National Dialect Weekend
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Contact: Brendan Hawthorne 07970 441110
This year’s National Dialect Weekend will be held from 16th to the 18th October in Wednesbury in the Black Country.
A celebration of the rich diversity of English dialects in poetry, story and song it begins on Friday night with entertainment in Black Country dialect featuring, amongst others, the Black Country Living Museum’s Poet-in-Residence, Dave Reeves; storyteller and singer Billy Spakemon; and MC Brendan Hawthorne, the Poet Laureate of Wednesbury, who is also organising the weekend.
Saturday’s events run from 10.00am to 10.00pm with dialect verse competitions throughout the day and with entertainment from dialect writers from across the country in the evening, while Sunday winds down with a walk around the town of Wednesbury guided by local historian Ian Bott.
Admission on Friday night is £5.00; all day Saturday is £8.00; Sunday is £5.00; while a ticket for the whole weekend costs £15.00
Entry: £5.00 Friday Night
Time: 7:00pm
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