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Heritage Market Festival

Step into the Heritage Market Festival
where youth creativity, local heritage and festive cheer come alive!

Sunday 17th December
10am – 4pm
Market Square, Lancaster

It’s Escape2Make’s Heritage Market Festival’s debut year and YOU are invited!

The festival, produced and designed by Lancaster and Morecambe’s 11-18 year olds, is the perfect free event to get in that Christmassy mood as we dazzle you with live music, dramatic performance, arts and crafts, gift stalls, delicious snacks and a coffee blend especially roasted (by young people) for the big day itself.

Full of festive cheer, the young people involved can’t wait to showcase the fantastic creative skills they’ve learnt from local experts, artists and organisations this Autumn with you. Skills such as pottery, jewellery making, festive decorations, woodwork, portrait painting and photography.

You’re bound to find the perfect gift for that certain someone, be entertained by our live music and full of the Christmas spirit as you wander round the stalls sipping cosy coffee under the twinkly Christmas trees.

Funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund and in collaboration with Lancaster City Museums to coincide with their 100th Anniversary celebrations, Escape2Make workshops have helped to educate, entertain and empower local youth, inspiring the curation and creation of this amazing festival event for you to enjoy!

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What is E2M?

E2M is a charity that aims to help ALL 11-18s in the Lancaster & Morecambe area to escape from boredom, social media, loneliness and any pressure at school or home.

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How does it work?

By providing workshops & short courses hosted by local & national businesses and artists. All designed to help young people make things, make friends and make a difference in the community.

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What do I have to do?

E2M is nothing like school. You will never be marked, judged, tested, failed or even expected to ‘do well’. All we ask is that you show up.

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  Announced for Autumn/Winter 2023, Escape2Make have launched their Heritage Market Festival, kicking off with ten five-week creative programmes and five one-day workshops centring around Lancaster and Morecambe’s rich creative heritage. Then, on Sunday 17th December the skills and creations will be showcased in Market Square for Lancaster’s first Escape2Make Heritage Market Festival! Soon to be released, all workshops will be available to book over our  WHAT’S ON PAGE!

Date/TimeEvent
Monday 04 December 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm		 Bicycle Club
The Meeting Room, Morecambe Library, Morecambe Lancashire
Wednesday 06 December 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm		 Green Club
Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
Thursday 07 December 2023
4:45 pm - 7:00 pm		 Press Club
Music Room, The Storey, Lancaster
Tuesday 12 December 2023
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm		 Craft Club
Ethel & Em, Lancaster Lancashire
Thursday 14 December 2023
4:45 pm - 7:00 pm		 Film Club
Music Room, The Storey, Lancaster
Wednesday 20 December 2023
4:50 pm - 8:00 pm		 Green Club
Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
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What you said

Feedback from 247 young people who attended our workshops in June/July 2019 says:

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Oh ma GAAAAAAAAAADDDDD! It's so COOL! It's amazing that we have actually maybe made a difference to our town. It's actually incredible i can't believe it. I hope we can get more fun workshops around Lancaster! Thankyou so so much for offering us this opportunity!

Alice C

I cannot express how happy I am to have been involved in the production of this film. I am so happy that the vision can now go ahead at full speed, I notice it is also now under the new title escape2make (which I love by the way). I also wanted to say that I would be so keen to get involved with this organisation further. I think your organisation is incredibly important and would love to be as involved as possible.

Eve Q

The workshops were Amazing! I loved being involved in new activities I've never done before and getting the opportunity to socialise with other kids my age.

Wami T

I found this programme to be so fun and helpful that it actually inspired me to create my own short film, which was screened at a festival in Lancaster. Absolutely brilliant for aspiring young filmmakers.

Daniel C

The support that has been shown from the community shows just how needed E2M is It’s really time to listen to teenagers, we want more to do and we want to be more active in the community! Thank you so so much for offering us this opportunity!

Kate

it takes us away from school pressures and gives us a balance. I learned these amazing new skills that I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to learn anywhere else!

Collette