MAPS Festival

A festival of music, art + play for children + their grown ups. 15th -24th February in venues across Newcastle and Gateshead.

[MAPS Festival @maps_festival]

.@WTFestivals A new collective of 8 festivals in the North East: @CuriousArts @GIFTfest @HarambeePasadia @maps_festival @MovingPartsArts @summerstreets_ @tusk_music @vamos_festival. Aiming to promote festival culture, foster collaboration & embrace models of creating live work.

[MAPS Festival @maps_festival]

What happens when we play all day? Families were invited to join us for a day of Playful Protest; where we took lines for walks, built forts, balanced on walls, and wiggled on our bellies. Photographs @3rosella courtesy of @balticgateshead

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Commission from @cityofdreamsNG @NGCvenues @curiousmonkey_ @dancecity. They are looking for new work with, by and about young people in Newcastle/Gateshead. Deadline Monday 9th March.

[City of Dreams @cityofdreamsNG]

ALERT! ALERT! £3,300 worth of commissions up for grabs. We’re looking for new work with, by & about young people in NewcastleGateshead for Our City Our Story 2020. You have till 9th March to submit. @cityofdreamsNG @NGCvenues @dancecity @curiousmonkey_ Supported by @ace_national

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We hopped aboard extra-terrestrial @paddysteer's spaceship and journeyed to worlds unknown! It was a voyage of exploration and discovery in adventurous music fronted by the magician of analogue electronics. We even got to try on his helmet!
📷@NigelJohn_com

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BANG, CRASH, BOOM, TING! The fantastic @Hannabiell and @YilisdelCSuriel from the @LadiesofMBlue lead 2 Body Percussion and Rhythm Jam sessions as part of MAPS Festival @thecumby. Attendees explored rhythm through improvisation and movement. It was a blast!

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The Lizzo Appreciation Society! During the festival we worshipped at the church of Lizzo. Lerato MnCube taught dance moves, we crafted crowns, adorned ourselves in glitter, then danced the morning away @thecumby.

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@ElidaBenjamin Hi Natalya, thanks for your feedback. I have responded to all your points via email, please let me know if you want to chat through anything further. Thanks, Jilly

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Here’s the animation @JosieBrookes made during our @stealingsheep gig during the festival. Josie live animated the band during their set @GoCivTheatre.

[Amy Dover @AmyDoverDraws]

I had so much fun teaching the Dead Sketch society as part of @maps_festival at @CobaltStudios_

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@GoCivTheatre @balticgateshead @wearechalkNCL @paddysteer @Hannabiell @thecumby @CobaltStudios_ @HOgledd @alexsickling @AmyDoverDraws Thanks for your support!

[MAPS Festival @maps_festival]

THAT'S A WRAP! Thanks to all the musicians, artists, venues, supporters, volunteers and of course all the audience members who came danced, drummed, sang, crafted cats, made films, joined the fart orchestra, played on the polyphonic playground. More pictures coming soon!

[MAPS Festival @maps_festival]

Today is the LAST DAY of the festival! If you're not back to school there's still some spaces available on Space Octave @balticgateshead. Come and play! Tickets are £4.50 and can be booked via the festival website.
📷 @NigelJohn_com

[MAPS Festival @maps_festival]

Fantastic drawing! Thanks for coming! ❤️☠️

[Lis Lowe👩🏼‍🔬 @Lis_Lowe]

Loved this today! Especially Pete the parakeet

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Welcome to The Dead Sketch Society with @AmyDoverDraws @CobaltStudios_

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This little one was warming up the crowd at our @paddysteer gig @thecumby today!

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Annnnnd stretch! Body percussion and rhythm jam is off @thecumby. With @Hannabiell and @YilisdelCSuriel 🥁

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We’re @7Stories all day for our day of play! Come and join us for protests, games, and wiggling on your belly!

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TOMORROW! Come and blast off on an intergalactic journey with Manchester's magician of analogue electronics, @paddysteer. Our last gig of the festival is set to be a corker! 3pm @thecumby. Tickets via >> https://t.co/N4hdiA914d

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Our cats v dogs clay session with @alexsickling @CobaltStudios_ is in full swing!

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2 tickets left for the Cats v Dogs clay workshop with @alexsickling at 12 noon @CobaltStudios_. Come and sculpt yourself a little pal!
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