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OUR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY CONTINUES After the extraordinary start of Hull 2017’s opening season, Made in Hull, where this city proudly left the world in no doubt of its vibrant past and confident future, we continue with our second chapter, Roots & Routes.
Here, we’ll explore Hull’s unique place as a gateway to Europe and one of the world’s busiest ports: its maritime history and global connections; the arrivals and departures that create stories of the city.
Through a rich three months of events, we’ll underline the contribution of the brilliant people and ideas travelling in and out of Hull, continuing the precedent set at the start of the year: some elements instantly accessible and familiar, others that surprise, challenge and defy expectation.
In Roots & Routes, we’ll celebrate international links from Rotterdam to Reykjavik, creating a natural progression to our third season, Freedom, where we’ll explore the city’s pivotal role in the emancipation movement and the links established with its twin city of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Join us as we embark on the next stage of this incredible journey.
Martin Green, Director, Hull UK City of Culture 2017
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LOOK UPLook Up is a year-long programme of temporary artworks made for the city’s public spaces and places. The first Look Up installation was the 75 metre wind turbine blade in Hull City Centre.
During seasons two and three, Look Up will commission works in shopping centres, car parks, streets and public squares, by artists including Bob & Roberta Smith (see our Freedom season guide), Tania Kovats, Chris Dobrowolski and Claire Morgan.
Two of these are co-commissions with The Deep. Chris Dobrowolski’s work (March to May) will look at environmental concerns around plastics and our oceans. And in August, Tania Kovats, working closely with The Deep’s staff, will create a large scale sculptural work, BLEACHED, which responds to the beauty of coral and its fragile position in the ecosystem.
THE TRAIN TRACK AND THE BASKETBY CLAIRE BARBER
Between 1848 and 1914, more than two million people arrived into Hull by ship from mainland Europe, and left by train to the transatlantic ports of Liverpool and Southampton, seeking new lives in the New World. This mass movement of people, many of whom were in Hull for just a few hours, ended abruptly with the outbreak of the First World War.
Claire Barber’s installation at Hull’s Paragon Station, part of the Look Up programme, explores the phenomenon of ‘transmigration’, and the notion that skills and belongings traverse transport routes alongside people.
“My work is partly inspired by social narrative painting made at the time of transmigration, which captures loss, lament and excitement at a new beginning.
“It’s also drawn from personal travelling experiences, through Outer Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand and Iceland, and particularly the idea of looking at what people take with them on a journey, both as luggage and in terms of their culture and craft skill.
“The transmigrants carried large woven baskets on their journey through Hull, and brought skills such as double cloth weaving, while absorbing the skills of others.
They adapted their techniques to the materials available to them in a new country.
“The train station today, with its constant movement of people, continues to mirror the weaving process: the action of double weaving, layers crossing over layers, countless patterns created every time people enter and exit. As individuals weave in and out, carrying luggage that reflects who they are, they too add and take new influences in an ever-changing space.”
Photo: © luggage Ellis Island by Patti McConville
Photo: © Composite image of train tracks at Machynlleth and Newhaven harbour railway stations by Claire Barber
Photo: © Tania Kovats, BLEACHED
Apr – Jun
Hull Paragon Station
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THE HEIGHT OF THE REEDS:A SOUND JOURNEY FOR THE HUMBER BRIDGE
Head on over to the Humber Bridge, put on a set of our headphones and disappear into a sound adventure, walking the epic span of the Bridge, with a world of sound in your ears.
Music by Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen, guitarist Eivind Aarset and electronic wizard Jan Bang gives way to the vast sound of the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North; threaded through with the deep music of the Bridge itself, captured by Hull based sound artist Jez riley French.
Evoking both the long history of sea travel from Hull, and the Bridge as a powerful symbol of home, The Height of the Reeds is an unforgettable experience in sound.
Celebrate the opening weekend with us, with a few extra treats and surprises along the way.
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1 – 30 Apr
Humber Bridge
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VOICES ACROSS THE HUMBERSix choirs from both banks of the Humber will come together at Hull City Hall to perform an exciting choral, orchestral and visually stimulating concert, celebrating our region’s proud maritime heritage.
They will perform Bridge for the Living by Anthony Hedges and A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
Tides turn. Seasons change. The Humber keeps on singing.
Part of the Creative Communities Programme.
1 Apr, 7:30pm, Free open rehearsal at 2pm
Hull City Hall
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Ticketed, £1 – £5
MUSIC
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Spencer Tunick’s 2016 Sea of Hull - which invited thousands of people to be photographed naked, and captured headlines around the world - is revealed for the very first time as part of this major new exhibition, exploring how we see ourselves and how artists have depicted the nude in modern times.
Skin will also feature striking sculptures of human figures by Ron Mueck, drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection of modern and contemporary art, and nudes by iconic British painter Lucian Freud, alongside highlights from Hull’s permanent collection.
22 Apr – 13 Aug
Ferens Art Gallery
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EXHIBITION
SKIN: FREUD, MUECK AND TUNICKMueck in partnership with ARTIST ROOMS
UNVEILING FERENS’ NEW COLLECTIONSOne of the UK’s finest regional galleries, the Ferens Art Gallery will host several prestigious exhibitions in seasons two and three of .
1 Apr – 28 Aug
Ferens Art Gallery
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Free
EXHIBITION
MASTERPIECES IN FOCUS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION: REMBRANDT
OFFSHORE: ARTISTS EXPLORE THE SEA
A partnership with the Royal Collection Trust brings a Rembrandt painting to Hull for the very first time. The Ship Builder and his Wife is the one of five exceptional loans agreed for the Ferens between 2017 and 2021, complementing
Hull’s maritime heritage and the Gallery’s strength in Dutch 17th- century art.
Rembrandt’s portrayal of a Dutch couple was painted in 1633, during the height of his success as a portrait painter.
Photo: Ron Mueck, Spooning Couple, 2005, ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund 2008 © Ron Mueck Photo © Tate (Marcus Leith)
Photo: Rembrandt van Rijn, The Ship Builder and his Wife, 1633, Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2016.
Artists John Akomfrah, Tacita Dean, China Miéville, Martin Parr and Mariele Neudecker feature in a new exhibition of internationally renowned artists, writers, scientists and filmmakers curated by Invisible Dust.
Exploring sea-related themes, including monster myths, local fishing communities, Hull’s role as a maritime city and the implications of climate change, Offshore includes ambitious new art commissions that relate to the museums’ collections.
Offshore is independently funded by the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England.
The associated symposium Sounding the Sea takes place at the University of Hull on 15-16 June.
Photo: Phil Coy, Production still from Avoiding Green, film, 2016-17. An Invisible Dust Commission for Offshore: Artists Explore the Sea
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1 Apr – 28 Aug
Ferens Art Gallery, Maritime Museum
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EXHIBITION
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Look up to see a hand-made, full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s legendary Gipsy Moth, a new city centre installation created by HMP Hull and artist Leonard J Brown. Over at Scrapstore, off Hessle Road, Re-Made In Hull has created a replica factory, where you can join the production line and take part in a series of craft workshops.
On your way, catch Red Gallery’s Redboard commissions on billboards, as well as Terrace Enders, two new Hessle Road murals that pay tribute to Hull’s fishing heritage.
Heading east, you’ll find No Twaddle’s Pop-Up Playhouse: Hansel and Gretel in a shop on Holderness Road, while on Greatfield Estate, Garry
Burnett and Rupert Creed celebrate one of Hull’s greatest musical heroes, Mick Ronson, in Turn and Face the Strange.
The Creative Communities Programme is funded by Hull 2017 and the Big Lottery Fund.
Across the city, Hull is getting creative. 60 transformational projects, selected and funded by the Creative Communities Programme, are ready to welcome audiences in neighbourhoods city-wide. So take a trip and explore them this spring.
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FOUNTAINArt and industry combine to mark the 100 year anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s controversial Fountain and 200 years of British ceramic manufacturers, Armitage Shanks.
Led by Hull School of Art and Design, Ideal Standard UK and Hull’s arts community, Fountain17 has commissioned artists to produce works inspired by Duchamp’s most notorious ‘Readymades’.
Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble, author and poet Lemn Sissay MBE, sculptor and HSAD alumnus Neville Gabie and many others will exhibit, with work by local schools, community and prison groups also featured.
Albemarle Saturdays and Fountain17 are both part of the Creative Communities Programme.
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ALBEMARLE SATURDAYSThe Albemarle Centre, home to Hull’s music service, is throwing its doors open on Saturdays from March to November to welcome everyone to make music through a series of workshops.
Whether you’re a budding or established musician, or just someone who has always fancied getting their hands around a microphone or trying an instrument, the Albemarle - together with the Hull Music Hub and many special guests – is ready to unlock your potential.
11 Mar – 4 Nov
Albemarle Music Centre
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Free, ticketed
MUSIC
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ADAM REYNOLDS MEMORIAL BURSARY: SHORTLISTThis group show will exhibit the work of the seven artists shortlisted for the ARMB: Anna Berry, Juan delGado, Ruth Le Gear, David Lock, Peter Matthews, Aidan Moesby and recipient Oliver MacDonald. The Shortlist exhibition is an opportunity to showcase the breadth of talent and standard of submissions to this unique and notable art award.
Apr – Jul
Artlink
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Free
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Artlink Centre for Community Arts has provided high quality community arts activities and events to Hull for over 30 years. The new, year-long disability and diversity programme, Square Peg, is supported by Hull 2017 and run in conjunction with Shape Arts, a disability-led arts organisation providing opportunities and support for disabled artists.
As part of Square Peg, this season Artlink will exhibit the work of the shortlisted artists and the recipient of Shape’s Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary (ARMB). The ARMB is an opportunity which supports mid-career disabled artists by offering funds and a three month residency at a high profile arts venue.
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BBC Radio 3 takes up residence at Hull Truck Theatre for a three-day festival celebrating the city’s rich folk heritage and our international links.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Uproot will feature a series of live concerts from one of the most recognisable faces in modern British folk music, Eliza Carthy, joined by some very
special invited guests, alongside international artists Warsaw Village Band and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, representing Hull’s links with its twin towns in Sierra Leone and Poland.
Thu 6 April, 8pm ELIZA CARTHY AND THE ARMS WIDE OPEN ORCHESTRA Featuring Eliza Carthy and friends.Contemporary alternative folk music inspired by Hull’s Waterson family.
Fri 7 April, 7.30pmTHE FIRST FAMILY OF ENGLISH FOLKA celebration of the Watersons with The Gift Band featuring Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy.
Sat 8 April, 1pmPOLISH CONNECTIONSFeaturing the Warsaw Village Band, whose music mixes folk, roots, punk, ethno and trance – contemporary music inspired by Poland’s rural traditions.
Sat 8 April, 7.30pmFREETOWN CONNECTIONSFeaturing Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. Formed in a refugee camp during the country’s civil strife, the band has inspired audiences across the world with songs of joy, faith and hope.
UPROOTEXPLORING
HULL’S RICH FOLK MUSIC TRADITIONS
6 – 8 Apr
Hull Truck Theatre
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25 Mar – 14 May
Maritime Museum
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POPPIES: WEEPING WINDOW
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Poppies: Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, from the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red – poppies and original concept by artist Paul Cummins and installation designed by Tom Piper – by Paul Cummins Ceramics Limited in conjunction with Historic Royal Palaces, originally at HM Tower of London 2014.
The sculpture is touring the UK as part of 14-18 NOW, the arts programme for the First World War Centenary.
In Hull, Weeping Window will be installed at the Maritime Museum, formerly the Dock Offices, which witnessed many of the defining events of the First World War in Hull.
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Working closely with Hull Independent Cinema, the Transformative Film Culture for Hull programme, supported by National Lottery funding, is bringing a packed lineup of more than 400 screenings, one-off events and film festivals throughout the year.
Two highlights in our Roots & Routes season are:
FILM IN HULL
Each year, the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery commission a portrait from the winner of the BP Portrait Award resulting in a selection of portraits of some of Britain’s best known cultural figures.
The exhibition represents the diversity, creativity and vision of a group of people who have shaped Britain today, and the best in contemporary portraiture.
PAUL SMITH TO J K ROWLING: BP PORTRAIT AWARD COMMISSIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
29 Mar – 11 Jun, Mon – Fri 10am – 7pm, Sat 10am – 5pm, Sun 11am – 4pm
Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull
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DOC‘N ROLL FILM FESTIVAL
HULL FILM FESTIVAL
10 – 14 May
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In May, the Doc’n Roll Film Festival rolls into town, with a lineup of alternative, under-the-radar premiere music documentary films that showcase the spirit, determination and madness it takes to make it in the music industry.
Profiling artists from folk, punk, pop, indie, rock, jazz and electronic, the films will be accompanied by a host of Q&As with filmmakers, providing further insight into what drives them.
Presented by Hull Independent Cinema, the end of June brings the return of Hull Film Festival, now in its fourth year, which promises films that are award-winning, critically acclaimed, unashamedly independent and a little left-field.
Expect archive documentaries, world cinema, cult gems, shorts, local film, animation, much-loved classics, festival exclusives and more.
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To find out more about additional supported film activity in Hull, check out the full festival programmes for Back to Ours, Where Are We Now? and LGBT50.
The British Film Institute (BFI) is supporting Hull UK City of Culture 2017 with a programme of film activity in the city and region, in partnership with Film Hub North, and as part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network.
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5 Apr – 17 Jun, 10am – 8pm
Humber Street Gallery
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SOMEWHEREBECOMING SEAIn this exhibition of international artists’ work with the moving image, we take a closer look at the ever-changing boundaries between land and sea, exploring Hull’s longstanding prominence as a gateway to the North Sea and beyond.
Featuring artists including Lavinia Greenlaw, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Simon Faithfull and Cecilia Stenbom, Somewhere Becoming Sea reflects how expanses of water that divide countries are also channels that connect them.
At a time when climate change threatens to blur boundaries further and bring far-reaching economic impact, the exhibition captures the sea’s elemental power and asks: is everywhere now Somewhere Becoming Sea?
Curated by Steven Bode.Supported by FVU: Film and Video Umbrella.
Photo: © Lavinia Greenlaw, The Sea is an Edge and an Ending Photo: © Cecilia Stenbom, Parallel
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A year-long epic told online, live in Hull and on BBC TV.
Flood is the story of what happens when the world is destroyed, and how those who survive try to make it new again.
Slung Low make adventures for audiences outside conventional theatre spaces, each with a powerful, moving story at its heart.
Flood is the company’s most ambitious and groundbreaking project to date, told throughout the year in four compelling parts through innovative storytelling.
Fall in love with each section as a stand-alone piece, or follow the entire series with each part enriching and linking to every other.
Part One: From the Sea. Watch online as the story begins to unfold in a digital prologue.
Part Two: Abundance. One day it starts to rainand no-one knows why. And itdoesn’t stop.
Watch live on Victoria Dock, as far out on the North Sea a fisherman raises a girl in his net, miraculously alive from the deep sea.
Is she one of the migrants now washing up on English shores? Or someone sent for some higher purpose?
Part Three: To the Sea. A unique broadcast on BBC TV.Summer 2017. More to be revealed.
Part Four: New World. How does the world end?Victoria Dock. October 2017.
Flood’s epic adventures come to audiences in Hull and beyond with support from The Space, Arts Council England, BBC Arts and Spirit of 2012.
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Part One: Online now Part Two: Victoria Dock 11 – 15 Apr £10 – £12.50 Part Three: BBC TV Summer 2017 Part Four: Victoria Dock October 2017
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A celebration of the deep cultural ties between the city of Hull and the Nordic states, as critically acclaimed singer-songwriter John Grant joins forces with arts organisation Curated Place.
Get ready for an experimental journey through electronica, spoken word, avant-garde, rock and pop music over four incredible days.
Festival venues include Hull City Hall, Gate No.5 and more, with headline sets at City Hall from John Grant, GusGus, Susanne Sundfør and Lindstrøm.
North Atlantic Flux features a whole host of acclaimed local and international talent taking to the stages - with more acts still to be announced.
28 Apr – 1 May
Various
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JOHN GRANT’S NORTH ATLANTIC FLUX: SOUNDS FROM SMOKY BAY
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Featuring performances by:
JOHN GRANTGUSGUSSUSANNE SUNDFØRLINDSTRØMWRANGLERSÓLEYGAZELLE TWIN STEVE COBBY & RUSS LITTENSYKURFUFANUPRINS PÓLÓMUGISONKILL JJAMES ORVISNILS BECHJEZ RILEY FRENCHTONIK ENSEMBLEPINQUINSADELLE STRIPE & HALLDÓR SMÁRASONSWEATY RECORDSSCIENCE OF THE LAMPSNORDIC AFFECTSIMON DESBRUSLAISTOM KAYEEYVIND GULBRANDSEN AND THE RNCM
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NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVALBoasting a remarkable, star-studded roster of alumni that includes Ruth Wilson, Carrie Cracknell, Antony Sher, John Godber, Wole Soyinka, Meera Syal and Lucy Prebble, the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF)is for young people who love theatre – making it, watching it, talking and writing about it.
8 – 14 Apr
University of Hull
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HULL TRUCK THEATRE, HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE AND NORTHERN BROADSIDES
England is in the midst of the Wars of the Roses when Richard, Duke of Gloucester, sees a chance for the crown. As the death toll mounts, Richard seizes the throne, but at what cost?
This is a fitting celebration of Northern Broadsides’ twenty-fifth anniversary, bringing the company back to its roots, where it staged Richard III as its first play in the Marina Boatshed in Hull.
Please see hull2017.co.uk for full information about access performances.
RICHARD III
4 – 27 May, 7.30pm (6, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 2pm)
Hull Truck Theatre
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Come and meet Shakespeare’s deformed and jealous villain in this play about the climax of the Wars of the Roses.
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With 14 productions, 100 workshops, discussions and late night events, NSDF provides an exciting opportunity for anyone aged 16-25 to watch, discuss, write and try something new.
In collaboration with University of Hull.
GROW FESTIVALGrow is Hull Truck Theatre’s artist development programme for artists of all ages and at all stages of their careers.
In May, the theatre will host the fourth annual Grow Festival: a week of workshops, masterclasses, performances and discussions aimed at nurturing people and ideas.
Offering everything from creative sessions with industry leaders to international collaborations, Grow Festival is about inspiring the theatre of the future.
24 – 27 May
Hull Truck Theatre
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An extraordinary parade filled with moving creations and characters will take to the streets of the Orchard Park estate. Creatures on wheels, walkers on stilts, giant puppets, bands, and hundreds of handmade costumes created by Orchard Park residents will bring colour and music to the streets. This project is led by Handmade Parade in a unique collaboration with Hull Carnival Arts and Rag and Bone.
Artists from all three companies will embark on a month-long residency at St Michael’s Youth Centre throughout April, delivering free creative workshops to produce costumes and artworks that will feature in the procession.
The workshops are open to all, no experience required – come and get involved!
Children under 14 will need to be accompanied by an adult to the open workshops.
Part of the Creative Communities Programme.
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ARTWAVESThe ArtWaves visual arts festival returns to Bridlington Spa this May, showcasing traditional, digital, contemporary and urban art through an exciting programme of workshops, exhibitions, talks, installations and more.
Featuring an Open Exhibition (which is accepting entries until 20 April) on the theme of culture, the festival is expected to attract visitors from far and wide.
The Tidal Waves music festival hits the beach this June, with two phenomenal days of music showcasing a wealth of local talent as well as national headline acts.
Kicking off on the Friday night before a packed day-to-night programme on Saturday, Tidal Waves offers an eclectic music mix for all the family plus big names on the Saturday night.
Make sure you stay tuned online for all the latest festival announcements.
8 – 14 May
Bridlington Spa
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9 – 10 Jun
Southcliff Beach, Bridlington
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Parade 6 May, Workshops from 12 Apr – 4 May
Orchard Park Estate
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OUTDOOR EVENT
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TRANSGRESSION: BREAKING THE RULES
12 – 14 May
Hull City Centre, Humber Street Gallery & Various
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What is contemporary dance in the st century? What are the rules and who dares to break them?
This weekend of events, aimed at all ages, includes exceptional performances, insightful discussion and workshops from artists known for breaking the rules.
The weekend will start with the first pilot performance of Jo Fong’s brand new work Belonging, featuring dancers from across Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Supported by Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Curatorial Group: Keyna Paul, Tara McKeown, Jon Beney, Mark Pearce, Campbell Edinborough, Tamar Draper, Sarah Roe, Sian Myers, Fenella Ryan. Led by Wieke Eringa.
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INTERNATIONAL HANSE DAYIn the mid-13th century, Hull was one of several cities across Northern Europe associated with the Hanseatic League medieval trading network. Hull will be celebrating these Hanseatic links with the sights, sounds and smells of a medieval market place, as the Old Town is transformed into a fully interactive play.
Traditional customs from Hanseatic countries will be celebrated with food, dance, song, story-telling and craft.
13 May
Hull Old Town
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DEPARTA spellbinding spectacle from internationally acclaimed circus artists, Circa.
Inspired by the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, Depart will take you on a path through the underworld in this uniquely atmospheric location.
Taking over the cemetery, circus artists will dance above your head, surprising you with extraordinary feats of physicality as they guide you through the space between life and death in this astonishing visual feast.
Led by Yaron Lifschitz, creator of some of the most highly innovative and genre-defying circus in the world, with a creative team including the electronic musician Lapalux, Depart brings together acrobats, aerialists, local community choirs and video artists for an experience like no other.
Depart is co-commissioned by LIFT, the National Centre for Circus Arts, Spitalfields Music, Hull UK City of Culture 2017, LeftCoast and Brighton Festival. Supported by Arts Council England.
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18 – 21 May, 9.15pm
General Cemetery, Spring Bank West
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£9 – £12
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BACK TO OURS
Back To Ours brings award-winning shows to every corner of Hull and transforms venues, from schools to shopping centres and community centres, into electrifying entertainment hotspots.
The first instalment of the festival series began in our first season with a jam-packed programme of comedy, music, theatre, cabaret and film.
Venues from east to west hosted a hugely eclectic variety of shows, including award-winning kids’ theatre courtesy of international touring company Shake Shake, two storming sets by indie stars The Pigeon Detectives and an all-new family film festival, Picture House.
This season, expect more of the same – and then some. Tales that will bring a tear to the eye; jokes to make your belly hurt; musical moments to remember forever.
So bring a friend. Bring your parents. Bring your kids. Heck, bring everyone Back To Ours.
Look out for announcements on the next Back To Ours programme lineup, coming soon.
Back To Ours is supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring fund.
26 May – 4 Jun
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There’s a buzz in the air once more as Back To Ours – a series of festivals at the heart of Hull’s communities – returns, following its successful debut run in February.
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Age 16-19 and live in Hull? A phenomenal opportunity awaits…
Before Radio 1’s Big Weekend - Europe’s largest free ticketed event - lands in the city on 27 and 28 May with some of the planet’s biggest and newest artists, Radio 1 and BBC Learning will produce Radio 1’s Academy which aims to inspire 16-19 year-olds in Hull to take the next step in their creative careers.
Radio 1’s Academy will include a series of special events, local engagement and face-to-face activity in the area. Influential figures from the creative industries will deliver exclusive, hands on workshops, live music
performances and industry insight, giving 16-19 year olds in Hull the tools, contacts and information they need to pursue their chosen career.
Here’s just a taster of the activity taking place this spring:BBC RADIO : BIG WEEKEND AND ACADEMY
21 – 25 May: BBC Radio 1’s Academy 27 – 28 May: BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
The Albemarle Music Centre & Burton Constable Hall
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The Academy will also see industry leaders and celebrities from the world of social media, business, technology, and design come through the doors offering attendees further bespoke learning opportunities.
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TELEVISION & FILM Academy attendees will be able to ask those at the very top of the TV and film industries about their careers. Actors, writers, directors, producers and camera operators will all share their insider secrets and top tips on how to get ahead.
RADIO Radio 1 DJs will deliver personal insights into their careers, and attendees will be given the chance to quiz both DJs and Radio 1 bosses about what goes on behind the scenes at the station.
MUSIC BBC Radio 1’s iconic Live Lounge will transmit from the Academy, while BBC Introducing gigs will provide a platform for local bands and artists. Stars from across the musical genres will host Q&As and practical workshops that will see attendees learn song writing and performance techniques from the best in the business.
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As part of Hull ’s learning programme, No Limits, all students in Hull schools have the chance to be involved in a vast range of projects. One of these projects is First Story.
First Story believes that writing can transform lives, and that there is dignity and power in every young person’s story. We bring professional writers into secondary schools to work with teachers and students to foster creativity and communication skills.
In Hull, in partnership with Hull 2017, acclaimed writers Russ Litten, Christina Lewis, Lee Harrison, Peter Knaggs and Kerry Drewery have been delivering engaging residencies
as after-school workshops at five schools since September 2016: Newland School for Girls, Sirius Academy West, Sirius Academy North, St Mary’s College and Winifred Holtby Academy. The students are hard at work on anthologies of poetry and prose to be launched in June, reflecting a city at the start of a new chapter.
By helping students to find their voices through intensive, fun programmes, we’re building a confident and rich city for the future.
Dave Windass, Regional Programme Officer (Hull), First Story
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Strictly unmissable, Hullzapoppin 2017 is a city-wide celebration of World Lindy Hop Day. Harnessing the unique magic and nostalgia of swing dance, international guests from Hull’s sister cities of Aarhus, Rotterdam, Reykjavik and Szczecin will perform energetic, jazz-inspired numbers with Harlem roots.
Hosted by local dance troupe Kingston Swing, this weekend-long event features live big-band dance classes for all levels of experience, with professional demonstration choreography.
Look out for free drop-in sessions for beginners over the weekend too.
26 – 29 May
Hull City Hall & The Guildhall
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BILL BAILEY’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIESHave you ever visited a museum and wondered what the story is behind that unicorn horn or this elephant’s foot? Now is your chance to discover amazing untruths about the most intriguing artefacts. Exploring a quirky cornucopia of stuff, this exhibition draws on the comedy writing talents of Hull’s youngsters, joined by one of Britain’s best-loved comedians, Bill Bailey.
And we might reveal the equally unusual truth behind the collection too.
Produced with the Burton Constable Hall Foundation. Broader Curious Collections project supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. Bill Bailey’s involvement supported by Hull City Council.
27 May – 10 Sep, Mon – Sat 10am – 5pm, (late opening until 7pm, Thu) Sun 11am – 4.30pm
Maritime Museum
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THE HESSLE ROADERS: HULL’S FISHING COMMUNITY
Hessle Roaders lived both a magic and tragic life, their community spirit linked with the perilous work of trawling Arctic waters. In 1971, with his Rolleicord camera around his neck, Alec Gill began to photograph the community.
His pictures captured children playing on the streets, neighbours gossiping in the terraces and life at sea on board a trawler.
Taken over a period of thirty years, the exhibition features a selection from over 6,600 striking images, documenting a close-knit community during a time of dramatic social change.
BY DR ALEC GILL MBE
1 – 29 Jun
Hull History Centre
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HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE FISHING HERITAGE ARTEXHIBITIONThe first of many exhibitions to be held at the newly renovated St John the Baptist Church, and supported by community heritage groups, local artists, choirs and school children, this new exhibition of art and music will bring together a new generation, to tell the story of the glory days of Hull’s fishing heritage.
A plaque commemorating losses of Hull and Reykjavik fishermen will be unveiled by the Bishop of Hull in a service of thanksgiving and celebration.
Led by artist Sarah Louise Davies drawing on pioneering community ParkBench, this collaboration between two social inclusion charities, The Sobriety Project and Castaway Goole Accessible Music Theatre, brings a brand new production by experienced learning disabled actors, performed on board the Humber keel barge Sobriety.
With a series of shows both on and off shore in Hull Marina, Sobriety will also become a pop-up creative space in between performances, bringing interactive theatre, spectacle and music, before a celebratory final departure.
23 Jun – 9 Jul, Weekends, 10am – 3pm Weekdays, school viewings and public viewings by appointment
St John the Baptist Church
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CASTING ON HUMBER
30 May, 1 Jun, 3 Jun
Hull Marina
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Newland Avenue
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For one day only on Hull’s Newland Avenue, Assemble Fest transforms the most unlikely of places into pop-up performance spaces. Watch as the avenue comes alive as flashmobs, interactive shows, music, art and dance erupt in a variety of the area’s independent venues, from delis to hairdressers.
Supported by Newland’s local and international traders, the festival features new site-specific works from Hull’s burgeoning theatre companies and family-friendly activities along the street. Make sure you see it first at Assemble Fest.
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A gathering of time-served trouble-makers, spoken word rebels and leftfield music pioneers converge on the city to ask today’s counter-culture the question with which David Bowie kissed us goodbye.
The UK has reached a political crossroads. Dark divisive forces of racism and prejudice are stirring across Europe in the wake of Brexit and across the Atlantic following the election of Donald Trump.
We need to ask our artists, filmmakers, musicians and writers where they stand.
2 – 4 Jun
Hull City Hall & The Welly, plus additional venues
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AKALA LINTON KWESI JOHNSON
ANDREW WEATHERALL
BILL DRUMMOND
HOLLIE MCNISH
EVA LAZARUS SABRINA MAHFOUZ
THE FOUR OWLS
STANLEY ODD
MARK COUSINS
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PAUL HEATON AND JACQUI ABBOTT: BEAUTY IN THE EASTPaul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott perform a very special one-off show at Hull’s KCOM Lightstream Stadium with support from special guests The Divine Comedy and Billy Bragg.
In their first headline show announced for 2017, Paul and Jacqui will perform songs from their two Top 5 albums and classic tracks from The Beautiful South and The Housemartins.
3 Jun
KCOM Lightstream stadium
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6 – 17 Jun
The Welly
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A three-act anthem about a generation promised everything. But what happens when dreams don’t become reality?
This is the story of a million beating hearts and an asteroid with other plans.
An anarchic theatrical epic, performed at one of the city’s best-loved nightclubs and featuring some of the region’s favourite bands.
Critically acclaimed Hull theatre company Middle Child are back with a new piece of gig theatre, mixing original live music from James Frewer with Luke Barnes’
bold new writing and direction from Artistic Director Paul Smith. Live and loud, this is Middle Child at their best.
Middle Child is an associate company of Paines Plough and a supported artist of Hull Truck Theatre.
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Grab your friends, family and a picnic, and enjoy free opera and ballet outdoors on the big screen this summer. BP Big Screens brings the best of The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera to Hull in three free outdoor screenings, relayed directly from the Royal Opera House stage in Covent Garden to Zebedee’s Yard.
The series begins with a triple bill of The Royal Ballet’s The Dream/Symphonic Variations/Marguerite and Armand, before continuing with La traviata, Verdi’s tragic tale told in a sumptuous production, and Turandot, Puccini’s spectacular opera.
Each screening also includes exclusive backstage films and competitions.
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Zebedee’s Yard
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BP CULTURAL VISIONS LECTURE SERIESHeld at the University of Hull’s Middleton Hall, the BP Cultural Visions lecture series explores the journey from inspiration to creativity.
Featuring varied prominent speakers including: Richard Twose, artist and BP Portrait Award finalist; Deborah Bull, Assistant Principal of King’s College London and former creative director of the Royal Opera House; Sir Andrew Motion, poet.
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Middleton Hall, University of Hull
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BY AMANDA WHITTINGTON, DIRECTED BY MARK BABYCH
The gloves are on!
In a struggling pub on one of Hull’s toughest streets, ex-pro boxer Taylor Flint runs a women’s boxercise class. For Lauren, Jazz, Aneta and Grace, the class is much more than a way to lose weight and have a laugh – they’re fighting the grinding challenges of everyday life.
When the pub is threatened with closure, the women agree to be part of an unlicensed fight night to raise money and rally the community. They’re ready to prove themselves in a world that shows them little respect, but Taylor knows that once the gloves are on, the real test will be going toe to toe with friends and neighbours.
Inspired by Hull’s original Mighty Atom, Barbara Buttrick, this new play by award-winning writer Amanda Whittington (Ladies Day, Be My Baby, Amateur Girl) pulls no punches.
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8 Jun – 1 Jul, 7.30pm (17, 21, 24, 28 Jun, 1 Jul, 2pm)
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TRENT FALLS TO SPURN POINT: A SOUND PORTRAIT OF THE HUMBER ESTUARY
The world premiere of an original, multi-channel sound installation from internationally acclaimed and BAFTA award-winning sound artist Chris Watson.
Chris has deep ties to the North of England and has travelled the world collecting sounds.
One of the world’s leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena,
Chris’ work puts “a microphone where you can’t put your ears”.
This three-dimensional sound sculpture follows the ebbing tide, from the confluence of the rivers Trent and Ouse.
An enthralling journey along the Humber Estuary andout into the rich melodies of the North Sea, experienced
at the Gulbenkian Centre using sound, space and light as evocation.
22 Jun – 15 Jul, Mon – Fri 4 – 8pm, Sat 2 –6pm
Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull
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Bringing the best in folk, acoustic, roots, Americana and ever more diverse sounds to Beverley Racecourse, Beverley Folk Festival is a calendar highlight for music aficionados.
With a lineup that includes Eddi Reader; Martin & Eliza Carthy; Jon Boden; Heidi Talbot; False Lights; Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys; Moore, Moss & Rutter and lots more names still to be announced, the weekend promises a folk-load of fun from international talent, while also giving a platform to new, local voices.
There will also be literature, comedy, poetry, workshops, dance performances and children’s activities, making this an event for the whole family.
16 – 18 Jun, Fri 16, 6pm – 2am, Sat 17 & Sun 18, 11am – 2am
Beverley Racecourse
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WORM MINI FESTIVALWELCOME TO THE WUNDERFUL WORLD OF WORM
23 – 26 June, 10am – 8pm
Humber Street Gallery
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Rotterdam’s WORM – a venue “born under the stars of punk, Dada, Fluxus and hacktivism” – will make the Dutch dash to Hull and take up residence on Humber Street for one weekend only.
WORM’s artists, filmmakers, musicians, DJs and performers will host a series of workshops and events, showcasing the talent in the progressive underground culture of Hull’s ‘sister city’.
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Come one, come all to The Big Malarkey Festival, Hull’s first children’s literature festival.
Come through the portal of Malarkey Park into a world of stories, books, poetry, comics, music, rhyme, song, dance - and cats in hats.
Meet writers, poets and puppeteers; try out your cartooning skills; write your own epic tale; create some amazing animation or join in the Big Malarkey Poetry Slam. With a special programme for under 5s, and an all-dancing finale weekend, get set for a week full of unmissable magical malarkey.
Made possible with funding from the James Reckitt Library Trust, The Big Malarkey Festival is for everyone aged 0 – 16 years to enjoy alongside their family and friends.
26 Jun – 2 Jul
Malarkey Park, East Park, Hull
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Poppies: Weeping Window
25 Mar – 14 May
Maritime Museum 17
Paul Smith to JK Rowling: BP Portrait Award
29 Mar – 11 Jun
University of Hull 18
Albemarle Saturdays 11 Mar – 4 Nov Albemarle Music Centre
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Fountain17 From April Various 13
Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary: Shortlist
Apr – Jul Artlink 15
Voices Across The Humber
1 Apr Hull City Hall 7
Look Up 1 Apr – 31 Dec Hull City Centre 4
The Height of the Reeds: A Sound Journey for the Humber Bridge
1 - 30 Apr Humber Bridge 6
Offshore: Artists Explore The Sea
1 Apr – 28 Aug Ferens Art Gallery and Maritime Museum
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Masterpieces In Focus From The Royal Collection: Rembrandt
1 Apr – 28 Aug Ferens Art Gallery 11
Hull Science Festival 2 – 4 Apr University of Hull –
International Conference on Musical Cultures
3 – 5 Apr University of Hull –
Be Your Best Rock Challenge
5 – 7 Apr Hull Arena –
A Family’s Journey Through Hull’s Old Town
5 – 27 Apr Hull History Centre –
Somewhere Becoming Sea
5 Apr – 17 Jun Humber Street Gallery
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Uproot - Radio 3 Folk Festival
6 – 8 Apr Hull Truck Theatre 16
The Transglobal Art of Mark Wigan
6 Apr – 7 May Museum of Club Culture
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Beyond Words 7 – 27 Apr Hull Central Library –
National Student Drama Festival
8 – 14 Apr University of Hull 26
Naomi Wilkinson: Wild & Scary
11 Apr Hull City Hall –
Flood: Part 2 11 – 15 Apr Victoria Dock 22
The Empty Nesters’ Club
18 – 22 Apr Hull Truck Theatre –
Caro Emerald 19 Apr Hull City Hall –
BP Cultural Visions Lecture Series
19 Apr, 24 May, 24 Jun
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Remote & This Changes Everything
20 – 22 Apr Hull Truck Theatre –
Omid Djalili: Schmuck For A Night
22 Apr Hull City Hall –
Skin: Freud, Mueck and Tunick
22 Apr – 13 Aug Ferens Art Gallery 11
Hull Real Ale and Cider Festival
27 – 29 Apr Holy Trinity Church –
John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux
28 Apr – 1 May Various 24
International Jazz Day
30 Apr University of Hull –
Al Stewart 3 May Hull City Hall –
Richard III 4 – 27 May Hull Truck Theatre 27
Addictive TVs Orchestra of the Samples
5 May Fruit –
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Ted Lewis Hull Trail 5 May Hull College –
The Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade
6 May Orchard Park Estate 28
Artwaves 8 – 14 May Bridlington Spa 29
Opera North’s Turandot 9 May Hull City Hall –
Sean Lock: Keep it Light
10 May Hull City Hall –
Doc’n Roll Film Festival
10 – 14 May TBC 19
Transgression: Breaking The Rules
12 – 14 May Hull City Centre, Humber Street Gallery & Various
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International Hanse Day
13 May Old Town 30
Depart 18 – 21 May General Cemetery, Spring Bank West
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Kerry Baldry Mixed Media Installation
18 – 28 May Museum of Club Culture
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Travel Photographer of the Year
18 May – 30 Jun
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Grow Festival 24 – 27 May Hull Truck Theatre 26
Hullzapoppin 26 – 29 May Hull City Hall & The Guildhall
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Back to Ours 26 May – 4 Jun Various 32
BBC Radio 1’s Academy
21 – 25 May The Albemarle Music Centre
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BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
27 – 28 May Burton Constable Hall 34
Bill Bailey’s Cabinet of Curiosities
27 May – 10 Sep
Maritime Museum 38
Casting On Humber 30 May, 1 Jun, 3 Jun
Hull Marina 40
The Hessle Roaders: Hull’s Fishing Community
1 – 29 Jun Hull History Centre 39
Where Are We Now? 2 – 4 Jun Various venues 42
Codhead: Festival of Britain
2 – 4 Jun University of Hull –
Hull School of Art and Design Degree Show
2 – 30 Jun Hull School of Art and Design
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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Beauty in the East
3 Jun KCOM Lightstream Stadium
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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
6 – 17 Jun The Welly 45
BP Big Screens - Royal Ballet
7 Jun Zebedee’s Yard 46
The 10th Waterstones Children’s Laureate
7 Jun TBC 47
Mighty Atoms 8 Jun – 1 Jul Hull Truck Theatre 48
Tidal Waves Beach Festival
9 – 10 Jun Southcliff Beach, Bridlington
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Mister Maker 10 Jun Hull City Hall –
Beverley Folk Festival 16 - 18 Jun Beverley Racecourse 50
COOLture 17 Jun Hull City Hall –
Trent Falls to Spurn Point
22 Jun – 15 Jul Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull
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WORM Mini Festival 23 – 26 Jun Humber Street Gallery
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Fishing Heritage Art Exhibition
23 Jun – 9 Jul St John the Baptist Church
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Hull Film Festival 26 Jun – 9 Jul TBC 19
The Big Malarkey Festival
26 Jun – 2 Jul Malarkey Park, East Park, Hull
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