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A Song For Reading - Songs needed!
Strawberry Fields. Waterloo Sunset. (Is this the way to) Amarillo. Route 66. Hotel California. Penny Lane. Born in the USA. Streets of London. Baker Street. New York, New York. Chicago. London Calling. Itchycoo Park. Maggie’s Farm. Sweet Home Alabama. Blackberry Way. Suffragette City. Dock of the Bay. On Broadway. Blueberry Hill? Celebrate Where You Live in Song Popular music has produced many great songs from Artists writing about the places they live or maybe long to be. As part of the Reading Fringe Festival we are offering local (within a 30 mile radius of Reading) Songwriters, Poets and Musicians the chance to put ‘where they come from’ firmly on the map in ‘The Land of Song’. The competition is open to all styles of music; it doesn’t matter if you’re not a great singer/musician or if you only have limited equipment to demo your work on. A simple home recording is fine, what we are looking for here is the quality of the song not the performance. It is also ok for you to get someone else to perform the song but it must be all your and (if appropriate) your songwriting partners work. When you have completed your composition it must be submitted along with a copy of the lyrics either as an MP3 to songs@readingfringefestival.com or on a CD to Songwriting Competition, Reading Fringe Festival, PO Box 8034, Reading, RG6 9EA by no later than 10 August 2006. Only one entry per song writer please. Once we have received the entries our panel of experts will pick what they consider ten songs they feel best captures the spirit of the project and the artists will be invited to perform their work at PlugnPlay, Reading on Sunday 20 August as part of the Reading Fringe Festival. The overall winner will be chosen from that and have the chance to record her/his song at a top professional studio in Reading as well as having it played on local radio stations. Whether you are writing songs already, are a solo artist in a band or if are a complete beginner this competition is open to you. There will also be Songwriting workshops run over the Festival that you are welcome to attend if you wish to perfect your skills. Mike H, 27/07/2006Press Launch
Last night saw the Fringe Festival Press launch. We've made available copies of all the resources we gave out on the night in the Press Resources area of the site. Mike H, 27/07/2006Welcome to the new Reading Fringe Festival Website!
With the program of events for this year's program almost complete, we decided it was well past time we revamped the look and feel of our website to reflect the quality of events we were putting on! Hope you like it! There are over 50 individual events on offer this year, everything from film, children's workshops, live music through to dance. Hopefully there's something for everyone. If there's something you'd like to see that isn't covered then it's never too early for us to start planning next year's fringe! Please get in touch. Mike H, 25/07/2006Alan McGee on BBC Radio Berkshire
Alan McGee will be appearing on BBC Radio Berkshire this Sunday during the Session show to talk to Linda Serck about various topics including bringing his Death Disco to the Fez club on the final night of the Fringe Festival. Tune in between 7 and 8pm at 104.1FM, 104.4FM, 95.4FM, 94.6FM and Digital Radio or listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/Press Deadline for Fringe Festival Events
The Reading Fringe Festival (18-24 August 2006) is fast approaching. There will be a great programme of events including music, short films, art, workshops etc.
Anyone organising events for the Reading Fringe Festival should note the press deadline of 10 July. This is the last date for:
1. Inclusion in the main RFF programme. 30,000 copies.
2. Inclusion in the main press release and announcement. 128 press addresses.
3. Listing on readingfringefestival.com and other relevant websites.
We will do our best to support events confirmed after 10 July but clearly there is a huge benefit in getting the details agree and sent to the RFF as soon as possible.
Next Fringe Festival Drop in Meeting 19th June
There is a drop in meeting on June the 19th at The Outlook pub in Reading. Some of the organisers will be there and happy to talk to anyone with any questions about the Fringe. Whether you want to be involved as an artist, a sponsor, to offer us a venue, or if you want to help us organise. We'd be happy to hear from you if you'd just like to give us some of your ideas for what you'd like to see. If you can't make the 19th then please click the "Get Involved" link and get in touch with us anyway! Drop in Meeting, 19th June, 7:30pm, The Outlook Pub, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ MapNext Fringe Festival Drop in Meeting 29th May
There is a drop in meeting on May the 29th at The Back of Beyond pub in Reading. Some of the organisers will be there and happy to talk to anyone with any questions about the Fringe. Whether you want to be involved as an artist, a sponsor, to offer us a venue, or if you want to help us organise. We'd be happy to hear from you if you'd just like to give us some of your ideas for what you'd like to see. If you can't make the 29th then please click the "Get Involved" link and get in touch with us anyway! Drop in Meeting, 29th May, 7:30pm, Back of Beyond Pub, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BY Map Please note the change to the usual location.Calling all film makers!
Have you produced a brilliant short film that you would like shown as part of the Reading Fringe Festival? If so, we would like to hear from you! We're seeking unique and interesting short films for submission to our first Short Film Festival, we want to showcase local talent as well as inviting film makers from outside the area. We can accept films of any genre including music videos preferably up to 15 mins long (But if it?s a work of real genius 30 mins). Send us your film(s) on preferably DVD or DV tape. To find out more and to get a submission form and to find out where to send them please e-mail admin@readingfringefestival.com Caution: we cannot accept films using copyrighted material without the proper permissions!Reading Fringe Festival Launch in the Press
Reading Fringe Festival has now been officially launched! We held an extremely successful launch event on April 5th at Plug'n'Play, who were kind enough to give us the whole venue for free!
The aim of the night was to tell some of the venues, media, promoters or whoever else we could think of about what we were planning on doing this year. In the end just having all those people in the same room got a few events organised, at least in princple, on the night!
We know there were a number of people we'd have loved to come who couldn't make it and there are bound to be people out there that didn't know about the launch, because we don't know who you are yet. We'd love to hear from you so please get in touch. Please take a look at the contact us and how to get involved pages.
Linda Serck of BBC Berkshire attended the Fringe Festival Launch party and she's written a lovely piece about it. Read the full story here.
We've also been featured in the Reading Chronicle. See their coverage here
Thanks from everyone involved in the Fringe go to Plug'n'Play for the venue and Mr Fogg, Mark Handley and the Bone Idols and Six Nation State who gave up their time for free.
Welcome to the Reading Fringe Festival website!
This year the second annual Reading Fringe Festival will be held 18th-24th August all across Reading. The Reading Fringe Festival is a showcase for local talent in music, comedy and the arts, held in the lead-up to the Carling Reading Festival.
2005's fringe festival saw music ranging from Aqua Livae's roots reggae to Pure Reason Revolution's nu-prog, via the cartoon-ska-pop of sixnationstate, while people flocked to dance lessons, art exhibitions and comedy shows all over town. This year an even more comprehensive programme is planned, with the festival branching out into film and theatre as well as music, art, comedy and dance.
Reading has for a long time been a major player in the arts scene, playing host to the Carling Reading Festival, WOMAD and many others, and proudly boasts a thriving community of local musicians, actors, comedians, dancers and artists. The Reading Fringe Festival aims to nurture links between different fields, genres and cultures, and to actively seek out, encourage and promote new talent.