These family-friendly events include:
- Art-Works
January – September 2025
A series of community-inspired artworks will bring colour to the town centre as the exciting regeneration programme takes place. We will be working with a local artist and young and older residents to create art inspired by the Ashington Futures project.
- Light Night
Date: 29 January 2025
Time: 3.30pm
Venue: Station Road
Date: 30 January 2025
Time: 7pm
Venue: Selected streets in the Hirst Estate and The Rows. Finale performance at the Hirst Welfare Centre.
Come and meet our team as we kick start the New Year by lighting up Station Road and Ashington’s Estates with two nights of pop up interactive drumming and movement spectaculars. We’re joining forces with international street performers Spark! to bring dynamic lighting, choreography and eye catching special effects right to your front door. Put down that cuppa and draw back the curtains. We could be visiting your street.
- Pride of Ashington Torch Lit Procession
Date: Friday 21 March
Time: TBC
Venue: Hirst Park
SIGN UP TO TAKE PART BELOW
We are inviting you and a local hero to join us as torch bearers in our flaming torch parade, celebrating those people who regularly go above and beyond for your community. From compassionate careers to tireless volunteers, we want to celebrate those little acts of kindness which take place in all corners of Ashington. Those people who go above and beyond, who are always there, come rain or shine.
Torch Bearers will participate in a dramatic procession through Hirst Welfare Park, ending their journey at a fantastic Feast of Fire finale celebration.
We are recruiting up to 500 torchbearers for this spectacular event. Come and make history with us in this Animating Ashington moment to remember.
For further details or to nominate yourself and your local hero please sign up via the link below or contact [email protected]
Note: Torch Bearers must be a minimum of 14 years of age.
