It’s hard to overstate quite how delighted we are to be able to bring the following artists to a village hall (nowhere) near you.

Saturday, June 21st, 2-4pm
Leslie Deere / Sarah Angliss
Sompting Village Hall, West Sussex – map
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2-4pm
Hacker Farm / Jules Bushell
Fitzhead Tythe Barn, Somerset – map
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[NOTE: map position updated – was in wrong place before – sorry!]

Saturday, June 28th, 2-4pm
Lee Patterson / Hugs Bison
Bardsea Malt Kiln, Cumbria – map
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Sunday, June 29th, 2-4pm
Paddy Steer
Callow End Village Hall, Worcestershire – map
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SO CHUFFED! JOIN US.

Thank you to Sound and Music for their support with this.

It’s hard to overstate quite how delighted we are to be able to bring the following artists to a village hall (nowhere) near you.

Saturday, June 21st, 2-4pm
Leslie Deere / Sarah Angliss
Sompting Village Hall, West Sussex – map
PREVIEW | TICKETS

Sunday, June 22nd, 2-4pm
Hacker Farm / Jules Bushell
Fitzhead Tythe Barn, Somerset – map
PREVIEW | TICKETS
[NOTE: map position updated – was in wrong place before – sorry!]

Saturday, June 28th, 2-4pm
Lee Patterson / Hugs Bison
Bardsea Malt Kiln, Cumbria – map
PREVIEW | TICKETS

Sunday, June 29th, 2-4pm
Paddy Steer
Callow End Village Hall, Worcestershire – map
PREVIEW | TICKETS

SO CHUFFED! JOIN US.

Thank you to Sound and Music for their support with this.

Our 2014 season started with an event at Flatpack Festival, then the aforementioned Southbank Centre appearance. At the end of May we have If Wet at Supersonic, followed by a tour of village halls at the end of June. The last of these tour dates (29th June) will see us back in our hall for the first of a season of monthly events.

Why not grab yourselves a copy of our fundraising compilation as way of a celebration? Includes tracks by Leafcutter John, Kit Downes, Astral Social Club, Graham Dunning, Colin Webster & many more…

We are really grateful for all the support we have received and are very happy with the results thus far. Cue smiley faces…

Many thanks to Hugh Cowling for designing this for us!

We did it! From what started as a bit of experiment, we seemed to build some momentum over our first season, topped off by our Season Finale and Fundraiser event at the end of November 2013. It was a stressful event, due in part to this, but it also felt like a triumphant celebration of all we had achieved in our first season. Many fond memories, and we even raised some money.

We would like to thank everyone who made our first season and fundraiser a success. People were generous beyond our wildest expectations. Below is a picture of Sarah Angliss playing at our fundraiser. Sarah has supported throughout but our thanks extend to so many people that we aren’t even going to attempt a list. Hopefully you know who you are, we certainly do.

Our fundraising efforts raised just over £1200. Not bad for a sound art event in a rural village hall. Read on to find out what 2014 holds.

Onward

In order to make this sustainable, we have set a budget of £400 for each If Wet. Therefore the funds we have raised so far will cover three events in the village hall in 2014. We are now looking for funding for additional events in this our home venue. We hope that potential funders will see the effort and outcomes of our first season and will be willing to match our own fundraising. We’ll see. We’d certainly love to do more events in our hall this year, since this is where the heart of If Wet lies.

Once we see how we get on with our search for funding, we will define our programme at Callow End Village Hall, but for now we just wanted to provide this update and statement of intent.

Also, If Wet has grown wings and will take flight in 2014, stopping to perch at a variety of venues – occasionally with a subtly different format. First up, we have been asked by Flatpack Festival to host an If Wet as part of their festival this year. The second If Wet outing of the year will be the Southbank Centre, when we host a Meet The Makers event. Then we are talking with Capsule about a potentially very exciting event in April. More details on all of these soon but we are delighted to be keeping such fabulous company!

AND we secured funding through Sound and Music, which will see us tour some village halls this year.

Wowee! Thanks again to all who have supported us.

ONWARD.