| 词条 | Frome Festival |
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| name= Frome Festival | logo= | image= Frome festival 2005.jpg | caption= Frome Festival Opening Procession 2005 | location= Frome, Somerset, England | founder_name = Martin Bax | years_active= annual | founded= 2000 | dates= | genre=Music festival | attendance= | patron= | website= }} The Frome Festival is festival of music and culture held annually in Frome, Somerset, England since 2000. Martin Bax, a former mayor of the town,[1] conceived the Frome Festival and ran it from its inaugural occurrence in 2000 until 2007,[2] for which he received the MBE.[3] In 2008 Martin Dimery, was appointed as his successor.[4] The festival programme offers classical music, jazz, folk to indie, literature and drama, film, dance, workshops and free events. VenuesMore than 160 events are held at various venues in and around the town.[5] These include the two theatres in Frome: The Memorial Theatre which was built in 1924 in memory of the fallen of the First World War,[6] whilst the 240-seat Merlin Theatre is part of the Frome Community College campus.[7] The Cheese and Grain, a former farm produce warehouse which was converted into a market and concert hall in 1997, has a capacity of up to 800 and hosts regular pop concerts.[8] Frome's only cinema, the Westway, is in Cork Street in the town centre.[9] There is also an arts centre, The Black Swan,[10] Festival eventsIn 2005, Van Morrison played to three thousand in the grounds of Marston House a nearby stately home.[11] Steeleye Span appeared and more than two hundred players and singers performed Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, at the festival's annual Summer School.[12] 2006 welcomed Paul Merton, and also included Tony Benn, Roy Bailey, The Troggs, Barry Cryer, Miles Kington, Peter Donohoe, The Mangledwurzels, Rory McLeod and John Tams.[13] In 2009, 187 events took place over the ten days, including The Levellers, The Imagined Village, Imelda May, Adrian Edmondson’s band The Bad Shepherds, and Still Black Still Proud, starring Pee Wee Ellis, South Africa's The Mahotella Queens, and London-based Ghanaian rapper Ty. The ninth Frome Festival paid special tribute to Benjamin Baker, the Frome engineer who designed the Forth Railway Bridge, with a series of talks and exhibitions. References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Dimery|first1=Martin|title=Frome Festival gears up for its eighth year|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2008/07/02/fromefestival_feature.shtml|website=BBC Somerset|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 June 2015}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Paul-Merton-makes-return-festival-visit/article-1620039-detail/article.html|title=Paul Merton makes return festival visit|date=2009-12-17|work=Mid Somerset Guardian|publisher=This is Somerset|accessdate=27 March 2010}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birthday-honours-list-in-full-404393.html|title=Birthday honours: list in full|date=2006-06-17|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=27 March 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2008/07/02/fromefestival_feature.shtml|title=Frome Festival gears up for its eighth year|last=Dimery|first=Martin|date=2008-07-03|publisher=BBC|accessdate=27 March 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/|title=Frome Festival|publisher=Frome Festival|accessdate=2008-09-29}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fromememorialtheatre.org.uk/|title=Frome Memorial Theatre|publisher=Frome Memorial Theatre|accessdate=2008-09-29}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.merlintheatre.co.uk/|title=Merlin Theatre|publisher=Merlin Theatre|accessdate=2008-09-29}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cheeseandgrain.co.uk/|title=The Cheese and Grain|publisher=The Cheese and Grain|accessdate=2008-09-29}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=https://westwaycinema.co.uk/frome/contact|publisher=Westway Cinema|accessdate=28 December 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blackswan.org.uk/|title=The Black Swan|publisher=Black Swan Arts|accessdate=2008-09-29}} 11. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/2005/reviews_4.html | title=Reviews | publisher=Frome Festival | accessdate=12 November 2010 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719094859/http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/2005/reviews_4.html | archivedate=19 July 2011 | df=dmy-all }} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mendip.gov.uk/NewsArticle.asp?id=SX9452-A780F954|title=Frome Festival - 1st to 10th July|date=2005|publisher=Mendip District Council|accessdate=27 March 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611122950/http://www.mendip.gov.uk/NewsArticle.asp?id=SX9452-A780F954|archivedate=11 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/2006/index.html|title=Frome Festival 2006|publisher=Frome Festival|accessdate=27 March 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409093407/http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/2006/index.html|archivedate=9 April 2010|df=dmy-all}} External links
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