The scene during last year’s Cathedral Quarter Vintage and Fair in Derry.
A weekend of “vintage wonders and tea dance delights” has been announced for the upcoming City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival taking pace next month.
Vintage Weekend, being staged by the organisers of last year’s hugely successful Cathedral Quarter Vintage and Fair, will take place from Friday to Sunday, 2-4 May next.
The three day event and all activities within is a collaboration between Derry’s only vintage/retro/antiques emporium, Bedlam (Pump Street), and the city’s award winning eatery, The Sandwich Company, both of whom have decided that this year, they are taking things up a gear with a range of old style fun spread out over the weekend to tie in very nicely with the Derry Jazz Festival.
Starting from 5.00pm on Friday, 2 May, The Sandwich Co. in the Diamond will the location for the Tea Dance Extravaganza – an evening of music, dancing and, naturally, a High Tea included to get the energy levels up before hitting the dance floor in the venue’s recently opened Bunker Room.
Tickets are now on sale for this event, priced at £10, including High Tea plus all entertainment, available from Bedlam and branches of the Sandwich Co.
Swinging, literally, into action between 5.00pm- 11.00pm, expect a combo of live music as well as local DJs Ben Allen (AbbaZappa) and Derry’s prodigal daughter, the Stray Kitten amongst others.
The focus will switch to Bedlam on the Saturday, with a bombardment of spot prizes, discounts and offers all day long, taking place within the historical building that houses Bedlam and its numerous outlets.
Getting in on the act, will be Gladrags and Handbags, Hansel & Gretel, Pretty Betty Treasures, AbbaZappa, Little Acorns Bookstore, the Recovery Room, Family Jewels, the Cooper-Cowley Gallery, Healing Arts, Ma’s Crafts and The Snug Tea Room.
Sunday, the final day of the weekend’s festivities, will see the return of the Vintage and Antiques Fair with some 40 vintage, antique and crafts dealers from the length and breadth of Ireland already confirmed to fill up the Cathedral Quarter from early morning to early evening.
Visitors are invited to start their browsing at The Sandwich Co in the Diamond where live music together with a cuppa and the best sandwiches in town should help ease one seamlessly into the mooching market mood.
From there, through the courtyard to Pump Street and as far as the St Columb’s Cathedral car park, all kinds of everything from the antiques world await for the public’s perusing pleasure.
For more information and to purchase tickets for the Tea Dance Extravaganza on Friday 2 May, contact: Elayne McNicholl at Bedlam Pump Street, telephone 07754859064 or buy directly from The Sandwich Co Diamond.
Tickets for the Tea Dance are priced at £10, including food and numbers are limited.
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