First names announced for 2019 Big Malarkey Festival 13th February 2019 The first names for this year’s Big Malarkey Festival, Hull’s annual children’s literature festival, have been announced. The announcement follows the festival securing funding from Arts Council England and James Reckitt Library Trust, meaning the festival will return for at least the next two years. The first names confirmed for the 2019 Big Malarkey Festival […] Read more Education and Learning Leisure & Culture News What's on The Big Malarkey Festival
Want to be a City of Culture Volunteer? It’s not too late 13th February 2019 Ever thought about becoming a City of Culture Volunteer? It’s not too late – but you have to act fast. It may have been two years since Hull basked in the national spotlight as UK City of Culture 2017, but the blue-coated army of volunteers – one of the city’s most recognisable sights over those […] Read more Community and Living Leisure & Culture News Absolutely CulturedCity of Culture volunteersUK City of Culture 2017
Rugby League World Cup 2021: Hull to host most diverse matches in history 12th February 2019 Hull has been named as an official host city for the Rugby League World Cup in 2021. And the city is aiming to make its matches the most diversely attended in its history. RLWC2021 have announced that Hull will host a group game and a quarter-final game after a successful bid by Hull City Council. In 2021, […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Rugby League World Cup
Figures show incredible impact of striking City of Culture art installation 12th February 2019 It was one of the most memorable highlights in a year filled with breath-taking moments in 2017, and now figures have revealed the incredible impact of the Weeping Window installation. In 2017 the installation, which featured thousands of ceramic poppies honouring those that lost their lives during the First World War, toured the UK, with […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums
2019 Open Exhibition celebrates incredible local talent 8th February 2019 It’s one of the highlights of the Ferens’ calendar, hundreds of local artists all displaying their talents at one of the region’s premier art galleries – and this year’s exhibition doesn’t disappoint. 321 artworks were chosen this year from more than 1,000 entries by a high-profile panel of judges consisting of Senior Curator at Humber Street […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Ferens Art GalleryHull Culture and Leisure
Vegan market a ‘huge success’ 6th February 2019 Hundreds of people descended upon Trinity Market earlier this month for a fantastic celebration of vegan food and products. The market was part of a Trinity After Dark event, where the Old Town’s Trinity Market stays open into the night. This time local independent vegan food and product retailers were invited to gather under one […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Atom BreweryVegan
Hull & East Riding Museum reopens to public 6th February 2019 One of the city’s most popular museums has reopened after weeks of closure due to heating failure. Hull & East Riding Museum in High Street shut in mid-December due to problems with its boiler and some aspects of the heating system. Now work has been carried out to allow the museum – which displays exhibitions […] Read more Leisure & Culture News What's on Hull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and Leisure
Free adult swimming as part of Hull Big Swim 6th February 2019 Free adult swimming sessions are being offered to residents as part of the Hull Big Swim campaign. Hull Culture and Leisure is launching Hull Big Swim to motivate more adults to get active. The free adult swimming sessions will be on offer during February and March at Ennerdale Leisure Centre, Woodford Leisure Centre, Albert Avenue […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and Leisure
Young artists inspired by incredible club 6th February 2019 Masterclasses with world-renowned artists, visits to some of the country’s most prestigious art galleries and producing their own exhibitions – that’s just some of the experiences young artists in Hull are being given as they take part in an incredible Art & Design National Saturday Club. As part of the National Saturday Club network, Ferens […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Ferens Art GalleryHull Museums
Ferens Art Gallery to host Swinging the Lamp 24th January 2019 A performance showing the drama of a life at sea is coming to Hull. Swinging the Lamp, told in the words of a former fisherman, will be shown at Ferens Art Gallery on Saturday 9 March. The show remembers the life of skipper Jim Williams and tells tales of Hull and Grimsby’s past fishing communities through storytelling, theatre and folk […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Ferens Art GalleryHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Arctic Corsair: learn more about Hull’s famous vessel 22nd January 2019 Sam North, project support intern on the Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project, worked closely with volunteers who catalogued the Arctic Corsair collection and was one of the staff members who helped to remove the collection last summer. Here, he explains more about the famous vessel. The Arctic Corsair sailed from Hull between 1960 and 1987. Fishing was […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull MuseumsHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Any Old Rag Bone exhibition in Hull celebrates ‘original recyclers’ 16th January 2019 The call of “rag bone” can be heard down the city’s tenfoots and passages to this day. For decades, men on horses and carts collecting scrap metal have issued this cry for people to bring out any unwanted goods for recycling. Now an exhibition at Hull’s Streetlife Museum will see this uncelebrated aspect of the […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and LeisurerecyclingStreetlife Museum
