First up at the Festival

Emma Purshouse will be hosting the 4th Audlem Festival Poetry Slam to open this year's Audlem & Music Festival.

Over recent years, this has proved to be extremely popular ad it's at the Bridge Inn, starting at 7.30pm on Thursday 21st May.

Up to 15 performance poets go head to head in a live poetry competition. Performers from near and far will make you laugh, cry and think during this very popular festival event. Get there early to get a good seat.

Also that evening, the first of five days of great free entertainment, Abbie Ozard is performing at The Lord Combermere – begins at 8:00pm.

Abbie is an Acoustic singer/songwriter from Nantwich and made an appearance here last year performing her Folky-pop brand of music.

Abbie is followed at the The Lord C by the ever-popular Poyzer, Fluff & Farrell at 9.30pm. The passion and the conflict, the love in the room, the magic, madness, rabble-rousing excellence, banter and beauty, the added twist of new songs to live and breathe for, fiddle-driven arrangements.

The same evening, at the Shroppie Fly, The Rainbreakers craft a raw sound that weaves through a range of dynamic elements, incorporating influences from rock, blues and soul music all starting at 9.00pm.

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