The idea is to celebrate the creativity, talents and skills of local people, particularly young people, through themes of local identity and renewal.

The festival will include art, crafts, criticism, dance, film, fire, folk, food, jazz, music, pageantry, painting, photography, poetry, samba, singing and story-telling.

The programme includes three ‘premieres’:

• the first public showing of work by painter Ghislaine Howard resulting from her residency at Glossop Women’s Aid;

• the début performance of Glossop’s newest band, Last Chance Bourrée, formed specially for the occasion;

• the ‘world premiere’ of a short film, The Trouble with Reading, which was filmed on location in the club by a group of Glossop sixth-formers.

Mayfest programme

Friday 7.00pm:  L S Lowry talk by Michael Howard, senior lecturer in the history of art and design at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of Lowry: A Visionary Artist.  (£2.00)

Friday 8.45pm:  Pie and pea supper  (£2.00)

Friday 9.00pm:  Opening of Mayfest by Tom Levitt MP

Opening of exhibition of paintings by Ghislaine Howard and Cordelia Howard.
   Ghislaine’s work will be the first public showing of the results of her residency with Glossop Women’s Aid, supported by North West Arts and Derbyshire County Council.
   Virginia Tandy, director of Manchester City Gallery, will open  the exhibition.

   Photography exhibition in the conservatory - a portfolio of pictures of 'spooky Glossop' by Julian Jones

   Jazz by Jane Matthew and Stuart O'Connor

Saturday 11.00am - 2.00pm: Jean Keating's coffee morning with 
   Craft fair/workshops/demos 

Saturday 2.00 - 5.00pm: Fantasy role-play demonstration

   Chess tournament

   Graffiti wall

Saturday 8.00pm:   LIVE! at the Labour Club (£5, concs £4)
   Introducing Glossop’s newest band, Last Chance Bourrée, formed specially for the occasion;
   + Russian revolutionary songs for May Day from Masha;
   + Glossop’s youngest duo, Fayze2
   June Gerrard will provide supper 

Sunday 3.00pm:  Samba school  (£2.00)
  with Mick Owen and CLOUT, Glossopdale Community Samba

Sunday 8.00pm:  Film and fiction shorts - compere Michael Howard (£2.00)
   The ‘world premiere' of The Trouble with Reading, a short film from Johnny Cake Films which was shot on location in the club, with other short films made by local young people - 9.15 and The Toy Maker  - and animations by Pat Irwin. 

   ‘Spooky Glossop’ short story competition winners read by local professional actors Mary Cunningham and Martin Wenner 

Monday 11.00am:  Coffee morning with craft fair and workshops 

Monday 3.00pm:  Milltown Cloggies - morris dancing on the car park
   + Glossop Old Band's youth band
   + bouncy castle and roundabout

Monday 5.00pm: Summer pageant
Join in the parade around the town centre with the  Green Man, Teaser, Fool, Hobby horse, Dragon woman and kids in fancy dress

Monday 6.00pm:  Barbecue and bonfire with burning of the Wicker Man (Put your bad memories in an envelope and stick them in the Wicker Man) £2.00 including barbecue

Monday 8.00pm:  Performance poetry with June Davies, Tom Levitt, Bob McKeown, Alan Waterhouse, Jack Waygood  + surprise ‘situationist intervention’ £2.00 

Sponsors include CEL, the George Street Loft, John Hallsworth, Tom Levitt, Virtual Glossop and three anonymous donors.

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