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Barnaby secures £119K for 2016

Macclesfield Barnaby Festival has been awarded a grant of almost £90k from Arts Council England along with £30K from Cheshire East Council to support its ambitious plans when it returns in June 2016.

The Arts Council award will help fund three paid part-time posts, including Festival Director, a role undertaken until now on a volunteer basis.  The award also funds a unique, participatory festival event delivered by Macclesfield based Wild Rumpus – the team behind the ‘Just So Festival’, including a series of community-engagement  projects with Macclesfield Community ArtSpace; a number of ‘space’ themed visual arts commissions, including an open commission; and an expanded, innovative music line-up.

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