Top show and auction to aid refugees
A special concert and auction for refugees from Ukraine will be held in Bath this week.
It should be an amazing evening with top comedians and musicians as well as an auction of beautiful items for the home.
The unique event is being run by Bath-based charity Home Aid, made up of some of the many interiors companies who have made Bath their home.
The auction with music and entertainment will take place at The Assembly Rooms, Bath, on Thursday, May 5, from 6.30pm until 9.30pm.
Set up by celebrated photography and journalist duo Newton and Worthy the unique charity auction called Home Aid will raise money for the millions of refugees who have been left homeless as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
There will be live jazz by worldclass ensemble the Claire Martin Quintet fronted by multi-awardwinning singer Claire Martin OBE, who ‘ranks among the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet,’ according to Jazz Times USA.
She will rekindle her famous relationship with renowned pianist David Newton, whose ‘bold originality and delicacy of touch’ (The Observer) will bring a sophistication of song stylings to the evening.
The pair will be joined by the indemand rhythm section of Laurence Cottle on bass and Steve Brown on drums, with special guest and local hero Iain Ballamy on saxophone.
Home Aid will be a star-studded affair, with a number of iconic names supporting the cause.
Comedian James Acaster, a TV panel regular on shows such as Mock The Week and 8 out of 10 Cats, will host the event at the Bath Assembly Rooms, while former Sotheby’s auctioneer Ed Rising will conduct the auction.
Rising is a charismatic auctioneer with decades of experience in fine art and charity auctions.
Interiors-focused, it will feature an array of beautiful items and experiences, donated for free, with all auction profits going to UK for UNHCR’S Ukraine Emergency Appeal to support refugees and displaced families.
A range of the finest interiors products and services will be up for auction from some of the region’s and country’s most prestigious providers, including: OKA, Berdoulat, Holloways of Bath, Knoll, de Gournay, workshops with BBC Queen of
Colour, Sophie Robinson, Edward Bulmer Paint, Another Country, Coco & Wolf, Rockett St George, Among The Pines, Euridge Manor, Emily’s House, WA Green, Home Front Interiors, Looking Glass Bath, The Letterpress Collective, Helma Bongenaar and artists Patrick Hughes, Clare Day and William Balthazar Rose, among others.
Specialising in interiors, Newton and Worthy have collaborated with some of the most talented interior designers, brands, artists and makers working in the UK today.
Tickets cost £20 and to book your place at the live auction or to find out more visit Home Aid’s website: https://uk.givergy.com/ Homeaid/?controller=home.
Everyone is invited to donate or bid online and there will be a silent auction leading up to the event.