Broxtowe Creates Festival - June 2024

Broxtowe Creates Festival is a new Arts Council funded festival of cultural events and activities taking place across Broxtowe throughout June.

The funding bid was put together through a Community Committee, made up of Broxtowe Borough Council Officers, Members and local people who have expertise in different cultural sectors. The Community Committee was founded as part of a European exchange project with cities in Germany, Sweden, France and Poland, called CCity.

Art Workshops

Art workshops run by local artists including:

• 1 June – Lino Printing with Marcus Gilmore - 10.00am until 2.00pm at Yellow Wood Café, 42 Chilwell Road, Beeston, NG9 1EJ - Free
• 8 June – Watercolour Painting with Anjana Cawdell  - 10.00am until 1.00pm at Rumbletums, 2A Victoria Street, Kimberley, NG16 2NH - Free
• 15 June – Willow Art with Katrine Scott-Mitchell  - 9.30am until 12.30pm at Eastwood Library, Wellington Place, Eastwood, NG16 3GB - Free
• 25 June – Summer Craft, Chill and Chat - 6.00pm until 9.00pm at The Plessey Centre, Marconi Drive, Beeston, NG9 1NX. The event will be a fun and enjoyable evening where you try your hand at watercolour painting, willow art and glass painting and take home your finished pieces - £15 per person

All workshops can be booked at: www.abcartstrail.co.uk/broxtowecreatesart/workshops (Opens in a new window).

Art Competition and Exhibition

Broxtowe Creates are also inviting residents to participate in an art competition based on the theme of ‘Friendship’. The closing date is 31 May and you can find out more and details of how to enter at www.abcartstrail.co.uk/broxtowecreatesart/art-competition (Opens in a new window).

The competition will be judged by four talented local artists. Selected artwork will be included in an online exhibition and an in-person exhibition in the former Argos store in Beeston Square from 10 June until 30 June.

Children's Writing Competition

Children can submit their short stories, poems and non-fiction pieces for a chance to win a kindle and national book tokens.

Taking inspiration from D.H. Lawrence’s great love of the natural world and his ability to capture the changing of the seasons in words, entrants are invited to write a short story or poem or celebrating the ‘The Four Seasons.’ 

The competition is open for entries until 10 May and more details about how to enter can be found on the D.H. Lawrence Writing Competition: Children's Prize page.

Live Music

Kimberley Jam - 22 June, 11.00am until 7.00pm, Kimberley Miners Recreation Ground, NG16 2NB

Live music can be enjoyed from a range of up and coming and more established local musicians on an environmentally friendly, solar powered stage and a second acoustic stage, plus stalls, food and drink, children's activities and rides. Free entry.

Pop Up Proms

• 15 and 16 June - youth and local musician takeover weekend
• 22 June
• 29 June

Venues and times to follow shortly.

Pop Up Theatre

8 free pop up theatre performances will entertain audiences with a selection of comedy, drama and music sketches performed by Beeston Players and Parky Players.

• 9 June -1.00pm – 2.00pm and 3.00pm - 5.00pm, Plessey Centre, Marconi Drive, Beeston, NG9 1NX
• 16 June - 1.00pm – 2.00pm and 3.00pm – 4.00pm, Canal Side Heritage Centre, Weir Cottages, Canal Side, Beeston, NG9 1LZ
• 25 June - 3.00pm - 4.30pm and 5.00pm - 6.30pm, Beeston Rylands Community Centre, Leyton Cresent, Beeston, NG9 1PR
• 22 June - 4.00pm - 5.00pm and 6.00pm and 8.00pm at the Boat and Horses, 137 Trent Road, Beeston, NG9 1LP. A chance to see full performances of ‘Shaken Not Stirred’, a fiercely funny comedy and music sketch show about the challenges of living with Parkinsons, with a sprinkling of Bond.

Theatre Workshops

Try your hand at acting and improvisation at one of three theatre workshops delivered by community theatre director Rachel Green and members of the two theatre groups. All workshops will take place at the Plessey Centre, Marconi Drive, Beeston, NG9 1NX.

• 4 June - 3.30pm - 5.00pm and 5.30pm-7.00pm
• 10 June - 3.30pm – 6.00pm
• 18 June – 3.30pm - 5.00pm and 5.30pm-7.00pm

Further details and to book please contact Janet on 07904 067160 or email parkyplayers@gmail.com

Cinema 

The Best of Beeston Film Festival - 7 June, 8.00pm at Arc Cinema, Beeston

More details to follow shortly.

Further information

For more information about the Broxtowe Creates Festival, contact broxtowecreates@gmail.com