Festival highlights
Gigs take place in Rochester Castle Gardens marquee

Saturday, 30 April, 7.30pm
Eliza Carthy and Band with special guest Martin Carthy

Sunday, 1 May, 7.30pm
Show of Hands

Friday 29 April - Pre-festival entertainment
7.30pm
Gordon Hotel – Songs of Love, Royalty and Weddings
A competition to find a song for the

Royal Wedding
Coopers Arms – Pre-festival playalong with PJ

8.45 – 11pm
Prince of Wales, Strood – Sur Les Docks
Good Intent – Singaround session with John Barden

Saturday, 30 April
10.45am
Guildhall Museum Forecourt, High Street
The Mayor of Medway will officially open the festival, followed by a dance showcase

10.30am – 5pm
BOLEY HILL VILLAGE, STAGE
Foolproof, No Worries, McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers, The Portraits, Fabulous Fezheads, Motely, Funke & The Two Tone Baby, Luke Jackson
Rochester Coffee Co will be serving freshly filtered wholebean coffee, teas, soft drinks and cream tea

11.30am – 5pm
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests, No Worries, Funke & The Two Tone Baby, Foolproof, The Portraits

11am – 5pm
Corn Exchange, bar
Singaround session with Bob and Kathy Drage

12.30-2pm
The Crown Inn – Prefect Strangers
The Eagle Tavern – Moveable Feast
Gordon House Hotel – Bounty Hounds
Two Brewers – Happy Trails
Prince of Wales, Strood – Phoenix
Expectations – Open Harp Surgery
Kings Head – Chimney Boys
Good Intent – Singaround with Ruff N’Reddy

1-2pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee – Los Salvadores

1-3pm
Ye Arrow – Ian Petrie Band

2-4pm
Man of Kent Alehouse – Pierre Vincent

2.15pm
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Free guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will lastfor approx. 90 minutes

2.30-4pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee
Concert with Truckstop Honeymoon

3-5pm
Coopers Arms – Chris Taylor (Irish music session)
Gordon House Hotel – McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers (until 3.30pm)

3–6pm
Expectations – Roy Golding

4–6pm
The Crown Inn – Open Harp Surgery
Eagle Tavern – Thee Waltons
Ye Arrow – Chimney Boys
Kings Head – J.D. & The Longfellows
Gordon House Hotel – Tanglefoot Appalachian
(until 5.30pm)

6-6.30pm
Gordon House Hotel – Luke Jackson

6-8pm
Expectations – The Bounty Hounds

7.30-10pm
Man of Kent Alehouse – Sur Les Docks

8.45–11pm
Gordon House Hotel – Los Salvadores and
Moveable Feast
Prince of Wales, Strood – Happy Trails
Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden
Two Brewers – Phoenix
Coopers Arms – Playalong session with P.J

Sunday, 1 May
5.32am (dawn)
Blue Bell Hill picnic area
Jack-in-the-Green awakening ceremony
Dance teams and sweeps bring Jack to life at the crack of dawn. Everybody is invited to this traditional welcoming of May Day

10.30am-5pm
BOLEY HILL VILLAGE, STAGE – Border Crossing, Hog Eye Men, The Singing Loins, Louise Jordan, The Hot Rats
Rochester Coffee Co will be serving freshly filtered wholebean coffee, teas, soft drinks and cream teas.

11am-5pm
Corn Exchange, bar – Singaround session with Bob and Kathy Drage

11.30am-5pm
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests Border Crossing, Louise Jordan, Hog Eye Men, Rustic Ramblers

12.30-1.30pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee
The Fabulous Fezheads

12.30-2.30pm
The Crown Inn – Junk & Disorderly
The Eagle Tavern – Sur Les Docks
Gordon House Hotel – Truckstop Honeymoon
Two Brewers – Skinners Rats
Prince of Wales, Strood – The Biggin
Hillbillies
Expectations – Green Diesel
Kings Head – Atlantic Currants
Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden

1-3pm
Ye Arrow – Bubble Band

2-4pm
Man of Kent Alehouse – Galley Beggar

2.15pm
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Free guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for approx. 90 minutes

2.45-4.15pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee
Concert with Toby, Soph & Callum

3-5pm
Coopers Arms – Chris Taylor (Irish music session)

3-7pm
Expectations – Roy Golding
Good Intent – Gastove Special (Celebration of the guitar)

4-6pm
The Crown Inn – Green Diesel
The Eagle Tavern – Skinners Rats
Kings Head – Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs
Gordon House Hotel – Tanglefoot Appalachian
(until 5.30pm)

6-6.30pm
Gordon House Hotel – Didi Bergman

7.30-10pm
Coopers Arms – Playalong session with PJ

8-11pm
Gordon House Hotel – Sur Les Docks and the Singing Loins

8.45-11pm
Expectations – Phoenix
Man of Kent Alehouse – Truckstop Honeymoon
Prince of Wales, Strood – Rustic Ramblers
Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden
Two Brewers – Sons of Kirk

Monday, 2 May
11am – 2.30pm
Corn Exchange, bar – Singaround session with Bob and Kathy Drage

11.30am – 5pm
BOLEY HILL VILLAGE, STAGE – Music from No Worries, Stern John and Missouri Gutts
Rochester Coffee Co will be serving freshly filtered wholebean coffee, teas, soft drinks and cream tea

11.30am – 2.30pm
City Wall Wine Bar, stage
Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests

12.30-2.30pm
The Crown Inn – Pierre Vincent
Eagle Tavern – The Bounty Hounds
Gordon House Hotel – The Hot Rats
Prince of Wales, Strood – Junk & Disorderly
Expectations – Skinners Rats
Man of Kent Alehouse – Toby, Soph & Callum
Two Brewers – Greg McDonald &
Gemma Gayner
Kings Head – Phoenix
Good Intent – Singaround with Ruff ’n’ Reddy
Ye Arrow – Happy Trails

1-2pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee – Cocos Lovers in Concert

2.15pm
Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre
Free guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for approx. 90 minutes

2.45pm
Rochester Sweeps Festival’s traditional bank holiday procession
The finale to the Sweeps Festival 2011 will involve many Morris sides, chimney sweeps and Jack-in-the-Green. The procession will start in Rochester Castle Gardens and move through The Esplanade, Rochester High Street, Crow Lane, Vines Lane, St Margaret’s Street, Boley Hill, Epaul Lane and back into Rochester Castle Gardens

3-4pm
Rochester Castle Gardens, concert marquee – The Village Preservation Society

3-7pm
Expectations – Roy Golding

Especially for Children
Rochester Castle Gardens
Ticklish Allsorts presents:

Saturday, 30 April
1-2pm Hallow Show – fun and games

2-4pm Punch and Judy show

4-5pm Parachute games

Sunday, 1 May
10.30am – 12noon Make ‘n’ take workshops, making Sweeps Festival costumes and props

1-2pm Dancing and music games

3-5pm Punch and Judy show, followed by parachute games

Monday, 2 May
10.30am – 12noon Costume prop workshops for afternoon procession

2-2.45pm Children from the workshop gather ready to take part in the parade

4-5pm Farewell show, concert marquee

Monday, 2 May
10am - 12noon and 12.30 - 4.30pm
MAKENDOO craft workshops
Come along, join in and make masks, hats and banners so you’re ready for the procession at 2.45pm

Rochester Cathedral service and event times
Saturday, 30 April

8am Morning Prayer

8.30am Holy Communion

2.15pm Choir rehearsal

3.15pm Choral Evensong

10am-5pm Encountering the Angels

Sunday, 1 May

8am Holy Communion

9.45am Mattins

10.30am Eucharist with Baptism

2.15pm Choir rehearsal

3.15pm Choral Evensong

5.45pm Organ concert

10am-5pm Encountering the Angels

Monday, 2 May

9.10am Morning Prayer

9.30am Holy Communion

1pm Organ recital

2.15pm Choir rehearsal

3.15pm Evensong

10am-5pm Encountering the Angels

Throughout the festival

10am-5pm
High Street – Performances from morris sides from around the country
Princes Hall, Corn Exchange – Traditional musical instrument fair

Rochester Castle Gardens

10am-4pm
MINI PSYCHIC FAIR
Psychic/Clairvoyant – Raymond Worthy*

10am-5pm
NYR Organic Product

10am-5pm
Mini music fair hosted by Recollect Records

http://www.whatsonmedway.co.uk

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