Big Little Arts Weekend

The Big Little Arts Weekend is a Rushlake Green based community arts event which runs from Thursday 25th September through to Sunday 28th September 2025.

Line Up

Thursday 25th September 7pm-9pm
Open Art Show Public Preview – everyone welcome

Friday 26th September 10am-7.30pm
Open Art Show day 2 – free admission

Saturday 27th September 9am-12noon
Open Art Show day 3 – free admission

Saturday 27th September 2.30pm-5pm
Sussex Harmony West Gallery Workshop – for participants and listeners

Saturday 27th September 7.00pm-9.30pm
Nothing is Real play Beatles‘ 1965 albums

Sunday 28th September 10am-12noon
Big Little Book Bash – donate books in advance, get bargains on the day

Sunday 28th September 2.30pm-4.30pm
In Your Own Words – original poetry & prose from local writers

Take Part
There is still time to enter your art pieces (for the Open Art Show), donate some books (for the Big Little Books Bash) or contribute your poems & stories (to the ‘In Your Own Words’ session). If you’re interested in taking part, or contributing in any way, contact: thelittleartsfestival@gmail.com

Attend
Most events will be Free Entry.
With the exception of the West Gallery Workshop (which is in the Warbleton Church) all events are in the Dunn Village Hall, TN21 9QD
Tickets for the Nothing is Real Gig can be booked in advance – see the Nothing is Real event page

Volunteer
Like all our community events, this one is completely organised and run by volunteers. So if you’d be willing to lend a hand, and help put on the show, we’d be hugely grateful. Contact: thelittleartsfestival@gmail.com

Support
These days grants are almost impossible to find. So more than ever before we are reliant on the generosity of local individuals and businesses to provide the funds to supplement any income we can generate from the events themselves – and as always it is our mission to keep any ticket prices low enough to make the event accessible to everyone in the local community.  If you’d like to provide a donation to help fund this project, click this link.

Where this initiative comes from
This Big Little Arts Weekend is a follow up to the Little Arts Festivals in 2016 and 2024. Following the success of the 2024 festival, the organisers have decided to run scaled down events (like this Big Little Arts Weekend) every year until the next full Little Arts Festival, which could be as soon as 2028.