Music in Guernsey (and the Channel Islands) in 2020

I don’t really know how else to begin my review of music in Guernsey and the Channel Islands this year other than to say something that has already been said far too many times over the past twelve months, that it has been an odd year in pretty much all regards. I also don’t want...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands at Arts Sunday – St Peter Port Seafront – 09/08/20

Having originally been scheduled to take place in June, it looked highly likely that this year’s Guernsey Arts Commission Arts Sunday event would be another victim of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, given Guernsey’s rapid move out of lockdown and some hasty reorganising by the Commission it was able to happen on Sunday, August 9th...

Castle Nights and The Beautiful Nightmares & The Risk – Castle Cornet and St James – 31/07/20

The amount of live entertainment going on in our still recently post lockdown world in Guernsey is quite remarkable and, as such, on Friday 31st July I had a double header of an evening of live music starting at Castle Cornet for the Castle Nights event before heading up to St James for a night...

Flexagon – 7 Nocturnes East – Album and Exhibition

Guernsey's north east coast, from St. Peter Port to Bordeaux Harbour, is an area much discussed in some regards but in others it feels somewhat over looked. Being the more commercial and industrial part of the island it's natural beauty as well as the life of it is not often as represented as the more...

BBC Music Introducing at Arts Sunday – St Peter Port, Guernsey – 09/06/19

For the fifth year in a row BBC Music Introducing was represented with a stage at Guernsey Arts Commission's Arts Sunday event. Matching the growing scope of BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands the stage featured five acts including performers from Guernsey, Jersey and Sark across the day. The day began in relaxed form...

BBC Music Introducing at Arts Sunday 2018 – 10/06/18

For a fourth year BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey was part of Guernsey Arts Commission's Arts Sunday event on 10th June. The event, this year focussed on the theme of 'Express Yourself', took over the St Peter Port seafront from 10 until 4 and featured a showcase of pretty much every facet of the arts...

Engage Warp Drive and Chris Foss Exhibition – Guernsey Museum at Candie

Following their exhibition of Guernsey photos of the post-Victorian years the Guernsey Museum couldn't have staged something more different as, along with the Guernsey Arts Commission, they have now given over their joint exhibition spaces to a look at artefacts from the history of science fiction, along with work by Guernsey based artist Chris Foss,...

Guernsey Museum at Candie – Unseen World, Evolution and Folklore Exhibitions

When you live somewhere it's very easy to overlook and almost forget about some of the things right on your doorstep that are generally considered as something for tourists. So, having seen the latest exhibition at the Guernsey Museum at Candie Gardens was coming to an end and that they'd just opened a new section...

BBC Introducing Guernsey live at Arts Sunday – St Peter Port – 04/06/17

With the seafront in St Peter Port thronging with people BBC Introducing in Guernsey added a unique mix of new sounds to Guernsey Arts Commission's Arts Sunday event for a third year. As folk trio Blue Mountains took to the stage a crowd had already gathered and they weren't disappointed. Fresh from recording a new...

BBC Introducing Guernsey at Arts Sunday 2016

For the second year in a row BBC Introducing Guernsey headed down to the St Peter Port seafront to showcase a range of bands from the islands as part of the Guernsey Arts Commission's Art Sunday event. As I was 'stage managing' (I use the term loosely), taking photos and generally fretting about organising things,...