Arts

Arts Development

First Thursdays

2 September - 7 October - 4 November

4 - 8pm

Winchester City Council and Winchester BID are working together to make your first Thursdays a more enjoyable evening in Winchester.

The first Thursdays of August, September, October and November will see a range of food, arts, crafts, music and shopping on Winchester High Street. Just pop along after work or in the evening with your family for a relaxed party atmosphere between 4 and 8pm.

Winchester City Council and Winchester BID are leading the First Thursday festivities. The aim is to increase footfall in the city centre during the currently quiet early evening, and help local businesses benefit from a party atmosphere.

Check out our website for full details of who's involved at www.first-thursdays.co.uk Join us this week for more food, drink and much merriment!

For further information, please call Kate Cloud on 01962 848 563 or email kcloud@winchester.gov.uk

Free Arts Activities for the Under 18s in Winchester!

Next week, 16 - 22 August, the Freefall Festival reaches its climactic conclusion with seven days of arts events and activities for the Under 18s at River Park, Winchester.

Not only are there workshops running in puppetry, drama and animation, but on Monday 16 August the events are absolutely free! With three all-day workshops on offer, you could choose to either learn the skills used in African, Indian and Brazilian drumming; brush-up on your songwriting skills with the team from Winnall Rock School; or take part in a high energy taster session in hip hop and street dance.

The Freefall Festival has been organised by the Tower Arts Centre, Winchester Discovery Centre and the Theatre Royal and has provided summer holiday activities and workshops in the three venues.

"It's been a great success," said Ben Ward, Centre Director of The Tower. "It's been fantastic to see so many young people getting involved in such a wonderfully creative event."

In this final week, workshops will take place in marquees at River Park, Winchester, and on the weekend of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August, youngsters will be performing the skills they have learned to families, friends and others on an open air stage.

For more details about the Freefall Festival please see www.freefallfestival.org To book places on any of the workshops please call Theatre Royal Winchester on 01962 840 440.

Eye Openers is now also available using digital page turning software

The arts web pages give you information about arts projects, events, activities and organisations in the Winchester District, check the links on the left. If you have suggestions for the arts web pages, please contact Marilyn Michalowicz on mmichalowicz@winchester.gov.uk