We had a really brilliantly varied bunch of performers: neo-folk musicians, gorgeously-voiced singer-songwriters, and avant garde poets! We even live-streamed some of the acts on our Twitter account, but if you missed it we have the archived videos here!
The atmosphere was wonderful, and we had so much feedback from guests throughout the night telling us that this is exactly the sort of event they'd been looking for in Chorley, but could never find before. One chap even said it was his very first visit to the library, even after living in area for almost seventy years!
The Friends of Chorley Library all pitched in perfectly to organise the night, collecting as many lamps as we could get our paws on to create the wonderful make-shift stage, and spreading the word to the talented musos of the area! A gigantic thank you to Scott of Festival Events & Weddings for setting up and manning our very own gin bar for the night (the mango and peppercorn G&Ts were especially tasty!), and to Chris Bolton for not only performing amazingly, but for managing the entire sound system!
As always, all the money we raise from our events goes straight to supporting the library through funding wondrous things like prizes and glittering craft materials for children's activities, essential items, and of course brilliant events like this one which go a long way to show the library to be the warmly glowing hub of community that we know it is! We're absolutely chuffed with how the event turned out - so definitely keep your eye out for more coming up.
If you're interested in hearing more about what the Friends of Chorley Library do, or if you'd like to support the library with us, come along to one of our meet-ups - the next one is TODAY, 21st Feb 6:30pm in the library!
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in organising the event, and of course to our amazing performers! See you at the next one ;-)
