{"id":1474,"date":"2018-11-28T15:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/?post_type=listings&#038;p=1474"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:31:26","slug":"findhorn-bay-festival-2018","status":"publish","type":"listings","link":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/whats-happening\/findhorn-bay-festival-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Findhorn Bay Festival (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 3rd Findhorn Bay Festival was a spectacular six-day celebration of arts and culture, taking place at the heart of Moray from Wednesday 26 September to Monday 1 October 2018.\u00a0 Showcasing artists of national and international renown, performances and events took place in unexpected spaces and scenic locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Festival brought something for all with a vibrant mix of theatre and performance, exhibitions and live music, fine-art and photography, talks and tours.&nbsp; Visitors experienced good local food, community participation and free activities, including Scotland\u2019s only Culture Day extravaganza in Forres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new and unique theatre piece based on the Scottish literary work&nbsp;<em>The Buke of the Howlat <\/em>premiered during the Festival as part of the Year of Young People 2018<em>.&nbsp; <\/em>The shrewd and curious tale written in Older Scots in the 1440s at Darnaway Castle in Moray was performed in a stunning outdoor setting.&nbsp; The story was brought to life through an award winning cast and community participation through an intergenerational choir, dancers and circus performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key impacts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Attendances of 16,927 across 125 ticketed and free events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2,426 young people engaged through schools workshops, attendances, volunteering opportunities and employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>868 local people had the opportunity to learn and participate in activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>335 volunteering opportunities across Festival events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An estimated economic impact to local area of \u00a3869,120 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>#FindhornBayFestival #TheHowlat #YOYP2018 #MadeInMoray #ScotSpirit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Findhorn Bay Festival 2018 Highlights &amp; Outcomes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/321986530?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evaluation Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FINDHORN-BAY-FESTIVAL-2018-EVALUATION-REPORT.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of FINDHORN-BAY-FESTIVAL-2018-EVALUATION-REPORT.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a34f6732-9f67-428d-8561-068667694333\" href=\"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FINDHORN-BAY-FESTIVAL-2018-EVALUATION-REPORT.pdf\">FINDHORN-BAY-FESTIVAL-2018-EVALUATION-REPORT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FINDHORN-BAY-FESTIVAL-2018-EVALUATION-REPORT.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a34f6732-9f67-428d-8561-068667694333\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spectacular six-day celebration of arts and culture for Scotland&#8217;s Year of Young People<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1475,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings\/1474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listings"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}