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Coming this weekend is An Indian Summer. Dance, music, cinema and performances across the city with venues including Jubilee Square, Orton Square, @curveleicester @phoenixleic and even the Botanic Gardens, this year is better than ever! More info here ow.ly/gFkO50WiTMt

📢 Midlands-based artist @jasonwilshermil will be working with National Coal Mining Museum on a project inspired by the museum’s historic collection of coal mining union banners. Read more about it here 👇 buff.ly/i3yIE48 #ACEsupported thanks to @Lottogoodcauses Arts Council England, North

We’re delighted to announce Ben Wilson 👨‍🦯 as our new Associate Artist. Ben is a blind actor, theatre maker and audio description consultant based in Nottingham. Ben was previously Ramps on the Moon Agent for Change at Sheffield Theatres and Trainee Artistic Director at Extant

The latest Private Investment in Culture Survey finds that private investment – although growing – is outweighed by rising costs. It shows that, in the mixed funding model of the creative sector, public funding is key. Read more 👇 buff.ly/oKKwtnG

Happy Birthday to Shine ⭐ Nottingham Playhouse's community theatre programme for children and young people has been bringing free theatre sessions to underserved communities for a decade - with 14 groups across the city Find out more about the programme 👇 buff.ly/CxNgvd5

We can already hear the merryment of our swashbuckling pirates as they gear up for capers and chaos at Godiva Festival this weekend! Don’t miss this rare appearance from EGO’s Pirates 👉 Book now: godivafestival.com/homepage/72/bu… #GodivaFestival #FamilyFestival #VisitCoventry

Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by Bridget Phillipson. We’re proud to join Department for Education to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again. #NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk

Grab a cuppa - it's time for the Big Centenary Tea Party 🫖 From 11 this morning, people across Stoke-on-Trent are coming together to celebrate 100 years of city status, and even Robbie Williams is getting involved! Find out more 👇 staffordshirechambers.co.uk/tea-party/

Join writer Ayesha Chouglay for a poetic journey through the Lincolnshire Wolds. Fri 11 July 2–3:30pm. Advocate Arms Hotel, Market Rasen. Readings, writing and a Q&A Find out more and book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-calli…

📢 Eligible museums have until 15 July to complete the Museum Development Annual Museum Survey. The survey outlines national and local trends and helps identify priority areas for support Find your survey link from [email protected] in your inbox now 📨

We were thrilled to be at the Treasury yesterday as the Chancellor Rachel Reeves committed to ensuring every primary school will have a library by the end of this Parliament.

Want to take your mid-large scale theatre and dance productions to more people in more places? 📌 Round 2 of our Incentivising Touring Scheme is now open, offering repayable grants of up to £500,000 to support mid-large scale touring productions. 🎉

Have you got your tickets for the Festival of Brilliant yet? 📚 Organised by CPP OUTSIDEarts, the festival brings a sprinkling of literary magic to Biddulph Old Hall tomorrow and Saturday Find out more 👇 buff.ly/RhVZOvD

🎭 Starts today!🎭 #DepartureLounge2025 is a 2-day celebration of fresh, bold, and boundary-breaking performance, bursting with creativity! Join #InGoodCompany & #DerbyTheatre for daring new theatre & conversations that challenge & inspire. 👇 buff.ly/JP82apy

🎉 Big news 🎉 Lichfield Garrick Theatre has received almost £300k funding to launch a 3-year cultural programme bringing theatre, workshops & creativity to the heart of Burntwood 🎭✨ Find out more 👇 🔗 buff.ly/r7Tr5oz #ACEsupported thanks to @lottogoodcauses

Jaivant Patel Company is excited to announce the 2025/26 tour of our new full-length work entitled ‘ASTITVA’. ASTITVA is funded by Arts Council England and supported by FABRIC, Bradford Arts Centre (Kala Sangam), The Place, The Rep, Arena Theatre & Sir Barry Jackson Trust.

Kinky Boots is back at Curve ahead of its upcoming West End run 👢 A #MadeAtCurve production directed by Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, the show stars Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe in his West End debut Get your tickets now 🎟️ buff.ly/5HzDCfe

Extending our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the Cosmopolitan Arts Festival. Your talent, dedication, and hard work helped bring the festival to life and made it a truly memorable celebration of creativity, culture, and community. ACE Midlands #letscreate