The big idea has been to create many free and family-friendly experiences around the town centre. Ticket prices will be kept low, with the most expensive tickets held to £12, and most events either FREE or under a fiver.
Ludlow Fringe has just booked legendary broadcaster and foreign correspondent Andy Kershaw.
Running alongside the new Ludlow Arts Festival within the Castle walls, Ludlow Fringe’s bumper mix of events aims to have the old streets and market places of Ludlow buzzing through the last week of June. There are some big names – comedy from Lucy Porter, Joe Lycett and Alfie Moore, writers’ talks from Jo Brand, Andy Kershaw and Salley Vickers, legendary rocker Steve Gibbons singing the songs of Bob Dylan, cabaret with the internationally renowned La Bordello Boheme, jazz from rising star and local lad Liam Dunachie, Sarah Moule’s Femme Fatale night of jazz and song, writers M R Hall, Kate Long, William Ryan and poets Helen Ivory, Angela Topping and Brian Johnstone.
But the Fringe also offers both residents and visitors the chance to discover the pleasures of Ludlow en fête – join in with a friendly local party as Lower Corve Street Does Fringe – or enjoy getting hands on with Auntie Mabel’s vintage craft stall right in the middle of historic Castle Square. The Emergency Poet will be on hand to dispense essential poetic first aid from her vintage 1950s ambulance. There will be competitions, a flash mob, a mummer’s play, street artists and free workshops for children.
Ludlow Fringe aims to make events accessible to all, with many free and family-friendly experiences around the town centre. Ticket prices will be kept low, with the most expensive tickets held to £12, and most events either FREE or under a fiver.
Ludlow Fringe Co-ordinator Anita Bigsby said, ”This energetic young festival has attracted dozens of artists, musicians, poets, writers, comedians, dancers, singers and performers of all ages on a real wave of enthusiasm. Please visit our website www.ludlowfringe.co.uk to find out more. This truly is a Fringe Festival that’s coming straight out of the heart of the community – this is what people want to do for the town, and everyone can be a part of it.”
Ludlow Fringe runs from Friday 21 June through to Saturday 30 June at various venues in and around Ludlow. For more details, visit www.ludlowfringe.co.uk.
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