2010
The Fourth Largest Arts Festival
At the end of a Festival which saw the likes of John Cale, Michael Nyman, and Ian McEwan and bringing a contribution of £9.2m to the local economy, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival lay claim to be the fourth largest arts festival in the country.
Artistic Director Jonathon Holloway says in the Festival Programme:
“The arts are ideally placed to guide us through periods of change.”
This year saw the world premiere of Music For Seven Ice Cream Vans by composer Dan Jones, co-commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival. This is how it is described in the Festival programme:
“In this amazing event, seven ice-cream vans will weave spellbinding harmonies across an entire suburb at a time, calling out to one another and the people of Norwich through dusk and into the night….. This world première starts in Norwich’s Mile Cross.”
Click here to hear Dan Jones speaking about it on BBC Radio 4 (the two relevant segments begin at 5:56, and then again from 12:46).
Electric Hotel Flyer, 2010. Image Courtesy of Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Flamenco composer and guitarist Paco Peña performs at the festival. Taken from the Norfolk & Norwich Festival archive.
This year the Spiegeltent was used in residence for the whole of the festival. Festival Programme, taken from the Norfolk & Norwich Festival Archive.