Wigan Band Merry Hell top jam packed Bill at FREE FESTIVAL on 7th September!

(Revised Running Order – due to earlier ending time and change of one of the bands in the earlier announced bill.)

11.00 – 11.15 Assemble – The Wiend area (accompanied by singing by The Liverpool Socialist Singers)

11.15 – 11.35 Town Centre Parade with PCS Samba Band

11.35 – 12.00 St. George’s Hill Digging Re-enactment in The Wiend area with actor John Graham Davies as Gerrard Winstanley. Accompanied by The Liverpool Socialist Singers

12.00 – 12.20 Official Opening including presentation to Tony Benn – Main Stage

12.20 – 12.45 Durham Scratch Choir – who will perform the premiere of a suite of choral works of Gerrard Winstanley’s writings set to music – Main Stage

12.45 – 1.00 Diggers’ Puppet Show – Wigan Diggers’ Festival Arts Project Hub area.

12.45 – 1.10 SOLO ARTIST: Planet Al – Acoustic Stage

1.10 – 1.50 BAND: Our Fold – Main Stage

1.50 – 2.15 DUO: Song & Story – Acoustic Stage

1.50 – 2.15 Comedy Spot in The John Bull Chophouse pub with John Graham Davies & James Quinn followed by a poetry spot featuring Alison Down & Jean Gittins

2.15 – 2.55 DUO: Our Morals – Main Stage

2.15 – 3.45 Film Showing of The Conditions of the Working Class (83mins) in Wigan Life Centre

2.55 – 3.20 POET: Joy France – Acoustic Stage

3.00 – 3.45 TALK on Gerrard Winstanley “A Digger’s Life & Legacy” by Dr John Gurney in Gallimore’s Restaurant

3.20 – 4.00 BAND: Run Out of Guns – Main Stage

3.45 – 4.20 TALK on “The Influence of Wigan & Wiganers on the ideas of Gerrard Winstanley” by Derek Winstanley in Gallimore’s Restaurant

4.00 – 4.25 SOLO ARTIST: Avital Raz – Acoustic Stage

4.25 – 4.50 POET: Laura Taylor – Main Stage

4.50 – 5.15 SOLO ARTIST: Ken Scally – Acoustic Stage

5.15 – 5.55 BAND: Dead Shores – Main Stage

5.55 – 6.20 POET: Jeffarama – Acoustic Stage

6.20 – 7.00 BAND: John The Baptist & The 2nd Coming – Main Stage

7.00 – 7.25 SOLO ARTIST: Derek Ecclestone – Acoustic Stage

7.25 – 7.55 DUO: Class Actions – Main Stage

7.55 – 8.20 SOLO ARTIST: Pauline Blackburn – Acoustic Stage

8.20 – 9.30 BAND: Merry Hell – Main Stage

9.30 Finish at The Wiend

…AND IT’S ALL FREE!!

10.00 onwards Wigan Diggers’ Festival After Party at The Tudor House Hotel, Newmarket Street, Wigan.