30th Jan 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ A host of arts and media celebrities will visit Leicester later this month for De Montfort University’s (DMU) annual student-run Cultural Exchanges Festival. This year’s festival will include public lectures and performances with most events free of charge, and guests including...
4th Jan 2012 ⁄ Membership of the UK’s national fundraising charity, the Art Fund, has increased by 15% in 2011 to just fewer than 90,000 members, thanks to the enormous success of the launch of the National Art Pass in April this year. The National Art Pass gives membership...
8th Nov 2011 ⁄ The arts and creative industries have changed dramatically over the last 15 years. In 1997 it was a key part of the Labour party's vision to invest in our arts and culture, both in our local communities and our large cities...
12th Aug 2011 ⁄ Northern Ireland ⁄ Shimmering saris, fabulous food, and inspiring music and dance are just a few of the sights and sounds to expect from the fifth annual Belfast Mela – Northern Ireland’s largest multi-cultural festival....
25th Jul 2011 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ A colourful celebration of the world’s different cultures returns to Edinburgh with an exciting, jam packed three day programme, from 2nd - 4th September. The Edinburgh Mela Festival, Scotland’s foremost celebration of cultural diversity through arts and culture, returns to Leith Links with a mix of BMX-infused dance, musical performances, fash...
13th Jul 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Punch Records is inviting the people of Birmingham to join Levi Roots, the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, top local music acts, family-friendly comedians, storytellers and artists for a free afternoon of Jamaican-inspired summer fun to celebrate the London 2012 Open Weekend supported by BP...
16th Jun 2011 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Derby secondary schools join forces to take over Déda for an evening of culture later this month. Students from Littleover Community School and Lees Brook Community Sports College have been working with staff from Déda to programme an evening of entertainment at Déda on Thursday 30 June from 5-7pm.
13th Jun 2011 ⁄ Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) have announced the Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture, a new £500,000 fund for projects that will harness digital technologies to connect with wider audiences and explore new ways of working...
5th May 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Family fun is high on the agenda for this year’s Macclesfield Barnaby Festival, taking place in the town centre on 17-19 June. A reinvention of the centuries-old Maxonian tradition of celebrating St Barnabas’ Feast day, Barnaby is a new festival of arts, culture and fun.
Join us for the colourful and vibrant street parade on Saturday mornin...
17th Mar 2011 ⁄ Yorkshire/Humber ⁄ As the countdown to London 2012 gains momentum, a new wave of Yorkshire culture will be creating ripples across the region.
7th Mar 2011 ⁄ Wales ⁄ Wrexham and District is the home of the 2011 National Eisteddfod. The National Eisteddfod is one of the world’s greatest cultural festivals and will be held from 30 July – 6 August 2011 on the land of Lower Berse Farm - a short trip from the town busy town of Wrexham and within easy reach of the main road for those travelling from across Wales ...
1st Mar 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Wonder Associates continues to deliver against its sector-focused agency-wide strategy, officially launching a "new website - www.miyocms.com to bring alive the benefits of their Content Management System - MIYO (Make It Your Own).
Designed specifically for organisations and marketeers in arts, culture and leisure - t...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
