Artists, singers, musicians, poets and a leading expert on community energy are bringing ideas and inspiration to Northumberland for the fifth What a Wonderful World Festival.
Children from Alnwick schools have been busy creating beautiful mosaics for an exhibition at Alnwick Playhouse Gallery.
A fascinating film about a unique solar powered fishing boat, It’ll Never Work, sends the message you can do it against all the odds if you try and there is a packed programme of visits including a Family Wild Adventure Day and art and archaeology at Hepple Estate.
Jon Boden, lead singer of Bellowhead, is in concert Saturday, June 27 at 7.30pm at Alnwick Playhouse and will be answering questions about his work at a pre-concert talk, free to ticket-holders, at 6.15pm.
Festival organisers are inviting the public to share ideas on how to cut energy bills at a live debate session, Cut Bills, Cut Carbon and Build Better, at Alnwick Playhouse on Saturday, June 27 from 2pm to 4.30pm.
A talk by energy expert Dr Alan James will be followed by a panel Q and A with Claire Margetts, director EDable architects, who is passionate about helping people make affordable changes to improve their homes, Liz Gray, head of innovation, Rural Design Centre and Chris Algar, who has just created a low-energy bungalow in Alnwick.
Chris and husband Mac will welcome visitors to their home of the future on Saturday, June 21 with an energy advice stall available before and during the event.
Green Fingers is a family theatre show for 4-21 years at the Alnwick Playhouse Studio.
There are events in Berwick on Saturday, June 27 with a Repair Cafe, walking tour by Greener Berwick and the Green Fingers family theatre show.
Sing for the Planet – 40 singers have already signed up to take part in a workshop with Alison Rushby which will be followed by a concert with Felton’s Bridge Singers, Harbour Lights choir, Amble, the Golden Square Singers from Berwick and the workshop singers.
Liz Anderson, co-director, said: “This year we believe we have created a joyous event with something for people of all ages and many tastes, ending with everyone on stage at the final concert to sing ‘What a Wonderful World, made famous by Louis Armstrong, the lyrics read by David Attenborough at his 100th birthday concert recently.”
