Knotty Festival: Folkestone
When: Saturday 15 June 2019
Where: Folkestone
Home Live Art are delighted to be bringing the Knotty Festival of Performance to Folkestone on Saturday 15 June 2019.
Join us for a full day of unforgettable performance events happening across the Creative Quarter.
Friday 14 June Warm-up event
8-11pm | Emilio Rojas ‘America’s Golden Boy’
Performance s p a c e, 62 Tontine Street
Performance Party for Trumps birthday. Expect drag queen serenades, cake smashing, performance & tunes from DJ FERALCHILD.
Saturday 14 June Programme
1-2pm | Festival Brunch
The Clearing, The Quarterhouse, 49 Tontine Street
Join the Knotty team for a relaxed and informal gathering where you can chat with artists and other audience members whilst enjoying complementary food and refreshments.
2-6pm | Rubiane Maia and Emilio Rojas: PAUSE & AFFECT
performance s p a c e , 62 Tontine Street
An opportunity to experience new work developed by the artists Rubiane Maia and Emilio Rojas during their month long artist residency at performance s p a c e
2pm and 4-4.30pm | Catherine Hoffmann, Andre Verissimo & Ernst Fischer Soup Opera
Flat B, 55 Tontine Street | 2pm and 4-4.30pm
Relax on the sofa (+ a few additional chairs) as the heated Soup Opera unfolds in the kitchen of flat B. There will be songs, food and of course domestic tension to slurp up.
This will be a return of episode one: The coriander crisis ( why do you always have to leave?).
8-9pm | Rachael Young: NIGHTCLUBBING
The Quarterhouse, 49 Tontine St
Rachael Young embraces Afrofuturism and the cult of Grace Jones in NIGHTCLUBBING – an explosive new performance bringing visceral live music and intergalactic visions to start a revolution.
9pm-1am | Salty: Queer Performance Party
Secret Folkestone Location (very close to Creative Quarter)
Salty is an inclusive space for LGBTQ+ folk and their allies to come together, dance, have fun, and enjoy some unforgettable queer performance.
So join us for cabaret-style performances from some of the most exciting queer artists working in the South East and beyond.
Featuring live performances from Sex Music, Ginny Lemon and Miss Di Vour.
Tickets: £6/4
Can be purchased online
In person during business hours at Atelier Feralchild (65 The Old High St) and ]performance s p a c e [ (64 Tontine St)
Please note: all tickets must be purchased in advance, venue details will be emailed to all ticket holders a few days before the event.
Knotty is supported by New Queers on the Block, Folkestone Fringe, Marlborough Theatre, Diverse Actions, Live Art UK, the Quarterhouse and ]performance s p a c e [.
Due to unforeseen circumstances performances by The Astrothot and Reid Dudley Peirson have been cancelled.
