In this issue
COOLture, the annual cultural youth arts festival, celebrates its tenth birthday with two events.
COOLture:showcase
Saturday 10 June, Queens Gardens, 12-5pm
The performances range from rock and jazz music to modern and traditional cultural dances created by the groups themselves.
Groups performing include Hull Music Hub Caravan, Freedom Road Creative Arts, Hon Lok Senior Association, Route One Tigers Trust, Gvants, McKeown Irish Dance Academy, Space Dance Studio, Pragnya Indian Arts Centre, Little Stars Musical Theatre, Hull and East Riding Hindu Cultural Association, Child Dynamix, Ainthorpe Youth Centre, Hut Youth Centre, Dales Youth Centre.
There are also creative workshops throughout the day with Hull Youth Development Service, Hull Refugee Women’s Group, Humber Taiko and Creative Projects
COOLture:Conversations with Music 4U
Saturday 17 June, 1-3pm, Hull City Hall
COOLture Conversations reflects the experiences of young people growing up across this region, exploring their roots and the routes they take as they journey through their lives. Their stories will be presented via a musical melting pot of Javanese gamelan, Japanese Taiko, South Asian artforms, urban & electronic music and spoken word, created by regional youth groups, supported by Hull-born author Cassandra Parkin and musicians from SAA UK, Music4U, Humber Taiko, Tang Hall SMART, Castaway Goole and the University of York. COOLture Conversations is part of the celebration of the 'Roots & Routes' season of Hull City of Culture 2017.
Further information can be found on Creativevoicehull
Creative Voice : Hush
Hush is a series of free live music gigs and workshops in partnership with Music 4U and Hull 2017 for young people aged 14-19.
Workshops will include performing with confidence, starting out and making contacts.
Further information can be found on Creativevoicehull or Hull 2017 website
Back To Ours is back this May half term with circus, theatre, music, spoken word, film and stand up comedy for kids taking 8 community venues by storm. This new festival has been a fantastic opportunity for us to work with new venue partners and develop new audiences, we hope to see you there!
For programme and tickets visit Hull 2017
For all events and more visit the City of Culture website
Challenge Hull
We believe everyone is creative… are you ready for a weekly creative challenge for your 2017?
Find out more about Challenge Hull and share using #ChallengeHull.
Challenges are published online every Monday on the Hull 2017 website
Hull Male Voice Choir
Saturday 3 June 7pm £8/4
The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AA
Tickets available from Choir members or Gough & Davy
Reuben Hird: 656869
Bill Leigh: 07970 931549 Bill.Leigh@sewell-group.co.uk
Assemble Fest
Saturday 3 June, from 10am
Ticketed and free activity in various venues down Newland
Avenue, Hull
For further information visit the Assemble Festival Website
Hulljazz at the Goodfellowship. June events
Wednesday 7 June, £2, 21 June £5, both 8.30pm
Cottingham Road Hull HU5 4AT
Pay on the door or advanced tickets available at the 7 June players night.
7 June - a Players Night. open mic session hosted by the Hulljazz House Band. Perform with the band or go it alone.
21 June - the Kate Peters Quintet - the popular singer returns to Hulljazz with a fine rhythm section including husband John Marley on bass, and a surprise guest instrumentalist.
The Credence Collection charitable fundraiser
Thursday 8 June, 7pm, £8, Hull Minster, HU1 1RR
The Creedence Collection is an unmissable performance showcasing the
very best of the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Special guests The
Beatroutes will be providing a musical mash-up of retro instrumentals and
quirky covers.
Hull Minster’s Trinity Café will be putting on a special bar and
offering homemade refreshments.
Visit Hull Box Office
That's Entertainment
Friday 9 June, 2pm, £5.00
Kardomah94, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2PN
Old Time Music
Hall featuring a host of locally based artistes.
Box office: Kardomah94, Tel: 01482 351259
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Hull Visual Choir
Saturday 10 June, 2pm, free
Paragon Interchange, Ferensway, Hull
Unique to Hull, the Hull Visual Choir is an adult choir formed in 2016. With both deaf and hearing members its aims are to bring the deaf and hearing community together and promote D/deaf awareneess to a wider public.
This special Choir will perform a selection of popular songs using British Sign Language (BSL) and artistic license so that a wider public can experience the beauty, creativity and inclusivity of signed performances.
Performances will take place at intervals between 2.00 - 4.00pm
Bunkerpop vs. The Immigrants
Saturday 10 June, 8.30pm
The New Adelphi Club, De Grey Street, Hull, HU5 2RU
£5 on the door
We Are Awayke proudly present by popular demand with huge joy and excitement. A Krautrock Jazzmanian musical exposé.
Bunkerpop sprang to life in 2016 and are a beat driven human machine of five souls who combine the hypnotic rhythms of Krautrock with a highly charged supergroove. They graced a series of fantastic shows and events last year culminating in a now legendary performance at The Adelphi and then vanished. They now return and we are presenting them alongside another magnificent act.
The Immigrants are a seven piece freestyle funked up jazz instrumental group who emerged from a series of late night free-for-all jam sessions and crystallised in their current form of soprano saxophone, guitars, viola, keyboards and drums & bass in late 2015. They launched the Hull Fringe (City of Culture 2017) event at O’Riley’s, performed at the closing night of Hull’s ‘Red Gallery’ and have played inspiring sets at ‘Ground’ Gallery and ‘Hull Heard’ events.
This is an evening to dance to the abstract pronouncements and audio-visual chaos of B. Pop contrasting with The Immigrants bringing peace & love via the medium of Jazztastic funky psychedelia.
There will be mirth and there will be joy of great size.
Check out their website for more information
Bruce Barthol ( from Country Joe and the Fish) Joe Solo , Crooked Weather gig
Friday 16 June, 7.30pm, £10
Kardomah94, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AN
Acoustic stella line up headlined by American 60s and Monteray Festival veteran Bruce Barthol. Bruce lived the life, was involved with the Free Speach Movement, the Berkley scence and of course seminal act Country Joe and the Fish. Joe Solo is about to play at Glastonbury Festival and is a well known singer and activist. Crooked Weather have toured their brand of retro tinged folk internationally and have won fans everywhere they go. This evening is a get together and fundraiser for Hulls own International Brigade Memorial Group.
Box office: Hull Box Office ( online box office)
Telephone number: 01482 317941
Email address: Mal@kardomah94.com
Check out their website for more information
Michel Haydn: Requiem
Saturday 17 June, 7.30 pm
£15 (2 for £25) Students & Jobseekers £5 Accompanied children £1
All Saints’ Church, Hessle HU13 0A
Tickets on the door and also available from choir members, Gough & Davy, Paragon St. Hull or
Hull Box Office 01482 221113 visit Hull Box Office
Smarts Festival
19-24 June
St Mary's College
The Smarts festival promises something for everyone, from Musical Theatre and Dance to Classical Music, A Capella singing and Shakespeare – an un-missable week of entertainment for everyone.
Check out their website for more information and tickets
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Family Concert
Sunday 9 July, 3pm, £17.50/£15/ £5 Bridlington Spa South Marine Drive, Bridlington, YO15 3JH
This concert will be part of the ‘Classically Yours’ programme, one of
the key Hull 2017 events facilitated by East Riding of Yorkshire Council – a
Principal Partner in Hull 2017 – throughout the year.
Box office: Bridlington Spa
Telephone number: 01262 678258
Visit Brid Spa
East Riding Youth Dance Platform
Sunday 11 June, 6pm, Adults £6/£3.50 Bridlington Spa South Marine Drive,
Bridlington, YO15 3JH
The event promises to be an exciting and
stimulating evening of community youth dance.
Box office: Bridlington Spa
Telephone number: 01262 678258
Visit Brid Spa
The Electric Fence
4 June – 30 September, 10am -4pm
Holy Trinity Church, Hull
Free admission, donations welcome
Hate crime is an ominous, prevailing presence in our society. Borders, barriers and warning signs have come to be part of our everyday life, but are we being kept out, or is something being kept in?
The Electric Fence encourages us to examine the perceptions, challenges and preconceptions that impact us all and compels us to turn to face them.
A bold, visceral confrontation, Annabel McCourt’s thought-provoking installation appears ‘live’, providing a powerful and macabre reminder of our own latent potential. Stark and unforgettable, The Electric Fence awaits you…
Grimsby-born artist Annabel McCourt has a diverse portfolio with work ranging from lens-based gritty social-realism, through to installation art, moving image and architectural interventions, inspired by fact, folklore & legend. She will be drawing on this experience and using cutting edge technology in the creation of the Electric Fence for Hull 2017 UK City of Culture.
The Electric Fence is part of the Hull 2017 UK City of Culture Creative Communities Programme.
Social media: Facebook, Twitter
National Portrait Gallery: Paul Smith to JK Rowling
Exhibition runs until 11 June
Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, Cotingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
The exhibition represents the diversity, creativity and vision of a group of people who have shaped Britain today, and the best in contemporary portraiture.
Part of the University of Hull's City of Culture programme. Book online via the University website.
Sounding the Sea
Thursday 15 to Friday 16 June
Ferens Art Gallery and the University of Hull
Celebrate our cultural and physical connections to the sea with
artists, writers, historians and scientists at the ‘Sounding the Sea’
symposium, part of Hull UK City of Culture.
Tickets available here at eventbrite
Trent Falls to Spurn Point: A Sound Portrait of the Humber Estuary by Chris Watson
From 22 June to 15 July 15, 2-8pm, £5.50/£3.50 concs
Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
Trent Falls to Spurn Point: A Sound Portrait of the Humber Estuary by Chris Watson will see the world premiere of an original, multi-channel sound installation from the internationally acclaimed and BATA-winning sound artist, held at the University’s Gulbenkian Centre. One of the world’s leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, familiar to viewers of programmes like BBC's Springwatch, Chris will present an enthralling journey along the Humber Estuary and out into the North Sea using sound, space and light.
Art Exhibition: Hull and Beyond
1 July – 12 July, Free, Exhibition Room, Hull Central Library, Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF
Local artist, Angela Bell, presents 'Hull and Beyond', a 12 day art
exhibition showing reflections of places that she has visited and our iconic
city of Hull.
Visit Angela Bell
Hull Independent Cinema
HIC contributing film screenings in the run up to Where Are We
Now festival. Check out the full line up and latest screenings via their website
Comedy Warehouse - Fruit
For programme and ticket information visit Fruit Space
Creative Voice - check out their facebook account for up to date information
Young Artists – Youth Development.
Beverley Folk Festival.
16-18 June
Beverley Racecourse, York Rd, Beverley, HU17 8QZ
Beverley Folk Festival will once again feature a wealth of exciting young singers, musicians and performers - your chance to see the stars of tomorrow today.
The Beverley Folk Festival has two important youth arms:
The ‘Westwood Sessions’ and the acclaimed ‘Area 2’.
Nikki Airey, a young musician in her own right, works hard to coordinate and organise the ‘Westwood Sessions’ for those aged 11 to 25. The object is to give young talent a stage to perform on and a group of friends to foster, care and develop their performance skills. In Nikki’’s own words “By working together and supporting each other we build a team spirit and help giving each other confidence. Getting up to perform is a difficult thing but with the support of friends anything is possible”. The ‘Westwood Sessions’ will be there in force in June running open mike sessions and they will even be offering a CD recording facility, for only £5 artists can book a slot and cut their own CD! Now that is something special.
Area 2 is organised by professional musician and East Yorkshire lad Sam Pirt. Sam has a deep love of music and performance and has a keen interest in developing young musicians to the next level. Drawing not only from the local area but also nationwide ‘Area 2’ will give some great young talent the opportunity to perform on a festival stage. Sam commented, “As a touring musician I see and hear a lot of young talent around the country. The ‘Area 2 ‘ stage in Beverley gives me the opportunity to showcase exciting and innovative musicians. These musicians really are the voice, sound, and future of live music, innovative, creative and above all talented. It is a privilege to help them and to work with them”.
Check out their website for more information.
Music Box with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 8 July 2pm, free tickets to be booked in advance
Bridlington Spa South Marine Drive, Bridlington, YO15 3JH
An open, practical session for anybody age 8 upwards, to have a play
with an instrument - no experience necessary.
Come and create some new music and sounds alongside musicians from the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and world renowned workshop leader, Tim Steiner.
Together, we'll explore the music in the Family Concert
on Sunday 9 July.
Box office: Bridlington Spa
Telephone number: 01262 678258
Visit Brid Spa
Sock puppet fun at the Big Malarkey
In the run up to the festival, Hull Library Services are inviting the children of Hull to find an odd sock and make it into a puppet to bring along to the festival.
The Big Malarkey is Hull’s first ever children’s literature festival and will be held in East Park from 26 June – 2 July. As well as writers, poets and illustrators there’ll be plenty of puppetry.
Need some help? A sock puppet-making demo can be found on Hull Libraries YouTube channel.
The Oddsox project is funded through the J Venn Foundation, a charity that promotes reading, writing and extra-curricular activities.
The Big Malarkey runs from Monday 26 June - Sunday 2 July, on East Park, Holderness Road, Hull.
Details of the festival are online. Entry is free but tickets are required for Saturday and Sunday, via the website.
Go ‘speed dating’ with seven authors at Beverley Library
Saturday 10 June, 1-3.30pm
Keen readers and aspiring authors are being invited to go ‘Author Speed Dating’ at Beverley Library – and you don’t even have to be single.
Seven authors from across the literary spectrum will visit the library to each give a short talk about their work and career and then meet members of the public afterwards.
Each author will have 10 minutes to speak to the audience about their writing, their inspirations, how they got their work published, what they are working on now, and maybe even give a reading.
Once every writer has given their talk, the audience will be free to move around the room chatting to the authors and getting tips and ideas for themselves, or to simply purchase books.
The authors taking part in the event are:
Val Pate – Millie Loves Autumn/The Fox and the Hedgehog (Children's)
Cassandra Parkin – Lily’s House/The Beach Hut (Adult Fiction)
Martin Gore – The Road to Cromer Pier (2016) Pen Pals (First Novel/Adult Fiction)
John Ashbrook – Twisted 50 Horror (Short Stories)
Colin and Fleur Speakman – The Yorkshire Wolds – A Journey of Discovery (Non Fiction/Local Interest)
Catherine Scott – The Brazen Maiden (Poetry)
The event is the first of its kind to be held in East Riding Libraries.
Tracey Booth, librarian at Beverley Library, said: “If you’ve read everything by your favourite authors and are looking for something new to try, why not let a collection of handpicked authors pitch for your affections and rekindle your love of reading?
“This ‘Author Speed Dating’ event is perfect for anyone who enjoys readying or finding out about new authors, and especially anyone aspiring to become an author.”
Tickets for the ‘Author Speed Dating’ event cost £2 each and are available from Beverley Library, by phone on 01482 392699, or online
Booking is essential as places are limited. The event is not suitable for children.
Argy Bargy Poets
Thursday 22 June, 7pm, £3
Anlaby Park Community Library, The Greenway, Anlaby High Road, Hull, HU4 6XH
An evening of rhyming and funny poetry by three very talented poets.
Box office: Anlaby Park Community Library
Telephone number: 01482 614483
Email address: admin@anlabyparkcommunitylibrary.com
Word On The Street at Back To Ours Festival
Thick Richard, Vanessa Kissule plus lots more visit Hull 2017
Argy Bargy Poets and spoken word open mic
Friday 30 June, 7.30pm, £4, The Duke of Cumberland Pub, Market Green, Cottingham, HU16 5QG
Argy Bargy Poets, John Fewings, Catherine Scott and Clint Wastling will
perform their poetry. Read your own poems or bring a favourite to share
All proceeds in aid of Prostate Cancer Research
Box office: Catherine Scott
Email address: catherine7213@catherine7213.karoo.co.uk
Visit Catherine Scott online
Edge Hill Prize shortlist - Sue Wilsea
Sue Wilsea's second collection of short fiction ‘ Raw Material’ published by Valley Press in November 2016 has been longlisted for the Edge Hill prize (excellence in short story collections) alongside well known writers such as Mark Haddon and Susan Hill. It’s available locally at Hull Waterstones .
Hull Prize Winner
A local author has been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing
Competition 2017. Jag is a self-taught writer who was born in Hull and has
spent their whole life here. Jag says of
their work: “I’m disabled and queer, and depict all forms of intersectional
diversity." They are editing their first novel, writing another under a
mentorship from the English Arts Council, and looking for opportunities. Jag
can be contacted here: Jag82659@gmail.com and the Aesthetica Creative Writing
Annual 2017 can be purchased at Aesthetic Magazine
Funding and opportunities
Hull City Council - Grants to Arts
Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts
Calling all composers, educators and sonophiles in Yorkshire
Minute of Listening - call for sounds
We are looking for one-minute contributions for our next Hull-themed Minute of Listening pack. Help us paint a sonic picture of this special city.
We want this collection of minutes to be created by or sourced from musicians, artists and people – including children and young people - living and working in Hull. It will be a celebration of the creativity and passion that is being unleashed in this City of Culture year!
Find out more here
Deadline: 12 June
Volunteer Required for Studio Eleven Gallery and Workshops
12 Humber Street, Fruitmarket, Hull, HU1 1TG
Studio Eleven Gallery and Workshops at Number 12 Humber Street is seeking a volunteer to serve as Gallery Assistant for a minimum of one day and maximum of two days per week during opening hours (Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm). A volunteer to cover Sundays is especially desirable. The role involves administrative tasks, opening and locking up the Gallery, maintenance, cleaning, and sales. The benefits of this volunteer position include access to official workshops and usage of the studio space for printmaking and ceramic processes (or other personal Art practices), invitations to attend Gallery events, hands on experience in a Gallery environment, and involvement in an Arts venue on Humber Street during 2017 City of Culture.
If interested, please email info@studioeleven.co.uk
First major UK fund for songwriters and writer-producers launched by
PRS Foundation in association with the BASCA Trust, visit PRS for Music
Commissioning of Monument - Design and Build
The Hull International Brigades Memorial Group is seeking expressions
of interest from artists and sculptors as part of the commissioning of a public
sculptural memorial to the men of Hull and East Riding who volunteered to fight
against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936—39.
Our starting view is that we would like the memorial to be built with
stone and steel, although other materials will be considered.
The theme of the sculpture should consider appropriate symbolism from
the period and the events that took place, evoking the bravery and political
will that all the men displayed .
It should be a approximately 6ft high and 4ft wide and contain the
names of all the local volunteers. The design should also discretely allow the
inclusion of the main organisations that have publicly subscribed to the
project.
It is intended that the monument will be situated outside the side
entrance of the Treasury Building on Queens Gardens between the flagpoles and
we would like the sculpture to be ready for unveiling in October 2018.
Please contact Andy Stankard for further details –
andrew.stankard@hullcc.gov.uk
Make an Oresome Pin Badge 24th June 1-4pm
Saturday 24 June, 1-4pm
Oresome Jewellery, 1 Humber Street, The Fruit Market, Hull, HU1 1TG
£195
To mark Hull being the UK City of Culture in 2017, we have carefully put together and designed 4 different 2017 taster sessions that give you the opportunity to make your mark and create your own unique piece of cultural jewellery. Each course will take you through some basic techniques and processes enabling you to create your own piece of wearable culture. No prior skills or experience is needed.
Places are limited as they will only run once so book early to secure your place.
Please note these sessions are suitable for ages 16+. The courses are not suitable if you are pregnant due to the chemicals and equipment that are used in some processes. Please make sure that you wear closed toe shoes and if you need glasses for close up work bring them along with you.
Telephone number: 01482213881
Email address: vicky@oresomegallery.com
Check out their website for more information
Saturday Sing a natural voice harmony group
Singing various harmony songs the emphasis is on having fun and exploring voices in harmony. Led by experienced local community singing leader Clare Drury. Drawing material from contemporary, folk, and world music, songs are taught by ear, no need to read music, nor to have any previous singing experience.
At Artlink, 87 Princes Ave, Hull
Saturday Sing - harmony singing workshop series
A welcoming group for singers of all ages and abilities.
10:30am to 12.00pm on Saturdays: 10 June, 1, 8 July and 22 July 2017.
£5 per session, concessions £4, children £1 (all under 16s must be accompanied).
Please contact Clare 07774 961811 or e-mail: SingwithClare@outlook.com to discuss your needs and/or to book.
Clare's work is based on the principles of the Natural Voice Practitioners network, who believe that singing is our birthright and in a natural approach to voice.
Artswork Summer
2017 Professional Development Training opportunities out now
Courses on a range of issues including:
- Behaviour Management
- and Youth arts
- Diversity and Equality,
Visit the Artswork website for further information
Upper Level are recruiting stilt performers
We are looking for stilt performers to join
our team!
Are you based in the Hull area? Are you over 21 years of
age? Do you have a dance or
performance/acting background? Do you want to learn how to perform on stilts?
Can you be flexible with working hours?
Please email Sarah
-Jayne in the first instance with your name and contact details. upperleveluk@gmail.com.
Want to join the Hull 2017 team, or work as a supplier? Visit the 2017 website
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