Junior ‘Have-a-Go’ Pot Throw
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayGive your youngster the experience of using a potter’s wheel to throw a pot in this fun ‘Have-a-Go’ session. There will be a demonstration first on how to throw a pot on the wheel, before having a go themselves with lots of support and guidance throughout. Suitable for complete beginners and even the smallest of [...]
Children’s Cycle-delic Spin Painting 2:30pm
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayA spin art-producing bicycle – a cross between a Rube Goldberg contraption and a Damien Hirst painting factory machine. Workshop participants add poster paint to cartridge paper mounted on a spinning platter, producing endlessly varied colourful outcomes to take home and keep. Children tend to make better spin-painters as they are fearless in their application [...]
Introduction to Cyanotype with Emily Rose Parris
The Lifford Parlour Lifford Hall, BroadwayDuring this in depth 2 hour workshop you will explore cyanotype printing onto paper & fabric, using the power of the sun to create striking blue & white prints. Once you’ve got to grips with the process you will print onto tote bags or cards to take away with you. No previous experience is needed. [...]
Robert Welch – Crafting a Design Legacy
Cidermill Theatre Cidermill Lane, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire2025 marks 70 years of Robert Welch Designs. This talk will trace the evolution of design at the business, capturing the essence of a legacy that continues to inspire. Robert Welch studied silversmithing at the Royal College of Art. Upon graduation in 1955, he left London for Gloucestershire countryside where he rented a small room [...]
Junior ‘Have-a-Go’ Pot Throw
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayGive your youngster the experience of using a potter’s wheel to throw a pot in this fun ‘Have-a-Go’ session. There will be a demonstration first on how to throw a pot on the wheel, before having a go themselves with lots of support and guidance throughout. Suitable for complete beginners and even the smallest of [...]
Children’s Cycle-delic Spin Painting 3:30pm
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayA spin art-producing bicycle – a cross between a Rube Goldberg contraption and a Damien Hirst painting factory machine. Workshop participants add poster paint to cartridge paper mounted on a spinning platter, producing endlessly varied colourful outcomes to take home and keep. Children tend to make better spin-painters as they are fearless in their application [...]
How not to be a Starving Artist with Claire Henley
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAn informal talk about surviving as a professional artist. Freelance for 36 years, Claire Henley has illustrated such diverse things as margarine tubs and children’s books before becoming a fine artist 15 years ago. Topics will include finding your tribe, being organised, showing and selling your work, galleries, social media, multiple income streams, licensing, talks [...]
The Frank & Ella Show with Lance Ellington & Alison Jiear
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayBack by popular demand after his appearance at the festival in 2023, Lance Ellington returns to present The Frank & Ella Show - a celebration of the most famous of all jazz artists, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Direct from sell out shows at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, Strictly Come Dancing’s Lance Ellington [...]
Street Photography Workshop with Peter Martin
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomSpend the day with professional photographer, Peter Martin, capturing village life and The Great Broadway Paint-Off that will be taking place in the village that day. Everyone has a story to tell. Some do it with words, or music, or art, but this workshop is for someone who wants to tell a story with their [...]
The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2025
Broadway Village Green The Green, Broadway, Worcestershire, United KingdomYour chance to draw or paint our beautiful Cotswolds village for the day and be in with a chance of winning great prizes along with other artists from across the UK! This is a very popular event that attracts both professional and emerging artists. Judges in 2025 will be Festival Ambassador, Haidee-Jo Summers VPROI RSMA, [...]
The Great Broadway Portrait Paint-Off
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayDo you love the TV series Portrait Artist of the Year? Then this is for you... New for 2025! Running alongside our famous plein air competition, The Great Broadway Paint-Off, this year we will also have a portrait painting competition taking place inside the main marquee on the village green. Amateur and professional artists from [...]
Woodland Paper Collage Workshop with Susan Watt
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomSusan Watt is an artist who ‘paints with paper’, and was a finalist in our annual art competition in 2024. In this fun workshop you will be guided through the process of creating a unique woodland scene using only recycled magazines and PVA! You will learn about composition, colour and how to create depth and [...]
Jazz Supper Club with The Ben Holder Hot Club Quartet
Marquee on the village green Lower Green, BroadwayJoin us on the last night of the festival for a Jazz supper club in the marquee on the village green! Expect stylish jazz, street food vendors, communal dining in the marquee, a dance floor, a double decker bus bar and an opportunity to kick back, socialise, and meet new people. This is a relaxed [...]
Make a Willow Garden Hare Sculpture with Rachel Harwood
Willersey Village Hall Main Street, WillerseySpend the day creating a fabulous 3ft willow hare sculpture for the garden to take home with you, with willow-weaver Rachel Harwood. Willow is a wonderful sustainable material great for making sculptures for the garden. You will be working with willow from Somerset. Rachel has been working with willow for 10 years and her background [...]
2025 Art Competition Exhibition of Finalists
Bretforton Theatrebarn Bretforton Grange, Bretforton, Worcestershire, United KingdomOur annual open art competition is open to any artist in any medium, professional & amateur. Artists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage forms an exclusive selling exhibition of 150 works at Theatrebarn in Bretforton (15 mins drive from Broadway) from Friday 26th September – Sunday 5th October 2024, open daily from [...]
Make a Willow Deer Sculpture with Rachel Harwood
Willersey Village Hall Main Street, WillerseyJoin willow weaver Rachel Harwood on this workshop for the day creating a fabulous 4ft willow deer sculpture for your garden, or to use as a festive home decoration. Willow is a wonderful sustainable material great for making sculptures for the garden. You will be working with willow from Somerset. Rachel has been working with [...]
The Julia & Martin Wilson Short Story Competition
In 2020 we launched a new short story prize in addition to our art competition in order to encourage creativity during the lockdown. The prize was generously sponsored and judged by festival benefactors Julia & Martin Wilson. The competition now takes place every other year, the next one is in 2026. Entries need to be [...]
Mystery Masterpiece Auction 2026
Broadway Arts Festival is giving the public the chance to snap up original artwork by internationally renowned and emerging artists for as little as £25! Showcasing British painters, illustrators, printmakers and photographers while helping to raise funds for the Broadway Arts Festival, school outreach programmes and local student arts bursaries. Maybe you’ll spot a future [...]
Cotswold Village Scene Mixed Media Workshop with Claire Henley
Willersey Village Hall Main Street, WillerseyDuring this studio-based workshop we’ll be looking at some of the beautiful buildings of Broadway or the surrounding area and will be capturing them in a contemporary way. Claire will be working from a photograph to guide you through some of the layering techniques she uses in her work which include painting, collage creation, cutting, [...]
The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2026
Broadway Village Green The Green, Broadway, Worcestershire, United KingdomYour chance to draw or paint our beautiful Cotswolds village for the day and be in with a chance of winning great prizes along with other artists from across the UK! This is a very popular event that attracts both professional and emerging artists. Judges in 2026 will include our Festival Artist in Residence, Claire [...]
The Great Broadway Portrait Paint-Off 2026
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomDo you love the TV series Portrait Artist of the Year? Then this is for you... Running alongside our famous plein air competition, The Great Broadway Paint-Off, we will also have a portrait painting competition taking place inside the Lifford Hall in Broadway. Amateur and professional artists from around the UK will spend the day [...]
En Plein Air Workshop at Cotswold Lavender with Paul Talbot Greaves RI
Cotswold Lavender Fields Hill Barn Farm, Snowshill, United KingdomIn this plein air workshop at Cotswold Lavender, we will be painting the lavender fields in full bloom in acrylic or oil, looking for interesting angles and dynamic designs to create attention grabbing paintings led by tutor Paul Talbot-Greaves RI. This workshop will be full of colour, so you will learn how to manage colour [...]
The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Cidermill Theatre Cidermill Lane, Chipping Campden, GloucestershireAfter their sell out performance for us in 2024, The Birmingham Philharmonic will be returning to perform a bespoke programme for the Broadway Arts Festival at Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden on the afternoon of Sunday 18th October 2026. A programme of exciting and moving music that is not only appealing to those new to [...]
Broadway Arts Festival 2027
Around the village 1 The Green, Broadway, United KingdomJoin us for the next Broadway Arts Festival - over 80 events across 10 days including live music, outdoor theatre, creative workshops, demonstrations, competitions, tours & talks! Festival events take place at numerous venues in and around the beautiful village of Broadway in the north Cotswolds. The programme will be announced at the end of [...]
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