Category: Cultural Programme

June

☀️ Welcome to June ☀️ 

Welcome to June ☀️ 

Summer is upon us and we’re celebrating the month of June with some big events. Our Spring season of The Castle and Library Cultural Programme is coming to an end with some fantastic events, including an Escape Room experience! But hot on it’s heels is the Summer programme with tales of Cornish Smuggling and a Summer pantomime – just brilliant! Be sure to pick up your free brochures at The Castle, Bude Library, Bude Tourist Information Centre and The Parkhouse Centre. You can also download them on our website. 

Our newly launched inspiring display from Bude’s Inner Wheel is now open to the public until the September and we have a new venture to encourage those interested in getting creative to come along to ‘The Castle Sketchbook on 19th June. 

We have more workshops and live music for you to enjoy now we have moved outside for events.  

We have something for everyone at The Castle Heritage Centre, Bude. We’re open seven days a week from 10am, with free entry to The Heritage Centre and Art Galleries. Café Limelight on the first floor is serving food and drink from a delicious menu with spectacular views across the beach and Castle grounds 😍. We are also dog-friendly venue. Please note that ball games are not permitted on our grounds, especially during our own events. If you see this activity please inform the Cafe staff. 

Find out more about what is on offer from our website: https://www.thecastlebude.co.uk/whats-on/

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April

🌷 Welcome to April 🌷 

 Spring is here and we celebrate this month with the launch of The Castle and Library Cultural Programme, which has a full programme of events for all the family through April and June. be sure to book your tickets early to not miss out on these exciting new events.  

Our newly launched inspiring exhibition; ‘Weathering The Storm’ celebrating Bude’s unsung heroes and the history of life-saving at sea, is now open to the public. 

We have more workshops and live music for you to enjoy as we start to move events outside. Don’t forget that we have new opening hours and a full programme of Easter activities for the family to enjoy.  

 We have something for everyone at The Castle Heritage Centre, Bude. We’re open seven days a week from 10am, with free entry to The Heritage Centre and Art Galleries. Café Limelight on the first floor is serving food and drink from a delicious menu with spectacular views across the beach and Castle grounds 😍. We are also dog-friendly venue. Don’t forget we are closed on Easter Sunday, but come along and enjoy our full programme of events, right here in the heart of Bude! 

 Find out more about what is on offer from our website: https://www.thecastlebude.co.uk 

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Brochure Out Now

📌 THE CASTLE AND LIBRARY CULTURAL PROGRAMME – BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️

📌 THE CASTLE AND LIBRARY CULTURAL PROGRAMME – STARTING SOON – HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKETS YET? 🎟️
 
Welcome to the launch of a new and exciting annual programme of events that showcase diversity and culture at it’s best! Divided into seasonal programmes, The Castle and Library Cultural Programme will be offering opportunities to immerse yourself into unknown worlds, rich culture, entertaining performances, lyrical melodies and pick up some skills along the way.
 
📍 We kick off our Spring 2025 programme in April with Elizabeth Dale (The Cornish Bird) sharing tales of forgotten Cornish Women and Jenny Carden (The Dartmoor Herbalist) shares an exploration into traditional remedies and healing practices. The team from Live History will be on hand to share their wisdom in a mystery writing workshop. Stay around for the team to return in in this interactive evening dinner where you get to solve a mystery from visiting characters from the past.
 
📖 Our visiting authors include; Annalisa Crawford who delves into dark contemporary fiction with a hint of paranormal. Paula Rooney who talks of her solo travels after her children have flown the nest and David Myers shares tales of travelling solo through Palestine.
 
🧸 For the children we have visiting author Julie Ann Keenor and her fairy tales, a magic workshop and Mazed Tales are showing the Piskey Path Puppet Show. Families can come along and enjoy the show from the Magical Tots in their music and dance performance and those interested in folk music can enjoy tales from Rev Sabine Baring Gould’s collection.
 
➡️ AVAILABLE NOW – Ticket links and all other information is available on our dedicated website page: https://www.thecastlebude.co.uk/events-at-the-castle-bude/the-castle-and-library-cultural-programme/
 
👀 Look out for our FREE brochure, which is available from Bude Library, The Castle and Cafe Limelight and The Parkhouse Centre. You can also download it on our website – use the link above.
 
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NEW for 2025!! Our Cultural Programme

The Castle and Library Cultural Programme

Welcome to the launch of a new and exciting annual programme of events that showcase diversity and culture at it’s best!

Divided into seasonal programmes, The Castle and Library Cultural Programme will be offering opportunities to immerse yourself into unknown worlds, rich culture, entertaining performances, lyrical melodies and pick up some skills along the way.

We kick off our Spring 2025 programme in April with author talks, performing arts, entertainment events, live music, creative and literary workshops, along with fascinating talks by some well-known visitors. Most of these events are ticketed, so be sure to book your tickets early to secure your space.  with many visiting authors, artists, musicians and actors. Each event will be aimed at a variety of audiences and based at The Castle and Library sites, along with a plethora of supporting events provided by our external partners. Tickets will be available online from 6th January 2025 and all details can be found on our website: https://www.thecastlebude.co.uk/events-at-the-castle-bude/

This does mean of course that our beloved Literary Festival will no longer be under our programming, but Bude Literary Festival will be continuing in a new guise and will be part of our own Cultural Programme in May 2025. The great news of course is that our partner, Richard Wolfenden-Brown of North Coast Arts, whom we have worked closely with since the start, in 2021, has teamed up with a small group of organisers who are able to continue the festival going forward. Richard and his team will be announcing news of the switch in leadership in the coming months, so look out for his posts on his North Coast Arts page and website. He can also be contacted on info@northcoastarts.co.uk

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