Barnsley is alive with entertainment. Theatre, galleries, cinema and live entertainment offer a fantastic opportunity to join in as a spectator or participant in a hugh calendar of events and activities.
Rebecca Chesney
Artist Rebecca Chesney begins a year long residency, researching the bees and plants at YSP to create an exhibition of drawings, photographs, installations and films. Looking at changing environments and human activity, Chesney’s residency draws...
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Specialist Sunday Markets
From Craft to Garden, Food to Fashion, Specialist Markets will be held every other Sunday throughout Cheapside, May Day Green and Queens Street.
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Costume in Art
An exhibition of selected paintings from the Cooper Gallery Trustees' permanent art collection. Discover costumes and fashions from different time periods in this selection of beautifully detailed portraits ans scenes. Find out what these...
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Celebrity
An amazing collection of iconic film and music props from the world of showbiz. Including the fabulous wedding dress Becky Grainger (Catherine Kelly) wore on TV's Coronation Street and Marilyn Monroe's favourite Little Black Dress. On show...
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The Working Artist
The Working Artist brings together seven young contemporary artists, all of which engage in disparate practices and media: painting, drawing, photography, artist books and sculpture.
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Threads of Design
The Textile Art Group showcases new work in this selling exhibition where wearable art and accessories are exhibited alongside wall panels and hangings. It also includes the Group project, which is entitled '...dress...' This is made up of twenty...
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Wombwell MAD Fest
Three day festival with some of the finest roots/acoustic/world music artists available today!
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Barnsley's second Gay Pride
Barnsley's second Gay Pride festival will launch the All Barnsley Diversity Festival on the 5th September...
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