If you would like to organise an event between Friday 29 September and Monday 9 October 2023, which celebrates art, music, culture or wellbeing in the Heatons and Reddish then please let us promote you as part of our Heart Of The Heatons 2023 programme!

The festival is a curated programme of arts, music, culture and wellbeing events across the Heatons and Reddish for all ages.  It was launched in 2018 with 55 events in 25 venues, and this grew to 70 events in 30 venues in 2019.  2020 was online, and 2021 was a hybrid mix of both live and online events.  2022 was back to normal with an entirely live event programme, and this year we hope to have even more events!

We want to include as many unusual, quirky and undiscovered venues as possible and any events within the arts, music, culture and wellbeing themes are welcome to be added to the programme.

You will be responsible for organising, hosting and funding your events, but we will promote what you're offering in our festival programme, which will be printed in the brand new Arts & Culture Stockport magazine which is a supplement to the Heatons Post newspaper and will be published in September and available on our website and social media.

Important Info:
Dates: Friday 29 September - Monday 9 October 2023

Cost to be included in the programme:
£50 for businesses and ticketed events
FREE to charities, not for profit organisations, CIC's and community groups (unless a paid ticketed event)

What do I get for my £50?
- Your logo on our Heart Of The Heatons website: www.heartoftheheatons.com
- Social media promotion of your event in the weeks running up to the Festival (at least 1 post per week)
- A Facebook event created (or shared) on the Heart Of The Heatons Facebook page
- Support with arranging online ticketing (where applicable)
- Support with pre-event preparations (where required - and up to a maximum of 3 hours support)
- A feel-good feeling that you're supporting a community festival, run by a local community interest company which is offered to the public for free and run by volunteers!
- Printed event information in our programme which is going into the brand new Arts & Culture Stockport magazine in September (30,000 copy distribution).

All proceeds from the festival will go towards promotion and delivery of the festival, and future events.

Thank you for being part of your community's festival!

Mel and Amanda
heartoftheheatons@gmail.com 
www.heartoftheheatons.com