Complete program

Friday, 4 May 2012
19.30
Gordon Hotel – Pre-festival music from the
Songwriters’ Den
Coopers Arms – A pre festival playalong with P .J.
8.45 – 23.00
Prince of Wales, Strood – Sur Les Docks
Good Intent – Singaround session with
John Barden

Saturday, 5 May
10.45
Guildhall Museum Forecourt, High Street
The Mayor of Medway will officially open the
festival, followed by a dance showcase
11.00 – 17.00
Boley Hill Village, stage
Pierre Vincent, Ash Mandrake, McManigan
Academy of Irish Dancers, Louise Jordan,
Border Crossing hosted by Lee Charles
11.00 – 17.00
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Songwriters’ Den ‘On the Road’. The best of
young talent from Kent, hosted by Griff Rising
11.00 – 17.00
Castle Gardens main stage
Sur Les Docks, Fabulous Fezheads, Los
Salvadores, Blue Horyzon, Greg McDonald &
Gemma Gayner
11.00 – 17.00
Edith May Thames Sailing Barge
Louise Jordan, Border Crossing, The Jones Boys
12.30 – 14.30
The Crown Inn – Phoenix
The Eagle Tavern – The Jones Boys
Gordon House Hotel – Bounty Hounds
Two Brewers – Greg McDonald &
Gemma Gayner
Prince of Wales, Strood – Skinners Rats
Oliver’s – Atlantic Currants
Kings Head – Chimney Boys
Good Intent – Sing-around with Ruff N’Reddy
Singapora Lounge - Brides of Rain
13.00 – 15.00
Ye Arrow – Ian Petrie Band
14.00 – 16.00
Man of Kent Alehouse – Funke & The Two
Tone Baby
14.15
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the
City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for
approximately 90 minutes
15.00 – 17.00
Coopers Arms – Chris Taylor (Irish Music Session)
Gordon House Hotel – McManigan Academy
of Irish Dancers (until 3.30pm) followed by
Tanglefoot Appalachian
16.00 - 18.00
The Crown Inn – Atlantic Currants
Eagle Tavern – Thee Waltons
Ye Arrow – Chimney Boys
King’s Head – Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs
18.00 - 20.00
Oliver’s – The Bounty Hounds
19.30 - 22.00
Coopers Arms – Play-along session with P.J.
and Hog Eye Men shanties
20.00 - 23.30
Gordon House Hotel – Rosie Eade, Blue
Horyzon and Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs
20.45 – 23.00
Man of Kent Alehouse –
Sur Les Docks
Prince of Wales, Strood –
The Biggin Hillbillies
Good Intent – Sing-around with
John Barden
Two Brewers – Phoenix
Coopers Arms – Play-along session
with P.J.
Singapora Lounge – Los Salvadores,
Wheels

Sunday, 6 May 2012
11.00 – 17.00
Boley Hill Village, stage – Ty Watling Band,
We Ghosts, Roscoe Levee, Luke Jackson
hosted by Ty Watling
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Songwriters’ Den ‘On the Road’. The best of
young talent from Kent, hosted by Griff Rising
11am – 5pm
Castle Gardens main stage
We Ghosts, Fabulous Fezheads, Luke Jackson,
The Hot Rats, The Singing Loins
11am – 5pm
Edith May Thames Sailing Barge
Hartley Singers, Thanet Big Sing Community
Choir, Rosie Eade
12.30 – 14.30
The Crown Inn – Ash Mandrake
The Eagle Tavern – Sur Les Docks
Two Brewers – Skinners Rats
Prince of Wales, Strood – Ian Petrie Band
Oliver’s – Green Diesel
Kings Head – Phoenix
Good Intent – Sing-around with John Barden
Singapora Lounge – Pierre Vincent
Coopers Arms – The Rustic Ramblers
13.00 - 14.00
Gordon House Hotel –
Gentlemen Duke
13.00 - 15.00
Ye Arrow – Fate The Juggler
14.00 - 16.00
Man of Kent Alehouse – Greg
McDonald & Gemma Gayner
14.15
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the
City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for
approximately 90 minutes
14.30 - 17.00
Gordon House Hotel – Thanet Big Sing
Community Choir, followed by Tanglefoot
Appalachian
15.00 - 17.00
Coopers Arms – Irish Music Session with
Chris Taylor
16.00 - 18.00
The Crown Inn – Green Diesel
The Eagle Tavern –We Ghosts
King’s Head – Fate The Juggler
Ye Arrow – Skinners Rats
18.00 - 18.30
Gordon House Hotel – Didi Bergman
18.30 - 20.30
Oliver’s – Ty Watling Band
19.30 - 22.00
Coopers Arms – Play-along session with P.J.
20.00 - 23.00
Gordon Hotel – Sur Les Docks and the
Bubble Band
20.45 – 23.00
Man of Kent Alehouse – Feral Mouth
Prince of Wales, Strood – Rustic Ramblers
Good Intent – Sing-around with John Barden
Two Brewers – Roscoe Levee
Singapora Lounge – Mambo Jambo

Monday, 7 May 2012
11.00 – 17.00
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Songwriters’ Den ‘On the Road’. The best of
young talent from Kent, hosted by Griff Rising
11.00 – 17.00
Boley Hill Village stage
Stew Simpson, The Trouser Trumpets, Rosie Eade,
Ash Mandrake, Denise Black’ s Loose Screw,
The Tribal Banshees Belly Dancers
11.00 – 17.00
Castle Gardens main stage
Brides of Rain, Denise Black’s Loose Screw,
The Trouser Trumpets, Galley Beggar
11.00 – 17.00
Edith May Thames Sailing Barge
Stew Simpson and The Old Country Crows
12.30 – 14.30
The Crown Inn – Roger The Chorister
Eagle Tavern – Phoenix
Gordon House Hotel – The Hot Rats
Prince of Wales, Strood – Old Country Crows
Oliver’s – Skinners Rats
Man of Kent Alehouse – Galley Beggar
Two Brewers – Pierre Vincent
Kings Head – Ferral Mouth
Good Intent – Sing-around with Ruff ‘n’ Reddy
Ye Arrow – Missouri Guts
Singapora Lounge – Sur Les Docks
14.15
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the
City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for
approximately 90 minutes
14.15
Rochester Sweeps Festival’s traditional Bank
Holiday procession
The finale to the Sweeps Festival 2012 will
involve many morris sides, chimney sweeps
and Jack-in-the-Green. The procession will
start in Rochester Castle Gardens and proceed
through The Esplanade, Rochester High Street,
Crow Lane, Vines Lane, St Margaret’s Street,
Boley Hill, Epaul Lane and back into the
Castle Gardens

Rochester Cathedral service and event times
Saturday, 5 May 2012
8.00 Mattins
8.30 Holy Communion (crypt)
3.15pm Evensong

Sunday, 6 2012
8am Holy Communion
9.45 Mattins
10.30 Sung Eucharist
15.15 Evensong
20.00 Taize Prayer

Monday, 7 2012
9.10 Mattins
9.30 Holy Communion (Lady Chapel)
15.15 Evensong

Throughout the Festival
10.00 – 17.00
High Street – Performances from Morris sides
from around the country
Corn Exchange – Princes Hall Traditional
Musical Instrument Fair

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