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Mr Kite Benefits

Mr Kite Benefits use the promotion of live music the North West of the UK to support a wide range of charities.  A £100 donation is guaranteed to charity from every Benefit and musicians are carefully selected to guarantee satisfaction.

The idea is that the audience can trust that they'll get value for money and satisfaction that any profits are going to a worthy cause.

 These Benefits started in 1997 with a Benefit with Kate Rusby and have continued with artists such as Chris While and Julie Matthews, Bert Jansch, Jez Lowe, Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling, Bill Jones and many more.

By the time Mr. Kite was laid out making daisy chains in some festival field, the donations to charity from Mr. Kite Benefits had reached a grand total of.............roll of drums, please, Maestro.........

£57,369

More information can be gained at the Mr Kite website

http://www.mrkite.org/index.htm

or by e-mailing

mailing@mrkite.org

In 2009, plenty more Mr Kite Benefits to come......some of the benefits below need their details confirmed. These will be added to the website as they become clear. Meanwhile, you can get hold of tickets as indicated below. Please check details in advance as Mr. Kite takes no responsibility for anyone who organises their whole life around a Mr. Kite Benefit which changes!

Kate Campbell
Supported by Chris James
Sunday December 6th, 2009 in aid of Arthritis Research Campaign
St. Bede’s Club, Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley
Tickets £11 Advance/£12 Door
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216 (plus per transaction booking fee of £2) or online at WeGotTickets and See Tickets (plus per ticket booking fee of £1.10)
Kate Campbell's songs spread across her albums as a distinctive and incomparable slice of music from one of the most unique artists recording today. Drawing admiration from many other musicians; Spooner Oldham regularly helps with the recordings and Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Will Kimbrough, Pierce Pettis and Tom Kimmel have all featured with John Prine adding vocals to her latest record, 'Save The Day'.
Chris James will open up the evening with his fine acoustic blues - check out Chris on YouTube.



St. Agnes Fountain featuring David Hughes, Chris Leslie (from Fairport Convention), Julie Matthews and Chris While
Sunday December 20th, 2009 in aid of SLEAP
The Worden Arts Centre, Leyland
Tickets £16
Tickets available by mail and online for credit card payment at WeGotTickets and See Tickets (plus per ticket booking fee of £1.60)
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Tom Russell
Saturday January 23rd, 2010 to help support The Extended Family via The International Aid Trust
The Met, Bury
Tickets £16
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0161-761-2216 (plus per transaction booking fee of £2)
Tom returns to treat us to his fine songs including a new album, 'Blood and Candle Smoke'. Meanwhile, check out the making of 'One To The Heart, One To The Head' ,Tom's album with Gretchen Peters here



Carolina Chocolate Drops
Saturday February 6th, 2010 in aid of ...
The Met, Bury
Tickets £16
Old-time Southern string music is often associated with Caucasian musicians from Appalachia, not African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont. Breathing new life into the black folk traditions of string and jug band music, The Carolina Chocolate Drops (Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson) trade duties as singers and swap instruments as they take on traditional and contemporary songs. 

Specifically for tickets go to ordering tickets, or, if you need to know more about upcoming benefits, we suggest that you add yourself to the mailing list

Mr. Kite Homepage

Specifically for tickets go to ordering tickets, or, if you need to know more about upcoming benefits, we suggest that you add yourself to the mailing list

Mr. Kite Homepage

Ordering tickets

Tickets for all events can be obtained by sending a cheque made payable ‘Mr Kite Benefits’ to 24 Acorn Close, Leyland, Lancashire PR25 3AF.  Enclose an SAE for return of tickets or collect them on the door.

More details about booking tickets, future benefits, etc. can be found at the Mr Kite website:

http://www.mrkite.org/index.htm

Thanks for your support.

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