Welcome to Broxbourne Arts Forum
BArts champions the arts throughout the borough of Broxbourne, striving to provide local artists with the support and opportunities they deserve, while endeavouring to attract world-class talent and elevate the artistic standing of the local community. We have a wide variety of events on offer throughout the year featuring outstanding music, drama, dance, art and poetry.
Look out for all of our BArts sponsored events during the year at the Spotlight Theatre, Hoddesdon, including:
- Arts Café
- Forum Film Classics
- Let's Do Lunch
- My Kind of Music
- Backstage Tours
Every other month, we welcome local artists to the Spotlight for our "Arts Cafe", a free event at the Spotlight featuring live music, paintings, photographs, ceramics, craft, demonstrations, Poets' Corner and board games. Our next "Arts Cafe" is on Tuesday 15th September from 11am-2pm.
Our bimonthly "Forum Film Classics" cinema series presents award-winning film showings at the Spotlight. Our next film is "Pride and Prejudice" on Tuesday 8th September at 2pm. Tickets are £12, including lunch, and are available via the Spotlight website here.
We are pleased to continue to offer our popular "Let's Do Lunch" drama series at the Spotlight. The next event will be on Friday 11th September at 12pm, when we return with "Dynamic Dynasties". Tickets are £18, including lunch, and are available via the Spotlight website here.
We welcome our resident pianist, Barbara Manning, each month for "My Kind of Music", our popular lunchtime concert series
at the Spotlight. The next event will be on
Wednesday 2nd September from 12-2pm. For booking details via the Spotlight website, please
click here.
We also hold short talks on theatre, featuring
"Backstage Tours" and lighting displays. Tickets are £15, including cream tea, and the next talk is on
Friday 20th November at 2pm. For booking details via the Spotlight website, please
click here.
Further news about new events is coming soon.
Our listed groups all hold events of their own across the borough, and further details can be found on our About BArts page.
We're members of the Broxbourne Lottery - click here for more information!
On the following pages you will find information about what we do, our events programme, our affiliated groups and how to contact us. Be sure to check our News and Events pages.
If you fancy a creative hobby such as Watercolour Painting or Floral Art, or enjoy the Performing Arts and would like to experience the thrill of appearing on stage in a play, musical or pantomime, or singing in a choir, our listed groups are always pleased to welcome new members. Some have links to their own web pages (see About BArts), or you can contact us for their details.
Bridge, Dancing, Music, Debates and Gardening are also offered by BArts' groups, plus a huge variety of other Educational and Leisure activities for members of the Broxbourne, the Cheshunt and the Lea Valley branches of the University of the Third Age (U3A).
If you are looking for:
Actors, Artists, Caricaturists, Cartoonists, Children's Entertainers, Dancers, Dance Teachers, Floral Artists, Jazz Bands, Musical Directors, Musicians, Photographers, Pianists, Piano Teachers, Piano Tuners, Poets, Potters, Singers, Singing Teachers, Speakers, Stage Crew, Stage Directors, Tap Dancers, Theatre Technicians, Writers...
We have contact with all sorts of people involved in the Arts!
Contact us
Please come back soon!
