Barnaby Festival wants to hear your views in preparation for future events The team at Barnaby Festival is looking to residents and community groups in Macclesfield to share their views on how they want Barnaby to take shape. The festival will be carrying out a consultation this summer to help inform future events. Barnaby
Barnaby AIR Open call for creative submissions Barnaby have a small pot of seed funding for a micro-commission by an artist/creative/creative organisation/student from Macclesfield or the wider Cheshire region to deliver a piece of work that supports the aims of Barnaby AIR. Barnaby AIR is a programme of consultation and micro-commissions looking at the
Barnaby wishes all our friends and followers the very best for Christmas and the New year! As we reflect on the challenging year of 2021, we would like to remind you of some beautiful moments in June when we held our first Barnaby Bright programme – please take a look at memories from programme
The Music MASH industry masterclass programme ran during May and June 2021 as part of Barnaby Bright, produced by Manchester music organisation Brighter Sound. It took place online and at Macclesfield premiere music venue, Mash Guru, and focused on taking emerging artists’ careers to the next level through digital streaming and live performance practice.
Simon Buckley Film Launch Just six months ago during Barnaby Bright, we celebrated the longest day of the year, by hosting the performance of Simon Buckley’s Our Future is Ancient, inspired by his visits to capture Macclesfield Forest at first light. The one-off performance of spoken word and music inspired by this commissioned project
Macclesfield Barnaby Festival (MBF) is seeking a new Chair, or Co-Chairs, to take on leadership of this festival arts charity. In challenging and unprecedented times Barnaby has continued to deliver opportunities for creativity, arts, culture and heritage in the town. We are proud of the innovation we have brought to our work over the
Barnaby Bright is a collection of midsummer events brought to you by the team at Barnaby Festival.All events are in line with stage 3 of the government roadmap and the team at Barnaby Festival is ensuring that social distancing measures and health and safety is a top priority to deliver these events as safely as
Barnaby Bright presents Liz West’s Presence in grade II* Christ Church Macclesfield Presence is a new large-scale, site-specific commission by Liz West that will be situated in grade II* listed Christ Church on Bridge Street in Macclesfield. Liz West is a British visual artist based in the North West, who creates works combining the
Barnaby Festival has teamed up with brewery RedWillow to create ‘Estival’ art-beer in celebration of midsummer. Devised by RedWillow’s expert brewers the beer is a hoppy session IPA at 4.2% ABV which will be perfect for summer drinking. Bollington-based artist Sue Asbury, who created Barnaby Festival’s familiar mill logo, was commissioned to create an
Barnaby Bright presents A Midsummer Night’s Queen drag cabaretBarnaby Bright is a collection of midsummer events that will take place this June around the summer solstice in the historic spaces of Macclesfield town centre, brought to you by the team at Barnaby Festival.A Midsummer Night’s Queen is a drag queen cabaret and catwalk competition inspired
