The popular Corby Mardi Gras returns for the third year on Saturday, March 30, 1pm-8pm. Produced by Leicester based cultural development agency ArtReach in partnership with Made in Corby, Corby Mardi Gras invites the local community to celebrate together at an enchanting event which will spread across the town like wildfire!
The theme for this year’s Corby Mardi Gras is Corby stories and several workshops will be available for the public to participate in that will allow people to contribute to some of the creations that will feature in this fantastic, free, family day out.
In partnership with Made in Corby, ArtReach presents a spectacular event that invites the community of Corby to experience a day of street theatre performances, live music, inspirational sound installations and captivating illuminated sculptures.
Leicester based masters of musical mayhem, King Brasstards, will bring their unusual style of brass band back to the event this year as they perform modern day classics in a fresh and funky format. Award winning, outdoor theatre specialists, Highly Sprung will perform a brand new performance, ‘Journeys of Home’. Local people who have journeyed to Corby to make it their home will be sharing a performance created with Highly Sprung, including a finale around a large tree, to celebrate their cultural heritage, family trees and growing roots here in Corby.
Thousands of people are, once again, anticipated to attend and enjoy the event and throughout the day local people will wind their way through Thoroughsale and Hazelwoods to experience the enchanting illuminations and sculptures created by Same Sky productions. This promenade experience has been possible this year due to funding from Arts Council England. As part of a health
and wellbeing funded initiative, locals will be encouraged to walk the entire route this year and an app will be available to download that explores the sculptures and stories along the way.
Rooftop Arts Centre’s Young Creators group, again due to funding from Arts Council England, will be making pyramid lanterns in open workshops which will also feature at the event, whilst the team from Creative Futures will work with local schools to create some of the sound installations.
It seems that March 30th is a date for all our diaries and if like us, you’re want something incredible to look forward to after Christmas, then be sure to follow developments and plans for the event by searching Facebook for Corby Mardi Gras 2019, use #CorbyMardiGras2019 or visit websites for www.artreach.biz or madewithmany.org. We’ll also be publishing more news about this event as we receive these exciting updates! See you there!
Follow either of these links to book onto the workshops:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ArtReachEvents/events/
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/artreach-18070636147
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