Going To Greenbelt!

It's official, I've been invited to present at Greenbelt, "a Christian music and arts festival – established in 1973 and first held in 1974, Greenbelt festival is in its 33rd year, and, at the last festival, attracted around 19,000 festival-goers." It is held in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England from August 25-28, 2006.

This will be my third time presenting in England. Each time I have, people came up to me and say, "You need to perform at Greenbelt!" So here it is.

I will also be in England, Wales, Sweden and Denmark September 9th to October 4th (details to be released soon). Hope to meet up with some of you there!

Comments

Anonymous said…

When are you going to be in Sweden? I might get to take a trip to Stockholm for work, possibly this fall....

Tom D.

8:54 PM

Peterson Toscano said…

Tom of Sweden--Sept 19-26 in Malmö.

(I love how you chat with me through my blog--as if text messages and e-mails were not enough. You are so multimodal)

8:59 PM

Contemplative Activist said…

That's fantastic news - let me know as soon as you know the dates/times of your performances. I have some friends who go to Greenbelt so I'll be making sure they go to see you!

CA

2:39 PM

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