EVENT DETAILS

When: 7 - 9pm Thurs 24th June

Where: Ludlow Castle Square

What: An evening of talks and films, live and live streamed in about the human connection we get from festivals, large and small and on any subject, A chat led by Nick Corston Co-founder of STEAM Co. and patron of Ludlow Fringe 21 and a number of very special guests

Tickets: Free live (Free online) - limited quantity available, Register here now

Facebook: Like it here on Facebook and be part of the banter

Refreshments will be served and there will be an interval.

Speakers:

The event will include the following speakers Live in the venue (L), Live on a video call (V) or pre-filmed (F)

  • Nick Corston - STEAM Co. and Ludlow Fringe 21 Patron (L)

  • Anita Bigsby - MD, Ludlow Fringe (L)

  • Shona McDougal - CEO, Edinburgh Fringe (V)

  • TBC - watch this space for an exciting addition to our line up

  • TBC - watch this space for an exciting addition to our line up

  • TBC - watch this space for an exciting addition to our line up

  • TBC - watch this space for an exciting addition to our line up

For more information about each speaker see below

Event overview

If there is one thing we came to appreciate during lockdown it was other people, and the importance of human connection, that we so often took for granted.

You only know what you've got when it's gone.

One of the things that went west with lockdown were the festivals from book and poetry to music, dance and food, these annual gatherings that celebrate what we have in common, our art, in whatever form it might take at any particular Festival.

We hope you'll join us for this evening with some very special guests from the rich and varied world of festivals around the UK and indeed the world, will talk about their motivations, experiences, then memories and hopes for the future and what they've learnt.

STEAM Co.

Nick co-founded the non-profit community enterprise STEAM Co. to help connect our kids with their art and our communities with their schools.

This evening of talks, films and other artistic contributions will appeal to all creative carers - people and organisations who care about children, creativity and all our futures.

To that end Nick will launch a £2m fund to put 22 STEAM Co. Drop Trucks and STEAMsters on the road across the UK for their #Festival22 of Creativity.

It will be live and live streamed globally and we really want you to bring your stories as well as share them on social media in advance with the the tag #ARTofDADS #LudlowFringe21.

#ARTCONNECTS21 AT #LUDLOWFRINGE21

STEAM Co. are delighted that our co-founder Nick Corston has been asked to be #Patron21 for the world renown Ludlow Fringe Festival and be co-curating a programme of live and live streamed #ARTCONNECTS21 events to celebrate, showcase and remind us how our art connects us, whatever it is.

We want everyone to be a part of these events, to bring and share their stories.

Click the image below to see the section from the Ludlow Fringe Programme about this #ArtConnects21 programme