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Latest news from the team at Span Arts in Narberth -  A jam-packed February - We have something for everyone this month. One of the highlights will be The Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival, February 20-22. To find out more click visit  span-arts.org.uk or call: 01834 869323 Andy Fairweather Low and The Lowriders Friday 13 Feb The Queens Hall. The band sold out at Tenby Blues Festival 2014 and this gig is sure to be as popular, so grab your tickets now! Sing Out with Ben Macfadyen Thursday 19 Feb VariousCome and find your voice through movement and song with Ben Macfadyen, in Span Arts free Art Appetiser workshops. FREE Performance: Black Voices, Frankie Armstrong and Michael Ormiston Friday 20 Feb The Queens Hall. On Friday night and marking the triumphant return in 2015, the magnificent Black Voices, have gained the reputation as Europe’s finest female a cappella quintet Also on the line-up is legendary singer and practitioner Frankie Armstrong, “Rightly regard...

Latest news from the Span Arts team in Narberth, Pembrokeshire - The biggest date on our calendar, the Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival, is right on the horizon, with only three weeks to go! We've got loads of other stuff up our sleeves too though, as our 2014 schedule kicks off in earnest. Wednesday 19 February Kevin Davy This acclaimed jazz trumpeter was a long-term stage and studio partner of Finlay Quaye, Lamb and Adam F. Wednesday 26 February Old MacDonald Had A Farm This most charming of tales is re-told with a captivating combination of live action, puppetry and animation. Friday 21 to Sunday 23 February Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival Celebrating the unaccompanied voice with an unmissable weekend of performances, workshops and more. Headliners include the Swingle Singerson their 50th anniversary tour, the National Theatre's Helen Chadwick, Welsh television star Caryl Parry Jones, and amazing flamenco singer Lina León. Span Arts Ltd, Town Moor, Narb...

Less than a month to go... Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival returns for its sixth year on February 21. The only a cappella festival in Wales celebrates the diversity of singing without instruments (‘a cappella’ – an Italian phrase). Hundreds of people flock from all over the UK every year for three days of the world’s foremost singers and practitioners, who perform live and run a diverse range of workshops too. This year’s festival is larger and more diverse than ever before: extraordinary singers of real pedigree perform alongside an international line-up that includes flamenco divas,Welsh-language stars, and everything from Trinidadian folk to calypso and Indian film music, not to mention an enormous communal choir. In a triumph for the festival, curators of the London A Cappella Festival and internationally-acclaimed vocal group The Swingle Singers will be headlining the festival. Legendary in the world of a cappella singing, the group are celebrating their50th annivers...