Tom Kerswill

The Chorlton Arts Festival is having its launch party on Thursday, 26th November, 8pm, at the Lloyds Hotel in Chorlton. The festival itself is in May 2010. The launch event is open to all promoters / musicians / music industry people who’d like to be involved. There will be application packs available there. Fiona Stewart, festival organiser, says:

Please feel free to pass the flyer on to anyone you know who may be interested in getting involved, we would love to see them there. The launch party is an opportunity for visual/performance artists, venues and volunteers to find out more about the festival by meeting members of the team, picking up an application pack and asking questions. There’s also a jazz band and food.

The launch event is usually pretty fun – so it’s well worth going to if you have an interest in getting involved with the festival.

Tom

Hey! I’m playing in Haworth Park, Hull, this Saturday 3rd May — then at Ripon Beer Festival, Ripon Cathedral, on bank holiday Monday 5th May. Check out my myspace page for more details on these two events!

After that – Kro Bar, Manchester on 10th May with Jon Gomm is going to be a great gig I think – more details on that soon! And straight after that, off to New York and Atlanta, for the Mahoneyfest – can’t wait!

Tom

As Manchester International Festival (MIF) gets under way, there’s an alternative event happening, featuring tens of events across the next couple of weeks. It’s called Not the Manchester International Festival. Head to their official website for details of all events. One thing we’re getting involved in is a Songs for the Bath Tub on Tuesday, 10th July at Trof in the Northern Quarter. I’m playing there, together with Risa Hall, Feldspar and Ragz. Will be a goodun!

The Manchester International Festival runs from 28th June to 15th July in Manchester. It features a range of events, from dance, through art to Music.

Brand new this year is a completely unofficial, alternative fringe event. It hosts over 50 gigs, art exhibitions and other events. We’re running a special Songs for the Bath Tub event at Trof in the Northern Quarter. And I’m being interviewed and doing a live set on Manchester’s all fm on monday 9th July, 3-4pm.

I’ve been nominated for a competition to play at Guilfest. And, as an added bonus, if you vote you can win a pair of Guilfest tickets yourself….

Happy bank holiday! I’m just off to play at the Small World festival in Headcorn, Kent. It’s my favourite small festival in the UK. Here’s some pictures from Small World 2006…
Tom

Well, looks like the festival season is officially underway. Over the last weekend of April, All Tomorrow’s Parties took place. By all accounts, it was an excellent festival. Blog reports from the Indie Credential and Gill Rickson make me determined to actually try and make it next year – as long as it doesn’t clash with a future MahoneyFest

There’s some fantastic festivals to look forward to this summer, including Small World Festival (which is always lovely), Glastonbury (alas, no tickets ) and End of the Road Festival (new last year… rather late, in September)!

Tom

One weekend in mid-September, the first End of the road festival took place, deep in rural Dorset. It was a fantastic event, with a lovely crowd of festival-goers. On the bill were Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Ed Harcourt, Badly Drawn Boy, Hush the Many, Jeremy Warmsley, to name a few… Here’s some pictures from the festival