Metal

Village Green is the arts festival that Metal has developed for Southend on Sea, using Chalkwell Park – the park that our building Chalkwell Hall sits in.

The first Village Green was created as a launch event in Southend for the Cultural Olympiad and took part over the Open Weekend in September 2008.  Metal were awarded the London 2012 Inspire mark – part of the Olympic Games brand family – for the Village Green event, one of only 33 events, out of 600 that achieved the mark that year.

In 2008 we worked with 263 artists and 46 local arts and community groups to create an inspiring day of fun, intrigue, talent, participation and a showcase the creative talent of Southend, alongside some international talent from around the UK and overseas.

The line up included:-

Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra
Impropera
Little Dog
Pauline Taylor
The Three Beards
The Heavy
Ku-Da-Mix
CoExist Gallery
Kayzar Dance
El Club Cobra
The White Bus
Idea13
Sundown Multimedia

as well as a huge mix of participatory arts, a marketplace, sports and other activities for all ages.