Archive for the ‘Festivals’ Category

Woodvilles 15th Century Re-enactment this Weekend

Woodvilles 15th Century Re-enactment this Weekend

The Woodvilles visit Swindon this weekend on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 June, 11am to 5pm at Lydiard Park. The Woodvilles are a living history and battle re-enactment group covering the “Wars of the Roses” period. Founded in Hampshire in the early nineties the group now draws members from all over the UK who perform [...]

Swindon Big Arts Day returns in July

Swindon Big Arts Day returns in July

After the huge success of The Big Arts Day at Lydiard Park last summer, we are delighted that Culture Swindon are organising another one-day spectacular to take place on Saturday 9 July, writes arts officer Nicola Western. Once again BAD will be a showcase for the very best of the arts in Swindon. Last year [...]

Swindon Festival of Literature 2011

Swindon Festival of Literature 2011

When it’s Spring in Swindon, it’s also the start of the festival season and tickets are now on sale for events at the 18th Swindon Festival of Literature. With its line-up of novelists, poets, politicians, philosophers, scientists, storytellers, sportsmen, historians, comedians, artists and activists, it will put a spring in your step.The festival is a [...]