SUMMER AT WAINSGATE
SUNDAY 21ST JUNE 11AM-7PM
For Midsummer’s Day, Wainsgate’s doors will be thrown open for a joyful day of creativity, conversation, food, music and making.
Throughout the day there’ll be workshops, performances, walks, family activities, delicious food and drinks, plants and Wainsgate goodies for sale, plus cocktails and tunes as the day winds down.
Book onto the events that catch your eye, or simply come along, soak up the atmosphere, enjoy the building and views, and be part of this lively midsummer celebration.
Scroll down for the full programme and booking details.
EVENT & WORKSHOP INFO + BOOKING
10.00-11.30 - CREATIVE WRITING WITH AMANDA DALTON - £12
WRITING LIGHT creative writing workshop with Amanda Dalton.
Ideal for everyone aged 16+, this friendly, accessible workshop will explore summer and the summer solstice both as season and inspirer for all kinds of your own writing –poems, diaries, stories and wild imaginings.
We’ll read some fabulous examples of summer-related writing and use them as starting points for our own explorations in words.
12.00-13.30 - WALK WITH PAUL KNIGHTS £8
The High Sun Walk is a guided walk with naturalist and philosopher Paul Knights.
Moving through fields, along lanes and up onto the moor, this guided walk will explore the landscape at the turning point of the astronomical year. We will pay attention both to the vast celestial rhythms marked by this day, and to the ways it expresses itself in the local landscape around us: in the growth of grasses and wild flowers, in birds already feeding fledged young, in insects, heat, scent, shadow and the particular qualities of midsummer light.
As with our Spring walk, the emphasis will be less on information than on shared attentiveness – a chance to pause within the rush of everyday life and notice our place within larger patterns of season, time and change. Standing high above the valley at the moment of the year’s highest sun, we will take a moment simply to look outward: across the landscape, into the sky, and towards the longer rhythms within which our lives unfold.
Please come prepared for rain and off road walking!
11.00-12.00 - FAMILY DANCING WITH LUCY SUGGATE - FREE
SUN SWARMS A FAMILY MOVEMENT WORKSHOP – an hour for moving together, led by choreographer Lucy Suggate, we’ll make extraordinary shapes, using simple choreography taken from swarm patterns and celebrate summer by creating mesmerising golden moving sculptures.
No dance experience is necessary, please wear comfortable clothing.
All children must be accompanied with an adult.
The Wainsgate Gardeners will be running one of their popular willow weaving workshops.
For SUMMER they are taking us through the process of making an obelisk for your sweet peas and runner beans to weave themselves around.
All materials provided and the ticket price includes a hot drink and cake from the Wainsgate Cafe.
12.30 - 13.30 - FAMILY DRAWING WITH JO GORNER & CHARLIE FORD - FREE
Sun Beams – a family drawing event
An hour for drawing together – led by artists Charlie Ford, Lucy Suggate and Jo Gorner.
Come and make marks, draw and paint to celebrate summer – the sounds, the patterns and
movements around us at this time of year.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
15.00 - 16.00 - ALTERNATIVE SUNDAY SERMON WITH TESTAMENT - PAY-AS-YOU FEEL
NO NEED TO BOOK - JUST COME ALONG
What HipHop has taught us…A special Alternative Sunday Sermon… Join Testament – acclaimed writer, rapper and record-breaking beatboxer – as he explores what lessons we can learn from the explosion of Hip-Hop culture.
Hip-Hop is one of the most dominant music genres on the planet, from its early inception in the Bronx, New York, to the being numbers one in the pop charts, to being the global soundtrack to revolutions.
Today we find its influence everywhere, and Hip-Hop appears in education, theatre, dance, fine art, and even politics.
Expect live rap, beatboxing and looping – as well as a fascination guide through Hi-Hop history and what principles Hip-Hop can teach us about our lives.
And there’s even a section for you to join in on if you like.
16.00-16.30 - SUNDAY SESSION WITH HUGH STANIER & CHARLIE MORRISSEY - PAY-AS-YOU-FEEL
Performers Charlie Morrissey and Hugh Stanier will be testing out a new performance in the Sunday School at Wainsgate.
It will be a highly physical experience:
Two experienced and acclaimed dancers whose work has been seen in many countries around the world.
You’ll see two bodies entangled, throwing each other around and tumbling through the space – not to be missed.
All welcome.
17.00 - 19.00 -YADAVA - DJ SET WITH COCKTAILS
Come and spend the early evening sampling some specially created cocktails in the chapel with Yadava – DJ, producer and co-founder of Manchester’s long-running club night So Flute and the label/community platform All Kinds Of Joy, Yadava moves effortlessly between jazz, gospel, disco, house and everything in between.
Through his DJ sets, productions and NTS Radio show alongside Contours, he explores deep jazz-influenced and electronic sounds pulled straight from his record collection. His music has been released through labels like Church, Omena and Tru Thoughts, with support from Gilles Peterson, Moxie and Osunlade.
As a DJ, he has shared stages with artists such as Floating Points, Ge-ology, Sadar Bahar and Hailu Mergia, while also appearing at festivals like We Out Here.
As a volunteer-run charity, Wainsgate relies on events like this to help keep the building standing, vibrant and full of life. Every ticket, donation, drink and slice of cake helps us care for this special place and sustain it for future generations.