghost stories, hairy man-bats -
it's our best ever festival, we hope you enjoy it
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all events free/donations unless otherwise stated ....
Sunday 28 October: When the road bends, tales of a Gypsy Caravan Exclusive showing of acclaimed documentary following Gypsy musicians from India, Romania, Macedonia and Spain touring the US. A heartlifting, myth-shattering combination of music, history and culture of the worldwide Roma people. Plus refreshments. Evening sponsored by Slough Borough Council
8pm DarvillesLane Youth Centre, Chalvey. Free – donations welcome
http://www.gypsycaravanmovie.com
Monday 29 October: Dinner Debate – 50 Facts that Should Change the World Author and BBC producer Jessica Williams reveals shocking truths about the world we think we know. Plenty of opportunity to debate, discuss the issues, or simply listen, all around the dinner table. 8pm Shahzad restaurant, Park St, town centre. Debate free – pay for your food!
Read the book -
http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/book.cfm?isbn=1-84046-547-6
/ http://tinyurl.com/2xh2p3
Tuesday 30 October Film: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Film investigating the shocking demise of California zero-emission cars, plus a chance to meet one of Slough Borough Council's electric car fleet! 8pm Quakers Meeting House, Ragstone Rd. Free – donations welcome http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/
Wednesday 31 October Halloween Quiz
Bring your crystal ball and try and predict the questions.
8pm West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke Rd
Thursday 1 November Film: Joe Strummer: the future is unwritten
Watch the story of Joe Strummer of The Clash, drink and relax from 8pm Herschel Arms, Herschel St Free http://www.joestrummerthemovie.com/
www.imdb.com/title/tt0800099/
Friday 2 November Freecycle: Bring and Take
The Slough Freecycle network offering a chance to bring small items that you no longer want, and swap them for something you do! Have a nose from 6 – 8pm at Quakers Meeting House, Ragstone Road Free – donations welcome
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sloughfreecycle/
Friday 2 November Music night: Beatroutes!
Slough's premier DJ Spencer Lowe and special guests for a night of hip-hop, jazz, soul, and dub. All for just £3. 8pm at Vikrams Occasions Palace, Herschel St, Slough
Saturday 3 November The Snow Queen
Wonderful songs and music and a heart warming tale, for ages 5+ 3pm, West Wing Arts Centre
£6.50 Family tickets £24 01753 823710
Sunday 4 November Critical Mass Family Bike Ride
Voted a great success by all who took part last year, leisurely biking along safe byways, with a convivial refreshment stop built in. Suitable for beginners and all the family. 1pm Meet at the Metal Tree in Slough High St – donations welcome
Tuesday 6 November Film: Taking Liberties
Documentary about New Labour laws and how they are eroding century's old freedoms 8pm at Friends Meeting House, Ragstone Road Free – donations welcome http://www.noliberties.com/
Wednesday 7 November Partition exhibition and discussion
Aik Saath exhibition of the 1947 Partition between India and Pakistan.
Created by Slough youngsters, from interviews with people who lived though the tumultuous events.
4.30 – 5.30; new Arbour Vale school, Farnham Rd Followed by dinner debate
with Oxford historian Vanita Sharma 6pm on Dukes Head, Farnham Rd http://home2.btconnect.com/aiksaath/
Thursday 8 November Busk – Kings of the Sidewalk
A triple bill of potent dance, street sounds and hip-hop theatre.
8pm; West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke Rd tickets £7 advance 01753 823710
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/10/17/busk_banxy_feature.shtml
Friday 9 November An Evening of Lugubrious Music and Lopsided Prose Join master of words Hooting Yard and his musical colleague Outaspaceman for the most hilarious night of the festival. Excellent fun and not to be missed!
8pm, West Wing Arts Centre, £1.50
www.hootingyard.org/
Saturday 10 November Family Fennerfun: art abstraction!
Find the Fennerfun in the Queensmere Observatory shopping centre and join
the artistic fun and games! 12 – 4pm Free – donations welcome
Saturday 10 November Nik Turner's Galatikos
Ex-Hawkwind Thunder Rider and friends, with psychedelic latino-funk fit to bring down the walls of Jericho – at the last ever gig at Vikrams before the building is demolished and a new palace emerges! Always packs the joint whenever he appears in Slough, a gig not to be missed.
Support from The Jones Radio -
http://www.myspace.com/thejonesradio
8pm, Vikrams Occasions Palace, Herschel St. £6 website:
www.fennerfest.co.ukor via 08700 600 100. £8 on door
www.nikturner.com
Sunday 11 November Multi-faith Peace Service
A contemplative moment at the heart of the festival, with peace based readings from different faiths and the opportunity to think about our role as peacemakers. 6.30pm Kingsway church, Church St.
Monday 12 November Dinner Debate: Global Warming
Environmental expert Fred Pearce discusses the most pressing issue facing the world today – is it too late to reverse climate change? Quiz the author and New Scientist writer while enjoying sensational food.
8pm, Thai Orchid, 292-298 High St Debate free – pay for your dinner!
Fred's new book. "Earth Then and Now: Potent Visual Evidence of Our Changing
World", co-authored with Zac Goldsmith is available from
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Then-Now-Evidence-Changing/dp/1845332466
Tuesday 13 November Film 'Southpaw: Francis Barrett Story' plus personal appearance:
International boxer Frankie Barrett himself introduces the film about his boxing career, making history and overcoming prejudice as the first traveler to represent Ireland, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Presented with the Thames Valley Gypsy Association
From the BFI review -
www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/61
"Barrett, the commentators enthuse, is an all-action boxer who never stops coming forward. That same irrepressible enthusiasm he shows in the ring is what makes him such an engaging subject, and Southpaw such an easy film to warm to"
8pm Friends Meeting House, Ragstone Road Free – donations welcome
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190027/
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/61
www.gypsy-association.com/franciebarrett.html
Friday 16 November Pluck – Musical Arson
An unmissable unique combination of comedy and superb musicianship 8pm, West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke Rd Tickets £8 advance 01753 823710
http://pluck.me.uk/arson.html
Saturday 17-Sunday 18 November Family Fennerfun – moon creatures!
Find the Fennerfest workshop for family fun, imagining moon creatures and having other creative adventures!
http://tinyurl.com/2jkz2y
10am – 4pm Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre Free – donations welcome
Fennerfest is joining forces with the West Wing for the festival –
festival goers buying tickets for West Wing shows listed above get a special discount
by ringing 01753 823710 and quoting "Fennerfest"
