It’s our 11th year and we hope it will be the best one yet. The festival is our biggest fundraiser of the year so please come along and support it!After the success of last year, we will be running the festival over FOUR DAYS again.On Thursday 9th May we will open the festival with our comedy evening in Christ Church.Doors and the bar opens at 6pm for an early sampling and food will be available to purchase from the fabulous Food for thought who will be serving their amazing fish and chips plus burgers, hot dogs etc.There will be top comedy from Headliner Fiona Allen as seen on: Smack the Pony, Mock the week, Alan Partridge, 8 out of 10 cats, never mind the buzzcocks, the Frank Skinner show.Support acts include Jonathan Elston ‘A comic with incredible talent’ The Guardian and Ian Macdonald – who has been gigging since he made 400 vicars laugh (at the same time!) and realised that Stand Up Comedy was the mid-life crisis he was searching for.Swindon local, the fabulous Sam Michael will be returning as our MC for the night.Friday 10th May will be our standard opening night of the festival. Come along and try some of the many beers and ciders on offer whilst socialising with others in Christ Church.On Saturday 11th May in the afternoon, there will be meet the brewer sessions with a chance for you to meet a few of our local breweries, grill them and try some of their ale.On the Saturday evening (from 5pm onwards), there will be live music from excellent local bands, Sweet Nightingale, The Lost Hills, Driftwood and the return of the fabulous What the Pluck who put on such a great performance last year.We are also delighted to confirm that SALOS Musical Theatre company will be hosting an evening of songs from musicals to close our festival on the Sunday evening.Come along and enjoy the sing-along. The ticket price includes all drinks and snacks for this one.Tickets for all events are NOW on SALE!Head over to our festival website to find out more and buy tickets HEREYou can also download our full festival brochure HERE or on the link in this post.You can also view the posters for all this year's Beer Festival sessions at the links in this post
In this week's video, Simon thinks about all the teams involved in running the Christ Church, and thanks them for all their time and support. He also thanks all those involved in putting together and volunteering at last weekend's successful 4th Swindon Jazz and Soul Festival held here.You can watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LbbkrjR2tY#christchurchswindon #team #volunteering #nationalvolunteerweek #thankyou
The 4th Swindon Jazz & Soul Festival featuring British Jazz award winners, established Soul acts and and an African music showcase is on this weekend in Christ Church and the Community Centre.THE SOUL : (Friday 19th April, Christ Church) An evening of Live Classic Soul musicTHE JAZZ : (Saturday 20th April, Christ Church) A whole day and night of live Jazz featuring award winning and nationally known musicians.THE AFRICAN : (Saturday 20th April, Christ Church Community Hall) A day and evening of live music from Africa featuring modern and traditional instruments, fusion, afrobeats, groove and funk.For more information and tu buy tickets, head over to our Events page HERE You can also download a full brochure at the download document link in this post.For line up announcements please follow Swindon Jazz & Soul Festival on Facebook and Instagram or visit jazzknights.co.uk
Simon's Weekly Video Update #27 - 15th April 2024Simon's weekly video update about the life of our church and current affairs affecting us all.You can watch this week's video on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLjwAreN4rU
