2:00pm-3:00pm on Saturday 23 March
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King's College Front Lawn, King's Parade, CB2 1ST
Come hear Sean Cooney of BBC 2 Folk award-winning trio the Young’uns, sing songs written with schoolchildren to celebrate their appreciation of nature and their local communities at the Cambridge Festival on Saturday, 23 March 2024, 2-3 pm, as part of the Imaginarium installation!
Where? On the lawns of King’s College, King’s Parade FREE outdoor performance! Sean will be joined by children from Wilburton CofE Primary School to sing and play music with him, sharing a new song written about artscaping work the children have done with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination artists, giving them freedom and time to be, time to reflect, and time to imagine in nature.
Sean will be accompanied by well-known folk musician Emily Portman. The concert will also feature songs from When Cambridgeshire Sings, a collaborative project supported by Historic England Heritage Schools. The songs Sean will perform have been written with the children of Wilburton CofE Primary School; Barrington CofE Primary School; Glebelands Primary Academy; Kingsfield Primary School; Petersfield CofE Primary School; Shirley Community Primary School; St Helen’s Primary School; Swavesey Primary School; Townley Primary School.
There will also be the opportunity for the audience to participate in writing a new song about ‘What Would Nature Do?’ as part of the Imaginarium.
