Brightlingsea WinterFest's month-long run of events is to reach a relaxing and fun-filled finale with a yoga session, a comedy evening, a pop quiz and an afternoon of music and spoken word. The festival has already attracted thousands of views for its online attractions this year and will end on a high, having raised spirits […]
During January, members of Brightlingsea Regent Football Club set their sights on keeping fit for a potential restart of the football season by running or cycling miles every day. Manager Tommy Austin and head coach Ryan Salter kept a league table running to keep it competitive for the players. Ryan writes: "We then started to […]
Brightlingsea WinterFest is on the crest of a wave with the renowned blues rock duo When Rivers Meet and the much-loved Essex poet and musician Martin Newell lined up for the festival's forthcoming events. The eagerly-awaited online concert by When Rivers Meet, husband and wife duo Grace and Aaron Bond who live in Brightlingsea, is […]
A free interactive workshop aimed at helping jobseekers is being offered for the first time by Brightlingsea WinterFest. The Zoom workshop, taking place on Wednesday, February 17 at 11am, is being hosted by Andy Blanche, a highly experienced business executive who has interviewed and employed hundreds of people. The session is a new initiative for […]
People in Brightlingsea are being urged to spread love and solidarity across the town with a special signal on Valentine's Day, by leaving a light on in their homes. The initiative is part of Brightlingsea's WinterFest after being put forward by parish vicar, the Revd Caroline Beckett, pictured. It is hoped that the Leave a […]
Award winning photographer Colm O'Laoi is giving his time and talent to Brightlingsea's WinterFest, by offering a free on-line photography workshop on Saturday February 13. Colm has also contributed a dramatic image for the festival's on-line art gallery and his photos will also feature in a book being collated during this year's WinterFest. He will […]
Singing cabbie Neil Carlyle, who has kept Brightlingsea entertained during lockdown, is to host the first event for the town's month-long WinterFest. Neil, a multi-instrumentalist and singer who developed his talent in a military band, is running an online open mic night on Thursday, February 4, the first of more than 20 events in the […]
A call is going out to artists of all ages to take part in Brightlingsea's 2021 WinterFest and let their work be part of the festival's drive to create some light and optimism in dark times. An on-line art gallery is being planned as part of this year's WinterFest which aims to bring the community […]
A Wellbeing Day being held by the Fresh Fitness studio in Brightlingsea on Saturday February 6 will be an action-packed launch for WinterFest, with a whole range of free classes for all ages, accessible through Zoom. The event is being organised by Lucy Reid who runs Fresh Fitness and she has put together an exciting […]
Brightlingsea's 2021 WinterFest is to shine a beacon of hope for the town following one of the most difficult years in living memory.
The much-loved festival is to return in February, in a different from usual form, but with its enduring focus on celebrating and promoting community spirit, creativity and wellbeing.
