Soapbox Karaoke with Graham Taylor
About this Event
Soapbox Karaoke is your chance to sing the songs you love and make them your own in your own little way. We will be singing with rewritten song lyrics some karaoke classics and protest songs to honour the history of protest in pop music, reflect on the use of singing as a protest against the Blackshirts in the 1930s, and play with its potential to be more locally relevant today. Singing together is intended to be an act of coming together, so come alone or with friends, everyone is welcome. To extend the idea of making these songs relevant to you, you can alter your own song choices with lyric sheets provided, on the day, or prepare these in advance if you’d prefer (sheets available through exhibition opening times).
We are able to provide travel bursaries to help you attend this activity. These will be paid in cash on the day you attend. Please book your space on Eventbrite and contact [email protected] to confirm how much you require.
This event is part of our 'Back To The Market' project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.'Back To The Market' investigates the heritage of Barnstaple Pannier Market, concentrating on three key areas of research: the events around Oswald Mosley’s talk that took place in Barnstaple Pannier Market in 1934, Jeremy Thorpe’s wedding reception that took place in Barnstaple Pannier Market in 1968, and The Beggar’s Opera written in 1728 by John Gay who was born in Barnstaple. The exhibition (on from 4th November to 19th December) features three commissions by artists Jessica Akerman, Cecily Loveys Jervoise and Graham Taylor, who have been exploring these three areas and contemporary issues revolving around them more broadly.
Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to deliver a year-long project that provides research opportunities, fun activities for the community, and the chance for people to think more deeply about what the Pannier Market means to our area.
Studio KIND is a contemporary artist-led visual arts and community space that inhabits The Corn Store – an enclosed space at one end of the market that has recently been modernised with sky lights and large, arched, glass doors opening straight into the main market space. Working with a range of contemporary artists as well as numerous community groups, charities and local schools, to put on a range of workshops, gatherings, talks and exhibitions.
There is disabled access and disabled toilets next door. Studio Kind is situated at the far end of and within Barnstaple Pannier Market. During out of hours, the market can be accessed by a small wooden door from Butchers Row.
Nearest Car parks are the Cattle Market car park or Barnstaple Central. There is disabled parking on Boutport Street.
The bus station is a 5-minute walk away and the train station a 15-minute walk or bus journey of 10 minutes.
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