Thanks to BBC Radio Kent for making time to speak to us about our upcoming Sheppey event this morning. Caught by the River editor Diva Harris will be live on air talking all things Elmley at 11.35.
You can book tickets to the event here, where you can also find more detailed information about site access, travel and accommodation.
Poster: Will Rose
A reminder of what’s on offer:
On Friday 15th May, Clémentine March will open the weekend playing songs from her excellent new album Powder Keg (PRAH Recordings), before a headline set from the esteemed Modern Nature — whose latest record The Heat Warps was released on Bella Union, to great acclaim, in the summer.
On Saturday 16th May, contributors and Friends of the River Horatio Clare (We Came By Sea), Zakia Sewell (Finding Albion), Emma Warren (Up the Youth Club), Rob St John (Are You Lost?) and Nicola Chester (Ghosts of the Farm) will discuss recent works and undertakings, before we give the afternoon and evening over to music: featuring plant biorhythms from Lamine (Plants Can Dance), ambient magic from Ransom Note’s Music to Watch Seeds Grow By label, a headline set from Dundee’s contemporary-classical/spiritual-jazz/experimental electronica maestro Andrew Wasylyk, and banging tunes from the Heavenly Jukebox.
Plus there’ll be film screenings, DJs, workshops, bird ringing & swimming available across the weekend, as well as site tours with Elmley’s bird rangers. Attendees will also have the opportunity to explore the reserve at their own pace, taking in Elmley’s many walking routes and bird hides, and perhaps crossing paths with any number of wading birds and birds of prey, as well as hares, water vole, grass snakes, marsh frogs, and countless types of insect.