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Cafe Lento in Headingley set to host special gig featuring Ellie Coast.
Credit to Ellie’s Twitter @elliecoastmusic
HEADINGLEY is home to many local, independent cafes and one of these, Cafe Lento, is set to bring in something different and unconventional on Friday night.
Ellie Coast, a singer-songwriter from Leeds, is set to perform on Friday 22nd January from 7pm onwards along with her partner, Dave Pilla.
Ellie has been playing at Cafe Lento since she was a teenager and she said: “I know and love the owner, he is so kind and passionate about music.
“Every time I play there, Richard makes us Chilli Con Carne and the audience are always so respectful – you can hear a pin drop.
“It’s a great opportunity for us to appreciate our own vocals as most gigs we do are to please an audience wanting popular covers.
“This gig is one where the audience want to see our emotion, hear the delicacies of our voices and hear something they may not have heard before.
“These are the ones we play for and to top all this, it will be the first time my partner has played there with me and I’m excited for everyone to hear his music.”
If you want to hear this special gig, then go on down to Cafe Lento in Headingley on Friday.
Shoppers stray off high street for their Christmas gifts in Headingley.
IT IS the countdown to Christmas and this weekend saw the Design@HEART Christmas Market in Headingley.
People are staying away from high street brands to look for something unique and original, and Headingley has some of the finest artists designing and making quality products right here on local peoples’ doorsteps.
The event saw over 25 crafts people and artists showcase their products for shoppers to buy which includes: ceramics, glass, textiles, prints, photographs, jewellery and many more other gifts.
Claire Riley owns Little Shop of Lathers and Jo Whitehead is an artist working in fused glass under the name of Glassprimitif and they said their views on why shopping independently and supporting local businesses is better:
Jo’s background as a textile artist shines through her work, she said: “I approach my glass design as any other surface.
I love vibrant colours and my main influence is mid twentieth century textile designs and home furnishings.”
Fleure Gething is from Headingley and she set up her stall selling high quality cards from her designs based off famous people or portraits or English nature.
She also expressed her views on the matter of shopping independently:
Some other artists who set up their own stalls are Diana Lambert, the owner of Silver and Sparkle, who had a successful career in IT for 20 odd years before packing it all in to become a silversmith.
She said: “I decided to give up my well-paid, secure ‘real’ job, and start up my own small business.
It was very scary, but I wouldn’t go back in to the corporate world for anything.”
She now sells her jewellery all over the country, and most especially her in Yorkshire.
Rebecca Carr, an artist and illustrator who set up her Lalabuds stall at the market, uses traditional and contemporary drawing skills by combining pencil work with digitally painted layers.
She as well as Bob Bryant and Mary Cormican said why they think people should shop independently.
Bob Bryant is a designer-maker from Cumbria who travelled all the way down to Headingley just to set up his stall, Humblewood, and sell his products.
He sells homewares and gifts with a colourful, contemporary twist such as vases, clocks, platters, jewellery and others.
Mary Cormican is the owner of Gemstone Boutique that is made up of beaded jewellery kits.
So if a friend, family or even yourself are thinking about doing some last minute christmas shopping, then have a think about going to small, independent shops and support not only their business, but the community.
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