PLANS are afoot for a new festival this summer. Big Ideas by the Sea is a new environmental and creative festival that organisers say will bring some of the best speakers and performers from across the UK to talk about the big issues related to the environment, climate change, music and history. It is hoped that the Scarborough festival, which is due to take place in July, will become an annual event, and organisers have the intention of it becoming the leading environmental and creative festival in the North of England. One of the organising team, Kane Cunningham, said: We want to connect to people, to explore the idea of the sea as being a passage of ideas globally, a conduit for the exchange of culture, ideas, food, books, language, politics, beliefs and trade.
Big Ideas by the Sea organising team, from left, are Nick Taylor, Kane Cunningham and John Oxley on the harbourside at Scarborough Picture: Tony Bartholomew PLANS are afoot for a new festival this summer. Big Ideas by the Sea is a new environmental and creative festival that organisers say will bring to Scarborough some of the best speakers and performers from across the UK to talk about the big issues related to the environment, climate change, music, Ai and history. It s hoped that the festival, which is due to take place in July, will become an annual event, and organisers have the intention of it becoming the leading environmental and creative festival in the North of England.
A NEW cultural festival exploring issues relating to the environment, climate change, education and employment will take place this year. Big Ideas by the Sea is taking over the former Thomas Cook shop, in Scarborough, from May 14 to 16. The festival is the brainchild of artist Kane Cunningham and former City of York archaeologist, John Oxley, and will be focusing on concerns facing communities and people from across the globe. Speakers will include mountaineer Alan Hinkes, Professor Joann Fletcher, photographer Joe Cornish and adventurer and TV presenter Paul Rose. “We did plan the festival for May 2020, though like many events we had to postpone due to the pandemic, so are announcing now our intention to run the festival in May 2021,” said Kane Cunningham.