Yaaaaaay. It's that time of year again. Time to head to Chalkwell Park for a day of family fun, arts, crafts, spoken word, dance, and music. Village Green 2017 is this Saturday folks and it looks like it is going to be a good one. Okay so it costs a bit more than previous years …
Bellowhead – Southend Cliffs Pavillion- November 28th 2014
Bellowhead have not really been on my radar before. I knew of them and vaguely of their music but that was it. A couple of weeks ago I heard them on the BBC Radio 2 Folk show and liked what I heard but thought nothing more of it. Yesterday afternoon a tweet popped into my …
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David Gray – Southend Cliffs Pavilion – Nov 27th 2014
David Gray made his first trip to play in Southend last night and I was there with my daughter Liz to see the maestro in action. I’ve been a fan for a fair while although its been a while since I’ve seen him live – last time was I think for Hold the Line tour …
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Village Green 2014
Last weekend was the 5th(?) Village Green music festival that took place in Chalkwell Park near Southend organised by local cultural and arts organisation Metal:Southend. In previous years the event has been free however this year a charge of £10 per adult was levied and tickets were needed. I had wondered in the months and …
Village Green 2013
A few words, pictures and videos about my experience of Village Green 2013 in Chalkwell park last Saturday 13th July. Village Green is a free music, arts and craft festival held in Chalkwell Park in Southend and organised by MetalCulture. It was a fantastic day on one of the hottest days of the year and …
Run to the Beat Half Marathon
Hey! I actually did it! And not only did I actually do it but I did it in under 2 hours! I also raised a heap of money for the British Tinnitus Association in the process. Read on for the story of why I did it, why for British Tinnitus for the step by step …
