Wye Valley River Festival

News and updates about the proposed Wye Valley River Festival May 2014

The Wye Valley River Festival will be held over three weeks from Hay on Wye  on the 26/27 April through to Chepstow on May 18th 2014 . The Festival will involve  heritage and arts events flowing down the river.  This will be a partnership festival under the adminstration of the Wye Valley Preservation Trust and organised by the Wye Valley AONB Unit.

NEWS

Kim Tilbrook and Phillippa Haynes have been employed as our new Event Project Co-ordinators and will be visiting groups up and down the Wye Valley to establish the Heitage flow through events. They have both been involved in the organisation of a variety of big festivals including the Bristol Harbour Festival

http://youtu.be/Wwb69kMniAQ

Jon Beedell and Richard Headon from Desperate Men will be looking at the arts provision for the festival. Log onto their website here or see the work done for the Severn Project
http://youtu.be/8YLYQp05ps0
Meetings are being held up and down the Wye Valley at Hereford, Ross on Wye, Lydbrook, Monmouth and Chepstow and the festival planning is now well underway.

We need to involve all the organisations, associations, parish, town and community councils in designing a festival that will be for and about the towns and villages along the Wye.

If you want your organisation to become involved then contact Wye Valley AONB Information Officer Nikki Moore by emailing information@wyevalleyaonb.org.uk

Wye Valley River Festival Information and Guidelines download

Wye Valley River Festival Finance Group next scheduled meeting
Date: Tuesday April 9, 2013  Location: Wye Valley AONB Offices, Hadnock Road, Monmouthshire NP25 3NG  Time: 10.30 am

Wye Valley River Festival Main Steering Group next scheduled meeting  
Date: Tuesday April 9, 2013  Location: Wye Valley AONB Offices, Hadnock Road, Monmouthshire NP25 3NG  Time: 12.30 pm

Further sub committee meetings where all interested parties are very welcome

Hay on Wye
Date: Tuesday April 9, 6.30pm  Venue: The Swan Hotel, Hay on Wye

Hereford
Date: To be confirmed by Hereford Group

Ross:
Date: Thursday April 18, 7pm  Venue: Ross Town Council Chambers,The Corn Exchange,High Street,Ross-on-Wye,Herefordshire, HR9 5HL

Forest of Dean (Lydbrook/Symonds Yat/ Coleford)
Date: Tuesday April 9, 10.30 am  Venue:  Forest of Dean District Council, Committee Room 3

Monmouth
Date: Tuesday, April 16  2pm  Venue: TBC

Tintern/Llandogo Brockweir
Date: Monday, April 15, 7pm  Venue:  Llandogo Vilage Hall

Chepstow
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 6pm  Venue: The Dril Hall, Chepstow.

 

 

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