Deveron Arts is set stage its biggest ever Halloween Festival this year with around 20 events taking place in and around Huntly. The main programme kicks off on Wednesday 26 October with the Funny Bones puppet show and runs until Monday 31 October culminating in the Festival Parade and Grande Fiesta in the Square. Featured artists include David Blyth, who is creating a special installation in Huntly castle; acclaimed dance theatre ensemble, Dudendance, giving a performance in the ex-servicemen’s club and award-winning fire sculptor Alex Rigg launching the Halloween Night parade with one of his amazing fire performances. For full programme and list of artists see below.
Claudia Zeiske, director of Deveron Arts, said:
“We are delighted to bring together line up of top class artists to create an awe-inspiring Halloween Festival this year. We hope that people from Huntly and beyond will join us for the wide range of events and make this the exciting Halloween yet.”
Halloween in Huntly is programmed by Deveron Arts and generously supported by: Aberdeen Council, Aberdeen Towns Partnership, Enterprise Music Scotland, Esmee Fairburn Trust, Neat, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Book Trust and the Scottish Sculpture Workshops
For further information on Deveron Arts and full information on Halloween in Huntly visit
www.deveron-arts.com or call 01466-794494.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
From TUESDAY 18th .(all week)
CREATIVE ART WORKSHOPS with Town Artist, David Blyth
11-3pm. Phone Linden Centre, Huntly on 01466 792502 to book. Youth Project
MONDAY 24th October (all week)
SQUARE DRAWINGS by Michael Esson: The Reading Room in the Brander Library, Huntly
WEDNESDAY 26th October
FUNNYBONES: Puppet show based on the Janet and Allan Ahlberg books, by Puppetlab.
11am and 4pm, The Stewarts Hall, Huntly. Admission:£2.50/£3
FRIDAY 28th October
WHEN DROOPY MET HAL by Dudendance Productions (12yrs+)
7.30pm. The Ex-Servicemen’s Club. Admission: £4/£5. Film/Dance Theatre
HUNTLY CASTLE INSTALLATION by David Blyth.
SATURDAY 29th October
INTERNATIONAL STREET MARKET in The Square: 9am-4pm
HIDEOUS GIFTS by Annie Lamb: reading from her newly published book.
11am, The Brander Library. Admission: £2
COLD GRANITE by Stuart McBride: crime-writing workshop
2.30pm. The Brander Library Admission: £2
SKELETON DRAWING workshop with Kate Robertson. For all the family.
4pm. The Brander Library. Admission: £1.50/£2.50
HUNTLY CASTLE INSTALLATION by David Blyth.
SUNDAY 30TH October
A LECTURE ON GHOSTS with Professor Peter Davidson, University of Aberdeen.
2pm. The Brander Library. Admission: £1
PUNCH AND JUDY show. Free refreshments + prizes for fancy dress and lanterns
4-6pm. The Castle Hotel. Admission Free (up to 12yrs)
HUNTLY CASTLE INSTALLATION by David Blyth.
Tim Burton’s A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – Film screening.
4pm. The Huntly Hotel. Admission £2.50/£3.50 (U)
SPOOKY WALK with Bob Pegg, Storyteller
6pm. Meet outside The Gordon Arms Hotel. Admission: £1.50/£2.50
Anthony Schaffer’s THE WICKER MAN Film screening
8pm. The Huntly Hotel. Admission: £2.50/£3.50 (age 15+)
MONDAY 31st – HALLOWEEN NIGHT
FESTIVAL PARADE (STARTS PROMPTLY AT 5.30PM, The Castle Car Park)
Bring masks, fancy dress, music and turnips.
STARTING WITH: BURNING BRIDGES by Alex Rigg. Fire performance: 5.30pm in Playing Fields
THEN: HUNTLY PIPE BAND March up to The Square
THEN: GRANDE FIESTA IN THE SQUARE!!!!! from 6.30pm onwards......
AFRO-LATIN-CELT music from Fabiana Galante, Paul Anderson and Kemi Adebayo
THE MOTH ENCLOSURE by Jim Colquhoun
A magical enclosure in the Brander Museum inspired by George MacDonald.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS ON AND AROUND THE SQUARE
Debbie Beeson/ Emma Cooper/ Maggie Craig/ Gillian Drinkwater/ Charles Engebretson/ Gillian Finch/ Sara Gallie/ GO 575/ Huntly Pipe Band/ Ginny Hutchison/ Jessiman’s Dance School/ David MacRaild/ Eva Merz/ Justin Ord
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: Fancy Dress Parade/ Trading Stalls/ Soup/ Face Painting/ Turnip Heids/ Halloween Games/ Gluhwein
