Experience a vibrant weekend of creativity at the West End Centre, as Rushmoor comes alive for a multi-arts festival rooted in community spirit and sustainable living.
Featuring local artists, makers, musicians, and performers from across Aldershot, Farnborough, and beyond, the festival transforms the much-loved Westy into a bustling hub of imagination and eco-friendly inspiration. Enjoy hands-on workshops, sustainable market stalls, and immersive performances that celebrate both our local talent and our shared commitment to a greener Rushmoor. Come together, create, and explore a festival that’s truly shaped by—and for—our community.
Thursday 16 July - 7pm - 11pm
CRAFT SPEED DATING - have a quick go at everything! Pottery Quick Make - Sewing Machine Sketches - Sustainable Floristry + MORE!
DYNAMIC LIFE DRAWING - Try life drawing with a DJ element! The Disco Fabulous DJ's will be your soundtrack while the models moves around the space giving your composition an additional level.
MODCAF - Our monthly synth / modular meet. Run what you brung or just come and listen!
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Disco Fabulous DJ's | sonic immersion installation | community cookbook
Friday 17 July - 7pm - 11pm
FILM & THEATRE
Teorema (Theorem) (1968) : Nearly a year since the passing of Terence Stamp, we celebrate one of his lesser known gems in a collaboration he had with the great Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film centres on an upper-class Milanes family who are introduced to, and then abandoned by, an otherworldly man with a mysterious divine force. Themes include the timelessness of divinity and the spiritual corruption of the bourgeoisie.
The Smell of Love: The Smell of Love is an autobiographical story about an anosmics search for love. A mix of comedy, drama with a hint of a TED talk. Featuring recreations of past relationships, first dates that went wrong and musical interludes. A frank, honest, occasionally uncomfortable story investigating the attraction, intimacy, and what it means to be a smell free singleton. Written & performed by Allan Wood
Rael Koiv is an Estonian-born composer and pianist currently living and working in the UK. Her intention is to become only a tool for the music to come to life, dissolving the persona into the creation. raelmusic.co.uk
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sonic immersion installation | community cookbook
Saturday 18 July - 12noon - 4pm
OPEN DJ SESSION - Bring a record to spin
POETRY GARDEN - Curated poetry readings in the garden
POETRY OPEN MIC - All welcome to read!
CRAFT ROOM - Painted Rock Markers / Seed Bombs / Trash Wind Chimes
LIVE MUSIC
Sonic Immersion LIVE:
Bananafish is the musical alias of Northern Irish sound designer and educator James Wright. A blend of electronic textures, rhythms and organic field recordings, his music ranges from ambient-glitch architecture to desolate-arctic environments. He aims to take the listener through a vast sonic landscape, inviting listeners to close their eyes and join him on these journeys through sound and space.
restinj is an artist from South England, who recently recorded and performed under the alias Akira Sileas. Releases have emerged on labels including Hollow Ground, Superpang and Rusted Tone cassette label.
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sonic immersion installation | community cookbook
Saturday 18 July - 7pm - 11pm
Sonic Immersion LIVE: Slow Clinic is the recording and performance project of James Edward Armstrong. Now based in Farnham, UK, the project began during sleepless nights while living near Cardiff Bay. Music released on labels including Whitelabrecs, Courier, Cruel Nature, Elm Recordings, and Florina Cassettes. jamesedwardarmstrong.com
Screen Print Tees: Transform a blank t-shirt into a typographic riot by overprinting legendary punk song titles and lyrics. Whether you bring your own shirt or use ours, you'll build layers of text to create wearable concrete poetry.
Screens: Raw Power – The Stooges (US, 1973) , Personality Crisis – New York Dolls (US, 1973) No Future – Sex Pistols (UK, 1977) SEX PISTOLS , Blank Generation – Richard Hell & The Voidoids (US, 1977) , Ever Fallen in Love – Buzzcocks (UK, 1978) , Complete Control – The Clash (UK, 1977) , Up Yours – X-Ray Spex (UK, 1977) , Out of Step – Minor Threat (US, 1981) , Know Your Rights – The Clash (UK, 1982) , Rise Above – Black Flag (US, 1981)
Music from KARL PHILLIPS AND THE REJECTS - Ska, Hip Hop
A completely original mashup of ska, punk & grime with a hip-hop nod at luminaries like The Clash, The Specials & Mike Skinner. Karl's refreshingly honest lyrics test the boundaries of the human mind and the English etiquette, coming from a place most people can relate to but never dared to mention!
New single 'Plastic Gangsta' got its Exclusive first play by Hugh Stephens on BBC Radio 1! Over the last few years Karl Phillips & The Rejects have supported or toured with Rudimental, Chase & Status, Example, Dub Pistols, The King Blues, Sonic Boom 6, Gentlemans Dub Club, Imperial Leisure, The Neville Staple Band, Dreadzone & Alabama 3! Headlined festival stages including boomtown fair! And had air time on numerous BBC Introducing shows, including BBC 6 Music!
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sonic immersion installation | community cookbook
Across the weekend:
Sonic Immersion is a collective project of sonic art, sound installation, and live music performance, curated and presented by staff and students from University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, and the Forward 4 Wiz Trust in the Creative Studio. Throughout Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, a 4-channel quadraphonic sound installation will be running, inviting guests to immerse themselves in surround sound audio and explore how the pieces evolve at different points in the space. On Saturday, each of the 4 music and sound artists involved in this project will perform a short live set of ambient and experimental sounds, providing restorative interludes between acts and workshops across the festival.
Installations and performances by Slow Clinic (James Edward Armstrong), restinj (Akira Brown), Bananafish (James R.G. Wright)
Community Cookbook - A World of Flavours - Food brings people together.
This community recipe scrapbook celebrates the recipes, memories and artwork shared by people of different ages and cultures from across Rushmoor. Through creativity and conversation, participants transformed family recipes and food traditions into unique collages, celebrating the stories behind the food we make and share. We hope you enjoy exploring these recipes, memories and artworks.
Westy Makes Exhibition & Westy Makes Xtra
Step behind the finished masterpiece and explore the beauty of the creative journey. Westy Makes brings together a vibrant collection of works born directly from our community's craft workshops and classes.
From the raw texture of wheel-thrown ceramics and intricate textile designs to the bold strokes of watercolor and fine weaving, this exhibition shines a spotlight on the joy of learning and the power of making by hand. Whether you are an art lover, a curious maker, or looking for your next creative passion, come celebrate the dedication, triumphs, and stories stitched into every piece.
Dates: Thursday 16 July -> Saturday 18 July 2026
Times: Thursday / Friday / Saturday Evening - 7pm - 11pm / Saturday Daytime - 12noon - 4pm
Tickets: £12.50 Adults / £5 Children / Under 5's Free
PARTNERS: University of the Creative Arts, Farnham | Forward 4 Wiz Trust | Draw Farnham | MODCAF | Union Yard Poetry Collective
