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Fashion

Damien Cuypers

Wardrobe Dept

Exploring the art of live fashion illustration

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Under Milk Wood

The Round Room

Isn't life a terrible thing. Thank God

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Ibibio Sound Machine

The Park

A clash of African and electronic elements

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Colorama

Walled Garden

Alternative pop group formed by Welsh singer, songwriter and...

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Kieran Leonard

Walled Garden

Forthcoming second album "Good Luck Everybody"First Single "Underwood Milk" out...

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Will Varley

Walled Garden

British folk singer and co-founder of the arts collective Smugglers Records

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Stornoway

The Church

British alternative indie folk band from Oxford

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Sarah Mower

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

Wardrobe Dept

Curator of the festival's unrivalled fashion line-up in the Wardrobe Department...

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Continuum Contemporary Dance Group

Great Outdoors

a beautiful ladies dance troupe

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The Unthanks

The Park

Cool and triumphant art folk

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Andrew Weatherall

Caught by the river

DJ, producer and remixer

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Dom Joly

Bowling Green

Comedian, journalist and writer....

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Sarah Waters

Bowling Green

Award-winning, best-selling novelist of six novels

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Shappi Khorsandi

The Park

"She has plenty to say, and says it with pointedness and potency." The Guardian

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Fashion

Stephen Jones

Wardrobe Dept

For the third year running, we'll be working with Milliner De Mode, Stephen...

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Jane Weaver

Caught by the river

Jane has released her 6th album. The Silver Globe is as multifaceted as it is...

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My Darling Clementine

Walled Garden

Whatever it is they deliver, this is a singing couple with class- The Daily...

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Sara Pascoe

The Park

Sara is a stand up comedian. She does acting too, and wants to write novels and...

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Rick Stein

Flower and Fodder

English chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter...

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Fashion

Michele Clapton

Bowling Green

Wardrobe Dept

The original costume designer of Game Of Thrones speaks with Sarah Mower

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Archie Bronson Outfit

Caught by the river

Garage-blues-psych-kraut joy

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Thomasina Miers

Flower and Fodder

Co-founder and Executive Chef of Wahaca Restaurants

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Sean Hughes

The Park

one kissed Kylie Minogue on MTV

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Sarah Cracknell

Caught by the river

The frontwoman for beloved British club-pop trio Saint Etienne

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Justine Kanter

The Kitchen Coach

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Vangoffey

The Park

Supergrass founding member Danny Goffey has returned under a new guise

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Stealing Sheep

Caught by the river

Post punk madrigals

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Nina Stibbe

Walled Garden

Author

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Villagers

The Church

Irish indie folk band from Dublin

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Simon Munnery

The Park

"Simon Munnery is an avant-garde comedy god" Time Out

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Gabriel Rios

The Church

a song has to be able to move a stranger

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Ralph Steadman & Ceri Levy

Bowling Green

Artist Ralph Steadman and writer Ceri Levy will be talking about their second...

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Family

David Baddiel

Bowling Green

Talking about his new children's book The Parent Agency

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Mitch Benn

The Park

MITCH BENN IS THE 37th BEATLE, his acclaimed one-man show about the Fab Four, is...

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Fishermans Friends

The Park

New album released May 2015. Proper Job

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Matthew and Me

Caught by the river

Download 'Patterns' now

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Marika Hackman

Debut album, 'We Slept At Last', available now"

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Shami Chakrabarti

Bowling Green

Director of Liberty

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Tom Parker Bowles

Flower and Fodder

British food writer, food critic and chef

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Under the Spotlight

The Outside Stage

Sign up at the Ace of Clubs to have your one minute of fame under the spotlight

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Special Guests

The Park

you won't want to miss this

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Rebecca Lenkiewicz

The Round Room

Highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter

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Ben Tish

Flower and Fodder

Executive Chef of Salt Yard Group

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Jessica Sweetman

Walled Garden

singer/songwriter

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The Lilac Time

The Church

No Sad Songs by The Lilac Time. New album worldwide NOW!

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Ezra Furman

The Park

The Happy Reader Tent

"One of the best rock 'n' roll albums of recent years" - Guardian Film & Music...

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Skye Gyngell

Flower and Fodder

Skye Gyngell is one of Britain's most respected and acclaimed chefs...

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Alex Edelman

The Park

Alex Edelman is a writer and comedian from Boston who lives in New York and...

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Rob St John

Caught by the river

Writes about the environment, art and music for The Quietus and Caught by the...

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Alan Johnson MP

The Park

Please Mister Postman Published by Bantam Press on 18th September 2014

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Alexandra Shulman

Bowling Green

Alexandra Shulman has been the editor of British Vogue for over twenty years...

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Elvis McGonagall

The Park

Ace of Clubs

'if poetry is the new rock 'n' roll then Elvis is Elvis'- Steve Larkin, Hammer &...

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The Loose Salute

The Park

Ace of Clubs

Boy hears girl singing while cookin in a cafe, boy and girl form band and name...

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Michael Howells

Creative Director of Port Eliot Festival & curator of the Flower Show

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John Otway

The Park

"Otway The Movie - Rock'n'Roll's Greatest Failure"

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Louis Eliot and the Embers

Ace of Clubs

Americana via new wave inspired guitar pop

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The Strangelings

Join our ice-encrusted heroes on their tragic-comic quest for the South Pole

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Gwenno

Caught by the river

Y Dydd Olaf is Gwenno's debut album

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Craft

Smoking and Curing

Workshop Barn

With James Strawbridge

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Stuart Evers

Walled Garden

The short story and beyond

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Fashion

Alexander Fury

Walled Garden

'Mediaevalist revival fashion' In conversation with Sarah Mower

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Simon Armitage

Bowling Green

Poet, novelist, writer

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Jack Stein

Flower and Fodder

Executive Chef of Stein Restaurants

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Pencil Atelier

Wardrobe Dept

If Narnia had a backstage, the Pencil Atelier is it.

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Jonnie Common

Walled Garden

Glasgow-based sonic boom of majestic devilry forged in the pottery kiln fires of...

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Food

Mark Diacono

Flower and Fodder

Writer, grower and cook

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Fiona Rose

Walled Garden

Award-winning children's illustrator

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Elen Caldecott

Award-winning writer for childen

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George Husband

Walled Garden

Singer-songwriter

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Professor David Spiegelhalter

The Park

Author of 'Sex By Numbers'

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Jamie Brisick

Bowling Green

Author of 'Becoming Westerly'....

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Craft

Create-Your-Very-Own-BOID

Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy's Grand and Glorious BOID CREATING COMPETITION

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Murray Lachlan Young

The Park

The Idler Academy

Poet, playwright and broadcaster

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Tate St Ives: Look Groups

Workshop Barn

Talk about art with and curators from Tate St Ives

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Gazzo

Walled Garden

Ace of Clubs

Illusionist and insulterist

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Tom Shone

The Round Room

Film Critic

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Jack Adair Bevan

Flower and Fodder

Writer, hunter and mixologist

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Caroline Criado- Perez

Walled Garden

One of the most vocal and tenacious campaigners of her generation

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Wellness

Clare Fone

MCSP, HCPC, APPI, Cert. Health Ed , Chartered Physiotherapist and Private...

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Kernow King

The Park

Cornwall's much loved son

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Outdoors

Port Eliot Garden Tours

Great Outdoors

With Head Gardener Mike Warr

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Words

Lisa Armstrong

Bowling Green

Fashion Editor for the Daily Telegraph

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Words

Tim McInnerny

Bowling Green

Actor

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Emma Warren

Caught by the river

Caught ByThe River regular

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Jonny Trunk

Owner of cult and influential label Trunk Records

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Craft

Wild Swimming Walks

Workshop Barn

Tales from the Kenwood Ladies Pond Association

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Neel Mukherjee

Bowling Green

Booker Shortlisted novelist

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Alex Bellos

The Round Room

Alex Bellos writes about mathematics....

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Bumblebee Walk

Great Outdoors

With Brigit Strawbridge

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Eaves

The Church

Debut album due spring 2015

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RSVP

The Park

The UK's number one festival bhangra band!"

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Fashion

Molly Goddard

Wardrobe Dept

Recreating her London Fashion Week AW15 life drawing presentation

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Fashion

Marques' Almeida

Wardrobe Dept

The acclaimed London duo discuss their raw and effortless aesthetic in...

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Richard Bertinet

Flower and Fodder

Richard Bertinet trained as a baker from the age of 14...

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Mark Jenkin

The Round Room

Writer-Director

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Virginia Astley

Caught by the river

Possessing a unique soprano style of singing, Virginia's delicate vocals fit in...

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Fumaca Preta

Caught by the river

Fueled by acid- drenched effects, with Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms.

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Kamila Shamsie

Bowling Green

Kamila Shamsie is the author of 6 novels....

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Craft

Botanical Illustration Workshop - Adults Class

Workshop Barn

With Sarah Jane Humphrey

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Words

John Andrews

Caught by the river

Master of Ceremonies for Caught by the River alongside Roy Wilkinson.

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Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou

Caught by the river

English husband and wife recording artists

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Words

Bring us a Story - Rebecca Cobb, Fiona Rose and Oliver Hurst

A live-action children's book event

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Craft

Occult Arts

Workshop Barn

With the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft.

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Craft

Botanical Illustration Workshop - Children's Class

Workshop Barn

With Sarah Jane Humphrey

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Woodland Blue

Ace of Clubs

Walled Garden

Cornish singer/songwriter

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Lail Arad

Walled Garden

Bowling Green

Sprightly, feather-light and witty

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Marcus O'Dair

Caught by the river

Different Every Time: the Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt is out now from...

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Chris Watson

Caught by the river

The Round Room

Legendary Sheffield sound recordist

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Outdoors

Ben Higgledy

Great Outdoors

selling the best flower seeds known to modern man...to the modern woman.

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Gabrielle Drake

Caught by the river

Remembered for a while: A companion to Nick Drake

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Folklore Tapes

Caught by the river

Ongoing research and heritage project exploring folk music

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Kid Wave

Ace of Clubs

Jangly melodies + crashing drums = sulky rock darkness

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Barbara Hulanicki

Wardrobe Dept

The Tweenie Fashionista University returns for the best classes in fashion...

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Iain Sinclair

Bowling Green

Writer and king of London psychogeography

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Fashion

Beth Postle and Luke Brooks

Wardrobe Dept

Wildly painterly travelling pop-up art-fashion store

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Craft

Apple Juice and Cider Tasting

Workshop Barn

With Frankie and Tony Lister from Kerensa Aval

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The Clang Group

Caught by the river

Legendary producer and Deaf School founder member Clive Langer goes back to his...

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Richard King

Caught by the river

Author of 'How Soon is Now' and 'Original Rockers'

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Outdoors

THE NEXTINCTION BIRD RACE

Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy's Grand and Glorious Bird/Boid Spotting Competition...

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Charlie and the Wideboys

Walled Garden

Rock 'n' Roll just how you like it

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Chaps Choir

The Park

Bowling Green

The Church

Lots of men singing about love, brotherhood and how silly sea shanties are

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Craft

Wild Brewing Techniques: A tasting and demo

Workshop Barn

With Stuart Woodman from 7th Rise

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Words

Matt Haig

Walled Garden

A redemptive memoir about life, depression and reading...

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Awesome Tapes from Africa

Caught by the river

The myriad sounds of the African continent

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Fashion

Katie Jones

Wardrobe Dept

Learn to crochet with Katie Jones

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Fashion

Piers Atkinson

Wardrobe Dept

Exuberant floral experiments in the Ministry of Fashion

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Fashion

Flora Starkey

Wardrobe Dept

Flora Starkey is a bespoke floral designer based in central London.

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Nikita Lalwani

Bowling Green

Writer and Trustee of Liberty

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Maniere des Bohemiens

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

The most debauched, ecstatic and downright amazing live band you will have seen...

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Philip Marsden

Caught by the river

The Round Room

Travel, fiction and non-fiction writer

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The Drift Record Shop

Caught by the river

Hooking up great records with great(ful) people

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Words

Rachel Cooke

Flower and Fodder

Bowling Green

Journalist and Writer

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Outdoors

Wild Swimming

Great Outdoors

With the Kenwood Ladies Pond Association

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Will McNicol and Luke Selby

Ace of Clubs

Since their formation as a duo in mid 2013, multi award-winning acoustic...

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Tankus the Henge

Ace of Clubs

One of Time Out's "Rising Stars"

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Rory Butler

Ace of Clubs

Scottish singer/songwriter Rory Butler has emerged in 2014 as one of the...

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Harlequin Dynamite Marching Band

Caught by the river

An oddball collective of musicians, writers, artists and performers from...

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Mathew Clayton

Caught by the river

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

Editor, Author, Event Producer

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Mama Tokus

Ace of Clubs

Mama Tokus is a soulful blues, R&B and gospel-inspired performer from the Deep...

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Outdoors

Stars and Planets: late night Stargazing Sessions

Great Outdoors

With Dartmoor Skies

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Maia

Walled Garden

Rocking Harmonic Psychedelic Sci-fi folk

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Gaz Mayall

The Idler Academy

Ace of Clubs

with DJ Baby Soul

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The Swing Empire

Bowling Green

They swing hard and they swing easy

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Matthew De Abaitua

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

IF THEN Most Anticipated novels of 2015

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Rambunctious Social Club

Ace of Clubs

expect to hear seditious swing, scandalous ska, lascivious latin and brazen...

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Patrick Barkham

Caught by the river

Writer for The Guardian

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Pirate School for Kids

With Survival Wisdom

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Cyanotype Photogram Printing

Workshop Barn

with Pompadour Press

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Family

Oliver Hurst

Walled Garden

Acclaimed illustrator

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Stories from the Shadows

Great Outdoors

Night-time walks with the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft

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Katharine Norbury

Caught by the river

Writer of "The Fish Ladder"

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Bizarre Rituals

Caught by the river

Totnes-based party crew and record label

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Words

Tom Cox

Ways with Weirds

Humour, music, cats, golf, folklore and more

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Music

Ry Spenceley

Ace of Clubs

co-founder, musical director and resident DJ for Cornwall's uber popular House...

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Zita West

The Round Room

Fertility Expert

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Andy Childs

Caught by the river

writer, an editor, and an advocate of independent publishing

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Susie Bubble

Wardrobe Dept

Learn to crochet with Katie Jones and Susie Bubble

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Red River Dialect

Caught by the river

New album "Tender Gold and Gentle Blue" out in July

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Krar Collective

The Park

The Ethiopian White Stripes

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Ceilidh Liberation Front

Bowling Green

London�s newest, most radical, and most colourful ceilidh band.

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Ed Caesar

Walled Garden

'Ed Caesar's treatment of the near-mythical two-hour marathon is both implacably...

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Words

Rupert and Claire Callender

Ways with Weirds

your Ways with Weirds hosts

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Words

Jonny Fluffypunk

Ace of Clubs

'Acute social obsevation, intricate humour, surreal fantasy, sharp irony and...

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Canoryon Lowen

The Outside Stage

Canoryon Lowen is a mixed choir of 30 singers, based in the village of St...

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Owen Sheers

Walled Garden

Poet, author and playwright

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Words

Julian Baggini

Walled Garden

Founding editor of The Philosophers' Magazine

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Gypsy Hill

Ace of Clubs

effortlessly mixing the traditional with a uniquely modern sound.

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Words

John Lewis-Stempel

Caught by the river

Best-selling author of books on natural and military history

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Words

Kurt Jackson

Caught by the river

Contemporary Artist

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Haggis and Charlie

The Outside Stage

juggling for their lives

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Craft

Driftwood Surfboards

Hole & Corner

Sustainable surfboard maker

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Wellness

Claire Davey

Vinyasa Yoga

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Words

Lorraine Candy

Walled Garden

In conversation with Louise Carpenter on her Cornish beginnings and the career...

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Words

Hannah Rothschild

Bowling Green

Writer, filmmaker and a company director...

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Fashion

Sandy Powell

Bowling Green

Wardrobe Dept

tbc

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Murphy Williams

Flower and Fodder

Cloud Nine Marshmallows

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Billy Lloyd

Hole & Corner

Award-winning ceramics designer and maker

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Nicholas Serota

Bowling Green

Director, Tate

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Craft

Jacob Bodilly

Hole & Corner

A Devonshire potter

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Emma Chetcuti

Bowling Green

Photographic portrait and archive about everyday life in the Black Country

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Rose Prince

Flower and Fodder

'Prince cannot fail to inspire with her knowledge and passion' - Vogue

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Fashion

Tim Blanks

Bowling Green

Contributing Editor at Large

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Andy Miller

Walled Garden

I like books. �The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My...

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David Chandler

Bowling Green

Photographic portrait and archive about everyday life in the Black Country

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Charlotte Hobson

The Idler Academy

tbc

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Words

Marcel Theroux

Bowling Green

Screenwriter, a broadcaster, and an award-winning novelist.

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Margaret Drabble

Bowling Green

The Happy Reader Tent

Photographic portrait and archive about everyday life in the Black Country

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Trembling Bells

Caught by the river

We are all obsessive, pedantic, maladjusted, unemployable nerds.

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Music

Goonzion Quartet

The Outside Stage

exceptional jazz

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Simon Garfield

The Happy Reader Tent

Reading non-fiction

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The London Sound Survey

Caught by the river

Recordings of life in London

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The Arcadia 78rpm Orchestra

Playing gramophone records from the 1920s-50s

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Craft

Natural Dyes Workshop - Foraging, Extracting and Printing

Workshop Barn

Great Outdoors

With Botanical Inks

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Outdoors

Survival Skills and Techniques

Great Outdoors

With Survival Wisdom

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Outdoors

Wild Brewing Techniques: Foraging for brews

Great Outdoors

With Stuart Woodman from 7th Rise

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Craft

Knicker Making Workshops

Workshop Barn

with Lancaster & Cornish

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Craft

Tango Workshop

Great Outdoors

with Barefoot Tango

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Words

John Sauven

Trained economist and environmentalist and executive director of Greenpeace UK

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C Force 2

Ace of Clubs

C Force 2 is a stripped down version of the full band

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Louise Parker and the Funkatronic 5

Ace of Clubs

"There's no substitute for good time and tone" Evening Standard

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Music

Mik Artistik

Walled Garden

Bowling Green

The Park

Mik Artistik's Ego Trip are a strange and wonderful beast of a band.

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Words

The Hope Springs Duo

The Outside Stage

celebrating and heightening all things Spaghetti Western.

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Words

Brian Selznick

Bowling Green

Wonderstruck...engrossing, intelligent, beautifully engineered and expertly told...

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Words

Safraaz Manzoor

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

tbc

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Words

Toby Clements

Walled Garden

Journalist...

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Music

Wurlitza

Bowling Green

Film screening with live music

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Words

Rachel Holmes

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

Author

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Music

Simon Spoons

Ace of Clubs

Simon Beresford is an internationally renowned spoon player extraordinaire,...

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The Mostar Diving Club

Walled Garden

The Mostar Diving Club is an experimental band of multi instrumentalists making...

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Words

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

Designer, writer and founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society...

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2Tonic

Ace of Clubs

The Completely Unique and Entertainin 'Duo-band'

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The Blue Bottles

Ace of Clubs

no nonsense funk band

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Words

Daisy Vaughan

Caught by the river

Remembered for a while: A companion to Nick Drake

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Outdoors

Archery

Great Outdoors

With Nigel Kerr

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Music

DJ Luke Turner

Ace of Clubs

dj, producer, label owner and promoter

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Music

The 50 Degrees Choir

Ace of Clubs

pure listening pleasure

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Music

Luke Turner

Ways with Weirds

Editor of The Quietus

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Music

Grooveyard

Ace of Clubs

High energy, instrumental funk

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Words

Tim Dee

Caught by the river

Tim Dee is appearing as part of the Caught by the River stage: he writes for the...

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The Caezars

Ace of Clubs

1950s rockabilly and 1960s garage rock

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Music

Police Dog Hogan

Bowling Green

Our new album, Westward Ho!, is out now

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The Super 8's

Ace of Clubs

a bit of rockabilly, skiffle, swing, jazz and a few contemporary twists

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Music

In Accord

Ace of Clubs

great new local band

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Words

Salena Godden

Ways with Weirds

Queen of poetry

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Words

Jon Cleave

The Park

talking with Kernow King about his new book "Nasty Pasty"

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Other

Une Femme Exposee

The Outside Stage

Abigail Collins at her best

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Words

Chris Stevens

Bowling Green

Tate Britain and Barbara Hepworth

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Java Five

The Outside Stage

a cappella jazz group

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Music

The Grenaways

Ace of Clubs

rootsy storytellers, unique in the folk style, with songs that are rich in...

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Big Jazz Choir

The Outside Stage

an exciting and eclectic variety of songs

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Other

John Constable

Ways with Weirds

AKA John Crow

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Tower Of Song

Bowling Green

Sophie Solomon and Lail Arad bond over Leonard Cohen.

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Fashion

Joseph Larkowsky

Wardrobe Dept

Demonstrations in fashion illustration with foliage

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Craft

Diorama Making Workshop

Workshop Barn

with Elizabeth Orcutt

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Outdoors

Canoeing on the River

Great Outdoors

With Nigel Kerr

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The Cinematologists

Present John Boorman's 1967 classic, Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin

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Black Friday

Ace of Clubs

high energy folk and Celtic punk rock band from St Germans

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John Higgs

Ways with Weirds

author

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Words

Tony Quinn

Walled Garden

'Quirky, charming and full of atmosphere' Good Housekeeping

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Music

Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker

Caught by the river

Resident DJ for Caught by the River

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Words

Mike Jay

Ways with Weirds

cultural historian

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Words

Tom Payne

Walled Garden

Bowling Green

Author and literary critic for The Telegraph

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Craft

Sebastian Cox

Hole & Corner

A designer and craftsman working with sustainable hardwoods.

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Words

Justine Picardie

Walled Garden

Editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar UK. Writer.

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Words

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Walled Garden

Associate Editor at The Bookseller and Project Director of book industry charity...

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Words

Patrick Gale

Walled Garden

The Happy Reader Tent

Novelist

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Words

Louise Carpenter

Walled Garden

Journalist and Author

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Words

Lucy Wood

Walled Garden

This ghost story haunts with its quietly memorable evocation of family and...

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Words

Clare Pollard

The Idler Academy

Pollard, a wunderkind who wrote her first poetry collection while still at...

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Words

Luke Wright

Bowling Green

Walled Garden

'Performance poetry's key revivalist' Metro

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Other

Gwendoline Christie

Bowling Green

Actor/Director

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Music

Haunt the Woods

Ace of Clubs

Gorgeous harmonies and spellbinding guitar

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Other

Stars and Planets

Workshop Barn

Astronomy Demo with Dartmoor Skies

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Outdoors

Tony Howard

Flower and Fodder

Gardener and cook...

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Words

Ella Berthoud

The Happy Reader Tent

"Ella Berthoud is an expert on the healing power of Bibliotherapy." You...

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Words

Paul Murray

Bowling Green

Savagely funny, brimful of wit, energy, poetry and vision, unflaggingly...

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Other

Patrick Woodroffe

Bowling Green

Lighting Designer

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Outdoors

Ben Ranyard

Flower and Fodder

Higgledy Gardener

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Martin Parr

Bowling Green

Photographic portrait and archive about everyday life in the Black Country

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Words

Ann Morgan

Walled Garden

Writer and editor

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Words

James Flint

The Happy Reader Tent

Novelist...

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Words

Nina Lyon

Caught by the river

Uprooted: On the Trail of the Green Man

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Outdoors

Outdoor Cooking over a Wood Fire in a Kotlich

Great Outdoors

With Trish MaCurrach

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Craft

Tortie Hoare

Hole & Corner

Tortie Hoare is a furniture designer that specialises in the Medieval process of...

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Music

Playful Chorus

The Outside Stage

community choir based in Lostwithiel

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Family

Story Republic

The Outside Stage

From hit and run poetry and stories on wheels, to school word workshops and an...

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Craft

Bumblebee Consultancy and Natural Beekeeping

Workshop Barn

With Brigit Strawbridge

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Words

Roy Wilkinson

Caught by the river

Music-and-nature quiz maestro

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Music

Matt Woods

The Park

Performing as part of the BBC Introducing Cornwall lineup

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Craft

Steph Buttle

Hole & Corner

Stephanie Buttle is a London based ceramic artist.

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Music

Love Nor Money

Ace of Clubs

Sisters bringing the alternative dance pop with an edge

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Music

Charlie Miller and the Soul Agents

Ace of Clubs

released a 5 Track EP of Charlie�s own compositions in spring 2015

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Words

Thomas Thwaites

The Round Room

Get your goat

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Words

Naomi Alderman

The Happy Reader Tent

Vivid, sensuous. Alderman is a fluent and powerful writer- Sunday Times

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Bill Anderson

The Idler Academy

Amateur Urban Beekeeper

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Music

Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney

The Idler Academy

The story of the Ukele...

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Words

David Bramwell

The Idler Academy

...On Ghost Villages

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Food

Jeremy Lee

Flower and Fodder

Now domiciled in the kitchen of Quo Vadis, Dean St, Soho, London, from the...

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Words

Mark Ellen

Bowling Green

The Park

Writer, broadcaster, substandard musician, author of 'Rock Stars Stole My Life!'

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Other

Ron Arad

Bowling Green

Designer..

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Words

John Lloyd

The Idler Academy

British Television Producer and Writer

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Alice Stevenson

The Idler Academy

London based illustrator, artist, and author of "Ways to Walk in London"

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Words

Laura Barton

The Idler Academy

Speaking on Music and Sadness

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Words

Rachel Lichtenstein

Bowling Green

'Lichtenstein is an artist, writer, local historian and archivist and her...

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Words

Alice Channer

Bowling Green

Artist

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Words

Sam North

Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter

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Music

Daveid Phillips

Ways with Weirds

DJ

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Music

Julian Mash

The Idler Academy

Julian Mash in conversation with Gaz Mayall on West London�s rock n roll...

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Craft

Robin MacKenzie

Hole & Corner

Robin Mackenzie is an illustrator and printmaker specialising in wood engravings...

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Words

Charles Fox

The Happy Reader Tent

Cornish history, horticulture and writing.

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Music

Suzie Mac

Ace of Clubs

singer/songwriter from Cornwall

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Philippa Snell

Ways with Weirds

Wild woman of the woods

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Music

Urthona

Ways with Weirds

psychedelic feedback, drone, unfathomable tunings and mythologically charged...

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Words

Van Dunk Brothers

The Outside Stage

Bread and Butter Theatre

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Craft

Corset Design and Costume Demo

Workshop Barn

With Rachel Parton

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Words

Jen Campbell

Walled Garden

Every bookshop has a story...

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Music

BBC Introducing Cornwall

The Park

some of the best local, unsigned bands in the county

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Words

Duncan Minshull

Great Outdoors

will take you on a walk around Port Eliot Gardens while reading from his book...

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Wellness

Vinyasa Yoga at the Pampas Grass

Great Outdoors

with Clare Davey

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Music

Pearl, TN

Ace of Clubs

Proficient Purveyors of Mountain Pop.

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Outdoors

Tai Chi at the Pampas Grass

Great Outdoors

with the Ninja Granny

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Music

Lazybirds

The Outside Stage

A cappella singing group

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Words

Moksha (Michelle Watson)

Ways with Weirds

at Port Eliot to share her hard hitting spoken word poetry.

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Adele Nozedar

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Craft

Aboubakar Fofana

Hole & Corner

Aboubakar Fofana is a textile designer, artisan, indigo dyer, artist and...

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Other

100% Accurate Fortune Telling

Guaranteed, 100% Accurate Fortune telling! Simply climb aboard our divination...

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Fashion

The Garden Gate Flower Company

Wardrobe Dept

Snazz-up your Sunday: Flower Crown workshops with The Garden Gate Flower Company

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Fashion

The Flower Appreciation Society

Wardrobe Dept

Real floral headdress making

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Words

Homework Poets

Walled Garden

The Happy Reader Tent

The ever-popular Poetry Cabaret

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Words

Mick Houghton

The Idler Academy

A revealing portrait of a close-knit and mutually supportive scene in which...

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Other

The Mudflappers

They have our crowd laughing, Lindy Hopping and doing the Charleston within 45...

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Music

Sophie Solomon

Bowling Green

violinist - composer - artistic director - school founder - mother

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Outdoors

Ben Moor

Walled Garden

English comedy writer and actor

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Words

Tim Clare

"An astonishing imaginative feat" Nathan Filer

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Words

J.B Morrison

Walled Garden

Author and musician

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Music

Hooton Tennis Club

Caught by the river

Full of unhurried chord changes and heavy-lidded drumming

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Words

Liskeard Poets

The Round Room

tbc

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Fashion

NJ Stevenson and Mark & Cleo Butterfield

Bowling Green

Free-thinking Liberty

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Craft

Benchmark

Hole & Corner

Benchmark are furniture makers who are widely regarded as the UK's powerhouse of...

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Words

Ron Johns

tbc

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Music

Amateurism

Hole & Corner

With Leo The Amateur & Rob Leggatt.

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Music

Julie Murphy

The Idler Academy

Walled Garden

'One of the great voices in British folk music.' SAM LEE

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Words

David Serlin

Bowling Green

Historian, editor, cultural critic, and professor of communication at the...

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Other

Daisy Campbell

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Words

James Wallman

The Idler Academy

Author and Futurist

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Food

James Strawbridge

Flower and Fodder

Talk and demo fish-economics

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Food

Susan Prior

Flower and Fodder

Author of Alive and Well...

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Food

Matthew Stevens

Flower and Fodder

Fresh fish and seafood specialist

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Other

Upping the Andes- Charity Cycling Tour

Walled Garden

ARCHIE INNES, TOM LAWSON, TOBY MACKEAN AND GUTHRIE FENTON ARE CYCLING...

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Other

Mark Vernon

The Idler Academy

Philosophy and Psychology - a crash course to meet your intellectual and...

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Words

Rose Mitchell

The Round Room

Specialist map archivist

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Words

Vanessa Tait

The Idler Academy

The Looking Glass House...

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Music

Shout Kernow

The Idler Academy

�Wonderful talk and songs. Informative, moving and inclusive.� Penzance Lit...

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Music

Oliver Coates

Hole & Corner

Renowned cellist that straddles the worlds of classical and contemporary music.

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Words

Peter Moore

Walled Garden

'Darting across continents, embracing swashbuckling sea captains and fastidious...

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Fashion

Ros Badger

The Idler Academy

Knitwear Designer

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Pete Wiggs

Hole & Corner

Saint Etienne

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Family

A.F.Harrold

Bowling Green

Has a beard and a sense of humour

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Music

Seamus Fogarty

Hole & Corner

Soul-stirring alt-folk, country, blues and electronica.

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Words

Lucy Cooke

The Idler Academy

Award-winning travel writer, blogger and public speaker

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Words

Telltales

The Round Room

Riddle Me This....

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Words

Neil Fox

The Round Room

tbc

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Craft

Bill Amberg

Hole & Corner

Bill Amberg and his studio of artisans produce unique leather products, using...

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Craft

Jeremy Atkinson

Hole & Corner

Clogmaker Jeremy Atkinson is the last English hand carver of traditional British...

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Craft

Zoe Bradley

Hole & Corner

Zoe Bradley is a paper sculptor who folds, cuts and stitches paper to create...

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Music

Meilyr Jones

Hole & Corner

Refugees is Meilyr Jones's debut single for Moshi Moshi Records, out on 31st...

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Words

Susie Parr

Bowling Green

Photographic portrait and archive about everyday life in the Black Country

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Music

Bigg Will

The Outside Stage

Cornish bump 'n' grind x gabba DJ

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The Art of Dance

The Outside Stage

fitness, pole dancing and burlesque

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Lucinda Guy

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Words

Jim Mallinson

The Idler Academy

Scholar of Indian religion and culture who specialises in the history of yoga.

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Food

Jill Stein

Flower and Fodder

Restaurant Entrepreneur & Interior Designer

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Food

Bill Bradshaw

Flower and Fodder

Cider Aficionado

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Words

Chloe Fox

Flower and Fodder

Writer for Vogue, the Telegraph Magazine, The Observer, Harper's Bazaar and...

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Food

Caroline Davey

Great Outdoors

Flower and Fodder

Owner of Fat Hen, The Wild Cookery School, in West Cornwall

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Food

Blanche Vaughan

Flower and Fodder

Blanche Vaughan is a prolific food writer...

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Food

Katy Davidson "Oyster Lady"

Flower and Fodder

Katy is an oyster specialist with vast knowledge and limitless passion for...

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Words

Chris Difford

The Idler Academy

Double Ivor Novello Award-winning lyricist and enigma...

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Music

Nishant Lalwani

Bowling Green

Nishant Lalwani wants to make you dance...

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Words

Claire Ptak

Flower and Fodder

Founder of Violet Bakery, food writer & stylist

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Words

Andy Mulligan

Highly acclaimed English writer best known for young-adult fiction

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Words

Tristan Gooley

The Idler Academy

A writer and natural navigator

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Words

Harry Mount

The Idler Academy

Writer & Journalist

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Words

Jason Goodwin

Flower and Fodder

Traveller & Historian

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Words

Tim Dowling

Walled Garden

Guardian columnist and author...

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Food

Arbell Lowther

Flower and Fodder

Vine grower and wine maker

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Words

Sean Borodale

Flower and Fodder

Sean Borodale was selected as a Next Generation Poet in 2014...

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Words

Andrew Simms

The Idler Academy

Author, analyst and campaigner

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Words

Allan Jenkins

Flower and Fodder

Editor of Observer Food Monthly

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Words

Dominic Frisby

The Idler Academy

Accidental financial bod, comedian, actor of unrecognized genius, voice of many...

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Words

John Wright

The Round Room

Natural historian and author

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Words

Katharine Hibbert

The Idler Academy

Katharine Hibbert is the author of FREE: Adventures on the Margins of a Wasteful...

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Words

Sarah Husband

Flower and Fodder

Sarah Husband specialises in flower decorating for weddings, birthdays,...

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James Dowdeswell

The Idler Academy

James is an imaginative storytelling comedian who combines deft stand-up with...

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Words

Claire Thomson

Flower and Fodder

Food writer, chef & co-owner of Flinty Red restaurant

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Words

Crispin Hunt

The Idler Academy

Crispin Hunt is a multi-platinum selling songwriter and record producer.

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Words

Caroline Catz

The Round Room

The Happy Reader Tent

Actress, documentary filmmaker and music fan

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Words

Eddie Argos

The Idler Academy

Tells you how to form a band and become famous...

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Music

Vince Lee and Becca Langsford

Ace of Clubs

Their old time, uptempo music is highly infectious!

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Other

C J Stone

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Other

Molly Conisbee

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Other

Ruth Potts

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Katy Kaos

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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John Doran

Ways with Weirds

Ways With Weirds

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Fashion

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We are making updates to the lineup on a weekly basis

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Coming Soon

We will be making lineup announcements in the coming weeks

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Family

Join us for a while, be transported to another realm, waltz through the wild wood, take your imagination for a dance. Delighting in the joys of summer, The Woodland King invites you through the trees on a pathway into your imagination.

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

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Music

Join the Boogie Round DJ's and Friends in a hidden garden where the Gods of Disco frolic amongst the Spirits of Soul. When the sun goes down find the door in the hedge and hitch a ride till dawn.

The Boogie Round

10pm - 5am

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John Mitchinson

The Idler Academy

Writer and Publisher

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