January '10
Pies & Puddings Festival - Friday 8th to Thursday 21st
A new Festival, the celebration of pies and puddings will include both savoury and sweet; comfort food at its best for this cold winter month.
The Festival will see the return of our very popular steak & kidney pie as well as other homely favourites including fish pie, jam roly-poly and shepherds pie.
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 20th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
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February '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 3rd, 8.30pm. Entrance charge £1
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome Drew Stephenson - Dark acoustic songs about death interspersed with funk, anger,
monkeys and air traffic controllers.
He has been playing and writing songs since he was at college in
Edinburgh. Starting off in folk sessions he soon put together his first band and went electric, unlike Dylan, no-one cried "Judas".
Since then there have been many bands and many changes of direction but he has now really begun to craft out his own sound as a solo performer. A new cellist has added depth and resonance to an already dynamic act.
"Slow songs with nice, strong melodies. Drew Stephenson delivers his vocals with a meaning and thoughtfulness that many singers would sneer in envy at." Sandman magazine
Wine Tasting in The Loft - New Zealand
Thursday 11th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with one course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose a dish to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
Whisky Tasting with The Balvenie Distillery
Thursday 11th, 7.30pm
Whisky tasting and two-course meal; Haggis for main and Cranachan for desert for £15 (members), £18 (non-members).
The Balvenie Distillery lies at the heart of Speyside, in the Scottish Highlands. Housed in a converted eighteenth century mansion, Balvenie New House, The Balvenie Distillery has been making distinctive high-quality whiskies since 1893. The Balvenie Distillery retains and nurtures a high level of craftsmanship that many other malt whisky producers no longer employ: growing its own barley, malting its own traditional floor maltings and employing a team of coopers to tend all the casks and a coppersmith to maintain the stills.
The Balvenie is a unique range of single malts created by David Stewart, The Balvenie Malt Master for over thirty years. Each has a very individual taste: rich, smooth and underpinned by a distinctive honeyed character. The tasting will take you through a range of malts which may include:
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old
The Balvenie Signature 12 Year Old
The Balvenie Single Barrel 15 Year Old
The Balvenie PortWood 21 Year Old
The Balvenie Madeira Cask 17 Years Old
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
This month's performance will be a benefit for the Haiti relief fund.
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March '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 3rd, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Miles Cain - York-based musician and writer, will perform a mixture of original
songs and poems.
Miles'
songs are influenced by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison and he won
the Slipstream Poetry Prize (2008) and Sentinel Poetry Competition (2009).
An
excellent evening of melodies and metaphors !
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 17th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge.
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Australia
Thursday 18th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with one course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose a dish to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
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April '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 7th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome back Holly Taymar. With a delicate, yet soulful voice, stylised finger picked guitar work and songs that recount the trials and tribulations of life in York, Holly's live shows are not to be missed.
Holly is a seasoned performer, having played at venues up and down the country, gaining recognition for both her work as a musician and as a songwriter. Holly's natural stage presence and beautiful delivery make this stripped back show a must see.
York Food Festival Fund Raiser
http://www.yorkfoodfestival.com/
12th April 2010. 7.00pm
An opportunity to support the Food Festival whilst socialising with like-minded Festival supporters and food and drink lovers. Raise any opinions and ideas about the Festival with Festival Directors Michael and Debbie.
£15 per head includes:
A welcome glass of wine or beer.
A
light supper consisting of one of the following:
- Haricot Bean & Vegetable Fritters with Purple Sprouting Broccoli & Tomato Pepper Dressing
Includes vegetables from Organic Pantry, Tadcaster
- Cassoulet with Duck Confit (Cassoulet: Bean, Sausage & Ham Casserole)
Duck from Southfield Farm, Leven
- Smoked Haddock with Poached Egg and Crushed Potatoes (with delicate grain mustard sauce)
Scarborough landed Haddock
Followed by a Chocolate Tutored Tasting
York Festival of Food and Drink is a 'not-for-profit' organisation, providing a 10 day city-wide event to promote local and regional food and drink. All monies raised help to cover our set up costs and the costs of our community programme.
Unlike most other Food Festival’s, at York we cannot charge an entry fee to our markets area and demonstrations so we need to do fundraising activities such as this.
Dates of this year’s Festival are: 17th – 26th September 2010.
To book, call the Festival ticket line: 01904 466687
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Spain & Portugal
Thursday 15th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with one course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose a dish to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 21st, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge.
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
May '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft - CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENT
Wednesday 5th, Doors open 8pm, prompt start 8.30pm.
Entrance charge £6 (£5 concessions)
Paula Ryan along with her Voice and Percussion Quartet, SOUNDSPHERE will be hosting an evening of music to raise funds to support volunteer musicians (of which Paula will be one) going to Tanzania
in August 2010 to work and make music with school children in deprived areas.
Info/bookings contact 01904 623599 or email prsingersongwriter@yahoo.co.uk
Asparagus Festival
Friday 7th to Thursday 20th
Asparagus has a very short season but for those who love it, there is a real feast to be had at Meltons Too. Highlighting our commitment to seasonal and regional food a section of the menu will be dedicated to Yorkshire Asparagus.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Thursday 20th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 19th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge.
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
June '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft - CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENT
Sunday 13th - Doors open 7.30pm, starts at 8.30pm.
Entrance charge £2, proceeds go towards Morocco Hitch
Olly Corpe, Sam Rooney and Tom English are Poubelle-Booms and hope to raise some money for charity by entertaining you with their very mellow and laid back Jazz sounds and classic pop covers.
You can hear them over at YouTube here and here
Morocco Hitch - Olly hitched from London to Morocco to support it!
Link Community Development (LCD) is a family of nine partner organisations working to improve access to quality education in sub-Saharan Africa. Their work is giving hundreds of thousands of African children the opportunity of a brighter future and a better life. The Hitch is Link Community Development's largest fundraising event and the biggest organised hitch-hike in the UK! Over 5,500 people have taken part in the Hitch since it started in 1992, raising more than £2.5million for LCD's projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 16th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - South America & California
Thursday 17th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
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July '10
Lobster Festival
Friday 16th to Thursday 29th
Highlighting our commitment to seasonal and regional food a section of the menu will be dedicated to Yorkshire Lobster. An opportunity to indulge at the height of the local lobster season.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - South Africa
Thursday 15th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Sunday 18th, 8.30pm. Entrance charge £1.50
Nick Tudor comes from Bridlington on the east coast and has been writing his own songs since 1992 and finally went solo in the winter of 2009 after 13 years with his band the sonnet. Influences range from Neil Finn (crowded house) to Paul Weller but delivered in his own style...
Recently reviewed in The Zine, Nick was called 'unique,individual and totally brilliant...,'
Nick will on this occasion will be supported by York's own Nick Thompson.
Everyone who comes down to the loft will recieve a free cd.
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 21st, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
August '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 4th, 8.30pm. Entrance charge £2
Lowry & Curran - easy listening with an Irish twist
Anne Curran who is Irish though regards Yorkshire as her second home is well known on the folk circuit. Anne plays acoustic guitar and her voice has often been compared to Joan Baez.
Mike Lowry also has celtic connections and lives in Yorkshire has spent many years playing guitar in bands in Leeds.
Mike and Anne combine their voices and playing to give you an evening of varied and often familiar music. Expect a relaxed approach and a chance to sing along to some of those songs that you know well enough to have a go at; maybe even stir a few memories.
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 18th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
September '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 15th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Northern Italy
Thursday 16th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
York Food and Drink Festival
Friday 17th to Sunday 26th September
As always, Meltons Too is heavily involved with the festival. As well as many our staff working and running the events around the city, we will be hosting:
Introduction To Wine - Everyday at 1pm
Slow Food Taste Workshops - Everyday at 4pm
Sherry and Tapas Matching with Charles Metcalfe -
Saturday 18th at 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm
Portuguese Wine with Sunday Lunch & Charles Metcalfe -
Sunday 19th at 12pm
Cheese & Wine Tasting - Thursday 23rd at 6pm
For more information on these events and many others visit York Food and Drink Festival Website
October '10
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 20th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Southern Italy & Tuscany
Thursday 21st, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
November '10
Game Festival
Friday 5th to Thursday 18th
Using local suppliers to bring your the best game that Yorkshire can offer. Highlighting our commitment to seasonal and regional food a section of the menu will be dedicated to this theme.
Acoustic Night in The Loft
Wednesday 17th, 8.30pm. £1 entrance charge
Set in the eves of an historic 17th century building we welcome some members of the York Songwriters Circle will present an evening of music and entertainment.
Wine Tasting in The Loft - Southern Rhone
Thursday 18th, 7.30pm
We team up with The Wine Academy and run tutored wine tastings along with two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed informal tasting and our chefs will choose dishes to compliment the theme of the evening.
£35 per person, to book your place please call 01904 466687
Debember '10
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