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Frome Sings The Legends
Posted on May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
The best of Frome’s musicians, interpreting the great songwriters, raisung money for a legendary charity. A wonderful evening of music and food raising money and awareness for WHY
“STOMPIN” FSB Big Band
Posted on June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022
A live music concert presented by the F.S.B. Big Band, giving two hours of swinging jazz and show tunes from the 1920s to the present day, made famous originally by bands such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller and others. The band has the traditional line up of Five Saxes. Four Trumpets, Four Trombones, Piano, Bass and drums, and vocals by Alec James.
Elizabeth Rowe: The Poet of Frome
Posted on June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022
A Frome Society for Local Study event to coincide with the ‘Celebrated Women of Frome’ exhibition at Frome Museum. Although famous in her day throughout most of the known world, Elizabeth Rowe has sadly been neglected for the greater part of the time since her death in 1737. A re-evaluation of her works and their influence, however, has been recently taking place. Dr Carole Sargent, from Georgetown University, Washington DC, will talk about why Elizabeth Rowe still matters today and how Frome can best honour her.
Frome Festival: JAVAJAM Trio
Posted on June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022
We will be playing a sublime mixture of Jazz, Bossa Nova, and Vintage Pop with our own twist. Expect anything from American songbook classics and Antonio Carlos Jobim to The Stranglers and The Beatles. Vocals: Sarah-Jane Hassell, Keyboards: Roger Lewin, Tenor Saxophone/Flute: Phil Brown.
John Hegley Presents “Peace, Love and Potatoes”
Posted on June 17, 2021
June 17, 2021
John Hegley is one of the UKs foremost performance poets. A regular for BBC radio and a headliner in festivals around the country including Edinburgh, he has produced ten books of verse and prose, two CDs and one mug. His poems manage to take the minutiae of modern life like dogs, potatoes and handkerchiefs spinning them into a philosophical framework.
Spoils of War: Talk by Christopher Joll
Posted on June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
An illustrated talk by Christopher Joll, based on his recently published book. Christopher is director of many national military events and also a military historian.
Yoga Teacher Ate My Pet!: Rose Wadham
Posted on June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
Join stand up comedian and impressionist Rose Wadham plus the coterie of characters who live in her head as she addresses the problem of vegan Vikings, frustrated yoga teachers, bad mothers, village life, foreplay, pointless beauty rituals, teenage dogs, schadenfreude, art galleries, feet, and her irrational fear of cleaning ladies.
The Bob Morris Lecture: ‘The First Seven Years’ presented by Martin Bax
Posted on June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
Martin Bax will give the first Bob Morris Memorial Lecture. An illustrated talk about the early years of the Frome Festival, of which he is the Founder and President.
The Frome Festival-20th Anniversary Exhibition.
Posted on June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
An Exhibition featuring artwork and information on events held during the 20 years of The Frome Festival. With a nostalgic look at some of the high lights over the years.
‘Amy & Alice, Two Sculptors, Two Stories’ – Sue Bucklow & Phylida Shaw
Posted on May 28, 2019
May 28, 2019
Writer, Phyllida Shaw will share her research into the work of Alice Meredith Williams, which includes the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle and Casting The World Curator, Sue Bucklow, will shed some light on the little acknowledged life and work of Amy Singer , daughter of John Webb Singer, who shared a studio with Camille Claudel and was mentored by Rodin.
