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Cae Newydd Ysgol Y Moelwyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog
6 - 8 June 2003

FREE fun in the sun as arts blast Blaenau

All weekend on and around site:
Andy Black selling monuments door-to-door “putting the 'u' into monuments”; The Blaenau Vista Social Club Bedwyr Williams’ club-in-a-caravan hosting much of the weekends activity; Colin Lowe and Roddy Thompson - 24 hr Heel Bar; Carphology Collective take-away words from poet Matthew Welton; Christian Gräser re-invents the Dream-Machine in pilfered cardboard geodesic dome; The Family Iliffe -‘über-art-family’ team-up for collective interventions about town; Flatpack001 install the iDEATH main stage; hermit Graeme Roger follows instructions from Blaenau residents and performs alchemist experiments – visit him anytime; Guy Bar Amotz portable sound sculptures - come and try them!; Myk Henry - exploding melons throughout the weekend; Jo Roberts performing in local schools and institutions as ‘Vic the Roadshow Runner’, Mark Titchner – banner for base camp, Megan Broadmeadow is a ‘Bad Majorette’ and you can be one too!, Minerva Cuevas’ posters, Stefhan Caddick’s ‘Pandacoustic’ serenades on the internal combustion engine - plus Polly Braden and Dan Fox.

Friday 6 June
8pm Opening gig at Bro Ffestiniog Rugby Club with Maharishi and Anhygoel. £3 on the door.

Saturday 7 June
12pm Myk Henry
12-6pm juneau/projects give tours of their Mobile Command Unit
2pm Kevin Reid performs daredevil antics as Harry Butler, BMX bandit extraordinaire
3pm Nat Mellors’ film ‘Pod War’ and Henry V111’s Wives’ video
4pm Garyoke torture well known tunes
5pm Paul Rooney’s Rock Opera ‘Tony’
6pm Film programme curated by Philip Ilson with Real Institute
8pm Battle of the Bands – judged by Roadshow expert panel including Radio 1’s Huw Stephens
10.30pm Announcement of Battle of the Bands winner

Sunday 8 June
12pm The Myk Henry Space-Hopper Race
12-6pm Juneau/projects give tours of their Mobile Command Unit
2pm Kevin Reid performs daredevil antics as Harry Butler BMX bandit extraordinaire.
3pm Nat Mellors’ film ‘Pod War’ and Henry V111’s Wives’ video
4pm Film programme curated by Philip Ilson with Real Institute
6pm The Blaenau Vista Social Club – The Last Finale

• Programme may change at anytime– check site notice board for programme variations
Parking at: Clwb Rygbi Bro Ffestiniog
• plus artists appearing for Roadshow at events prior to the weekend: The Bristol Art Library, Zoë Lokier and Eleri Jones.