What do the contemporary arts mean to you?

We are looking for people in Bristol to take part in an interview in return for a £10 shopping voucher.

Interview: Hope Azeda, Director of Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company

 "Art is a forum for communication, expression, reaction, innovation and creativity, and is a key motor for social change"

Profile: Doug Hream Blunt – How to Form a Band

 Sometime in the late 1980s, a San Franciscan by the name of Doug Hream Blunt signed up for an evening class: How to Form a Band...

Blog: I Fear Working Class Men, by Scottee, writer of Bravado

 "My painful truth is that I fear working class men... I equally loathe and love them"

Blog: Fleur Darkin, Scottish Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director, on Velvet Petal

 "Velvet Petal is a reminder that we can continually recreate ourselves"

Interview: Caroline Williams, director of Now Is The Time To Say Nothing

 "I wanted to use screens as a poetic tool to show the audience something intimate and unexpected"

Welcome to the new Mayfest website...

 ...and welcome to Mayfest 2018

Get Involved in the WE ARE LIGHTNING tour!

 We are touring WE ARE LIGHTNING! a show celebrating how important music is to the lives of the people that play it and we need your help to make it happen.

Connecting visionary international artists with audiences across England

 Late last year we announced that we were successful in our bid to Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund to present and tour three international participatory arts projects.