We have more than 40 events this year and a new exhibition, Backspace, on the history of games makers in Leamington.
For further information, please check out the festival website: www.leamingtonlooksback.co.uk
A free ‘Heartbreak Productions’ Railway Children taster on Leamington Station, a Coffee & Culture talk at Caffe Nero, look back at Leamington from a boat…
A choice of more than 50 vintage-themed events at the Leamington Looks Back festival (26 May – 10 June).
Our new festival website has been unveiled: www.leamingtonlooksback.co.uk! Thanks to Nick and Craig at the Vital design agency for their hard work.
Check out the website to discover all the fun opportunities for families, children and individuals between 26 May and 10 June 2012.
We’re asking!
As part of the history festival, Leamington Looks Back, 26 May – 10 June, there will be dancing, 1950s style, to celebrate the Jubilee.
So tell us what you want. A dinner dance? Town Hall? In the park? On the street? Dance classes? You choose.
Thanks to volunteer Emma Banks, the festival is now on Twitter with Craig’s lovely eye icon as our avatar:
@LeamLooksBack
@LeamLooksBack
Book now! A witty & thought provoking show of songs and stories ‘The Writings on the Wall’ from Tony Benn & Roy Bailey
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Our beautiful new festival logo and icon were designed by Craig Spivey of The Vital Design Agency in Leamington:
Thanks Craig!
We are delighted that charismatic former MP and Cabinet Minister, Tony Benn, and internationally-renowned musician, Roy Bailey, will headline the inaugural Leamington Looks Back festival.
The duo will appear at the Royal Spa Centre at 7.30pm on 27 May, to deliver their award-winning act, The Writing on the Wall: A History of Dissent in Words and Song, thus grounding our festival as ‘the people’s history’.
For this event they won Best Live Act at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2003.
Majestic. Provocative.
Quietly inspiring
~ MOJO
What comes across most strongly is their idealism, their principles, their sincerity,
their love for what they do and audiences sense this immediately.
~ The Scotsman
7.30pm
Tickets: £16
Web Price: £15
TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BOOK ONLINE SOON. PLEASE CALL ON 01926 334418 OR VISIT LEAMINGTON TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE.
We are delighted to announce partnerships with Leamington Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire’s Adult & Community Learning, Heritage Education, the County Record Office and Roman Alcester, which will enable us to deliver a comprehensive festival education programme with events for all ages, from young children to adults.
A few features of the education programme so far:
We are delighted to have received funding from the South Leamington Community Forum for the first stage of our festival volunteers programme, Heritage Hosts, enabling residents of South Leamington to help organise and run the festival.
South Leamington residents are invited to an introductory workshop on Thurs
There will be opportunities for volunteers to:
o deliver and/or steward events
o develop festival policies
o market and promote events
o liaise with event venues
o review events for the media
o record and photograph events
If you live south of the river in Leamington and would like to be involved, contact Jenny (jennystjohn1@gmail.com or phone 01926 774373) and/or come along to the introductory workshop on Thursday 24 November.
NB We are planning to involve North Leamington residents later in the year and would be happy to hear from those living north of the river too.