Day	Date	Name of event/activity	Description	Location	Town	Access	Time
Sun	25 Jan	Winteval 103 Radio Lauch	Easy listening jazz with Fiona Springer & Chris Green	103 The Eye FM	Melton	103 FM	From 1pm
Sun	25 Jan	Blue Jazz at The Atrium	The best of jazz from Charlies Ant, Persiflage, the Graham Tranfied Quintet & Fiona Springer	The Atrium	Grantham	£5pp	7pm
Tues	27 Jan	Music at Dove Cottage	Jodi Haines	Dove Cottage Hospice	Harby	No
Tues	27 Jan	Music at the Market	U3A Choir	Livestock Market	Melton	Free	11am
Tues	27 Jan	Music Team Quiz	Teams of 4	The Black Horse	Hose	£2pp	8pm
Weds	28 Jan	Folk at The Wheel	Fanny Power & the Mickey Money Boys	The Wheel Inn	Branston	Free	7pm
Thurs	29 Jan	Acoustic Guitar at the Manners	Becca O'Hara	The Manners Arms	Knipton	Free	8pm
Thurs	29 Jan	Rock at the Noels Arms	Ketlafish	Noels Arms, Burton St	Melton	Free	9.30pm
Fri	30 Jan	Music at the Superstore supported by	Nigel Truman	ASDA	Grantham	Free	7pm
Fri	30 Jan	Lets talk music with John Burton Supported by	"When Europe met the blues - how America created 20th century popular music"	Village Hall, Melton Road	Croxton Kerrial	£3	7.30pm
Fri	30 Jan	Drum Workshop with Julie Wright	Music Workshop	Stathern Primary School	Stathern	No
All Week		Giant puppet workshops	Vale, Melton & Grantham schools and youth groups		various	No
Sat	31 Jan	New Orleans Jazz Parade	Oriole New Orleans Jazz Band with musicians, dancers & children with giant 'dancing' puppets.	Town Centre, begins Hight Street	Melton	Free	2-3pm
Sat	31 Jan	Family Hootenanny! Supported by	A great afternoon of fun & family entertainment with Oriole New Orleans Jazz Band, Short Notice, Chris Armson, Nigel Truman, Becca O'Hara, Beats School, Lois, New St George Morris & The Kinx	Melton Theatre	Box Office Tel: 01664851111 Click here for Theatre seating plan	£5/£3	3-6pm

“It was a pleasure to attend the ValeFest Winterval Jazz Parade and Hootenanny! The school children with their larger than life-sized puppets literally stopped the marketplace and had everyone reaching for their camera phones.
“As for the Hootenanny, to have one of the UK 's premier Kinks tribute bands seamlessly followed by a traditional Morris performance might be thought a stretch too far. But it worked and worked well. The audience supported every act and the climax, traditional African drumming performed by children from a local school, was supported enthusiastically by the whole crowd.  
“Everyone involved deserves to be so proud. Truly an example to us all. Simply wonderful.”
Paul Hughes, Bristol

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