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Before you Leave
18th-21st May 10am-6pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP

Following the successful group pop up show Roots curated by Tamzin Malleson at the Stroud Music Centre last November, many of the artists involved are collaborating again. Another pop up, this exhibition is entitled Before You Leave. Exhbiting artists are Abigail Fallis, Tamzin Malleson, Colin Glen, Polly Glen, Jo Fry, Micha Leese, Tam Ingles, Simon Noble, Lorraine Robbins, Manuel Huertas, Oliver Marsden, Ralph Mcartney and Julie Howe. As with Roots the participating artists respond to the title of the show through their chosen medium. They will tie their work in with the venue – the restored Brunel former Goods Shed alongside Stroud train station. This is the perfect site for any visitors wishing to come along and experience the eclectic mix of work presented by these artists, all bought together by friendship and their passion for the Stroud area. Curated by Briony Fforde and Jo Fry.

Bees Knees and Guillemots
A workshop with John Hegley
Saturday 19th May 10am-11.30am
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

Writing and drawing out the creative egg legs, bees knees and guillemots.
No experience or biros needed. For adults and children 7+.
Tickets: £10 adults, £7 under 12s
Booking is essential as places are limited. Trading Post 01453 759116 or online: www.sitefestival.org.uk

La Concepta
Simon Munnery
Saturday 19th May 12.30pm-1pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

All the rigmarole of haute cuisine without the shame of eating. A unique, interactive dining experience, featuring a varied menu of conceptual art, jokes, aphorisms, props and dancing. Vive La Concepta!
Tickets: £10
Booking is essential as places are limited. To reserve a table book online: www.sitefestival.org.uk

Get the Blessing
Saturday 19th May 8.30am-11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

Bristolian jazzy post-rockers Get The Blessing return to the Site Festival. With the release of their third album OC DC this March, Get The Blessing are once again elbowing their way out of easy categorisation. As winners of the 2008 BBC Jazz Award win for Best New Album they wear their jazz credentials lightly but defiantly. A shared love of legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s early quartet inspired their boldly monophonic instrumentation. The intricate but absolutely rock-solid rhythm section forms the glue that holds Get The Blessing together, with the dual sax and trumpet frontline working with the bass to create melodies and harmonies. This Site Festival highlight will be a fantastic opportunity to explore the fascinating and idiosyncratic musical world of the Get The Blessing.

Tickets: £7.50 advance, £10 on the door
Trading Post 01453 759116 or online at www.sitefestival.org.uk

Garlanding the World. Jamilla Gavin
Sunday 20th May 5pm-6pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

A storytelling event for all the family with Jamila Gavin. Jamila Gavin was born in India and grew up on the border between India and Pakistan. She first visited England when she was five, and settled here for good when she was eleven. She wrote her first book when her children were born because she realised that there were very few books that reflected their experience of being multi-racial. In later stories, and particularly in her Surya Trilogy, she drew on her own childhood memories of growing up in India. In particular, the relationships between English and Indian families at a time when India was becoming an independent country. Her novel, Coram Boy, set in 18th century England, won the 2000 Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award. Free

Almost Still: Experimental Piano Music from the late 20th and 21st Centuries
Sunday 20th May 8pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP

Oogoo Maia performs iconic masterpieces, hidden gems, and recent adventures in piano music, with and without electronics. Music by John Adams, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Richard Glover, Alexis Porfiriadis, Steve Reich, Giacinto Scelsi, concluding with Morton Feldman’s mesmerising For Bunita Marcus. Post-concert talk with composers Richard Glover, Alexis Porfiriadis, and Oogoo Maia.
Tickets: £4.50 on the door or £7.50 for both events (see below)

Art and Money
A professional development day for artists exploring ways to sustain your practice
Tuesday 22nd May 10.30am-4pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
www.tpsw.squarespace.com

This professional development day is aimed at critically engaged artists who wish to gain an insight into the contemporary art market, working with curators and an alternative look at ways in which artistic practice can be sustained. With keynote presentations from Paul Hobson, Director of Contemporary Art Society; Alistair Gentry, Artist and Writer, and founder of Market Project and Gavin Wade, Artist and Director of Eastside Projects, Birmingham. A limited number of places are available for small group ‘surgeries’ with the speakers in the afternoon. This event is a Turning Point South West event in partnership with SVA.
Tickets: £12 including lunch and refreshments.
Booking is essential as places are limited. Book online: www.sitefestival.org.uk

Communio
A night-long concert for a resonant piano
Friday 25th 9.30pm-Sat 26th May 8am
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP

World Premiere of Oogoo Maia’s Communio (1995). Communio is a gentle, contemplative, long-duration piece that takes you to the core of the act of listening. For your comfort, please bring warm clothes, blanket or sleeping bag, etc. A hearty breakfast will be served at sunrise.
Tickets: £4.50 on the door or £7.50 for both events

Causeway
Friday 25th May 7pm-9pm
Saturday 26th May 9am-12 noon Saturday 26th May 7pm-9pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP

Designer Anna Usborne, from SVA, has teamed up with local architects Millar Howard Workshop to make a pop up restaurant in the Goods Shed as a place to meet, eat and encounter art. They have designed and made a series of cast concrete tables and produced the Star Chair, designed by architect Dave Wilson at Millar Howard Workshop. Together these elements aim to respect the building's historic industrial past whilst offering a contemporary intervention in the Goods Shed. Hobbs House Bakery will be providing the food. They can chart five generations of bakers in the family, from early 20th Century roots in Gloucestershire right through to Tom Herbert, father of 4 aspiring, potentially 6th generation bakers. Born with flour on their fingers Tom Herbert and his brother Henry have recently been seen on their popular TV series The Fabulous Baker Brothers.
Tickets: £30 for evening meal
Book online: www.sitefestival.org.uk

The Site Poetry Slam
Friday 25th May 7.30pm
SVA, John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA

Prepare for the heady sound of performance poetry as a bevy of brave bards vie with verse and verve to become Stroud’s Slam Supremo! Heavenly hosts Sara-Jane Arbury and Marcus Moore keep it all tickety-boo as random judges rate the writing, performances and audience response to the talent on show. Who will fly over the rainbow or fall by the wayside? Come and find out! All you need is a heart that beats and a mind that speaks. For further information, or to enter the slam, please contact Marcus on 01285 640470 or email john.marcus.moore@gmail.com
Tickets: £5 on the door

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