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View article Three free Play Day festivals to visit Hull this summer

Three free Play Day festivals to visit Hull this summer

Hull’s Play Day event has expanded to three events for 2021, with the first of which took place at Alderman Kneeshaw playing fields on 28 July. National Play Day is one of the biggest and most popular family events in Hull and attracts thousands each year. After a disappointing 2020 which meant the cancellation of […]

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View article Checkmate! Hull set for huge chess festival this summer

Checkmate! Hull set for huge chess festival this summer

Hull will be going chess crazy this summer with the city’s first Play Chess Festival. The programme will last for three months and will take place across the city in parks, squares, libraries, shops, markets, cafés and pubs. It will be open to all ages, existing chess-players and those who just want to learn. Events […]

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View article First look at Ferens Open Exhibition 2021

First look at Ferens Open Exhibition 2021

The Ferens Open Exhibition is back. The exhibition, which celebrates some of the best artistic talent in the region, opens at Ferens Art Gallery on Saturday 24 July at 12 noon. The exhibition features more than 270 artworks including paintings, sculptures, photography, ceramics, textiles and film produced by local amateur and professional artists. Many of […]

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View article Hull to host week-long comic book festival featuring V for Vendetta illustrator David Lloyd

Hull to host week-long comic book festival featuring V for Vendetta illustrator David Lloyd

Marking the BBC’s 100 Novels that Shaped Our World, Hull Libraries will be celebrating the amazing impact of comic novels with a host of workshops, talks and story times next month. Guests include V for Vendetta illustrator David Lloyd, American writer and illustrator Seaerra Miller, Hull-based artist Sean Azzopardi and children’s author and illustrator Bethan […]

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View article Young traders celebrated at Trinity Market this weekend

Young traders celebrated at Trinity Market this weekend

Hull’s Young Traders Market returns this Saturday, 17 July, at Trinity Market in Hull. The Young Traders Market programme aims to encourage young entrepreneurs, aged 16-30, to use markets as a platform to start or grow their business. The programme, now in its ninth year, starts with local Young Trader Markets across the UK and […]

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View article Middle Child return to the stage with a cabaret in Queens Gardens

Middle Child return to the stage with a cabaret in Queens Gardens

Eighteen months after their last live performance, Middle Child will return to the stage this month with a brand-new cabaret, performed outdoors in Queens Gardens. we used to be closer than this is a cabaret of songs about reconnecting, written by Natasha Brown, Angelo Irving, Tabby Lamb, Jay Mitra, RashDash, Leo Skilbeck, Kobby Taylor and […]

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View article Ramblers partnership launched with Hull Culture and Leisure

Ramblers partnership launched with Hull Culture and Leisure

Hull Culture and Leisure are teaming up with The Ramblers for a two year project that aims to encourage more people to start walking to support health and wellbeing. Free Ramblers Wellbeing Walks are now taking place at East Park, meeting at 9.30am on Mondays, where participants can walk for 15 minutes up to an […]

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View article How a French masterpiece is inspiring young artists in Hull

How a French masterpiece is inspiring young artists in Hull

Young people from Hull are taking centre stage as part of an exhibition focussing on Claude Monet’s stunning landscape painting, Antibes (1888). The masterpiece – on loan from The Courtauld Gallery, London is currently on display alongside artworks from the Ferens Art Gallery’s permanent collection until 4 July. The exhibition, Monet in Mind, focusses on […]

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View article Giant birds, Victorian stilt-walkers and booming brass bands heading to Hull’s streets

Giant birds, Victorian stilt-walkers and booming brass bands heading to Hull’s streets

Street theatre, performances and live music will take place in Hull next week as part of an exciting programme celebrating the city’s rich history. Giant birds, mermaids, brass bands, Victorian stilt-walkers and a contraption powered by Brussel sprouts will all be appearing across Hull’s streets in July. Hull City Council has commissioned events company Continental […]

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View article Huge weekend of culture set to shine light on Hull’s creativity and talent

Huge weekend of culture set to shine light on Hull’s creativity and talent

Hull-based cultural development organisation Absolutely Cultured has announced its programme for Creative Hull – a weekend-long celebration of Hull’s creativity. Taking place from the 16 -18 July, the weekend will showcase many local artists, residents, community groups and cultural organisations. More than 60 different activities are now confirmed, taking place in existing venues, disused shops […]

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