Taking place on Saturday 20th September from 11am – 5pm in Corby town centre, Family Arts Festival promises to be a day packed with creative activities, performances and opportunities for families to explore the arts together!

The festival features a diverse programme of hands-on workshops, live performances and interactive installations, which have all been selected by a local community panel and designed to engage visitors of all ages.

The timing of the festival, alongside GAIA – Luke Jerram’s stunning artwork featuring detailed NASA imagery of Earth which will be installed at The Core creates a unique opportunity for families to experience both large-scale public art and community-led creativity in the same visit to the town centre. Made With Many is delighted to be working alongside The Core as they bring this awe-inspiring installation to the town.

Family Arts Festival is supported thanks to National Lottery funding through Arts Council England as part of the Creative People and Places programme, and is being delivered in partnership with The Core at Corby Cube and Willow Place.

Full line-up of artists and acts

Hands-on Workshops: Wild Prints nature-based art with Olivia Wilson Art, Play with Clay with Earthlings Inside Out, Giant Nature Art with Lisa Tilley, Nature Makers with Artsters, Mini Explorers sensory dance sessions from Mustard Seeds Dance.

Performances: Traditional Japanese Taiko drumming with Leicester Taiko’s Yamabiko group,  Corby CAN’s Dancing with the Land, vibrant brass music from the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band and Fish Boy, an outdoor dance theatre show about protecting our rivers from 2Faced Dance Company. Audience participation will be actively encouraged as Folk Dance Remixed return with their DJ Ceilidh Jam and Just Karen brings her crowdpleasing bubbles!

Storytelling: Enjoy Fantastical Tales From Around The World with storyteller Mike Payton, as well as more magical musical storytelling adventures in Super Sparkle’s The Wonder Garden.

Walkabout dance and theatre performers: See if you can spot The Meandering Goat, the Treemendous stilt walkers, The Peacock and the Princess and the Curious Creatures.

Installations: Corby Shed of Culture with the Creative Place and Mapping Corby with Phiona Richards.

The Festival is free to attend and families are encouraged to drop in throughout the day and explore the full programme of activities. Most activities are drop-in and no booking is required, although some workshops such as Mini Explorerssessions and Fantastical Tales From Around The World  will need to be booked in advance.

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