HARVEST at Wainsgate

Wainsgate refuses to stay quiet. Perched on a Pennine hilltop, Wainsgate is part sanctuary, part playground, part creative engine.

We make space for bold ideas, remarkable artists and unexpected encounters. Whether you come for an performance, a concert, a workshop or simply a cup of tea, this is a place where heritage and imagination meet, and where you might just leave with a different way of seeing the world.

We are celebrating HARVEST at Wainsgate with a day focused on food and other activities. There will be the Wainsgate cafe bar selling hot and cold drinks; a mini beer festival; hot seasonal food; cakes; stalls from local producers and those who are a bit further a field.

There will be workshops to get involved with; corn doll making, pickling workshop, printing workshop and a guided harvest and heritage walk.

When?

Friday 11th September

The Harvest Supper :  Join us for a three course pre concert Harvest Supper before the performance of Mercury Songs. Hosted by our lovely friends at Altogether Otherwise (Manchester) expect something seasonal, truly delicious and memorable on a shared banqueting table spanning the beautiful space of the Sunday School Room.

The vegetarian feast will celebrate the glut of the season and will be a single specially prepared menu for everyone. Only 36 places available and costs £25 per person. Buy tickets here.

HARVEST at Wainsgate: Matthew Bourne & Emily Levy – Mercury Songs. Performer-composers Emily Levy and Matthew Bourne present a new work that recasts British folk traditions for today.

Award-winning performer-composers Emily Levy and Matthew Bourne’s new work for five-piece ensemble, with experimental orchestration and rich vocal textures.

Mercury Songs is inspired by Bradford-born Julia Varley, a 20th-century activist for women’s and worker’s rights. It is a subversive reimagining of British folk traditions in a post-#MeToo world.

Booking is essential as places are limited. Cost: £25 per person. Buy tickets here.

Saturday 12th September

HARVEST at Wainsgate: Corn doll making workshop (multiple times)

HARVEST at Wainsgate: Autumnal Painting (multiple times)

Book tickets here.

Where?

Wainsgate Chapel, 4 Wainsgate Lane, Wadsworth, HX7 8SU

Directions here: GETTING HERE & ACCESS – WAINSGATE