Made in Roath 2016, Spotlight on Stage

For the run up for Made in Roath 2016 each day we’ll be featuring one of the eight aspects of the 2016 festival. To start us off we’ll be looking at the Stage events and workshops that will be taking place through out the week coordinated by Rachel Helena Walsh. The Stage events feature wide and fantastic performances ranging from music, dance, participation and spoken thought to name but a few.  This great range of events will take place in a number of venues all over Roath. A brief line up of the week, starts us off on October the 9th with

• GARETH ZIGGY PRESENTS… JOIN THE PARADE at 28 The Parade running from 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm
• DUST & DANDRUFF at No Fit State circus running at 7pm 

The next day of October the 10th we have

• CLICKBAIT also at No fit state circus at 7:30pm  
• DAVE: A LIFE NOT IN MUSICALS also at No fit state circus at 8:10pm

October the 11th we have

• AND NOW, THE WEATHER around the corner in Inkspot at 7:30pm
• YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SO HOT also at Inkspot at 8:00 pm  

There’s a break for a day and we are back on Thursday the 13th of October at Cardiff M.A.D.E with

• DOM 2.0 at 8pm 
• THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE OF NILS HOLGERSSON at the Gate Arts & Community centre running from 8-10:30pm  
• WEEPING TUDOR PRODUCTIONS at Saint Edwards Church at 9pm

Then October the 14th

• GET YOURSELF INSIDE (AN EVE OF PERFORMANCE) 6:15 pm - 11:55 pm  
• A DARK BLUE DAFFODIL 7:45p
• CLEFT 8:15 pm
• THE FABULOUS UNICORN INQUIRY 9:45 pm

all taking place at Welcome House

October the 15th see’s

• COFFEE CONCERT: SCOTT BAKER – CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL 11am at Saint Edwards Church  
• VINYL CRUISE - ORGANIC SOUND LOUNGE
• HOWARDIAN STUDIO 22 STAGE
•  CATHAYS BRASS
• TAVS CHOIR
• BARRACWDA
• PUPPET PARADE

all taking place at  the fantastic Global Home street party through out the day, later on we also have

•  OPERA SCENES - OPERA IN SITU at Saint Edwards Church, 7:30 pm
• VEXATIONS BY ERIK SATIE - FUNDRAISER FOR OCD UK at the Trinity Centre, 7:30-9:30 pm
• State Vexation/Stories of Obsession, 7:30-9-30 Trinity Methodist church

Finishing the week off on the 16th of October we have

• LUTE MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE - LUKE STARKEY at the Bowling Pavilion, 2-3:30pm
• OXJAM; DJ VINYL NIGHT - DAVE GROOVESLAVE MORRIS at the The Andrew Buchan Bar, 8-11pm. 

For all the information relating to Stage do consult your festival brochures or consult the Made in Roath Stage page on the website, thanks for reading hope you enjoy the festival, tomorrow we'll be looking at the Spoken word.  

Festival brochures 2016

I arrived at the Made in Roath HQ today, which sadly isn’t, as popular rumour would have you believe, a top secret former cold war command and control nuclear bunker buried deep beneath Roath. Nor is it a highly sophisticated, gleaming space station constantly orbiting 12 miles up above City Road. The actual Made in Roath HQ is in fact a very charming terraced house located somewhere in Roath.

 I went to help distribute festival brochures for Made in Roath 2016 (which is just 14 days away). You can pick up a festival brochures from a range of locations in Roath and Cardiff. I would highly recommend you getting your hands on one to see the full line up of events and activities. There are over 60 different happenings taking place ranging from spoken word performances and open houses to installations and film screenings. There will also be, amongst many other things, stage shows, workshops and a closed road event. For a week Roath will be packed with art and creativity so now is the time to grab a brochure and plan your week of excitement. 

You can also check out whats going on via the MiR website or keep an eye on the MiR social media outlets for more information.

If you would like to get more involved in Made in Roath and help us put on this years festival then you can join us by becoming a Made in Roath volunteer, just email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@madeinroath.com we’d love to hear from you.
 Thanks for reading, see you in 14 days. 

GAZEBOS ASSEMBLE

Its just 32 days until Made in Roath 2016 kicks off and if there is one thing we have learnt from hosting the last 8 Made in Roath’s community art festivals is we are going to need a few things.

 Such as we are going to need some artists and creative types to put on workshops and hold events and general happenings for people to experience, we are also going to need people to come and experience and enjoy themselves during the week long festival at these occurrences. We are also going to need venues to host all the things that the artists and creative types are planning. We’d also like some fine weather but that one is up to fate. We’ll all probably also need lots of cups of tea to fuel the creative and enjoyment processes during the week long festival and of course some awesome volunteers to help us put on all these workshops and events. Oh yeah and we are going to be needing one more thing, not the most important thing, or the most well regarded or even the most appreciated or even the most valued thing, but without these items, it would undoubtedly mean the difference between a good event and a terrible washed out event. They are the difference between a well ordered and defined closed road of delightful artistic and creative treats and a random, anarchy, mobocracy gathering of stuff. They are the ultimate unnoticed symbol of British summer enjoyment. We are going to need some Gazebos……….

 So the call has gone out far and wide all over Cardiff for the Gazebos of Made in Roath to assemble (its kinda like when the avengers assemble but in this case the avengers are plain household gazebos not super heroes and generally there is no super cool accompanying soundtrack to this as-semblance, unless you count me quietly humming “putting on the Ritz” as I load the van). 

Homes, attics, garden sheds, out houses and garages are scoured for the tatty cardboard boxes from DIY and home improvement retailing companies that houses the flower like heroic rain defenders that we call Gazebos. The Gazebos are gathered together and sent out across Roath for a variety of events and happenings for artists and creative types to conduct their passions for creativity underneath them and on the epic day of the closed road event, the pinnacle of the Made in Roath festival. The Gazebos are gathered together to form a street long umbrella of protection against the elements for us to appreciate and experience all the things the arts have to offer under their canvas covers. Before at the end of the day, they are packed away and sent back to their resting places. Ever ready, ever vigilant, ever waiting the next call for rain protection at the next Made in Roath event. 

 For this, we thank you Gazebos (and more importantly the people who lend us the Gazebos, thank you too).

 If you would like to find out more about Made in Roath 2016 please check out the website or keep an eye on our social media outlets for details of the festival.