LEGENDARY keyboard player Rick Wakeman will be the star turn at the ninth annual Quartz Festival at Queen’s College in Taunton.
Iconic rocker Rick – also known as one of the BBC’s ‘Grumpy Old Men’ will host An Intimate Evening with Rick Wakeman on October 5.
Tickets for the talk – which takes place on the final night of the festival, which begins on September 23 - will cost £20 and go on sale today (Thursday).
As well as the evening with Rick, the festival will host travelling Shakespeare company The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, cutting-edge dance theatre group Lost Dog and Bristol-based six-piece band The Zen Hussies.
Concert pianist Alex Dariescu also returns to Quartz as does comic magician John Archer.
On September 28, Maddy Prior – lead singer with Steeleye Span – will perform her popular brand of folk music.
Tickets for An Intimate Evening with Rick Wakeman – and other performances - are available via www.quartzfestival.co.uk or from the Quartz ticket office on 01823- 275715.
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