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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.........

£51,592

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!


"Wine, Women and Song" featuring
Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss and Gretchen Peters
Sunday May 24th, 2009 in aid of
Music In Prisons
The Lowry, Salford Quays
Tickets £19
Tickets available from Box Office on 0870-787-5793 or online at
The Lowry
What happens when you put three women - three critically acclaimed singer songwriters, three old friends, three artists with three unique voices - on a stage together with some guitars and a bottle of good cabernet? You get Wine, Women and Song.All these artists have won Country Music Association awards for their contributions to the world of music and return to the UK following their highly successful tour of 2007. Each one could entertain you for the evening, appearing together makes for a night that Maverick magazine described as 'pure magic’. If you'd like a little taste of what to expect, check out videos from their last tour
here and here.



Drever McCusker Woomble
With Special Guests Heidi Talbot and
Boo Hewerdine
Friday June 19th, 2009 in aid of ...
The Met, Bury
Tickets £17
Tickets available from the box office on 0161-761-2216 or online at
Quay Tickets
Those of you who saw last year's show minus Roddy Woomble will recall an evening that was like an after show party. With Roddy back in the fold, we're expecting an even bigger party!



St. Agnes Fountain featuring
David Hughes, Chris Leslie (from Fairport Convention), Julie Matthews and Chris While
Sunday December 20th, 2009 in aid of ...
The Worden Arts Centre, Leyland
Tickets £16
Tickets available
by mail and by credit card payment at WeGotTickets and See Tickets
For the first time since they started touring, we missed out last year ... but they're back!

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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