Haworth Arts Festival

From Thursday 31st August until Sunday 3rd September 2006, Haworth celebrates the Arts Festival.

There are many activities going on:

The festival was re-launched last year and left a lot of people smiling. On that basis, it seemed a good idea to run it again this year. Because of the experience we gained, this year’s festival is going to be bigger, brighter and, we hope, better.

There’s going to be a whole range of events. Amongst other things, ghost stories in the graveyard; chainsaw sculpture; legendary poets; a parade of minis (the cars, not the dresses); art exhibitions; drumming workshops…okay, the list is pretty long. If you want to peruse it at your leisure, go to http://www.haworthartsgroup.co.uk – there is bound to be something that you’re interested in. Tickets and a brochure detailing all events will be available from Tourist Information (top of Main Street) from the beginning of August.

Two of the activities can be of interest to BrontëBlog readers. Both are taking place next Sunday, September 3:

The first one is not exactly Brontë-related, but as Joolz Denby is the Artistic Advisor of the upcoming Bradford Radical Brontës Festival and we published very recently an extensive article with her opinions about the Brontës, we highlight:

Joolz
West Lane Baptist Church: 2pm (September, 3)
Joolz Denby is an award-winning, multi-nominated novelist and poet and is considered to be the UK’s premier woman spoken-word artist.
Joolz has an international reputation for excellence in all her creative fields including her work as an illustrator, photographer and exhibition curator.
Cost: £5/£3

The other event takes place in the Brontë Parsonage Museum:

Poetry Writing Workshop
Brontë Parsonage Museum: 3:30pm
Sue Wood, local poet and winner in the Fish International poetry competition, will lead a Brontë themed poetry workshop. Includes free entry to the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Cost: £3/£2

Categories: Haworth, Art-Exhibitions, Poetry