12th December, 7:00pm at Hapworks_00, 7 Castle Street, DD1 3AA
Before the year closes out, we’re making time to come together and celebrate the joy of community and collectivity in Dundee’s creative scene! Come along to Hapworks_00 for a festive party where we’ll gather to look back at some of this year’s fantastic grassroots projects and collaborations with short talks sharing the successes, learnings, and challenges of getting new ideas off the ground.
Creative Dundee’s Winter Warmer
Thu 12 December 2024, 7–10pm
Hapworks_00, 7 Castle Street, DD1 3AA
Booking is essential. Doors open at 7pm with presentations starting at 7.30pm.
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments will be available.
A special-edition “Pass the Mic” will invite you to share your highlights of the year, what got you through the tough times, and what you hope 2025 will bring, with other opportunities to share throughout the evening. After that, there’s plenty of time to warm the soul before the winter break with good company, drinks and music until 10pm!
BLETHER is a new monthly night dedicated to Scots language performance. Every month Elfie Picket host two professional performers from the local and national cultural scene for a night of music, poetry, songs, spoken word, and more. There is also a short open mic as part of the evening where anyone is welcome to take a turn.
Their special guests so far have included poets Victoria McNulty, Liz Niven, Shane Strachan, Mae Diansangu, Mark Richardson, Mark Thomson, Fever Peach, Tom Jamieson. Storytellers/performers Jade Anderson, Morna Burdon, Erin Farley and Lucy Beth and musicians Belle Kinnear and Lynne Campbell. BLETHER is produced by Sweet Productions and run by Elfie Picket Theatre.
Art Workers for Palestine Dundee are a nonhierarchical group of artists and art workers who have gathered to coordinate locally, standing with the people of Palestine at a time of immense horror. Aiming to energise and make visible support for Palestine in our community and in the arts, they urge the organisations and institutions they work with and within to commit to meaningful action.
As part of the Art Workers for Palestine Scotland network, they continue to demand our city’s arts and cultural spaces and organisations break their silence on the atrocities inflicted on the people of Palestine. Through campaigning and events such as screenings, active making and discussion sessions, they raise both funds and awareness.
City Flowers Garden Studio is a volunteer-led grassroots space located in the Keiller Centre and run by Robyn Scanlan. Originally a flower shop, the studio now hosts music and spoken word nights, low-cost and accessible workshops, free exhibitions, and a small urban garden offering hands-on horticulture learning. It is an environment for contemporary artists to experiment, socialise and take up space.
Robyn also delivers outreach across Dundee to primary and secondary schools, eco and leadership groups, and community centres. They have also started to establish an archive, The City & The City, that collects material capturing life in Dundee’s urban spaces and the works of local artists, presented in the form of a celebratory exhibition twice yearly.
With music on the night from BETA WAVES DJ Harry Crossan! As one half of artist project BETA WAVES, he’s spent the past year exploring and developing their sound with producer Jim Lowe and BETA WAVES vocalist Dale Easson – resulting in a musical collection of lush immersive grooviness. You might have heard their most recent single ‘& Dance’ on BBC Radio 6 Music, and found further tracks on Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ playlist and Vic Galloways BBC Radio Scotland show.
Hapworks_00 is located at 7 Castle Street, Dundee, DD1 3AA. It has step free access from the street and a double door entrance which is not automatic. The interior space is all on one level, open plan and there is an accessible toilet.
The space can be reached by public transport; it is a 2 minute walk from the nearest bus stops at the rear of the Caird Hall and a 7 minute walk from Dundee Train Station. Space for bikes is available on Castle Street, and several car parks are close by. There is a limited number of short term parking spaces available on Castle Street.
If you have any access needs you would like to share with us ahead of the event, let us know when you book your ticket or email eilish@creativedundee.com.
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