What's happened so far?
The dates are confirmed as Thursday 9 th July to Sunday 12 th July
The project team have been very busy organising and so far we've contacted all local groups we can find including schools, artists and musicians, dancers, shops and other local businesses, the Parish and Mid Suffolk Councils and the local Churches.
A meeting was held on 30th March in the Angel to introduce the concept and provide information to anyone who would like to take part
Funding for the event is being sought and applications have been submitted to MSDC which we hope to hear about soon. Eddie Alcock has provided £500 from the Locality funding so a big 'Thank You' goes to Eddie.
What we've booked so far
The following events have been provisionally booked for the festival
- Hilary Mantel reading from her latest novel plus other local writers
- Battle of the Bands
- Debenham players performances including the Youth Player and Eyes Write
- Mummers play
- “Made in Debenham” exhibition
- Family ceilidh
- Summer concert of readings poems and music
- Pamela Vinten's Pupils concert
- Sunday music festival with stalls and other entertainments
- Art Workshops
What we still need
There are lots of opportunities to showcase what your group may already be doing, or to do something
creative especially for the event. There are also opportunities for fund-raising if you are a charity or for promoting your business, your skills and talent, or your creative abilities.
We had a great response at the meeting but we still need lots of people to help by staging events, working with the project team on organisation and logistics, or just volunteering help when it comes to the festival itself.
Volunteers are needed to organise the Sunday Music event, we need poets, dancers, performance artists and buskers, comedians, visual artists and many more......Let your imagination run riot and tell us what you can do.....
We have contact and events information forms available if you would like to take part in the festival so please email us using the details listed below.
Publicity and Info
A new Debenham Arts Festival website is being created and will be ready soon but meanwhile keep checking the Village Website for info.
Further open meetings will be scheduled, the parish magazine will have information, and the Debenham website will be updated
If you would like to know more about the Debenham Arts Festival or to get involved in any way, please contact :
Manny at mannymantel@gmail.com or
Kate at kate@katescott.me.uk . or
Claire at clairecordeaux@hotmail.com
