The Dearne Community Arts’ Festival will be back later in the year! This local festival aims to champion creativity and celebrate community and is back for its third year. This year, the festival will be on Saturday 28th September from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will again be at our local secondary school, Dearne ALC. This large building has oodles of room to showcase local talent, and as usual, the festival will give opportunities for exhibitions, performances and workshops and demonstrations.
Come and browse…
Local people will be exhibiting all kinds of creativity in many different guises. Artwork, photographs, crafts, sewing, knitting, woodwork, writing and much more will all be available to admire, and in many cases, there will be the opportunity to buy goods. Many of those who took part in last year’s festival will be back, showing off their creative talents. It’s an ideal opportunity to buy Christmas presents early and to see what local community groups get up to throughout the year!
Come and watch…
Creativity is about more than painting and drawing. We’ll also have the opportunity to watch the performing arts in the fantastic main hall. Our local ukulele class will be performing, along with other musicians, a local dance class and (hopefully) a circus act! There’s so much local talent that it’s great to enjoy these performances, entirely free of charge. Local author John Irving Clarke will be doing a book reading and talking about his works, so there’s something for everyone.
Come and do…
We want to encourage people to have a go at different things and so will be running demonstrations and workshops where you can learn a new skill! So far, we have hot wax painting, henna patterns, creative flower making from plastics, willow weaving and country crafts, card making, origami books and sand art booked in and we’re sure there’ll be lots more! Children’s author Jeannette Ayton will be running story-telling sessions and John Irving Clarke will also be talking about the writing process. So if you fancy trying something new (including having a go at circus skills, we hope!), come along and have fun – you never know what may inspire you in future!
