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The UK's best acoustic music livestreamed to your home.
Find out more at festivaloftheartisan.co.uk
Check out the history of the festival below.
Festival of the Artisan 2019
26 May 2019
The Story and The Song
Celebrating the art, craft and power of the story and the song. This is one day jamboree brings together some amazing people to celebrate that marvellous mad human act of storytelling Be prepared, very prepared to be amused, provoked, moved, intrigued and SPELLBOUND !
A one day event that includes poetry and comedy sessions, good beer, wine and food and artists chosen because they can we spell through the stories and songs they tell. Artists so far include:
Festival of the Artisan 2018
21 - 23 June 2018 - the first festival!
The first Festival of the Artisan will be held in the beautiful market town of Ashbourne, on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, over the summer solstice of 2018. Raising a glass to all things handmade, it will be a three-day celebration of craftsmanship and creativity in music, food, drink and all things artisanal.
The venue will be St Oswald’s Church in Ashbourne. The church was consecrated on 24 April 1241 and is itself a tribute to the many artisans who have been involved in its construction, development and restoration over the subsequent eight centuries. It is a Grade 1 listed building, and its imposing tower and spire, at 212ft, dominate the town.
The music event will showcase acoustic performers from Britain, Ireland, Spain and America as well as local bands. They will perform in the cruciform-shaped church with its exquisite acoustics and magnificent stained glass windows.
The venue will be St Oswald’s Church in Ashbourne. The church was consecrated on 24 April 1241 and is itself a tribute to the many artisans who have been involved in its construction, development and restoration over the subsequent eight centuries. It is a Grade 1 listed building, and its imposing tower and spire, at 212ft, dominate the town.
The music event will showcase acoustic performers from Britain, Ireland, Spain and America as well as local bands. They will perform in the cruciform-shaped church with its exquisite acoustics and magnificent stained glass windows.
What is Festival of the Artisan 2018 all about?
At the Festival, you will have the opportunity to listen to great music; to sample craft beers and gins; to taste local delicacies; and to admire the output of artisans working in various mediums. What do all these things have in common?
They are all made by hand; they are the result of craftsmanship; and they demonstrate passion and inspiration. In an increasingly ersatz world of mass production and computer-generated imagery, there still exists among true artisans the desire and impetus to take the Earth’s truculent materials and imagine in them something worthy. These men and women use skills that are as old as we are to produce things that we can touch, taste, hear, smell and see. Ultimately they remind us what it is to be human: perhaps there is Artisan in all of us.
Whoever said anything was 10 or even 1% inspiration and 90 or even 99 % perspiration was just plain wrong. Perspiration stinks of sweat and not much else. No the 90% is wisdom, dexterity, experience, intimacy, learning, awareness, touch, feel passion, excitement and connectedness. That is what makes it Artisan, And often somewhere in there a soul, a spirit or a shaman is involved.
At the Festival, you will have the opportunity to listen to great music; to sample craft beers and gins; to taste local delicacies; and to admire the output of artisans working in various mediums. What do all these things have in common?
They are all made by hand; they are the result of craftsmanship; and they demonstrate passion and inspiration. In an increasingly ersatz world of mass production and computer-generated imagery, there still exists among true artisans the desire and impetus to take the Earth’s truculent materials and imagine in them something worthy. These men and women use skills that are as old as we are to produce things that we can touch, taste, hear, smell and see. Ultimately they remind us what it is to be human: perhaps there is Artisan in all of us.
Whoever said anything was 10 or even 1% inspiration and 90 or even 99 % perspiration was just plain wrong. Perspiration stinks of sweat and not much else. No the 90% is wisdom, dexterity, experience, intimacy, learning, awareness, touch, feel passion, excitement and connectedness. That is what makes it Artisan, And often somewhere in there a soul, a spirit or a shaman is involved.
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