Wednesday, 31 August 2011

WELCOME to the NEW FOREST FESTIVAL at MINSTEAD 2011

WELCOME to the NEW FOREST FESTIVAL at MINSTEAD 2011 a celebration of the Forest through Music, Storytelling, Apples, Food, Crafts and more

23rd - 25th September 2011, Minstead Study Centre
Following on from our hugely successful event last year, we have an expanded programme this year. All events will be run in the Minstead Study centre, in the beautiful village of Minstead.



FRIDAY 23rd, 18.30 - 22.00 : THEATRE EVENING
Ringwood's Forest Forge Theatre Company will perform their latest production 'The World Outside ' in the Marquee.

SATURDAY 24th, 10.30 - 17.30 : APPLE DAY
In partnership with Minstead Apple Day A family activity day celebrating apples, local food, acoustic music, and storytelling with Taprisha. Tea & Coffee Café run by All Saints Church. Rounding off with the 2011 new forest festival eco-fashion show in the marquee. Bring your own apples to be juiced and/or identified!

SATURDAY 24th, 18.30 - 23.30 : LIVE MUSIC EVENING Featuring Jeremy Avis & Korasong Radio with the 2011 Festival Community Choir, Native Roses with special guest John Illsley, & exuberant nine-piece Latin-dance ensemble, Atlantico.

SUNDAY 25th, 10.30 - 18.30 : FESTIVITIES, LIVE MUSIC & MORE
A day of fun and festivities for the whole family with a full-line-up of music on the marquee stage, crafts, storytelling and local food and much more! Storytelling with Tarprisha & Pete Gritten. Music with Contraband, Shimmering Bees, Silent Jim, Mothership, Jigfoot, Ukejam, Djembabes, Chaosmia, Woodlands Village Band, Nomad & Farmageddon. Closing out with six-piece acoustic band Owl in the Sun. We are a Community Interest Company. Any profit made from ticket & food sales this year will go to Minstead Community Garden, Minstead Study Centre, New Forest Transition activities, and sponsoring music, storytelling, film, food & ecology projects in schools around the new forest. All events will be held in Minstead Study Centre, a few minutes walk from the village centre.

For more information, you can e-mail the team at: info@nffminstead.com Look forward to seeing you there!

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