early bird tickets released for the big session

We teamed up with The Social Society to host The Big Session on Saturday 12th October, with a vision to bring our community together to inspire and empower people to make a positive change in their own way. And boy, did we do that.

At a challenging time, the festival brought a line up of inspiration, creatively and connections to Wagner Hall, celebrating everything that makes our community what it is. And, guess what… we’re doing it all again next year.

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Here are some of the 2019 highlights:

  • 10 inspiring speakers including John Pritchard of ethical fashion brand Pala Eyewear, Josh Boyd – a Whitehawk FC Ultra fan, Education Lead at The Hummingbird Project Dr Mick Taylor, Charlotte Overton-Hart founder of Story Chaplain, Jess Crocker of Brighton Community Kitchen, Merlin Nation of Working Progress and Mental Health Coach Rich Goddard.
  • 4 well-being sessions to reconnect with ourselves including yoga with Liz Naven, sound bath healing with Jan Burgess and meditation and breathwork with Emma Bohan
  • 2 one-to-one experts: Advice from Jason Nuttall of Crowdfunder UK and Climate Change coaching with Andrea Anderson of Who I Am coaching.
  • 3 creative workshops: Quick Draw workshop with Drawn Together Club, Paper Collage workshop with Kalee Jones and Lego workshop with Brighton Bricks.
  • 3 live bands: Ciderdogs, Scott Booth and Ben & Alfie
  • 6 local charities sharing their stories: A talk from Paul Richards of Gig Buddies, Sofa Session with Jo Crease from Together Co, reps from Emmaus, Real Junk Food Project and Audio Active.
  • 2 food & drink experts: Food from Syndicate Kitchen and Coffee from Henfield’s Craft House Coffee

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Fancy joining us for the next one? It will be bigger and better! Early bird tickets are on sale now, so you can bag a ticket for the same price as this year’s stage one tickets, if you get yours before 30th November 2019.

BOOK TICKETS

Saturday 5th September 2020, 10.30am – 5.00pm; early bird tickets from £20
Wagner Hall,  2 Regency Road, Brighton BN1 2RU
thebigsession.com