Over the bank holiday weekend, the market town of Pershore will be turning purple in tribute to the humble plum…
Archives for Art
Interactive trails with mechanical eyes and applauding chandeliers
This month, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) is launching a new set of interactive heritage trails and installations for visitors of all ages…
Radical film, music and talks at Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival
The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival will take place in Dorset with radical film screenings in a vintage mobile cinema, a left wing indie disco and live artpunk kitchencore music…
Youth and teen angst explored in Many & Beautiful Things
An exhibition exploring the nostalgia of youth and teen angst will open at Plymouth College of Art Gallery this month…
Fun and frivolity at arts festival in Cornwall
Lafrowda Festival is a celebration of community arts in St Just, Cornwall, with buggy racing, colourful processions and an outdoor theatrical adventure…
A festival with a giant marble run and a cardboard world
A festival weaving together the forest with arts and ideas, will take place this weekend in the heart of the National Forest in Derbyshire…
A bit of a do in London
Free mini-festival A Bit Of A Do returns to London, championing the work of artists with and without disabilities…
Midsummer celebrations at Cornwall’s Mazey Day
Golowan, the celebration of midsummer, is a Cornish tradition that has been revived in recent years in Penzance…
Dancing mannequins and oscillating objects at London festival
Immersive and pop-up productions, street theatre, surreal walkabout performances and a giant painting will be part of a free festival in East London…
A new moon appears in Dorset this summer
Fifty years on from the first moon landing, three Dorset arts festivals will be joining forces this summer to present Dorset Moon…
Art and astronauts at Murdoch Day
This month, the town of Redruth in Cornwall will be holding their annual celebration of the inventor William Murdoch, with processions, music and dancing…
A human bowlercoaster and live street art in Cumbria
Ulverston will come alive next weekend, with everything from window painting and yarnbombing, to live street art and wandering theatre performances…
Play with paper and board the story boat at garden party
Head to the beautiful Grade II listed Thelma Hulbert Gallery and its leafy garden in Honiton this bank holiday weekend, for their annual artsy garden party…
Tattoos and time travel at May’s Museums at Night
This month, museums and galleries up and down the country will be staying open late to host some fun and unusual events, for both adults and families…
Chelsea Fringe’s alternative garden celebration
Chelsea Fringe, the alternative garden festival, returns with an attempt to make the longest daisy chain and a day of tree climbing…