Watford Fringe Festival Is Here!

 

7.30 -9.30pm Monday 9th October

Black History Month Celebration Dial Up! @The Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre, Local Board Road, Lower Watford High Street, WD17 2JP (2 minutes from Watford High Street train station)

The Watford Pump House is proud to be hosting a Dial Up Open Mic in celebration of Black History Month as part of the Watford Fringe Festival! We want to throw the doors of the Pump House wide open so this is a FREE EVENT with a suggested donation of £5 at the door for those who are able to pay. As ever, we will be celebrating community and creativity in all their forms, so whether you are Black, White, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Mixed or however you identify, we welcome you to join us for this joyful occasion! Share your music, your poetry, your passion, your stories. The stage is yours!

I'm also reviewing many of the shows, so please do join the critical conversation by reading my reviews here!

Summer to Autumn

 

I had an amazing time on Sunday bringing Tiger Jazz to the Cassiobury Park Bandstand supported by Tony Oliver's wonderful SJ 5 Jazz band! It was the last gig of the summer and the weather reflected it. Our set opened with sweltering sunshine, had some drizzle in the interval, and closed with the promise of autumn.

Speaking of which, our next Dial Up Open Mic theme is Autumn- we've been challenged by Ady to avoid Autumn Leaves! Hopefully see you at The Garden Rooms 4pm on Sunday 24th September. And then our Black History Month Special is on at the Pump House Theatre as part of Watford Fringe, 7.30pm on Monday 9th October. As ever, all welcome, I hope you can make it! x

Photos courtesy of Gabriela Docan, videos available on Facebook.