Eden Project's Music Blogs
Free entry for under-18s to our youth talent showcase
It’s coming up to one of our favourite events of the year – Bright Young Things, where talented teenagers from the South West come to Eden to perform music, dance and more. Come along on Saturday 28 January 2012 to see them strut their stuff and give them support. As well as live dance and [...]
Reversed Christmas songs: name that tune
We asked our Pollinators Jenny Crowe and Dave Webb to belt out a few Christmas classics in our Mediterranean Biome and then we reversed the videos…to hilarious effect. Play the videos below, and have a guess at what Jenny and Dave are singing. Then you can find out the answers by playing the subsequent videos. [...]
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Live music at Eden Project Cafe in St Austell, Cornwall, this weekend
We’ve put together a fab programme of live music events at our Café in St Austell town centre. The Café, a bright, spacious, eco-building, is open until the wee hours and we serve warming food until late. This Friday we’re delighted to host post-rock duo Nordic Giants, as well as piano prodigy Samuel Osmond. Hidden [...]
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Musical instruments from around the world are making music sweeter
Our new collection of fairly-traded musical instruments from around the world give everyone the chance to make music and, for children especially, experience the joy of making new sounds without breaking the bank. Buy a whole orchestra’s worth to really get the party going! Frog Instrument If you’ve got lots of energy and love making [...]
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Today’s Plant Record: Roots Manuva’s Watch Me Dance
As a bit of fun for the weekend Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on Eden’s plant collection as our Plant Records Manager, recommends his favourite ‘plant records’ – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. This week’s tune: Watch Me Dance, by Roots Manuva Roots [...]
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Today’s Plant Record: Coldcut & Hextatic’s Timber
As a bit of fun for the weekend Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on Eden’s plant collection as our Plant Records Manager, recommends his favourite ‘plant records’ – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. This week’s tune: Timber, by Coldcut and Hexstatic An area [...]
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Climate change debate at Eden 30 June
Don’t forget our Future Features climate change debate, taking place in the Mediterranean Biome on Thursday. Come along at 12 noon to help shape the debate in a live panel discussion. Chaired by journalist and co-founder of Instigate Debate, Mark Donne, your questions will be answered by a panel that includes oceanographer Simon Boxall, campaigner [...]
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This week’s Plant Record: Insane in the Brain, by Cypress Hill
Come and see our lovely Cypress trees in the Mediterranean Biome! These conifers from northern temperate regions produce a gorgeous-smelling oil. We have some lovely Cupressus sempervirens, Italian Cypress, which has a tall, narrow growth habit, which, like most visitors to this year’s Biotik Stage at the Eden Sessions, will be nodding to the array of awesome tunes. Cypress [...]
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Win season tickets to Eden Sessions 2012
We’re offering you the chance to win an exclusive season ticket for Eden Sessions 2012, entitling you and a friend to free entry to each performance at next year’s exciting line-up. It’s sooo easy to enter – simply text the answer to our simple question on our competition page, by 5pm 31 August 2011. All [...]
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Family activities and live music events at Eden Project Café
Our new sustainably built café, which opened this year in St Austell town centre, is now hosting live music evenings each weekend, plus a daytime schedule of activities for kids. This month we’ve original music events every Friday or Saturday and have some real hidden gems – from beautiful rock, to acoustic sunshine, to black [...]
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