Open Sessions give you a rare glimpse into the creative process – where ideas spark, new directions unfold, and the future of music and performance takes shape.
Part of the Britten Pears Arts Residencies, these sessions invite you to experience exciting work-in-progress from this year’s artists.
Snape Maltings Farmers’ Market showcases Suffolk’s finest produce—cheese, chocolates, gin, juices, fruit, and artisan bakes. Explore nature walks, relax at MALT or River View Café, and browse open shops. Markets run monthly, 10am–2pm, with special Christmas editions in December.
David Hockney at 87 is a national treasure, but can he be considered as part of the great British landscape tradition alongside Turner and Constable? Hockney is a prolific portrait artist. Is he in the same street as Reynolds & Hogarth? Bill Crow will be exploring nearly 150 works by these artists suggesting some thought provoking conclusions.
Aldeburgh’s famous Documentary Festival is an annual weekend of inspiring films and discussion.
Based in North London, Charlie Constantinou is a realist/surrealist painter that portrays scenes in their ideal and with meticulous detail. His background in film, photography and music provides a solid foundation to his work.
A relaxed afternoon recital featuring musicians from the Prometheus Orchestra.
Programme:
Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb Major K452
Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb major op.16
Matt Price is a storytelling stand-up comic from Cornwall who’s been punched by a gangster, hugged by a psychic, and lived to make jokes about it. He headlines a show featuring local talent taking first steps on the stand-up comedy ladder. The support acts are mini-sets from the participants on compere Louie Green’s Stand-Up course.
