Norfolk & Norwich Festival
@nnfest.bsky.social
On a year-round mission to improve access to the arts for all. 🎪 https://nnfestival.org.uk/
Have your say on culture’s role in shaping a sustainable future 📢 🔗 nnfestival.org.uk/culture-driv... Artists and culture workers across Norfolk and Suffolk are invited to inform a bold new strategy: Culture Drives Impact: Environment and Place for Norfolk & Suffolk Culture Board.
CREATIVE SCHOOLS | Spaces & Places Artist-in-school residencies provide unique creative and cultural experiences for children and young people & help to develop the skills of teachers & artists across East Anglia. nnfestival.org.uk/schools-and-...
CREATIVE SCHOOLS | From the Dunes 🚨CALL OUT🚨 FREE Creative-Writing Workshops We are looking to offer East Norfolk based secondary schools the opportunity to take part in From the Dunes: a free creative writing workshop for students from Key Stage 3 and above. nnfestival.org.uk/schools-and-...
STORIES | Idrîsî Ensemble “total game-changer. This is no escapist nostalgia but a living, exploratory art of real power.” Founder, Thomas Fournil joined us to talk all things Idrîsî Ensemble. Read the full interview in the STORIES section of our website. nnfestival.org.uk/stories/get-...
CREATIVE BURSARIES | 2025 Shout out to last year's wonderful bursary recipients and all of the diverse projects they produced! Could you be our next cohort? 💰️We are offering 16 bursaries of £2500!💰 📅Deadline: 31 October 2025 nnfestival.org.uk/schools-and-...
🚨 OPPORTUNITY | WE ARE HIRING ✹ Head of Festival Connect & Create ✹ A Norfolk & Norwich Festival initiative to improve the creative and cultural lives of children and young people and their communities in East Anglia Deadline: 10am, 20/10/25 nnfestival.org.uk/about-us/vac...
CREATIVE BURSARIES | YOUNG CREATIVES Aged 18-25? Looking to make a difference in your community, kickstart your creative career and drive social change? We are offering 8 bursaries of £2500! nnfestival.org.uk/about-us/vac... 📍Based in East Anglia 📅Deadline: 31 October 💡Q&A 7, 14 October
CREATIVE BURSARIES | ARTISTS Looking to progress your socially engaged practice with children, young people? We are offering 8 bursaries of £2500! 📍Based in East Anglia 📅Deadline: 31 October 💡Q&A 30 September, 7 October nnfestival.org.uk/about-us/vac... Supported by Chadwicks Wealth
🚨 OPPORTUNITY | Artist Commission Your Town, My Town, Our Town We are looking for a socially engaged artist/s to work in Swaffham over 18 months. The artist/s can work across any artform but must work closely with the children & young people Fee: £18,000 nnfestival.org.uk/about-us/vac...
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STORIES | Sasha Scott London based Composer Sasha Scott talks about her experience creating new work, NIGHT OWL which was premiered for 12 Ensemble at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2025. Read the full interview and watch the premier of NIGHT OWL here... nnfestival.org.uk/stories/get-...
It was great to hear RPS Composer Sasha Scott's Night Owl on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show this week. Commissioned by the RPS and first performed at Norfolk and Norwich Festival by 12 Ensemble, hear the piece and all about Sasha's inspirations here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (listen from 03:20)
New Music Show - Don't Leave Me Behind - BBC Sounds
A new work from Alex Paxton performed by Ensemble Modern
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Last week we visited Sara Moreira as she delivered one of her bursary funded workshops at Magic Acorns Through singing, instruments, colour, dance, & play, 0–3 were given the opportunity to experiment in the space, discovering their voices through the sounds & rhythm of the Afro-Portuguese songs.
CREATIVE PLACES | The Edge of The Land Artist & lifeboat crew member, Kate Munro worked with children to explore themes of local maritime culture & the notion of rescue. The results transformed into kites, flown & exhibited at Cromer Artspace for Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2025.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | Sean Shibe During our 2025 Festival, Set against the backdrop of painting, The Paston Treasure, Artist in Residence Sean Shibe performed a series of intimate concerts named, Lute Episodes at @norwichcastle.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pl6...
FESTIVAL 2025 | Sean Shibe - Lute Episodes
YouTube video by Norfolk & Norwich Festival
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FESTIVAL CONNECT & CREATE | People always ask us...’what do you do for the rest of the year?’ And it’s true that the Festival takes a long time to put together but we also run a year-round programme of engagement! 📚Creative schools 🏘️Creative Places 🎨Creative Leaders
Hello Blue sky! we're looking forward to sharing our work with you all.