LAST weekend saw Andover Mini Christmas Rocks take place, offering a festive musical evening for attendees. 

On Saturday, December 4at The Swallow in Andover, local performers Jake Ward and Joe Bingham, and local bands The Tipsy Gypsies and The Lowriders, performed to a sell out audience.

The packed pub meant the event had an electric atmosphere, which coupled with an energetic audience fired up by music made for a fantastic event.

Marie Ponting from Andover Rocks said: “We would like to thank all the kind donations of raffle prizes from the Andover community, the performers for bringing such fantastic performances, The Swallow for being brilliant hosts and to each and everyone that came out to support Andover Rocks yet again. 

“And of course to the Andover Rocks team - you guys are the best!”

Paul Williams, also from Andover Rocks, added: “Such a great event to be part of. It was uplifting to be able to introduce the project for 2022 the music intervention calendar.

“For more information on this please head over to the website www.andover-rocks.co.uk -  there’s something for everyone.”

Andover Rocks seeks to improve people’s mental health through music intervention. 

The team does this in a number of ways, first and foremost being a musical festival which is held annually.

It also runs drumming and meditation workshops, story telling, and poetry and expressive writing classes.