Julie Felix

Contact

Name: Threlkeld Village Hall

Phone:

Email:

Website: http://www.threlkeldvillagehall.org/whats-on

Address

Main Street
Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 4RX

Price Notes

Tickets £12 (£6 under 18s) from the Village Hall Coffee Shop, village PO or on-line here. (Tickets bought on-line will be available for collection from the box office on the night).

Direction

Threlkeld is located off the A66 in Cumbria, 4 miles west of Keswick and 13 miles east of Penrith. From Penrith, junction 40 on the M6, follow signs to Keswick and after 13 miles turn right into Threlkeld Village. Do not follow your Sat Nav after this point - the Village Hall is located 0.5 mile along on the left hand side. From Keswick follow signs to Penrith and after 4 miles take the first left signposted Threlkeld. The Village Hall is 0.5 mile along on the right hand side.

Details

Julie Felix was born in America and came to Britain in 1956, where she quickly achieved success as a folk singer. Within a decade she had a well-established career, filling the Albert Hall in 1965 and described as “Britain’s First Lady of Folk” by the Times. In 1966 Felix was resident singer on BBC ‘The Frost Report’ and then hosted her own shows on the BBC from 1968 to 1970. She had 2 singles chart hits with ‘If I Could’ and ‘Heaven is Here’. She has always had an interest in campaigning for peace, from acting as humanitarian ambassador for Christian Aid in 1965 to participating in a peace march through Central America in the 1980s. It was a dangerous march, and witnessing the suffering of the indigenous peoples of Latin America inspired Julie to start singing again after a break of a few years. She has continued to campaign for peace projects including protests against the war in the Gulf. Singer songwriter Steve Harley said of her “There are those among us who just have to play and sing; to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job, but a calling. Julie Felix is one such musician.”

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