Category: Workshop-sun

All ages welcome, no previous experience needed!

3.30 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church

Tips and ideas to share and help Songwriters get over the hump of writing a great song. Songwriters are invited to join in and share their knowledge and compare ways of starting and finishing that great song

2.30 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church

The title says it all. Who needs a quiet Sunday afternoon when you can enjoy the beat of the drum and there are songs to be sung.

Sun 2.30 pm The Garden Vibe

Join this award-winning songwriter. All ages welcome, no previous experience needed.

1.30 pm Sun – The Garden Vibe

Aimed at songwriters wanting to improve their craft with additional or slightly more complex tunings, arpeggios and runs of two note chords between their own chords. Primarily for guitarists and would suit those who can bring an instrument along.

1.30 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church

Bring along your song ideas & turn them into shining masterpieces! To bridge or not to bridge? To chorus or refrain? Polish those lyrical gemstones.

Sun 12.30 pm – Gem Gallery

Alternate tunings on the guitar (dropped D, double dropped D, DADGAD, dropped C, and open C) as well as an entire workshop just on accompanying traditional Irish music using DADGAD.

12.30 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church

Vocal yoga with call and response participation. Kirtan roots stem from ancient Hindu Sanskrit. Featuring, tabla, cymbals, slide and acoustic guitars and lots of singing. This is a spiritually secular event.

12 noon Sun – Curtain Fig Stage

Would you like to learn about performing Balkan music? Maybe you’ve heard some Balkan brass music and you’re curious to learn more, or perhaps you already know a few tunes. Maybe you’d like to have a go at Balkan improvisation. Xenos will be sharing their musical knowledge, based on years of performing for and learning from various Balkan communities.

11.30 am Sun – The Garden Vibe

The secrets of writing hilarious songs will be revealed using time honoured techniques and special glue.

11 am Sun – Nick’s Restaurant

Having lived in Solomon Islands, Cambodia and the Philippines, Anna has learnt gorgeous traditional tunes from throughout Asia and the Pacific. With the generous permission of her friends and teachers from these places, she teaches these songs in gorgeous 3-part vocal harmony.

10.30 am Sun – The Garden Vibe

Driven by the haunting vocals of Anne & Sabine singing in Romani, learn nuances of language, tonal variations, and correct pronunciations. Anne and Sabine teach the beautiful songs of the Balkan Roma (Gypsies)

10.30 am Sun – St Mark’s Church