Arts Council England awards SANDY HILL ARTS its second “GRASSROOTS MUSIC” GRANT!

We are over the moon to announce that the Arts Council England (ACE) have awarded us £29,415 to enable exciting, diverse and sometimes experimental top quality musicians from the UK and beyond to perform at Sandy Hill Arts. This second ACE Grassroots Music funding will provide workshops for schools and young musicians in Dorset by connecting them with talented mentors such as the “Soothsayers” and the “Sound Of Movement”.  We will also provide a platform for local musicians to perform their work, and equipment, marquee flooring, lighting and more c/o this grant funding. SANDY HILL ARTS would like to thank the ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND for its transformative grant funding that will enable us to continue to bring the people of Purbeck new and ground breaking musical acts and workshops. The local community have provided us with some wonderful feedback and we are very pleased to announce the continuation of our diverse and inspirational music programming here. Past memorable gigs have included: Alabaster DePlume, Sahra, Saied Silbak, Fran and Flora, Skylla, Pete Wareham, The Soothsayers, The Youthsayers, The IyatraQuartet, Alice Zawadski and many more. Some of our performers have gone onto win prestigious national awards after performing at Sandy Hill Arts. You saw them here first! You may have also read about this in the SWANAGE NEWS (click on this link to read the article!) Keep joining us and please keep your eyes on our socials and website for tickets. Next up: Beth Orton on 20th September, and our wonderful weekend with ACTIVATE’s INSIDE OUT festival LIVE at Sandy Hill Arts on the 20 and 21 September; truly creative and unusual. Read more about Inside Out at Sandy Hill Arts by clicking on this LINK.

The title pic is of the Youthsayers with the Soothsayers on stage (above) in July. We also had Alabaster DePlume, Ruth Goller and Seb Rochford on stage (below) during our POETRY WEEKEND with help from our ACE Grassroots Music grant. Incredible stuff!

We are also tremendously grateful for the grant funding given to us by the highly prestigious T S Eliot Foundation that enabled us to bring some brilliant national poets to Sandy Hill, provide free readings for all, and cut price workshops! Among these were Cecilia Knapp, Ella Frears, Francesca Martinez, Jen Feroze and many more.  The T S Eliot Foundation are providing some grant funding for our POETRY WEEKEND for its first three years. We are aiming high and want you to join us here so please, come visit, take a course, hear a gig, sit on a bench and listen and look and meet us here.