Congratulations to North East Family Arts Network member, The Hullabaloo, who have won the ‘Best Family Arts Activity Award’ in the Fantastic For Families Awards 2024.
They have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to family-friendly arts and culture in 2023-24 for their family arts festival, Hullabaloo in the Park (2023).
They said “This award feels particularly special to us as we believe that creativity should be a part of everybody’s childhood.” These national awards celebrate outstanding opportunities created for families and older audiences to access creative opportunities and enhance wellbeing through arts and cultural activities.
Hullabaloo in the Park 2023 was a 5-day family arts festival, filling South Park in Darlington with bug and beastie themed spaces of creative activity, accompanied by walkabout entertainment, food, and a range of BSL and neurodivergent friendly offers – all hosted by artists and staff trained in family-friendly practices.
The festival featured over 263 interactive performances, music activities, storytelling, spoken word workshops, creative play environments, geocaching trails, forest schools, and more.
