Week 2 : 9th-15th
Main events have an event number (EN) which corresponds with the event number on the booking form. Fringe events are free.
| Monday 9 June | 8.00pm Town Hall £14 | EN9 |
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GWYNETH HERBERT
Gwyneth Herbert, one of the leading jazz singer/songwriters in the UK, has toured the world and twice headlined the Marlborough Jazz Festival. She has a flawless sense of swing, a jazz improviser's ear for detail and a seductive voice. Her latest CD 'Between Me and the Wardrobe' has been hailed as a masterpiece by Courtney Pine. Gwyneth's music ranges from jazz standards to Joni Mitchell and her own compositions are touching, powerful and often witty.
'Intelligent and technically awesome singer' The Guardian
| Tuesday 10 June | 8.00pm Town Hall £7.00 | EN10 |
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WORK AT SILBURY HILL : JIM LEARY
Archaeologist (prehistory) English Heritage
The 2007 Silbury Hill Conservation Project was the last opportunity for our generation to take a new look at this enigmatic monument. Jim Leary will discuss the reasons behind the latest works and how retracing Richard Atkinson's 1968 tunnel into the heart of the hill has allowed archaeologists to expand upon the results of his excavations. He will review the new methods used on this excavation, looking at how an intensive programme of recording and sampling, using the latest scientific techniques, has provided greater detail about the dating, construction and use of Silbury Hill. He will also venture beyond previous discussions of Silbury and consider the later uses of the hill and how it has been constantly reinterpreted from the Roman through to the medieval period.
Supported by the Wiltshire Heritage Museum 
The Festival Fringe
| Tuesday 10 June | 9.00pm The Southgate Inn | FREE |
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TOM MANSI and THE ICEBREAKERS
Tom Mansi and The Icebreakers is a 4 piece band with Tom on double bass and lead vocals,
James Johnston on drums,
Paul White on guitar and Alain Man on keyboards and backing vocals. Tom studied jazz at Guildhall and met the Icebreakers in a local youth big band about eightyears ago. Their music is an amalgamation of blues, country, jazz and folk.A sound rooted in old school, acoustic, porch blues whilst exploring heavy, angular 
funk and experimenting with brushes of late night jazz.
Sponsored by The Southgate Inn
| Wednesday 11 June | 9.00pm Northgate Brewery £10.00 | EN11 |
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THE WADWORTH BREWERY TOUR
Another opportunity to see how the elixir is hand-made in Devizes and to savour the latest brew. Numbers limited to 20 - so hurry.
The Festival Fringe
| Wednesday 11 June | 9.00pm Devizes Books | FREE |
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LIU HONG
Liu Hong was born and raised in China. Since coming to the UK in the 1980s she has published four books and her short stories have been read on Radio 4. Her novels focus on the emotional upheavals of ordinary Chinese people over the past 40 years and her latest book 'Wives of the East Wind' has received excellent reviews. Liu Hong will discuss her love of English literature and how it influences her career in writing novels in English.
Supported by Devizes Books
| Thursday 12 June | 8.00pm Town Hall £12.00 | EN12 |
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THE DORIC QUARTET TIMOTHY ORPEN clarinet
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Simon Tandree viola
John Myerscough cello
The Doric String Quartet, with members averaging 25 years old, is one of the outstanding quartets of its generation. Now in its tenth season, the Quartet regularly appears at the UK's leading chamber music venues, with recent performances including a debut at the Edinburgh International Festival and a tour of Indonesia.
Timothy Orpen was born in Australia in 1983, and began his musical studies after moving to England at the age of eight. A woodwind finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002, last year he won the Royal Over-Seas League competition. Performances have included broadcasts on BBC radio and television.
HAYDN: String Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E flat, Op.74 (Harp)
Interval
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
Sponsored by Cross Manufacturing
| Friday 13 June | Doors 6.30pm Millers Suite, Corn Exchange £6 | EN13 |
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BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Now in its third year, this popular event will again provide a performance platform for talented young musicians in the area. Two bands will be chosen to go forward to the final from each of three heats being held in The Cavalier public house, Devizes, on Sundays - May 4th, May 11th and May 25th. The competition is open to any band from Wiltshire. In addition to a cup, the winner will receive a £200 music voucher for equipment from Mad Cap Music. Headlining the evening is the indie pop electronica band from Belfast, Oppenheimer, which has just completed a US tour with They Might be Giants.
In cooperation with Sheer Music
Sponsored by Spirit Clothing
CAFÉ CALIENTI 
CHILDREN'S STORY TELLING JEREMY STRONG
Calling all aspiring greasers and preppies! Get into the spirit of the '50s - don your bobby socks and dirndl skirts, black leather and denim jeans, pack a picnic and rock on down to watch the classic musical 'Grease' on the big screen outdoors in the grounds of Browfort, the headquarters of Kennet District Council. 
DENIAN ARCOLEO Guitar 
LUKE WRIGHT 