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NOTHING IS REAL TICKETS SELLING FAST

NOTHING IS REAL TICKETS SELLING FAST

Tickets to see Nothing is Real play The Beatles' 1969 albums Help! and Rubber Soul, on Sat 27th Sept, in the Dunn Village Hall, are selling fast online. It's £10 in advance and £11 at the door. Booking is super easy. Here's a link: NOTHING IS REAL TICKETS The gig...

MEET THE ARTISTS

MEET THE ARTISTS

The Preview Night (from 7.00pm Thursday 25th Sept) is open to all, and offers a unique opportunity to meet the creators of many of the works featured in this year's Open Art Show in the Dunn Village Hall. These Preview Nights are always popular and very well attended....

WHO KNEW WE HAD SO MANY POETS

WHO KNEW WE HAD SO MANY POETS

The organisers of the 'IN YOUR OWN WORDS' poetry and prose session have been thrilled by the response from local writers offering to come to the session to share their ideas. The afternoon session from 2.00pm in the Dunn Village Hall, on Sunday 28th September promises...

FINAL BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND LINE-UP AND TIMINGS RELEASED

FINAL BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND LINE-UP AND TIMINGS RELEASED

Here's the confirmed line-up for the Big Little Arts Weekend 25th to 28th September 2025. There's still time to register for the Open Art Show. And you've also got time to tell Pa know that you'd like your poem(s) or prose writings included in the In Your Own Words...

TICKETS FOR NOTHING IS REAL play BEATLES 65 LIVE NOW ON SALE

TICKETS FOR NOTHING IS REAL play BEATLES 65 LIVE NOW ON SALE

Tickets have just gone on sale for the incredible Nothing is Real band's gig in the Dunn Village Hall on Saturday 27th September. For a brilliant night of classic mersey beat sounds, Nothing is Real will be performing all the tracks from the Beatles' two 1965 albums...

Clear your Diary for 25th to 28th September

Clear your Diary for 25th to 28th September

The programme for the Big Little Arts Weekend is shaping up to be fantastic. A great collection of not to be missed events. Follow the links highlighted below. BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND Introduction, including how to take part OPEN ART SHOW The weekend kicks off with a...

WHEN LIFE IS A BEACH, KEEP CALM AND PAINT A PEBBLE

WHEN LIFE IS A BEACH, KEEP CALM AND PAINT A PEBBLE

The Pebble Painting activity on the Big Little Arts Weekend stand at the Rushlake Green Summer show proved to be a big attraction and resulted in some brilliant Little Works of Art. It was great to see how immediately kids got the idea - starting to create artworks...

LITTLE ARTS SENDS A BIG THANK YOU . . .

LITTLE ARTS SENDS A BIG THANK YOU . . .

. . . to all the many people who visited the Big Little Arts Weekend at the Rushlake Green Summer Show. . We had loads of brilliantly creative people, of all ages, eager to Paint a Pebble or Pen a Poem. The Pebble artists included one highly respected local painter.  ...

Little Arts Festival GRANTS SCHEME launched

Little Arts Festival GRANTS SCHEME launched

Need financial help to pursue your artistic dreams? Check this out... If you live in Warbleton Parish and are under 26 years of age, you could get a grant of up to £400 to support your creative development. Applications run from May through July. The first grant will...

BIG little BOOK BASH IS BACK AND EVEN BETTER

BIG little BOOK BASH IS BACK AND EVEN BETTER

The Book Bash is back, by popular demand.  Following on from the success of the book sale for local readers, during the 2024 Little Arts Festival, we’re planning a Book Bash as part of our Big Little Arts Weekend in September. We’d love to hear from local book clubs...

LITTLE ARTS TEAM WILL BE AT THE FLOWERSHOW

LITTLE ARTS TEAM WILL BE AT THE FLOWERSHOW

If you're interested in attending, or taking part in, the Big Little Arts Weekend, the Little Arts team will be on hand at the Rushlake Green Summer Show to answer questions and encourage your involvement and support. The Warbleton & District Horticultural &...

BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND DATES ANNOUNCED

BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND DATES ANNOUNCED

The dates have been set for this years Big Little Arts Weekend, which is a follow up to last years successful Little Arts Festival. This Rushlake Green based community arts event starts with launch preview on Thursday 25th September 2025 and continues through until...

BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND 2025

BIG LITTLE ARTS WEEKEND 2025

The Little Arts Festival will be back soon. We’re excited to announce that a mini arts festival is being planned for later this year. The Big Little Arts Weekend will run from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th September. Things are at an early stage, but we can tell you...

BIG PLANS FOR THE LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL WEBSITE

BIG PLANS FOR THE LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL WEBSITE

We have big plans for our Little Arts website. Our goal is to make the site place to go for news not just about Little Arts Festival activities, but also information about what’s on in the local area where anyone and everyone involved in any aspect of the arts: music,...

AN INVESTMENT CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS

AN INVESTMENT CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS

Many of you will remember painter and musician. Chris Liddiard, who was the founder and creator of the first Little Arts Festival in 2016. Chris was sadly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and died in 2018. We will be making a donation of £500 in his memory from the...

LITTLE ARTS GRANT SCHEME LAUNCHED

LITTLE ARTS GRANT SCHEME LAUNCHED

Little Arts is pleased to announce the launch of an annual Arts Grant to encourage creativity. Part of the 2024 festival legacy fund is being invested in a scheme to develop the creative skills of local young people and their involvement in the arts. The scheme is...

LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL ONWARDS & ARTWARDS

LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL ONWARDS & ARTWARDS

As well as providing a memorably varied programme of artistic events over a three week period last September, the 2024 Little Arts Festival also yielded a financial legacy - thanks to all those who supported the project. Yes, the legacy is a very modest one, but it’s...

THE ART OF ANIME – Wills Whims

THE ART OF ANIME – Wills Whims

Wills's Whims special ANIME class showed how to paint your favourite character with top tips & tricks from tutor Kelly Whills. Attendees were shown ow to create top notch illustrations again and again with these useful techniques and cheats under their belt. They...

CAN I HAVE A WORD PLEASE – Village Players

CAN I HAVE A WORD PLEASE – Village Players

On 17th August, as part of the festival, the Village Players led a stimulating session of poetry and prose readings. This highlight of the event was the inclusion of readings by several extremely talented local poets and writers. The Village Players segments, people...

BIG LITTLE GIG – Local musicians

BIG LITTLE GIG – Local musicians

On 16th August, for one night only, Little Arts presented a mini-fest of locally-grown talent, featuring Acoustic Guitar; Original Soul; and Groovy Dance Classics. The BIG little GIG featured a fantastic line-up of hugely talented local musicians: Instrumentalist...

EARLY MUSIC VIBES – Pastores Ensemble

EARLY MUSIC VIBES – Pastores Ensemble

The Pastores Ensemble (viols, mandolin, mandola, guitar, recorder, voice), accompanied by soprano Constance Starns, presented  a programme of Early Music which included pieces by Tye, Deering, Tomkins, Brade and Lupo. Robert Carrington’s atmospheric ‘I drove East on...

BOOKSHOP BONANZA – Local book clubs

BOOKSHOP BONANZA – Local book clubs

On 11th August, Rushlake Green’s energetic local book clubs got together to organise an informal Book Sale. Avid local readers flocked in to discover heaps of titles to explore and purchase. The event was also a very social occasion with many enjoying a coffee and a...

WHEN  64 WAS FAB – Nothing is Real Band

WHEN 64 WAS FAB – Nothing is Real Band

Featuring the Nothing is Real Band. Dance the night away to the Mersey sounds of the sixties as Nothing is Real play every 1964 Beatles song including the albums A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale, not forgetting the often forgotten EP Long Tall Sally. Nothing is...