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Barnaby Festival new arts venue
Historic Charles Roe House to open for Macclesfield festival The historic Charles Roe House in Macclesfield, disused for years, is to throw open its doors to art exhibitions as part of this year's...
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NCO to play Barnaby Festival
The Northern Chamber Orchestra performs a special ‘Summertime’ concert at this year’s Macclesfield Barnaby Festival in June. The programme includes enchanting classics from English composers Vaughan...
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Li Lu plays Bach at the Barnaby
Photo: Wang Er Jiang Acclaimed soloist Li Lu performs the complete Bach Cello Suites across three contrasting Macclesfield town centre venues at this year’s Barnaby Festival. In a series of unique...
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Barnaby Festival Art Trail
For over two weeks this June 14-24) Macclesfield town centre comes alive with the colour and creativity of the Barnaby Art Trail – more time to see more art in Macclesfield than ever before. Over 100...
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Free events at Barnaby festival 2013
This year’s Barnaby Festival includes a host of free events and activities for everyone to enjoy. Free events at this year’s Macclesfield festival include: The Carnival Parade hundreds of colourful and...
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Macclesfied Barnaby Festival a triumph
Macclesfield was transformed over two weeks this June by music, comedy, original poetry and drama, street theatre, workshops and visual art as thousands of visitors flocked into the town centre to...
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Barnaby Festival hunts for new artists
Barnaby Festival organisers are tracking down artists to take part in next year’s Art Trail – and they hope this will be the best yet. The Art Trail has already become a much anticipated highlight of...
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Barnaby Festival plans musical fringe
Peter Hook at the Barnaby. Photo by Timothy Norris Macclesfield will come alive with the sound of music next summer thanks to a major new addition to the Barnaby Festival programme. For the first...
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Barnaby Festival imposes sales tax
Organisors of the Barnaby festival have introduced a ten per cent sales tax on art galleries and artists taking part in the 2014 edition, as it seeks to bolster the longterm sustainability of the...
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Blockheads headline Barnaby Festival
Legendary punk musicians The Blockheads will kick off Barnaby Festival’s Big Weekend, in something of a coup for the organisors who recently made the surprise announcement that this would be the last...
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Barnaby Festival announces 2016 dates
THE next Barnaby Festival will take place from 17-26 June 2016. Organisors of the Macclesfield arts extravaganza – which is now a biennial – are promising an action-packed ten days spanning two...
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Barnaby Festival draws the crowds
Macclesfield’s fifth Barnaby Festival held in June 2014, saw visitor numbers increase by thirty percent from the previous year. An estimated 13,000 people flocked to the town from across Cheshire,...
View ArticleKarl Wallace to lead Barnaby Festival
Macclesfield Barnaby Festival has announced that Karl Wallace will take up the role of festival director as of July 2015. The 14-month, part-time contract will see Wallace relocate to Macclesfield to...
View ArticleBarnaby Festival call for artists
Macclesfield’s Barnaby Festival has launched a call for visual arts exhibitions on the theme ‘Space’ for next year’s festival which runs from Friday 17 – Sunday 26 June. Organisers are looking for...
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