Music – Friday 24 August 2018 (7.30pm) – The Damned
Unleash your inner punk rocker and head to Parr Hall this summer to relive the magic of a great British band. Get ready for an incredible night of live music as punk rock legends The Damned head to Warrington for one night only.
Location: Parr Hall
Ticket Price: £24.50
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Music – Friday 31 August 2018 (7.30pm) – Martin Stephenson
Singer-songwriter and Daintees’ frontman Martin Stephenson is heading to Pyramid this summer with a collection of timeless hits spanning his impressive career. Having produced an extraordinary 40 albums, including the critically-acclaimed Boat to Bolivia, Gladsome, Humour & Blue, Salutation Road and The Boy’s Heart, this astounding musician is guaranteed to deliver a fantastic night of live music.
Location: Pyramid
Ticket Price: £14
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NEW AND ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
This is the third in a series of exhibitions celebrating landmark events for the oldest public museum in the North West. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery is joining forces with National Museums Liverpool by loaning three fantastic works, thanks to the support of The Garfield Weston Loan Foundation and Art Fund. The three works coming to the museum are Enrico Coleman’s Oxen Drawing a Block of Stone to the Studio of John Warrington Wood, and Sir Luke Fildes’ A Portrait of Fanny Fildes and The Widower.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Ticket Price: Free
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Commissioned by Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, this intriguing new work explores what new things could be created if data was decoded a little differently. Artists Juan Covelli and Neale Willis take on the role of contemporary archaeologists, searching for and sifting data from key sites around Warrington and the collections of Warrington Museum, before manipulating the way the computer processes the data to create new and surprising outcomes.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Ticket Price: Free
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In 1968, Warrington was one of several towns across the country to be designated a New Town. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Warrington New Town, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery are presenting a new exhibition that brings together photographs from the Development Corporation archive and a “people’s archive”, which reflect Birchwood as both the architects’ vision and its lived and evolving reality.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Ticket Price: Free
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Contemporary art – Saturday 7 July to Friday 31 August (All Day) – Your history of the future
Culture Warrington has teamed up with contemporary artist Gillian Hobson and Golden Square shopping centre to create a unique piece of film celebrating the town of Warrington for the extended 2017 Contemporary Arts Festival. By asking people across the area to nominate their favourite places, Hobson recreates these hotspots to create a kaleidoscope of colours, shapes, and patterns.
Location: Golden Square Shopping Centre
Ticket Price: Free
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Exhibition – Thursday 12 July to Saturday 1 September (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) – One, by Robert Watson
Following a unanimous decision by the judges, Robert Watson was awarded winner of the 2017 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Photography Open. This prize exhibition will showcase a selection of his stunning images.
Location: The Gallery at Bank Quay House
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Exhibition – Saturday 21 July to Saturday 15 September (All day) – Night Edge
Night Edge is a captivating collection by local artists Hazel Hughes, Estelle Cadwallader and Eli Regan, documenting life in the city after hours. Part of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, Night Edge explores these nocturnal hours, from the local landmarks that are brought to life through darkness, to the people who wander the world at night.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
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Children’s workshop – Friday 3 August and Friday 10 August (1.45pm-4pm) – Abstract Art Workshop
Come and enjoy a free art workshop that explores more about abstract art. Gail Stubbings from BloomingArt will help you experiment with colour, line, shape, size, space, texture and value to break away from the traditional representation of physical objects.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
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Workshop – Monday 6 August (10am-3pm) – Photography Workshop with Sophie Lee
Get to grips with photography basics with this whistle-stop workshop with artist Sophie Lee. Come along to learn about the techniques and tools essential to photography, as well as how to explore your surroundings and discover new ways of seeing things.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
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Children’s workshop – Friday 31 August (10am-4pm) – Kev F Comic Masterclass
Kev F Sutherland writes and draws for The Beano, Doctor Who, and Marvel comics, and now he’s heading to Warrington Museum & Art Gallery to show you just how easy it can be. After the end of a Comic Art Masterclass, everyone goes away with a comic containing a strip by everyone in the class, plus an individual caricature by Kev F.
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
