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GLISTEN Fest
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 September 2023
Free event!
A sparkly, sensory festival filled with light and sound for people with profound multiple disabilities. Our first GLISTEN Fest has been designed to ignite the senses, inspire creativity and create memories that can be shared with family, friends and carers.
There will be different digital experiences depending when you visit, the perfect excuse to come more than once! Plus there’s a quiet sensory room if anyone needs a break from the action and space for parents and carers to unwind.
Read on to find out more…
What’s on
We have two digital highlights during GLISTEN Fest, Celestial Sound Cloud and the Soundplay Dome. Celestial Sound Cloud is open Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 September and the Soundplay Dome is open Friday 22 and Saturday 23 September.
There will also be a quiet sensory room, a chill out space for parents and carers to unwind and pop up events throughout the week.
All events are FREE, but please due to limited capacity, please book in advance.
GLISTEN Fest has been made possible with support from The Big Give Christmas Challenge supporters, the People’s Postcode Lottery and Derbyshire Freemasons.
GLISTEN Fest has been made possible by an award from Postcode Places Trust,
a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
To help plan your visit…
Celestial Sound Cloud
Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 September
The Celestial Sound Cloud is inspired by Cosmic Clouds and Nebulas – the clouds of dust and gases in which stars are formed.
A beautiful digital sound and light installation hung above the audience, to create a space to discover a galaxy of voice and illumination. The piece provokes the audience to come together and learn to interact with the sculpture and one another by singing, moving and dancing underneath creating their own visual experience and soundscape.
How to book
Celestial Sound Clouds is open for drop in visiors 10am-12.30pm on Tuesday 19 September.
If you want to visit as a group or if you prefer to have the space to yourself, please book in advance. Celestial Sound Clouds suitable for up to eight people for a 45 minute visit. You only need to make one booking for you and your group. When you book, you’ll have exclusive use of the installation for 45 minutes.
Please select your preferred date and time in the booking calendar. You’ll receive an automated email confirming your booking which also gives you the option to rearrange if required and another slot is available.
This event is FREE to attend, but as a charity we’re always grateful for donations!
Soundplay Dome
The Soundplay Dome is an interactive sensory space, a unique environment that is accessible to all. It’s a space that allows everyone to play with music and light in a collaborative environment. Using touch, sound and light, the Dome encourages creative expression whilst having fun!
Sessions in the Dome last around 30 minutes and are lead by Soundplay’s experienced facilitators.
How to book
Please book in advance. This event is FREE to attend, but as a charity we’re always grateful for donations!
The Soundplay Dome workshop can be booked for up to eight people (max 3 wheelchairs) for a 30 minute visit. You only need to make one booking for you and your group.
Please select your preferred date and time in the booking calendar. You’ll receive an automated email confirming your booking which also gives you the option to rearrange if required and another slot is available.
We’ve been able to create GLISTEN Fest 2023 with support from generous donations through The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022.
We believe that everyone should have access to high quality art experiences, but events specifically for people with Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities and Learning Disabilities are rare, especially in rural areas. Through GLISTEN Fest we hope to inspire individual creativity and create memories that can be shared with family, friends and carers.
If you’d like to see this GLISTEN Fest continue in years to come, please look out for our fundraising events later in the year. Your donation will help us continue to build on a truly magical event.
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