#LoveTheReans Festival 2024

Information for Love The Reans Festival 2024!

Reans Remapped by Kremena Dimitrova
Reans Remapped by Kremena Dimitrova

#LoveTheReans Festival Programme

Friday 6th September:

Newhampton Arts Centre / 6pm / Live Music Night hosted by the Kerry Worton Trio.

Saturday 7th September:

Wildside Activity Centre / 10am - 2pm / Dr Bike Session & Cycle Security Marking (drop-in)

Wildside Activity Centre / 1pm - 2pm / Natural Ink Making with Sally Deegan

Wildside Activity Centre / 1pm, 1:20pm  1:40pm / Beeswax Candle Making with Caico Candles

Wildside Activity Centre / 2:30pm - 3:30pm / Paz Heer: Cake Maker To The Stars – talk & demonstration

Wildside Activity Centre / 2:30pm - 3:30pm / Human Nature workshop with Saffron Hill

Wildside Activity Centre / 3:45pm - 4:15pm / 1in3 project film sharing with Diyodi Menon

Wildside Activity Centre / 4:30 pm - 5:30pm - Calming the Mind with Cheryl Ann Boot

Newhampton Arts Centre - 7pm - Spoken Word Poetry & Acoustic Music Jam with Arun Kapur

Sunday 8th September:

Gatis Community Space - 12pm - Man About Monday Poetry Showcase & Reans Got Talent

On the weekend of 6th to 8th September, Gatis Community Space, Newhampton Arts Centre (NAC) and Wildside Activity Centre are teaming up to celebrate everything Whitmore Reans with #LoveTheReans Festival.

We want to celebrate the local area and create this event with the people who live, work and play here – so we need your help sharing your skills, passions and stories of the area!

We’re inviting you to create this festival with us and share something you love, enjoy or have a special skill in. Could you share what Whitmore Reans means to you in a creative way?

Maybe you have a group that could perform, or a talent you could show-off? Do you have a skill you could share and teach others? Do you have a song to sing or a story to tell? Could you share a favourite recipe of yours to cook with others?

Whatever you care to share – we want to hear it!

There will be activities and performances at all three sites, so we will work with you to decide where your offer might work best.

If you’re great at helping people, talking to people and making things happen we’re also looking for volunteers to help us run the festival and talk to people at the festival to get feedback and plan for the next one.

We aim to make this festival as accessible as possible. If you have any access needs, questions about access at the festival, or if there is anything we can do to ensure the event is accessible and comfortable for you and you'd like to chat to someone about it please email [email protected] or text/ WhatsApp or call 07967 187822.

Photo of colourful, patterned flags, raised and waved in the sun on a summer festival.
Cultures in Common, with ERCO, 2022 | Janthra Photography
an image of a group of five women wearing traditional Slovakian costumes.
Cultures in Common | Janthra Photography