Sussex Exclusive Magazine Edition II 2022

South Downs Summer Music
International Festival
19th to 24th July. St. Andrew’s Church in
Alfriston, East Sussex
This well established and popular classical music
festival draws some of the finest international
artists to perform in the village of Alfriston.
This year, the festival is welcoming acts such as
world-renowned violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky,
Hastings International Piano competition 2022
winner Shunta Morimoto, and an established
festival favourite: clarinetist Julian Bliss. This
year’s music and spoken word evening will see
thespian couple Harriet Walter and Paul Guy
delivering dramatised readings accompanied
by harpsichord player Maggie Cole in a
celebration of the life and work of Violet Gordon
Woodhouse in: Violet Gordon Woodhouse - her
life in words and music.
www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk/
Crazy For You
11th July to 4th September. Chichester Festival
Theatre, West Sussex
Charlie Stemp and Carly Anderson will lead the
cast of Susan Stroman’s new production of the
musical comedy CRAZY FOR YOU, with music
& lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin,
and book by Ken Ludwig.
This hilarious, riotously entertaining musical
is packed with glorious Gershwin melodies
(including Someone to Watch Over Me,
Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm and They Can’t
Take That Away from Me), and its stunning tapdance
routines are guaranteed to set the spirits
soaring. The witty book and dialogue are written
by Ken Ludwig, who also wrote this season’s
Murder on the Orient Express and is the author of
the Tony Award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
www.cft.org.uk
Jazz, Gin and Blues Festival
31st July, 12 noon until 8 pm. Loxwood
Meadow, Loxwood, West Sussex
Celebrating a third year of gloriously indulgent
Jazz, Gin and Blues, this boutique festival which
is held at the tranquil Loxwood Meadows, home
of the Loxwood Joust, will once again be hosting
an intimate crowd of just 500 people.
A stellar line-up of jazz and blues artists will be
performing live. Curated by Simon Bates the
founder and organiser of the legendary Loxwood
Jazz Club, the new line-up is impressive, and
includes artists such as the Alexandra Ridout
Band, The Simon Bates Organ Trio, the Julian
Burdock Trio and Spice Fusion, with more special
guests still to be announced.
www.jazzginblues.co.uk
Shanty Sundays - Food, Wine &
Music!
10th July, 14th and 28th August, and
18th September. Charles Palmer Vineyard,
Winchelsea, East Sussexx
Kick off your Sunday Sesh in style with a Shanty
Sundays pop-up seafood and wine event at the
gorgeous Charles Palmer Vineyards: an afternoon
of live music by the Rye Bay Crew, delicious local
seafood platters, English wines and self-guided
tours of the vineyard.
www.vineandcountrytours.co.uk/
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