A HIGH energy Canadian band kicked off the first event of the month for the Three Choirs Fringe Festival.

Tanglefoot play original music based on traditional stories, songs, folklore and drama, making use of the fiddle, double bass, guitars, piano, mandolin, whistles, banjo and harmonica.

This will be followed by Voices and Visions drama section at The Forum Theatre in Malvern.

Voices and Visions is a three-day festival that shows off the best in drama, dance and music at schools throughout the county.

The drama show starts at 7.30pm on Wednesday, July 3. For further information call the box office on 01684 892277.

The brochures for the Fringe Festival have now been completed and can be collected from the Worcester Evening News and Huntingdon Hall.

Anyone interested in helping to distribute the brochures should contact Huntingdon Hall on 01905 611427.