By Claire Faulkner
Standing on stage to introduce an evening of poetry to a packed Civic Hall, Nantwich Words and Music Festival organiser Nigel Stonier said “we care about the words”.
This love for language couldn’t have been any better demonstrated by the two poets performing that night, Mike Garry and Dr John Cooper Clarke.
ABBA tribute band ‘ABBA Revival’ thrilled fans at a packed gig at Nantwich Civic Hall, writes Jonathan White.
They opened and closed their show with ABBA’s breakthrough hit ‘Waterloo’.
By Jonathan White
The Wistaston Singers took their talents on the road when they travelled to Port Sunlight on the Wirral.
They performed a fundraising concert at Christ Church United Reformed Church
By Jonathan White
The 8th annual Words and Music Festival in Nantwich has been hailed another massive success.
Headline acts for the week-long festival included Barbara Dickson, Gruff Rhys, Thea Gilmore, The Christians and poet Kim Moore.
By Kirsty Rollings
Hundreds of people gathered in St Mary’s Church in Nantwich to enjoy legendary singer Barbara Dickson’s acoustic set as part of Words & Music Festival 2015.
Famous for her lead roles in West End musicals, unforgettable hit singles and as an actress, Dickson took to the stage with her pianist accompanying her, opening the set with the ever popular ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’, much to the crowd’s delight.
By Sara Royle
Playing support to the Super Furry Animals vocalist Gruff Rhys can’t be an easy gig to agree to.
It would have been understandable if She Makes War had been apprehensive before taking the Crown Hotel ballroom stage.
Canadian Frazey Ford proved a brilliant headline act for the opening night of the Nantwich Words and Music Festival.
Nantwichnews writer Sara Royle went along to watch.
The 2015 Words and Music Festival was launched in a blaze of tasty pizza and foot-tapping tunes at Enzo last night (October 12)
The coffee shop on Nantwich town square hosted festival organisers, dignitaries, performers, local media and friends and family for the launch.
By Jonathan White
A Wistaston Singers fund-raising concert at the Parish Church of St Andrew in Crewe has helped raise £185 for the Church restoration fund.
Phil Houghton, the group’s musical director, led the concert and also introduced each song and soloist.
Hundreds of fans of the Fab Four packed into Nantwich Civic Hall for a night of Beatles-mania!
More than 400 tickets were sold as the hall welcomed a sell-out audience to watch tribute band, Meet The Beatles.
Nantwich Mayor Cllr Andrew Martin was among a packed audience at St Mary’s Church Summer Serenade Concert.
The concert brought together a number of choirs from around the area including Simply Allsorts, Simply Harmony, Dolly Mixtures and Singcoption, directed by Chris Hale.
Legendary singer Toyah Willcox wowed a packed Nantwich Civic Hall as fans queued around the block to watch her perform.
The original Princess of Punk arrived in town during her UK Close Up and Personal Tour.
By Jonathan White
The 19th Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival has kicked off with a rip-roaring first night.
Organisers expect up to 40,000 people to attend the festival over its five-day period (April 2-6) with more than 100 performances at 16 venues in Nantwich.
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