Donate
Make A Donation
£5.00 £10.00 £20.00 £50.00
Wetherby Arts Festival / Articles posted by Robert Haskins

The Festival is Returning

Robert Haskins 14.04.2021 General
0 Likes

Festival News UpdateWetherby Festival is taking a new course in 2021 because of the Coronavirus Pandemic.It’s difficult to predict possible further waves of the virus in the autumn.  A traditional indoor October Festival might still be potentially problematic in 2021, so we are planning an open-air event in warmer weather.We are therefore aiming for a Festival weekend right at the end of the Summer holidays – 3rd 4th & 5th September.  A lovely way to finish.  Details of acts and venues have still to be finalised, but we are planning concerts, performances and shows in the afternoons along with ancillary activities in which we hope you may also...

Read More

ROYAL MAIL Delivery

Robert Haskins 04.09.2019 General
0 Likes

ROYAL MAIL DeliveryRoyal Mail will be delivering the 2019 Wetherby Festival brochure through your doors next weekUnfold it and put it on your kitchen notice board.There's a Facebook competition for the best photo of your noticeboard!Decide what to bookGo online at this address and book your tickets – or mail your requests to the Box Office (SAE please)It’s a little later coming out than we had hoped because of a Royal Mail glitch (not the first) – let us know if it has not been received by 18 September!Of course, you don't have to wait till then - all the...

Read More

Lion’s Beer Festival in May

Robert Haskins 15.04.2019 General
0 Likes

24-25 May 2019 Pull a pint at the Wetherby Lions Beer FestivalRAISING MONEY FOR: YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE  The event is back again on Friday 24th & Saturday 25th May 2019 for another 'grrrrrrrreat'  Beer Festival ! !  Come and support our good friends the Lions as they stage another successful Beer Festival this year to raise a substantial sum for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. ​ On Friday evening sponsors join with other craft ale aficionados to create a vibrant and convivial atmosphere with a great deal of tasting and networking going on. ​ On Saturday, the Beer Festival will include a presentation by Yorkshire Air Ambulance.  We hope...

Read More

Endeavour – Captain Cook’s ship has been found!

Robert Haskins 20.09.2018 General
0 Likes

Scoop! Captain Cook's ship Endeavour has been found, they think.And distinguished author Peter Moore is coming to speak about his latest book Endeavour at the Literary Lunch on 12 October 12 noon at The Bridge Hotel Walshford. We are delighted that Peter Moore, author of the recently-published Sunday Times Bestseller Endeavour has stepped in as our main speaker at the Literary Lunch, as Imogen Hermes Gowar is indisposed and unable to travel. Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in history.  It was built in Whitby, as captained by James Cook on his first great voyage 250 years ago, he...

Read More

International Fame!

Robert Haskins 28.11.2017 General
0 Likes

Wetherby Festival shares recognition as one of the top blog sites in the world, along with Singapore Film Festival, Greenwich (NY), London, Hay-on-Wye, Toronto, Ohio, San Diego, Australia, Vancouver,  Durham and Dulwich. ...

Read More

Scarecrow Competition – last chance to vote

Robert Haskins 19.10.2017 General
0 Likes

Here are photos of some of the scarecrows. Vote now. email chairman@wetherbyfestival.co.uk with your favourite. Ace Cards - Ruby the Red Fairy Appletons Butchers St James Youth - Church Centre Castlegate Stationers - the Crayon family Peter Jones - Robo Chef York Place Dental Practice Cameron Beaumont - 40th year of the Festival      ...

Read More

Art Gallery is Open

Robert Haskins 30.09.2017 General
0 Likes

It was great to see so many people pass through the door of our pop-up Gallery in the High Street (opposite the Post Office) on Thursday.Above left, the artists: Catherine, Elizabeth, Jayne, Susan and Neil.  Travelling here from London, they first met sharing Studios at Spitalfields. The Five Artists introduced themselves and talked about their work.  Drink flowed and Appletons donated the pork pies. The Festival is attracting so much good will.  Support from the town has allowed this space to come alive;  Hart Law helped to make it happen;Floor Design of Wetherby transformed the place by...

Read More

Wetherby Festival Launches in Style

Robert Haskins 27.09.2017 General
0 Likes

  Here are two of our London Artists standing in the Festival Gallery at 45 High Street Wetherby.In an unprecedented initiative, the Festival is mounting a professional exhibition in the centre of town for the first time, with high quality work picked from the international London scene.  All pictures will be for sale.  See our webpage for details. Neil Irons and Susan H Kay spent the day getting the gallery ready for the launch 6-9pm 28 September.  With the generous help of Floor Design, the space has been newly carpeted.    Morrisons are helping with the cost of the staging the launch...

Read More