Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre

The Harwich Festival is pleased to announce that it has leased the former Essex County Council Adult Community Learning Centre, adjacent to the Mayflower Primary School, for a period of 5 years and will be operating it as the Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre. This fantastic opportunity enables the Festival to provide and support a wide range of activities for the local community including Arts and Heritage projects and new and exciting venues for live events

Currently on and coming up at the centre: 

Monday 9th December 2019/ 10:30am/ Craft Cafe: Flower Power

This week’s Craft Cafe session will be led by Kay! Kay will be teaching us how to make paper flowers out of folded paper.

Saturday 14th December 2019 / 19:30 / A Christmas Carol 

Join us for a Christmassy fundraiser for the centre!

On Saturday 14th of December we will be hosting a performance of the Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol

Thursday 19th December 2019 / 19:30/ A Day at the Saturnalian Races

Join us at the Harwich Arts and Heritage for an illustrated lecture from The Colchester Archaeological Trust.

Starting at 7:30pm Samantha Rowley from the Archaeological Trust will deliver a talk on the Saturnalian Festival which occurred around this time every year across the Roman Empire, focusing specifically on Colchester and the surrounding areas.

Tickets £5. Available to buy online, from the Harwich Box Office or the Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre.

For more information on these events or for any other enquiries please email sian@harwichfestival.co.uk or ring 07495882156