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Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rebellious dance extravaganza to celebrate culture in town centre
As Weymouth and Portland Towns of Culture launch weekend is truly underway, today you can catch a vibrant dance extravaganza celebrating the best of local culture. This morning, Ramshacklicious and Hijinx will be performing in New Bond street Weymouth, between 11.30am and 2.30pm, celebrating the launch of the year long cultural celebration. The free event, Truth, will be a rebellious display of outdoor dance, full of hope and challenging the public norm. The event is free to attend. Local crowds will be invited to join in with games and celebrate through dance in the town centre. Last night, Weymouth and Portland Towns of Culture officially kicked off with a launch party held at Saint Nics Gallery in St Nicholas Street. The exciting celebration of the towns featured live music and performance created by a group of students from Weymouth College. People were also invited to join in on a 'Culture Crawl', a dedicated trail of live performances and cultural happenings across Weymouth. Particular highlights were events hosted at Abigail's Party, at the Weymouth Drama Club, including rehearsals of iconic plays. Events will be happening all across the weekend, including visual displays, video screenings and live music for people to attend. A spokesperson for We Are Weymouth previously said: "Weymouth and Portland Towns of Culture 2025 is an opportunity celebrate what we already do and what we might like to do when inspired by others." For more information, visit:
BBC News
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Launch party for Weymouth and Portland town of culture events
Dorset's joint Towns of Culture for 2025 are set to begin 12 months of events with a launch party and Portland received a combined £60,000 from Dorset Council in funding as part of the new County of Culture year, the initiative, run by the Arts Development Company, sees a different town, village or hamlet in Dorset named as the host, with last year's winner being locally based not-for-profit arts organisation, B-Side, is working with both town councils to organise events for the next 12 months. This evening St Nics Gallery in Weymouth will host what organisers called "an unforgettable evening of music, art and dance".Activities from ballet and brass bands to natural history walks, film clubs, DJ nights festivals and more are expected over the next this weekend, there will be street performances in Weymouth Town Centre and a brass brand playing at the Portland High Angle Battery. Reveal is the name of this year's scheme, because the board said it wanted to uncover creativity and change the way that people conceive of towns that sit in rural or coastal Rocca Holly-Nambi said: "Our communities have so much to offer creatively, and our places are rich with culture. "We see this year as a springboard for working together, celebrating who we are, and putting in place solid foundations for a thriving cultural sector for years to come." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
