Tickets

Ticket information for Raise your Banners 2007

Seasonal food, song and story with a bonfire night theme at Treehouse Café at 2 Ashgrove, (entrance on Great Horton Road, opposite the university) to book ring 01274 732354

Cost: £3.  Donations asked for, collections taken

Tuesday 6^th November

Paul invites you to the Castle, Grattan Road, for a Raise Your Banners singers and musicians evening with Raise Your Banners beer from Salamander, people  wanting to listen are especially welcome, no need to book but get down early!

Contact Muppett 01274 741144 for more information.

Donations asked for, collections taken

Wednesday 7^th November

Banner Theatre “They get free mobiles … don’t they?”

East Ward Labour Club,Otley Road, Bradford, BD3 0DG

doors 6:30pm performance 7:30pm

Donations asked for, collections taken

Thursday 8^th November 8:30

Julie Felix at the Topic Folk Club

Cock and Bottle 93 Barkerend Rd, Bradford, BD3

Tickets available n advance Thursday evenings at the club or contact www.topic-folk-club.org.uk or on the door.

Cost: £10  (£8 club members)

Friday 9^th November 12:30 to 2:30pm

Official festival launch in the Council Chamber, Bradford City Hall.  By invitation, contact Molly Kenyon 01274 593585 or email robmartin@phonecoop.coop

Friday 9^th  November 7:30

Oysterband, Chumbawamba, Dick Gaughan, Tracey Curtis

Tickets from St George's Hall booking office 01274 432000

Cost: £15

Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th November

Saturday + Sunday Saver: A combined ticket for entry to four concerts on Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the New Beehive and Bradford Irish Club is available in advance by sending a cheque payable to Raise Your Banners, to 61 Albert Road Shipley BD18 4NS.

Saturday + Sunday Saver: £30

Individual concert tickets are available in advance, (please send cheque as above), or from Saturday morning at the festival desk in the New Beehive or at the door if still available. There are limited numbers of tickets for each concert. Advance booking/reservation is advised.

Cost: £10 per concert.

Please note that the New Beehive cellar Bar is not wheelchair accessible

Saturday Afternoon New Beehive 1400 to 1700

Fusion, Hollow Horse, Aidan Jolly, Robb Johnson

Saturday Evening Bradford Irish Club from 1930 to 2300

John Waller, Chris Butler, Fiona Keenan, Red Flags, Alun Parry, Seize the Day

Saturday Evening New Beehive from 1930 to 2300

David Ferrard, Alistair Hulett, Claire Mooney, Roy Bailey, Scarlet Heights

Holders of Saturday + Sunday Saver tickets may be able to move between the Saturday evening concerts depending on seats being available.

Sunday Afternoon New Beehive from 1400 to 1700

Karl Dallas, Steve Skinner, Bradford Women Singers, Geoff Watson, Soundsphere, Seize the Day

Community and Political Choir Concerts

There are three concerts featuring community and political choirs from across the country at the Bradford Irish Club on Saturday morning and afternoon and Sunday morning.

~ Nov 10^th Saturday morning 1030 to 1300 (Bradford Irish Club)

Achord (Bradford), Calder Valley Voices,  East Lancs Clarion Community Choir (expanded), Strawberry Thieves (London), Voicemale (Bradford), Manchester Community Choir.

~ Nov 10^th Saturday afternoon 1400 to 1700pm  (Bradford Irish Club)

!Corista! (Hebden Bridge), Leeds People’s Choir, Red Leicester, Gay Abandon (Leeds), Body of Sound (Sheffield),  Bolton Clarion & Kadenza Women’s Choir,  Making Waves (Newcastle)

~ Nov 11^th Sunday morning 10:30 to 13:00 (Bradford Irish Club): Free admission to choir members

Bradford Voices, Sheffield Socialist Choir, Velvet Fist (London), Voca Loca – Belfast , Raised Voices (London), Nottingham Clarion, BIASAN Choir (Bradford)

Cost: free entry donations / collections taken

Workshop Nov 10^th Saturday morning in the New Beehive lounge 1030 to 1200

Political Songwriting with Karl Dallas. Limited space, first come first served.

The workshop will be in two sections.

1. A history of political songwriting. Is there such a thing as a non-political song? Did the peasants really sing the Cutty Wren in 1381? Why the Royal Navy never liked sea shanties. Folklore, fakelore, and poplore. 

2. How to compose a political song. Chants, lyrics, and ballads. On the march and after. Attendees will create practical examples, based on issues of the day. Please bring examples of anything you've written, musical instruments - and, of course, your voices.

Karl Dallas has been writing political songs for over 50 years. His most famous song is The Family of Man, which was recorded by the Liverpool Spinners. Other songs of his have been recorded by Ewan MacColl, June Tabor, and the Dransfields. He has sung on demo's in Britain, Palestine, and Iraq. 

 
Cost: free entry, donations requested, collections taken. 

For more information see: www.raiseyourbanners.org