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WHAT’S ON: 

Maritime Festival 4th and 5th September 2010

Heritage Open Days  9th -12th September 2010

Out There Festival 18th -19th September 2010

Priory Gallery Group Exhibition

The Priory Gallery Group present an exhibition inspired by “The Wilton Dyptych” and other sacred art on Tuesday, 14th September 2010, 10am – 3pm, at The Priory Centre, Priory Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1NWT.

These beautiful dyptychs are a result of five workshops, run for local people, at The Priory Centre earlier this year. The workshops were run by The National Gallery with their artist Mark Woodhead.

Manga murals for St. George’s hoarding

Silent Hobo is on the way to completing the 30-metre mural for the hoarding which will surround St. George’s Chapel whilst renovation work takes place.  He is depicting scenes of Great Yarmouth life through the ages – the scene represented here is from the era of Mods and Rockers congregating on the seafront.   For a fuller article on the St. George’s project click here or for  Silent Hobo’s website here.

Avatar at Great Yarmouth Community Cinema

Maritime Festival

The 2010 Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival takes place on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010 on South Quay, when traditional tall ships, expedition vessels, steam drifters and lifeboats will be moored on South Quay for visitors to admire and go aboard.

Shanty and maritime music will be performed throughout the festival at three different venues, all with bars, up and down South Quay, with a packed programme of artistes, including the Newfoundland dogs and their amazing water rescue displays. Other exhibitors include boat builders, the RSPB and Natural England

Painting, ceramics, knot tying, net mending and lace making will all be on display in the popular demonstrator’s marquees. The Feast of Fish marquee will whip up some delicious fish dishes. Walk about entertainment includes The Giant Seagulls, Horatio Herring and Mrs H too! The BBC are also presenting Bang goes the Theory performances on Stonecutter’s Quay!

Entrance is FREE: £1 donation per person is much appreciated!

For more information click here.

Out There Festival

Welcome to the third incarnation of Out There – a massive free festival of international performance and participation taking place in St. George’s Park, Great Yarmouth on the 18th and 19th September. Out There is now the largest street arts festival in the region.

Joe Mackintosh of SeaChange Arts says, “We love being Out There! Out on the east coast, we think we’re a little bit special – perched on the edge of the UK and tipping a wink to the continent! Our programme reflects that. This year we welcome one of the titans of international street arts,Générik Vapeur who will perform the English premier their long- running street show,Bivouac. From France we also welcome Chamboule Touthéatre and two of the original founders of the parkour phenomenon in a show called Fusion. Add to that performers from Sweden, Belgium, New Zealand and Australia all bringing us a sense of the weird, the wonderful and the unusual.

We’re also supporting local artists with a series of local commissions and performances around the festival park and there’s plenty of opportunity to get Out There yourself with a number of participatory workshops.”

Out There has been developed with the support of the ZEPA network, an innovative project partnering nine French and English festivals to create and share artists, tours and expertise. While born of international partnerships the festival is founded on the historic qualities that make Great Yarmouth unique with its rich heritage of circus and seaside entertainment.

The Out There festival is pure fun and not to be missed! For more information click here.

Heritage Open Days

A great opportunity to discover hidden Greater Yarmouth over four days of free events with special guided tours and visits to buildings not usually open to the public, Heritage Open Days spans four days from 9th – 12th September 2010. 

Amongst  the many great buildings to explore are HS Smoke House , five traditional old smoke houses in South Denes, over 150 years old and still using traditional methods for smoking herring.  Prebooking is required for guided tours on Friday at 11.00 am and Saturday 10.00.    Also the wonderfully ornate Regent Theatre, now Mecca bingo, designed by Frances Burdett Ward and decorated in the Louis XVI style.  Opened in 1914,  it has been well preserved by its current owner. Pre-booking is required here too for guided tours on Thursday and Friday 11.00 am and Sunday 12.00 am.   But these are just two of  the 42 participating venues.

For more information visit the Heritage Open Days site by clicking here.

Exhibition opportunity for artists

Artists Needed for Exhibition in September 2010

The St James Health & Resource Centre is hosting a collective art exhibition on 24th, 25th & 26th September 2010.

I am looking for artists to come along with their artwork (any media), and exhibit it over the weekend.

Please get in contact with us and let us know what kind of work it is i.e size, media, special requirements.

If you are interested please call Rosina on 01493 335790 or e-mail on rosina.haskell@nwes.org.uk

Deadline for applications 01/09/2010

Sunday Circus at Time and Tide

Roll up, roll up! Meet Rollo the Clown for fire eating, magic and escapology. Visit ‘Showtime’, our circus exhibition and hear a talk on the history of clowning by Great Yarmouth’s Don Stacey. Have your face painted and join in with circus themed crafts and dance. Tap your feet to live music from Great Yarmouth Youth Brass Orchestra and enjoy tasty treats in the delightful Silver Darlings cafe. 10am – 5pm, museum admission only.  Sunday 8th August 2010

Great Yarmouth Community Cinema

Gorleston Cliff Top Festival

The Cliff Top Festival on Marine Parade, Gorleston will be held on Saturday 31 July 12-22 hrs. and Sunday 1 August 11 to late, and includes music, a funfair, helicopter rides, side-shows and a fireworks display on the Sunday night.  Click here to go to the Cliff Top Festival website for full information.

As part of the ‘BeInvolved with vinvolved Summer Season’, the Norfolk vinvolved team will be on hand to assist volunteers and have roles for people of all abilities.

Food, water and hot drinks will be provided and all reasonable travel expenses will be paid.

For more information, please contact Steve Smith at Norfolk vinvolved on 07771 531562 or http://steve.smith@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk

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