DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL 2023
SAT 24 JUNE - TO - SUN 02 JULY
An exciting contemporary festival of | Music | Film | Theatre | Visual Art | Dance | Spoken Word | and more!
Read on >>DAF2023 to sell exhibition Street Art prints – Sale Opens September 27th
DAF are excited to launch the sale of Street Art prints from this year’s festival exhibition. The large prints (up to 2.5m) of unique work by Manchester and New York based artists have been exhibited in Didsbury Library since DAF2023 closed in July and are now available to buy. They can be viewed at the library and online.
They will go on sale Wednesday 27th September. ‘Best Offers’ are invited up to Wednesday 18th October when the highest offer will secure a print. Any ‘unsold’ prints as at the 18th will be auctioned at the Next Door Gallery, Burton Road on the evening of Wednesday October 25th. Prints are expected to sell quickly.
For more details of this unique opportunity and to make an offer, ‘click here’.
Something strange has appeared in the heart of Didsbury, Manchester. But what is it?... Click HERE to find out! #DAF2023
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME & TICKETS
9 DAYS OF AMAZING EVENTS AND MAGICAL MOMENTS!
VOICES OF DIDSBURY (Art Competition)
Submit your artworks - Everyone is welcome!
Are you an Artist / Film Maker / Photographer / Poet / Musician ?... Or do you think that you could be?... We're inviting both Amateur and Experienced Creatives of all ages, from Children to Adults, to send us your Drawings, Paintings, Short Films, Photography, Poetry or Music - and be in with a chance of featuring in our Voices of Didsbury Interactive Exhibition (to be held in two venues across the Didsbury Area).
Why not get together as a family and each submit something, or send us that masterpiece that people always say should go on display?... You may be an amateur film-maker and have a 3 minute cinematic short to share?... Or maybe you fancy picking up a pen and writing the poem of your life?... And what about the young ones, could you encourage your 7-year-old to release their creative side?
See our Get Involved page for full details...
DIDSBURY SUPERSTAR (Talent Show)
Think 'Britain's Got Talent'... but a Didsbury version!
DAF2023 presents Didsbury Superstar – A performance based competition and talent show for 6-16 year olds, where we invite young people to showcase their Singing, Dancing, Martial Arts, Comedy, or other "Performance Based" creative skills...
See our Get Involved page for full details...
VOLUNTEERING
APPLY TO BE A FESTIVAL ASSISTANT / VOLUNTEER
Would you like to get involved and become a Festival Volunteer or Festival Assistant?
A great experience, with perks and bonuses like Free Tickets, Festival Tshirts, Certificates and Closing Party!
Click here to submit your details and we’ll get back to you with further information.
INTRODUCING OUR NEW DIRECTOR
Creative Producer and Arts and Events specialist, Rodney Adams, looks forward to his latest challenge as the new Director of Didsbury Arts Festival. We catch up with Rod, to learn a bit about his journey and what he has in store for DAF 2023.
WATCH AGAIN...
2021 - our summer of art events recorded online, available free and on-demand.
We presented a summer of art including Manchester poets Mike Garry and Afshan D'souza-Lodhi. A studio tour with portrait artist Clae Eastgate who has been painting the UK's finest female poets, sound artist extraordinaire Vicky Clarke and an in-depth look at the artistic influences in Marvel Comic illustration from the 1970s and 80s by UK collector Stephen Josland.
