Bearsden Festival

There will be no festival in May 2020.

We hope to find other ways to make community this year!

Community wellbeing at heart

Download 2019 Programme

Inform

Raise awareness,

tackle stigma,

connect people in

community.

Programme of

invited speakers, a

clubs and

societies fair, conversation café.

Inspire

Relax and enjoy

the wellbeing

benefits of

excellent arts.

Programme of

performance by

local and national

arts organisations.

Ignite

Get involved, try new experiences, make new friends and have fun.

Collaborative art installations, jamming sessions, hidden gardens and come & try workshops..

There is a growing recognition that active engagement in the arts can have positive impacts on the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Through the Festival we want

the whole community to engage with the arts and experience its benefits for mental health and wellbeing

to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing by providing a platform for sharing information and signposting, discussions and art experiences

to enable those affected by mental health issues to come together and make connections, develop confidence and find new sources of support

to highlight the issue of loneliness and social isolation in our community and begin to explore how we as a community can address this

to pursue a longer-term goal to develop community networks and actions that support our residents with wellbeing, resilience and recovery

everyone who takes part to leave better informed, inspired and empowered.

The

Vision

inform

inspire

ignite

Bearsden Festival Association

28 Kirk Place

Bearsden G61 3RT

0141 942 8827