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This week we’re joined by Grainne Joughin, organiser of this year’s Tynwald day field festivities, Sgt Mainwaring and Corporal Jones drop by for a chat, we take a visit to the University College of Man to see the students’ end of year art exhibition and we bring you some super, sonic delights from open-mic-jam-gathering, Feral.

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Grainne Joughin, organiser of entertainment and festivities around Tynwald Hill on Tynwald Day this year, tells us what’s in store!

Keep up-to-date at: https://www.facebook.com/TynwaldDay/ and through the hashtags #tynwaldday and #tynwald

 

 

 

We catch Captain Mainwaring (Geoff Collier) and Corporal Jones (Nigel Harrison) at ease, to chat about The Service Players’ staging of three well-loved episodes of Dad’s Army at the Gaiety Theatre from Thursday June 29th to Sunday July 2nd.

Details and tickets can be found at www.villagaiety.com and for more information about performances, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/serviceplayers/

 

 

Jane Hall joins us with this week’s Visual Arts news. For links and the Manx Art Directory Events Calendar, go to www.manxartdirectory.com

 

We take a tour of University College Isle of Man’s end of year art exhibition of student work. Featuring pieces by students working in a vast range of disciplines within Art, Design and Media, this free exhibition at the Greenfield Road campus is one not to miss!

Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/IsleofManCollege/ and at: http://www.ucm.ac.im/events/college-activities/art-design-media-private-view-art-exhibition-2016

 

 

Lastly, we bring you some highlights from the first (of many, we hope) gathering of creatives at the Feral Open Mic event which took place in Ramsey at the beginning of the month. A cosy, creative, community event, Feral welcomes one and all (adults!) to come along, tell a story, sing a song, read a poem or bang a drum – and join in as everyone else does the same. To give you an idea of what you can expect from the next feral event, take a look at the event’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1418009768257436/

 

 

Also coming up in the next few weeks, The Deep South Festival takes place in the gorgeous wilds of Colby from Friday 30th of June to Sunday 2nd of July, there’ll be music from local and UK bands such as The Beat, along with cabaret, spoken word and free children’s rides! Tickets are available at www.villagaiety.com

 

The Dark Horse Music and Arts Festival is on from the 7th to the 9th of July – the festival takes place at Ballakallingan Farm on the outskirts of Ramsey, with headliners including the Baltic States, Mouse Outfit and Dishy Tangent – head to the website for a taster at www.darkhorsemusic.im where you can also find tickets and a map!

 

And it’s Wurlitzer season again! The next concert is at 7.30 tomorrow night at the Villa Marina Arcade and features Phil Kelsall and all 754 of the Wurlitzer’s individually tuned pipes – tickets are available at www.villagaiety.com

 

Manx radio heads to Gotland next week to bring you coverage from the Island Games, so Spotlight will be back the following week, on Tynwald Day, July 5th with creative news, stories and events – tell us yours at Spotlight@manxradio.com