Keeping it local at Create

As Create Festival has grown they have managed to get more and bigger talent coming to play in Ashford’s Victoria Park. But the festival remains true to its roots, and seeks to nurture and support local talent, providing a platform for up and coming artists to play alongside established bands. The Maywaves (12.45, Main Stage) are

Woodchurch players present…Dancing at Lughnasa

  In a little village outside Ashford, a local group are putting paid to the idea that creativity and village life are dead. The Woodchurch Players, founded in 1980, have performed everything from drama to family panto, musical theatre to revue shows, shorts and epics, and their diverse CV includes Rebecca, Allo Allo, She Stoops

Look up and look down – a creative writing walking tour

The End Festival

The End Festival starts this weekend! Whet your appetite below, and buy tickets here. https://soundcloud.com/the-local/sets/the-end-festival-2015

Local Finds: Norwich

Two nights in Norwich simply wasn’t enough to explore all the art, culture and history that this city has to offer. Staying in The Maid’s Head hotel, the longest running site of hospitality in the country, built on the site of the palace of the early Norman Bishops, and drinking in its oak-lined Jacobean bar, before