Festival and Parade team up for 'sensational afternoon' next year
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Next year’s Hebden Bridge Arts Festival and Handmade Parade share the billing on 22 June 2013. The Handmade Parade will process through town from noon and meet the Arts Festival in Calder Holmes park for sensational afternoon of street entertainment. The Arts Festival will then open its doors for business later that evening.
‘When Andrew Kim phoned us the morning after the floods to tell us his parade had been forced to cancel, we were keen to help in any way we could, so when he suggested rescheduling the parade for the opening day of the Arts Festival, it seemed like the ideal solution. It turned out to be an amazing day and one we’re keen to replicate next year – although hopefully minus the flooding. It’ll be really interesting collaborating
with the Handmade Parade to create something new and exciting together,’ said Helen Meller, Festival Coordinator.
See more photos of this year's Parade
“We’re very excited to grow our partnership,” said Andrew Kim, Artistic Director of Handmade Parade. “This year, in addition to sharing the date, we’re keen to find opportunities for artwork, performers and participants to feed into each other’s events. It’ll be a banner day celebrating the breadth and depth of the creativity of our community!”
Handmade Parade Open Workshops will begin on Saturday June 1st
Handmade Parade and Hebden Bridge Arts Festival – Saturday 22 June
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival will run 22 – 30 June 2013
More info:
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival – Helen@hbaf.co.uk or visit www.hbaf.co.uk
Handmade Parade – info@handmadeparade.co.uk or visit www.handmadeparade.co.uk
See also
- HebWeb News: Arts Festival seeks new board members (18 Sept)
- HebWeb News: Arts Festival is over (12 July)
- HebWeb News: Carnival weekend in Hebden (3 July)
- HebWeb News: Arts Festival and Handmade Parade hit the sunny streets of Hebden (27 June)
- HebWeb News: The girls are back in town! (20 June)
- HebWeb News: Festival Box Office opens Saturday 16th June
- HebWeb News: Dance weekend to kick off Arts festival
- HebWeb News: Festival Programme launched: Matisse and Stewart Lee headline
- HebWeb News: Hebden Bridge Fringe Programme launched
- HebWeb News: Countdown to Arts Festival