Knighton Festival Programme 2022

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Most events are free and will take place in the Knighton Comm, unless stated otherwise. Advance booking is required for the walks and cycle rides.

Friday 28 October:

7.30 pm Open Mic Event                    Performances by local musicians       

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Saturday 29 October 

10 am – 1 pm Art and book market                                                               

11am  Halloween activities for children and parents                       

11am     Self-publishing workshop led by Bob Fowke of You Caxton Press                             

2pm     Poetry Hour: readings by Rhiannon Hooson and Hilary Llewellyn-Williams            

3pm     Martin Redfern: DK Knowledge Encyclopaedia, Earth!                      

4pm     Dr Emma Short: How (not) to do it all and energise your life            

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Sunday 30 October

10 am  Guided Ramblers walk in countryside led by Jacqui Salt – booking essential

2pm     Guided town walk round Knighton led by John Davis – booking essential

4pm     Concert: Knighton and District Concert Society at St Edwards Hall – tickets £10 on the door

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Tuesday 1 November

11 am  Children’s authors’ talks plus activities –    in Library

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Wednesday 2 November

10 am  Guided Ramblers walk in countryside led by Jacqui Salt

3 pm The Art of Dying – Death Café discussion chaired by Sue Brayne and Martin Redfern (plus tea and cake)        

Thursday 3 November

11 am Guided Cycle Ride

Friday 4 November

11 am Nandita Dowson: Stories from our Mothers – women’s stories from Palestine plus short film

7 pm    Film show – Flicks in the Sticks : Bruce Chatwin’s On the Black Hill       Tickets £5 on the door

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Saturday 5 November     

9.30 am Sophie Duffy: Writing your Life – creative writing workshop. £5 booking required

11 am     Julie Brominicks: The Edge of Cymru – a Journey                              

1.30pm     Talk via Zoom with the Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees – Is There Life in the Cosmos?

3pm     Caryl Lewis: Drift  – Caryl will discuss her latest novel which explores themes of love, magic, displacement and the lure of the sea

                                                      

4pm    Tim Craven: The Tree in British Art History – from Thomas Gainsborough to the Arborealists

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Sunday 6 November

10 am  Guided Ramblers walk in countryside – Jacqui Salt

2 pm    Guided town walk round Knighton – John Davis

3.30 pm Alison Webb: The history of the Marcher Castles                             

4.30 pm Closing concert by the Llanfair Singers