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Home > Archives for Arts by the Sea Festival

Archives for Arts by the Sea Festival

Cold War Steve, The Windbreak

25 metre long windbreak pops up on beach

This week, British collage artist and satirist Cold War Steve, will install a rather unusual windbreak on Boscombe beach…

La Compagnie des Quidams - Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival

Fiery seafront gatherings and sonic orbs in Bournemouth

Expect everything from fiery seafront gatherings, to projection-mapped trees, sonic orbs and metamorphosing horses at this year’s Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival…

Arts by the Sea Festival Bournemouth

Live life on the edge at the Arts by the Sea Festival in Bournemouth

Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival is celebrating life ‘on the edge’ with spectacular arts performances in a mixture of familiar and unusual locations…

Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival - Joe Rush Mutoid Waste (Photo: Wreckage International)

Puppets, punk poets and paper cinema at the Arts by the Sea Festival

Bournemouth’s third Arts by the Sea Festival features over 50 arts events spanning music, dance, film, visual arts, performance and spoken word…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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