Mum pushing boy in wheelchair through luminarium, which is glowing shades of pink, blue and green.

Children and families

Outdoor

Festival Block Device

Luminarium: LuminiMax

Sat 25 May – Sun 2 Jun 2024

Architects of Air are back with an amazing new luminarium!

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Exhibition

An old poster from Boots where two women converse over a pharmacy counter

Featured Event Device

Djanogly Gallery

Counter Culture

Fri 3 May – Sun 21 Jul 2024

A look at how Boots and shopping has evolved over the last 175 years.

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A family walk along a park path towards Lakeside Arts

A tram travels past Lakeside Arts

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Booking Tickets

Freshly baked scones

A person in a wheelchair enjoys an accessible swing.

A vast lake with stone lion ornament

A small boy in a blue hoodie sits at a cafe table

Family Facilities

A light bright shop space with square shelves and colourful displays.

Colourful rowing boats sat at the side of the lake, with the Trent building in the background.

Two secondary school students in uniform painting in yellows, reds and oranges as part of a school trip at Lakeside Arts.

Schools & educators

A student actor on stage with red hair being led off by another student

University Students

child wearing a hand made face mask from a childrens workshop

Families & Children

Lakeside's Performing Arts Studio setup for a drinks reception.

Celebrations & Events

Lakeside's theatre with a full audience, a speaker at a lecturn and four empty chairs on stage.

Meetings & Conferences

Eleven actors on stage in orange costumes and in a jungle scene, with the moon overhead.

Artistic & rehearsal hire

A croissant filled with cheese and tomato

Catering For Your Event

Close up of microphone on stage. with audience seating in the background.

Lakeside front of house staff in blue fleeces stand smiling

Jobs & Volunteering

The backs of two people's heads wearing headphones and operating the tech for a theatre show

A black and white photograph of an outdoor swimming pool on the site where Lakeside Arts now sits

Sekou Keita, a musician, sits surrounded by an orchestra with headphones on

A woman walking through luminarium which is glowing with reds and purples.

Grass interspersed with daisies, a winding path and a small tree just coming into lead dominate the foreground. Children playing in Highfields Park, an ice cream van and Lakeside Arts' DH Lawrence Pavilion are in the background. A bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds is overhead.

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Workshop

Stone Carving Workshop

Sat 16 Mar 2024

Learning Studio

Past event

This event has now passed.

Past event

This event has now passed.

This one-day course is an introduction to relief carving in stone led by Alan Micklethwaite who trained as a stone carver at Lincoln Cathedral.

You will be taught to use the basic tools and techniques of stone carving to produce a small piece of relief sculpture, which will be yours to keep. No previous experience is necessary, and all tools and materials will be provided.

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