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FREE Family Arts Festival – Rainworth
April 1 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join the Open Doors team in Ollerton, Newark and Rainworth this Easter Weekend for their first Family Arts Festival! From VR activities to circus skills, music workshops to hands on heritage experiences, there’s something for everyone and best of all, every single activity is totally FREE!
The festival will be making it’s first appearance in Ollerton on Saturday 30th March across three venues. Activities will be held at Lifespring Church from 10am to 3pm with circus skills, face painting and soundLINCS hand drumming sessions. Dukeries Leisure Centre from 11am to 3pm offering VR experiences with artist Samantha Peberdy and first birthday party sessions. The third location will be Ollerton Town football club from 12pm to 3pm with disc golf, face painting and Our Heritage on Tour, before their match kick off at 3pm.
Day two will be at Newark on Sunday 31st March from 10am to 2pm. Hawtonville Community Centre will see the popular Time Travel Tots sessions alongside circus skills, face painting and disc golf. The second venue is the mezzanine level of Newark’s Buttermarket, drop in and draw on a large Newark Town Hall fabric banner with Artist in Residence Vanessa Stone and take part in a song writing workshop in collaboration with soundLINCS.
The final day will be held at Rainworth on Monday 1st April from 10am to 3pm. At The Social Action Hub take part in an immersive VR experience, a Time Travel Tots session and practice circus skills. Make your way across the road to the Village Hall for Our Heritage on Tour, face painting and a first birthday party session.