the village voice

We've got a brand new area for words, theatre and performance at our fete this year which we've called The Village Voice. Along with performance art, poetry slamming, Giant Boggle and storytelling, our friends at Fourth Estate are also bringing along their book tombola.

Disclaimer: Tombola may not look like this in real life.

Not a sniff of tinned baked beans, bubble bath or crocheted egg warmers on offer. Just bring an old book along with you and swap it for another book from the tombola. Cracking stuff.

Other highlights include the first million pound poet, Murray Lachlan Young, who will be doing a spot of performance poetry on Saturday as well as Ross Sutherland and Chris Hicks from poetry boy band sensation, Aisle 16, who will be performing on both days. 

There'll also be amazing puppetry from Blind Summit, Lonely Planet travel writers telling tales of faraway places, live comedy and giant fridge magnet poetry for you to unleash your creative beast and make some beautiful haikus.

There's plenty of other interactive stuff to get involved with too, so make sure you get down there at some point this weekend.

Comments

[j_t]

so is it going to sell out or can we pay on the day? I'd like to go but i just can't bring myself to shell out to t*cketmaster an additional 20% for adults and 29% booking fee on kids' tickets, they really are the lowest of the low and hardly in keeping with the ethical and charitable spirit of the festival.

[ceri]

Hi JT

Last year we sold out so if you're planning on coming along, it'd be better to get your ticket online today rather than risk turning up on Saturday or Sunday and being disappointed.

Lots of people got turned away last year on the day as tickets sold out and given all the great stuff that's going to be happening, it'd be a shame for you to get to the park and not be able to come in.

We did think about including the booking fee in the ticket price but wanted to be totally transparent about where the money was going. Unfortunately, we haven’t got the manpower or means to manage the ticketing ourselves and this was the best, most hassle free solution to make it easy for everyone to get tickets.

Really hope you can come along as it's going to be brilliant. Not sure where else you can see ferret racing, a chicken circus and a ukulele orchestra for under a tenner this weekend.

Hopefully see you in the park.

Ceri

Hope

[dan at innocent]

Hello J_T

Tickets are selling quickly. The last few are available via the web right now. It's up to you if you can risk waiting until tomorrow to see if there are any left on the gate. But we hope you come along, whatever you choose to do.