Sweffling

♫ As with all last Tuesdays of the month tomorrow will be the free entry Sweffling Slate Barn Halloween jam night.

This weekend will be the Sweffling Printroom's last, what a pity such a lovely location.

Like a teenager growing out of their shoes Sweffling has spawned Sweffling teens which is the village in the late noughties squeezed into the teenage years.

Early this evening at the Sweffling printroom gallery Swedish artist Staffan Gnosspelius will be signing his book bear and talking about his very affordable prints which will show each weekend until October.

We've always enjoyed unaccompanied small group singing and 5 In A Bar will present an a capella concert with interval refreshments tonight in the Sweffling church. ♫

♫ At her Sweffling Slate Barn concert in June Polly Gibbons said she'll be on BBC1 10am Sunday morning with family members as her backing singers and it could be comedy gold.

This weekend last chance to see Katherine Jones' show at the Sweffling Printroom Gallery.  The sad news is that after showing Swedish artist Staffan Gnosspelius in September the gallery will permanently close in November, very sorry to hear that.

We've always thought ELO an essentially cheerful band but also very much a studio band needing multi-tracking and studio effects to sound like that.  Last night in the Sweffling Slate Barn and the rain we were stunned by ELO Encounter recreating the sound live just like the studio original. ♫

♫ This Friday ELO Encounter at the Sweffling Slate Barn.  Wonderful location and venue (though do remember the compost toilets are for sitting only), pleasant crowd, licensed bar and the tributeers do sound remarkably like the tributees.

♫ A very decent turn out of both players and jam goers at the Sweffling Slate Barn last night and Simon's looped samples prompted dancing.  Every last Tuesday an enjoyable and free night out but do remember the compost toilets are for sitting nly.

♫ Last night in the Sweffling Slate Barn there was a full house for Polly Gibbons and James Pearson who were relaxed and faultless in their performance.  Whenever we visit the Slate Barn there's been another improvement, this time the car park had usefully grown.  Upcoming next month ELO Encounter and Polly on the tv in August.

Saturday evening in the Slate Barn Sweffling Polly Gibbons and the James Pearson Duo will be giving a concert in support of the Hebron Music Academy.  Showtime 8:00pm and there's a licensed bar. ♫

Sunday afternoon at the Sweffling Print Room Katherine Jones will be talking about her work ... and there will be cake.

The Sweffling printroom's first show of the year is a four hander with prints from Bronwen Sleigh, Paul Coldwell and Eleanor Havsteen Franklin plus intriguingly sculptural pots from Jonathon Keep.  Last chance to see this weekend.

Between 9am Friday 27th and Sunday afternoon 29th August an outbuilding was broken into at a home near Glemham Road Sweffling and four 18” alloy wheels and four tyres stolen.  If you have any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting 37/47996/21, you can phone 101.

As so often stunned how long since we last visited the Sudbourne Printmakers.  This week they are being hosted by the Sweffling printroom and when we visited yesterday it was busy, lots of sales with Peter Besson clearly popular.  Next exhibitors at the printroom are local artists Amanda Edgcombe and Tassie Russell.

Paintings and drawings of Sweffling by Ruth Finn at Studio Sosenka Rendham  this week.

The Sweffling printroom gallery re-opens today to host the Sudbourne Printmakers and the gallery will be part of Suffolk Open Studios next month.

Studio 80 in Rendham has transmogrified into Studio Sosenka (it's Polish for pine, presumably as in wood).  From six pm Friday they will be showing paintings and drawings of Sweffling by Ruth Finn ... it usually involves white wine.