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Join with our festival theme

Creative Royston are delighted to announce the festival theme of Then and Now and confirm the dates for Royston Arts Festival 2025 which will take place from 20th-28th September.

With 2025 marking the 400th anniversary of the death of King James, whose associations with Royston are a rich part of our town’s history, it seemed only fitting to choose a theme that allows organisations to theme events with a link to King James. His link to the first recorded game of golf being played on Therfield Heath perhaps, his interest in demons and witchcraft (did Shakespeare write Macbeth with King James in mind?), the King James Bible and of course, the gunpowder plot. Maybe you have a connection to one of several former Royal Palace buildings which still exist in Royston today? All of these things and much more can be interpreted with an artistic theme for Royston Arts Festival!

Of course, theming your event or activity is not essential, and the theme is open to interpretation. Theming your event will help to increase the overall impact of the Festival.

You may, for example, want to focus on our changing and growing dynamic town or your own artistic styles that have adapted and grown. Or you may choose to simply focus on the “Now” and the art you are working on currently.

Everyone is welcome to create and host an event for the Festival.

Art, drama, music, workshops, dance, photography, craft… if you are creative we’d love you to get involved!

We simply ask that if you are planning on organising an event, that you submit your idea to us at your earliest opportunity via the form: https://bit.ly/RAF2025HostAnEvent

The form allows you to submit full event details when you are ready, or simply to register your idea with us.

If you are at the ideas stage, one of the committee will be in touch to discuss what is needed from a compliance/insurance point of view.

Your event will be marketed by Creative Royston in our printed programme, social media and online in the run up to the Festival.

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Festival Dates & Committee

The 2025 Creative Royston AGM took place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 21st January in Royston Town Hall and the new festival committee can be viewed HERE.

As a consequence of a few people stepping down from the committee, owing to increased work and domestic commitments, we are actively looking for new people to join the committee. This represents a great opportunity to get involved in the local community perhaps for someone who is newly retired, wishes to enhance their CV or to get to know other like-minded people. Anyone interested in joining the committee can make further enquiries by contacting the Chairperson, Carl Filby, using this FORM.

Whether or not we get any new members the existing committee are intent on putting on another great arts festival and the dates for 2025 will be Saturday 20th to Sunday 28th September. We are actively discussing the festival theme which will be announced soon and be flexible enough to allow a connection to be made to King James’ many associations with Royston as 2025 marks the 400th year since his death and the Accession of Charles the First.

We are also always looking for festival volunteers and if you are interested then please email the Volunteer Co-ordinator, Ivana Kisegi, using this FORM.

Creative Royston AGM 2025

The 2025 Creative Royston AGM will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 21st January.

The main purpose of the AGM is to elect the office-holder posts for the 2025 festival and approximately the next twelve months until the next AGM in early 2026. The office-holder posts are the Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary.

Anyone who lives in Royston or the immediate villages is welcome to attend the AGM. If you do, or wish to find out more, please email secretary@creativeroyston.org or click HERE to receive more details about standing for office, an agenda and any other paperwork. When replying please make clear whether you are interested as an individual or as part of an organisation or group .

We are always looking for festival volunteers and people to join the festival committee. If you are interested in doing so then please email the Secretary, using the above email address in the first instance.

Finally, we wish you a very Happy New Year from all at Creative Royston.