We looking to hire a part-time, freelance Assistant Producer, available to start immediately to support the team in the run up to Brainchild Festival 2019. The successful candidate will have previous experience working in festivals or live events, excellent administrative and communication skills and keen attention to detail. We’re looking for somebody who feels confident…
A few weeks ago we announced the first wave of artists joining the music line-up for our seventh Brainchild Festival, taking place from 12-14 July. Here we share some of our favourite sounds and sights from these supremely talented artists – so you can get hyped for the main event! Steam Down This is just…
We’re looking for folks to be part of our volunteer-based team of contributors for our blog. So far as a team we’ve produced beautiful, in-depth and well-read pieces on artists like Zakia, Pecs Drag Kings, Ariwo, 30/70, Sorority & Debtford. Writers: You are someone who enjoys writing and are keen to build your portfolio in…
Inspired by International Women’s Day, we thought we’d share this film made at our 2017 festival, interviewing some of the amazing female artists who performed at Brainchild, including Laura Misch, Alice Phoebe Lou, anu & Boko Boko, who talk about what they think needs to happen to make a more fair and balanced music industry. This short film was made…
Last year saw us commission our most ambitious art installation to date, The Playground by Kristi Minchin & Oscar Murray. The piece was colourful, interactive and carefully engineered to bring out playfulness and connectivity in thousands of people (big and small) at Brainchild Festival and also at Peckham Festival. We wanted to tell the story…
Another year, another great Shack. Calling all talented Design, Architecture and Engineering students or recent graduates to submit an expression of interest to design The Shack DJ stage at Brainchild Festival 2019. Art Installation Open Call – We’re also inviting visual artists, makers, set-designers, architects, engineers, sculptors, designers and craftspeople to propose an art installation…
Artists, creators, activists, musicians, poets, performance artists, speakers, DJs – and all other makers imaginable – Brainchild is looking for you! If you wanna play, perform, make an installation or do something totally different, then check out our application forms below. Brainchild Festival 2019 takes place from 12-14 July in East Sussex. The Shack Commission – We’re…
If you’re a performer looking to share work-in-progress we’d love to hear from you! Call Out Info Hatch is a Brainchild event focused on new ideas and works in progress. In these challenging circumstances, we have adapted our regular mixed bill to a digital format. We’ll be hosting six short performances of early-stage works in…
What’s going on with Brainchild? People have been asking us this question a lot over the past few months, and after much figuring out, we are finally in a place to tell you about it. This year was in many ways our most wonderful festival, but it was also the toughest on all of us…
Following a tour of festivals around the globe and ahead of a second album launch, Afro/Cuban music collective Ariwo will be landing at Brainchild Festival this summer! Writer Olivia Atkins went to find out more about their experimental and improvised sets.