Next Meeting
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month
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Winter Fair 2013 Music Line up – Updated
Here is the
Updated Final Music Line Up
for the 2013 Winter Fair!
Updated : 22nd January
St. Edmunds Hall, SouthWold, Saturday 9th February 2013
Daytime – free
(entry by donation at door)
11.00 Chuffinches
11.45 Tsigayner
12.30 Tutti Folk Band
1.00 Tutti Folk Band
1.30 Heartbeat + Vernon Rose
2.15 Robert Castellani
Nicolette
Jaki & Pete
3.00 The Macarnos
3.45 Twisted Routes
4.30 The Pancakes
5.15 The Raffle
Evening Gig – £5
(Pay at the door – no advance tickets)
7.00 Pipistrella (Gael Mosesson’s band)
7.40 Woodland Creatures
8.20 You & The Night
9.10 Murphys Lore
10.10 Killamonjambo
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Winter Fair 2013 Poster
The Waveney Greenpeace Winter Fair 2013 poster is out!
If you would like to put copies out where you live or in your window:
click here to download a larger PDF version of the Winter fair poster 2013 for printing.
Contact details for booking stalls, volunteering to help and performing are on the Contacts and Get Involved pages.
Thank you – and see you there!
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Winter Fair 2013
WAVENEY GREENPEACE WINTER FAIR 2013
St. Edmunds Hall, SouthWold, Saturday 9th February 2013
Updated 4th December:
The next Waveney Greenpeace Winter Fair will be at the same venue as before, St. Edmunds Hall, Southwold, but a little earlier this year: Saturday 9th February 2013.
Contact details for booking stalls, volunteering to help and performing are on the Contacts and Get Involved pages.
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Winter Fair 2012 Press Release
Waveney Greenpeace Winter Fair
St.Edmunds Hall, Southwold
Saturday 25 February 2012
St. Edmunds Hall, SouthWold, Saturday 25 February 2012
The eighth annual Waveney Greenpeace Winter Fair is all set for Saturday 25February 2012. It is a twin event with a daytime Fair taking place from 11am to 5:30pm and an evening Gig running from 7pm until 11:30pm.
The Fair will have stalls, live music, a raffle, green information, hot and cold organic food and drinks and a well stocked organic bar. Children’s activities will be provided by Waveney Valley Woodcraft Folk. Admission is by donation on the door.
New this year: Children’s (Green) Talent Show! There are prizes to be won… for more info see below.
Following on from the Winter Fair will be the Winter Gig and with the stalls gone there will be plenty of space for dancing to a range of bands. Full lineup TBC. Food will continue to be served in the evening. Tickets for the evening gig are £5 and are available on the door.
Lineup
11:00 Banned from the community - Old time bluegrass
11:45 Tsigayner - Klezmer
12:30 Kids Talent Contest including Tutti Folk band
13:20 Heartbeat - Acapella, Vernon Rose – Singer
14:10 Hare’s breath - Folk
15:00 Twisted Routes - Celtic instrumental
15:45 Gracie - Singer Songwriter
16:15 The Pancakes - Idiosyncratic Blues
16:55 The Actor and the Peach
17:20 Raffle
17:30 Break
19:00 Steven Lay – Singer Songwriter
19:30 Gael Mosesson – Eclectic Boogie Folk
20:25 Swingball – East European and 30′s Jazz
21:30 The Vagaband – Rock’n'Roll/Swing/Country/Ska
22:40 Solko - Rock/Soul/Funk/Jazz/Reggae
23:30 Close
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Looking back at 2011… and on to 2012!
2011
Over the course of 2011 Waveney Greenpeace has raised £16,205 for Greenpeace UK. Over its lifetime the group has raised over £134,000.
As usual, the two fairs and the Latitude greenpeace tent were great successes along with a number of other fundraising activities including a green pancake day.
Rainbow Warrior III
In October we had the chance to see where some of the funds we’ve raised have gone as the new Rainbow Warrior III was moored in London and a group went to visit the ship. It was a fantastic day, queues of people, buzzing atmosphere, great photographs of greenpeaces history, not to mention a truly spectacular, state-of-the-art ship. This really reminded people what a truly worthy cause the group has been fundraising for over the years.
Summer Fair
This year the summer fair was held at Henham Park, a new and exciting site in a beautiful location. Comments from people on the day suggested that we had succeeded in keeping that “Greenpeace Fair” atmosphere at Henham and it was a great day enjoyed by all.
My personal highlights were the Samba band, Swingboats (which I thought were great) and lots of fantastic and eclectic acoustic music. It was wonderful to have been part of creating such an event and I was humbled at the amount of work, energy and passion that the group has put in over the many years of creating the greenpeace fairs.
Sadly, the summer fair will not be taking place at Henham this year. It is therefore homeless once again…
2012
Saturday 14th January @ Geldeston Locks
Winter Fair
The Winter Fair will be taking place on Saturday 25th February, St. Edmund’s hall, Southwold. For more info see the Winter Fair press release.
Summer Fair
There won’t be a summer fair as we know it this year because of a lack of suitable sites. However, we will be hosting a Summer fete and maintaining as much of the Summer fair’s awesome vibe as possible. We’re also working on some ideas for a variety of fundraising events during the year.
Hopefully, the Waveney Greenpeace Summer Fair will return next year. Please get in contact with Eloise if you have any suggestions of suitable site (10 acres, including parking and suitable road access).
Fundraising Events
The first fundraising event of this year was a dance music night at the Geldeston Locks (facebook page).
There will also be a repeat of last year’s very successful Pancake day fundraiser on February 21st 2012. We’ll be posting details fo all out upcoming events on the website.
Can you cycle 1000 miles this year for Greenpeace?
Sponsorship Challenge
Waveney Greenpeace member Marion has posed the 1000 mile cycle challenge for 2012. Her goal is to get people to sponsor her to give up her car and cycle at least 1000 miles this year. She’s looking for others to join her!
If you’d like to take up the 1000 mile challenge, head on over to https://www.justgiving.com/greenpeace and create your own fund raising page or print out a copy of the paper sponsorship form.
More info: 1000 mile cycle challenge
Other ideas?
We are considering other ideas, such as a summer gig, auction of promises etc…
If you have any suggestions of fundraising events you would like to see happen this year or would like to volunteer at Waveney Greenpeace events, please get in touch:
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Challenge: Cycle 1000 miles this year
Can you cycle 1000 miles this year for Greenpeace?
Hi and Happy New Year! I have had an idea I hope you will like. It came out of a remark my son Joe made at the beginning of this year which he did not act on for various reasons… ‘I am going to cycle 1000 miles this year’
So this year we would like to launch the 1000 mile challenge – what do you think? On Tuesday when my bike shop opens I will buy my bike computer and make sure it works properly (I will record mileage in my notebook as well.) Then I am off….
If you’d like to take up the 1000 mile challenge, head on over to https://www.justgiving.com/greenpeace and create your own fund raising page or print out a copy of the paper sponsorship form.
For more info on the challenge or to tell us how you got on contact us here:
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Rainbow Warrior 3!
Rainbow Warrior 3
It was wonderful coming past Canary Wharf and catching our first glimpse of the Rainbow Warrior. We managed to pose for some pictures outside in the fading daylight before meeting up with the Waveney gang and being welcomed by John Sauven and the captain. We felt really appreciated, especially when Issy Griffin introduced herself and said her own special thanks.
We were shown the boat by a couple of volunteers who had already done a long day, but they put up with all our questions and even sneaked us below to see the engine room and galley. Best was the excellent talk in the ‘control room’ which had a comfortably normal looking chart table and steering wheel among all the high tech controls.
We met up in the Gun with Richard Martin from HQ, over a drink and delicious canapés a la docklands like truffle risotto, for another little discussion about future Waveney fund raising possibilities Whatever will we do next!!?
Rainbow Warrior page at Greenpeace HQ:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/ships/the-rainbow-warrior/
Guardian article on the Rainbow Warrior 3 with interactive tour:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2011/nov/10/greenpeace-rainbow-warrior-3-interactive
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Waveney Greenpeace Dance Music Night at Geldeston Locks
Saturday 14th January @ Geldeston Locks
Dance music night at Geldeston Locks in support of Greenpeace UK
- Spacehopper
- Rain.Bo! Selekta
- Mark Frequency
- Mr Nitro
- Macca
- Rouncey Rounce
- Miss Dixie
- Shroud
Hosted by Thunda MC and Sicka MC
£3 Entrance
For more info message Tom Abbott or call 07944 877896
All organisers, promoters, artists, sound and lighting, security, door staff, are donating 100% of their time and equipment to Waveney Greenpeace with love and respect.
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Summer Fair 2011
Summer Fair Poster 2011
Press Release
Line-Up updated!
Getting to the Fair
Getting Involved
Press Release
The Greenpeace Fair is on! It will be taking place in a glorious new location at Henham park on Sunday 4th September from 11am to 11pm.
After our successful celebration gig last year the Greenpeace Fair, now in its 22nd year, is back in full swing.
The site, in Henham Park between Halesworth and Southwold, is an exciting space. Wide skies surrounded by mature trees and beautiful views of the lake, easily accessible from the A145 and the A12.
The Fair will feature three music stages: the big top with a range of amplified music, the acoustic stage, and our lively human dynamo stage where the sound system is powered by members of the audience riding an exercise bike! The music encompasses jazz, folk, blues, reggae, samba and much, much more.
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