Open-air folk concert at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Submitted by lucy on Mon, 2010-08-16 08:59

Eliza Carthy singing on stageAn open-air folk concert will be held in the grounds of Bristol Zoo this summer.

Folk singer and fiddle player, Eliza Cathy, and her band, will be playing at the Zoo on Saturday, September 4, and tickets are still available.

Building on previous years’ success, Bristol Zoo has once more teamed up with leading concert hall, St George’s Bristol, to present this special event for music lovers.

Eliza, who recently released an album with her mother, Norma Waterson, will be supported at the Zoo by special guests, Hodmadoddery.

Holdmadoddery are an unforgettable busking duo with distinctive vocal harmonies and an eclectic range of traditional English, Scots and Irish songs.

To book tickets phone 0845 40 24 001or book online at www.bristolzoo.org.ukor via St Georges Bristol www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk.

Tickets in advance cost £12 (adults); £6 (child) and £30 (family), or on the night: £16 (adults), £8 (child) and £40 (family). Discounts apply for members, concessions and groups of 10 or more.

Visitors are encouraged to take rugs as there is limited seating. Refreshments and snacks will be available. Gates open at 6.30pm, Hodmadoddery will be on at 7.30pm, followed by Eliza Cathy & band at 8.30pm.

For more information about what’s on at Bristol Zoo Gardens, visit the website www.bristolzoo.org.ukor phone 0117 974 7300. For more information about events at St George’s Bristol, visit the website www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk or contact the Box Office 0845 40 24 001.

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For press enquiries please contact Bristol Zoo’s press office:

Lucy Parkinson, T: 0117 974 7306, or email: lparkinson@bristolzoo.org.uk   

Vanessa Hollier, T: 0117 974 7309, or email: vhollier@bristolzoo.org.uk   

 Notes to editors

Bristol Zoo Gardens

  • Bristol Zoo Gardens is an education and conservation charity and relies on the income from visitors to support its work. 
  • Throughout 2010 Bristol Zoo will be running a series of events to highlight the importance of conserving the world’s biodiversity, as part of the international Year of Biodiversity. For more information visit the Zoo website at www.bristolzoo.org.uk/about/conservation/campaigns/iyob
  • To find out more about the UN’s International Year of Biodiversity visit the website at www.biodiversityislife.net
  • Bristol Zoo is open from 9am every day except Christmas Day. 
  • The Zoo is involved with more than 100 co-ordinated breeding programmes for threatened wildlife species. 
  • Itemploys 140 full and part-time staff to care for the animals and run a successful visitor attraction to support its conservation and education work. 
  • Bristol Zoo Gardens supports – through finance and skill sharing – 15 projects in the UK and abroad that conserveand protectsome of the world’s most endangered species.
  • Bristol Zoo Gardens is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. BIAZA represents more than 90 member collections and promotes the values of good zoos and aquariums.

St George’s Bristol

  • St George's Bristol is one of the country's leading concert halls and recording studios. It boasts a superb acoustic and unique atmosphere which attracts the world's best artists from Elvis Costello and Bjork to Alfred Brendal and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
  • A full and vibrant programme, with over 200 events each year, makes it an incredibly popular and important venue for all kinds of music (classical, jazz, blues, folk, world music, spoken word and book talks, and family and children’s concerts). St George’s is the lead organisation for the three-year ‘Migrations’ world music and culture festival, described by Venue Magazine as 'One of the most ambitious, important and entertaining cultural programmes Bristol has ever produced.'
  • St George's is a charity (registration number 295178) dedicated to promoting high quality music to diverse audiences. In addition to hosting the best live music from around the world, its Education Programme and Outreach Projects bring thousands of children to the venue to participate in workshops, to stage their own performances and to watch artists rehearse and perform, and takes musicians into schools for workshops and interactive concerts.
  • St George’s Bristol relies on ticket sales and venue hire to meet much of its annual running costs of £1 million, receiving public funding of just £30,000.
  • For more information about events at St George’s Bristol, visit the website: stgeorgesbristol.co.uk or contact the Box Office 0845 40 24 001.