Gower Guitar Festival 2006

Timetable of Activities and Performance Times.

Please note!!! Booking is advised for the evening at the Gower Heritage Centre and for the King Arthur Hotel. Space is limited.

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Saturday 22nd July -

Gower Heritage Centre

 
Day Stage (Timetable is subject to change.)  

Starting at 12noon

Gypsy Jazz - Sophisticated Cafe Jazz. The ultimate cafe jazz band. Back for the 3rd year. Perfect to open the festival on a hot summers day. (We hope it will be hot.)

 
     
1pm Hanging Baskets - Acoustic Duo  
     
1.40pm

Shaboogie - Shadows Tribute

     
2.20pm Jefferson Moore - Singer Songwriter in a classic mould.
     
3pm Terry Thomas - Returns again!! Acoustic Guitar  
     
3.40pm New Talent - A selection of Wales's up and coming guitarists which will include;  
 
  • Adrian Hughes
  • Nick Dwyer
  • Hippikiss
  • Greg Harper
  • John Dignam
 
     
5pm Acoustic Led Zeppelin with Carey Beor, Keith Floyd and Mal Gray.  
     
6pm Pete Smith and John Buckley - Contemporary Finger Style Guitarists. Playing a unique mix of Jazz, Blues, Folk, Ragtime, Swing, Baroque, Calypso, Bluegrass and Self-penned.  
     
 

The Centre will close from 6.30pm - 7pm to prepare for the evenings performances.

You will be asked to leave the centre so that it may be cleared.

 

 

Guitar Workshops!!! So Bring your Guitars!!!!

There are 3 guitar workshops this year.

1.15pm - Gypsy Jazz with Gypsy Jazz.

3pm - Slide Guitar with Kevin Brown.

4.45pm - Popular Strumming with Tristan Seume.

All are in the Parkmill Chapel, Parkmill on Saturday the 22nd July.

See "Workshop" page for full details.

Booking is advised.

 

Other Activities for the Day

2nd Performance area. - Front Courtyard - From 12.30 onwards.

A stall selling guitars - Stuart Hastings Guitars will be on the on the balcony.

Evening

Stage (Timetable is subject to change.)

Booking is advised.

 
7pm Pete Smith and John Buckley - Contemporary Finger Style Guitarists.
     
8pm Zoe McCulloch - Queen of the Statocaster. A electric guitarist of incredible talent and a performer of international repute. Returns for the 3rd year.  
     
9pm Tristan Seume - One of the UK's finest fingerstyle guitarists. Delighting audiences up and down the UK with his folk- and classically-influenced music, and with his cheerful stage presence. He is a regular columnist for Guitarist Magazine and is a respected guitar tutor, having taught at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM), Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) and each summer at the Bath International Guitar Festival.

 
     
10pm Kevin Brown - Kevin Brown is a fabulous steel guitar player and offers a lot more than your normal steel guitar merchant.  
     

 

 

Sunday 23rd July -

King Arthur Hotel

Booking is advised.

 
Afternoon (Timetable is subject to change.)  
Starting at 2pm Russell Lloyd - A fantastic Classical Guitarist from Port Talbot will
     
2.30pm Swansea Classical Guitar Circle - Classical Guitarist.  
     
3.15pm Matt Cook - Singer Songwriter from Swansea. Matt has produced a number of compellation CD's and has played around the live music venues of Swansea for the past 6 years.  
     
4.00pm Gareth Pearson - Is a young Guitarist from South Wales. Gareth specializes in playing Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed and of course Tommy Emmanuel. He is currently working on his own compositions for release later this year.  
     
5.30pm Clive Carroll - An outstanding acoustic guitarist who leads the new generation of contemporary steel string players which is what he will play when he joins the festival on the 23rd July. (However, Clive is also a fantastic Classical Guitarist, Banjo Player and much more) His writing skills are equally outstanding, tuneful, melodic, contemporary yet classical. Watch and be amazed!!!!  
     
7.00pm

Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Steve "Jinx" Jenkins - Rhythm & Blues!!! In the Bar to end the festival.