It is now less than two weeks until the Bluehouse Festival returns to Oxted United Reformed Church, bringing a brilliant and diverse line-up of music, comedy, history and current affairs to the heart of Oxted, Surrey.
Hopefully there are one or two events across the festival that pique your interest.
This is a community-led, independently run festival, returning for the first time since 2018, after being cancelled in 2020 due to Covid, and it would be great to welcome both returning and new faces.
Free parking is available at all events, as is a cash bar. Alternatively, the venue is just five minutes walk from Oxted train station.
Full information and tickets available at https://bluehousefestival.org.uk/
Friday 21st October – Comedy/music from Boothby Graffoe. Regular opener for Omid Djalilii, as well as The Barenaked Ladies. “More musical than most musicians & funnier than most comedians.” Stewart Lee
Wednesday 26th October – Roger Field, ‘Scimitar into Stanley’. Author & former soldier Roger Field, perhaps best known for his acclaimed book ‘Rogue Male’, joins us to discuss his new memoir, which covers his time serving in The Falklands War. Described as a “gripping and frank account” of the war by Field Magazine.
Friday 28th October – Gordon Giltrap. Legendary, influential, innovative British guitarist. “Anyone who asks me knows that I think that Gordon Giltrap is one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world”, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple). “One of an elite few who have become truly legendary in their field in their own lifetime” Brian May (Queen)
Saturday 29th October – The Snelling Lecture, Dame Sara Khan – ‘Countering Extremism in a Liberal Democracy’. Pioneer and expert in anti-extremism and human rights. Was Britain’s first ever Counter-Extremism Commissioner, and is currently independent Government advisor for Social Cohesion and Resilience.
