Nansledan Arts Festival 2024

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Join us for the inaugural Nansledan Arts Festival, 20th & 21st September in a celebration of community, creativity and culture!

Nansledan Arts Festival will have a range of paid and free events including live music from local musicians, arts workshops, our Spoken Word evening hosted with SproutSpoken, a community picnic with stalls, quizzes, activities for all the family, a craft fair, talks and art demonstrations! There are also trail maps to help you explore the community through biodiversity, architecture and art! Something for everyone!

For more details on events that you can join, please see our programme: https://nansledanartsfestival.org.uk/programme/ to book.

Friday 20th September
17:30 – Late Sounds at Shiva | with Cornwall Choir Collective & Orchard Voices, Essy Sparrow, Chard and Fable. Shiva Cafe, Stret Kosti Veur Woles. Free Event, No Ticket Needed!

Saturday 21st September
Art Workshops | Talks | Music | Crafts | Family Fun | Spoken Word | Trails

Art Workshops
09:30 – 11:30 Life Drawing Workshop | with Sophia Wynter. Nansledan School Hall
09:30 – 11:00 Constellations, cats and clouds | Writing the everyday with Lucy Beckley. Methodist Hub
09:30 – 12:30 Silver Necklace Making Workshop | with Ema Spry. Jacksons Wine Bar, Nansledan
11:30 – 13:00 Is that a Photo? Photo-Realism Charcoal with Simon Knight. Methodist Hub
13:30 – 15:00 The Ocean Lover’s Guide Watercolour Workshop with Rachael Farrar. Methodist Hub, Nansledan

Talks
13:00 – 13:45 Writing a Cornish Mystery | Author Talk with Lindsay Ashford. Nansledan School Hall
13:40 – 14:25 Coppafeel! Breast Cancer Volunteer Talk | Charity Slot. Nansledan School Hall

16:00 – 16:30 Cornwall’s Intangible heritage and Cornish identity | Len Shepphard. Nansledan School Hall

Music
11:30 – 12:30 C Bone. Parc Mengleudh
14:30 – 15:30 Our Atlantic Roots. Nansledan School Hall
16:30 – 17:00 Newquay Singers. Nansledan School Hall. Free Event! No Ticket Needed!

Crafts
Help us yarn-bomb the estate!
Add your jigsaw piece to the create a beautiful piece of craftivism!
13:00 – 17:00 Craft Fair with Local Artisans & Makers. Nansledan School Hall

Family Fun
All Events Are Free Under This Section! More details here!

11:00 – 11:30 Qi Gong | Taster Class. Parc Mengleudh

11:00 – 14:00 Meet those building our community!

Stalls from Newquay Orchard, Cornwall Pride, Newquay Rotary, Newquay Lions, Blystra Arts, Friends of Newquay Hospital, Devon & Cornwall Police, Newquay Firefighters, Cornwall Mind, Newquay Mermaids!

12:00 – 14:00 Community Picnic – grab a blanket, bring some snacks or visit our wonderful local shops and join your neighbours!

12:30 – 13:30 Nansledan Stores Quiz hosted by Leigh Mayor!

Spoken Word
19:00 – Late Pencils Down, Volume Up | Spoken Word Evening with Sprout Spoken. Nansledan School Hall