The SOfa Fest brings you something special – from your own sofa. The clue’s in the title folks!
This year, due to the current pandemic, the hugely popular SO Festival, featuring live entertainment and events from across Europe, had to be postponed however the organisers have worked their magic and this year, the SOfa Fest has been born! A host of team members, pencils, paper and a sizeable dollop of artistic licence gave the event a name change but everything else that you know, and love will remain the same – but from your sofa of course!
The annual SO Festival has become one of the biggest and most popular events in the area and whilst the Covid-19 outbreak has stopped this being held in some of the county’s busiest locations, it hasn’t stopped our local artistes and performers – or the organisers from thinking outside a very big box!
The standard of this year’s contributors remains incredibly high. An eclectic mix of wonderful projects have been selected to delight you on Saturday 1st August. Events will take place throughout the day with more details on the individual projects to follow soon. The organisers are looking forward to a hugely successful event which will still showcase the best talent from across the county! The event is once again, proudly supported by the Magna Vitae Trust for Leisure and Culture and their principle partners: Arts Council England, East Lindsey District Council, Passage Festival, Helsingør Theatre and Without Walls Associate Touring Network.
The district’s most creative minds were challenged to create content that engages people, responds to the current situation, showcases the fantastic community spirit that the area is renowned for and of course – is entertaining too! Some fabulous ideas have been reviewed and these will be available for everyone to see over the course of SOfa Fest 2020.
Alongside all of these wonderful projects, the organisers are teaming up with the Danish street theatre festival, PASSAGE, to bring you some fabulous performances from the streets of Helsingør, Denmark too! A wonderful way of commemorating the long-standing friendships that previous events have built.
The sector is going through a challenging time however, the SOfa Fest will reinforce to everyone that even in these testing times, the sheer wonder of the arts and entertainment industry is capable of providing once again, a range of entertainment that can provide laughter, surprise, debate and evoke emotion to let them escape the current pressures of modern life and above all be entertained by some very talented and committed people.
This year’s SOfa Fest will deliver something very special. We’re looking forward to showing you what they’ve managed to achieve. It will be worth the wait.
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