Dave Reeves

poet, performer, bluesharp & squeezebox player, historian & heritage worker, walker

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

My first poetry workshop of 2019 for @bclmlearning = Sat 18th May 10:00 - 16:00 price includes parking, refreshments & lunch. There are always unexpected gems of writing at these workshops @BCLivingMuseum so join us and add to the wonder. Details at https://t.co/Uz2EcxNbLo

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

I’ve spent the last few weeks walking, talking, drawing and singing with groups around Wolverhampton and South Staffs, like @HWCChoir, for @CreatHealth and their ‘Still Lively’ arts project. I’ll be reading the new poem from the commission at @WolvArtGallery on Wed 14/11 at 13:30

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Tomorrow night, Tuesday 13/11, I’ll be reading in Wolverhampton @lighthousemedia for City Voices with Offas Press, Bilston Writers, Natalie White. Me & my squeezebox bellowing together – poetry, satire, strange tales and everything davereeveswhobellows

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

This is my grandfather Joe Plant. He worked the pits and was wounded in WW1, The poem extract is how I remember him. This weekend 10 & 11/11 I'll be @BCLivingMuseum reading poems by combatants & civilians from 1914-18 around the site, alongside the costumed interpreters.

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Looking forward to being back at @BCLivingMuseum next Saturday 29/9 running a poetry workshop for @bclmlearning – using the whole museum for inspiration. Refreshment vouchers included in price. Still time to book: details https://t.co/7QM25KGA4o

[Karen Louise Parker 🇺🇦 @KarenLouisePark]

Thanks Waste Time (A Do) for the opportunity to play a hang drum! Didn’t feel like wasting time! #icanconnect @herbert @wastelandcov @_davereeves

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Sunday 23/9 - What Lies Beyond... bring 'Waste Time: a do' their response to @wastelandcov to @The_Herbert with contributions from @mckellar_ali @RMFrancis Wendy Freeman, Simon English, Chris Lyle, Tiresias the prophet. One afternoon only from 13:00. Come waste time with us

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

One week to go until the ‘What Lies Beyond...’ collective transform this room @The_Herbert for ‘Waste Time: a do’ ��� one afternoon of performance & displays to tie in with @wastelandcov See https://t.co/T9WZElX7p9 - Come join us next Sunday 23/9. More details to follow

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Friday 24/8 final chance to catch all 3 #BackIn10 shows for @bct_us at @BCLivingMuseum. 5pm Steel Vermin Waltz in Sidebotham’s Trap Shop; 6pm The Real Wiltshire Trap around the Pawn Shop on Canal Street; 7pm Black Country Calling at Gripton’s radio shop – Museum adm 4-8pm £5pp.

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Black Country Calling – new performance piece for @bct_us Tonight Fri 17/8- @BCLivingMuseum 4.45, 5.30, 6.15, 7.00pm (performance lasts 20 mins) at Gripton's Radio Stores – Museum adm 4-8pm £5pp #BackIn10

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Black Country Calling - Fri 17/8 16:00-20:00 the 3rd of 3 weekly shows for @bct_us at @BCLivingMuseum 4 performances during the evening. Timings to follow. The final instalment of #BackIn10 Each show written during the week of performance

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

The Real Wiltshire Trap: A Ballad –new performance piece for @bct_us Fri 9/8- @BCLivingMuseum 4.45, 5.30, 6.15, 7.00pm – Museum adm 4-8pm £5pp #BackIn10 “Like a shadow in the courtyard/ Like an upstairs curtain’s twitch/ Like a shuffle down the towpath/ Like sweet revenge’s kiss“

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

The Real Wiltshire Trap: A Ballad - Fri 10/8 16:00-20:00 the second of 3 weekly shows for @bct_us at @BCLivingMuseum 4 performances throughout the evening. Timings to follow. The next instalment of #BackIn10 Each show written during the week of performance

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

... then in flies my contribution and potentially flocks up the whole thing! @mckellar_ali @AITPLeamington #BirdsInThePark Do Not Feed Seagulls To The Ice Cream

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Amazing displays of 370+ knitted birds from @mckellar_ali with Birds In The Park at @AITPLeamington flamingo, knitted swans in knitted reeds, 4+20 blackbirds & the pie! + much more #Upforanaward #BirdsInThePark ...

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Steel Vermin Waltz – new performance piece for @bct_us performed tonight in the Trap Shop at the @BCLivingMuseum at 5.00, 5.45, 6.30, 7.15pm – Museum admission from 16:00 – 20:00 = £5 pp #BackIn10
“The words hung in the air
Stencilled themselves on the imagination ... “

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Steel Vermin Waltz - Fri 3/8 16:00-20:00 the first of 3 weekly shows for @bct_us in the Trap Shop at @BCLivingMuseum 4 performances throughout the evening. Timings to follow. Part of #BackIn10 Each show written during the week of performance

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

Sun 21/7. 11.30 launch of Waddington Heritage Trail which I wrote as project historian to https://t.co/3OMbw9of17 for @artsNK1. Walk starts @ noon: it will have heritage, music, spoken word and description of the new artworks from artist Simon Grennan. Join me @NKWalking festival

[Dave Reeves @_davereeves]

@Vaughn_Reeves = get on in there! https://t.co/XZScjVowy4

[grough.co.uk @groughmag]

Records tumble as runners race head to head on Lakeland Billy Bland Challenge https://t.co/8Un1ECZKQ0 #ultrarunning

[SCARECROW @theblueshiphop]

Je suis fier de vous présenter "Lady Sorrow", le premier extrait de mon premier album solo qui verra le jour... https://t.co/fFoB8ExrTT