# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Weekend Opening - Spring Forward: A Community Exhibition to Celebrate The Return of The Sun
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: After the success of our hop tu naa themed exhibition Otherworld in 2023, we’re holding another community exhibition this year.

Spring Forward has invited open submissions from IOM-based artists responding to a brief celebrating the return of the sun. Springtime, Easter, May Day, Crosh Ciurns and Beltane – the revitalising energy of spring shakes the land out of it’s winter torpor and conjures new life. It is a time of growth and rebirth, of motion and fire, of longer days and the promise of summer.

The exhibition will be on show from Wednesday 1st April through to Friday 8th May, with the gallery open (free entry) 10am-4pm Tuesday-Friday, as well as during our events.

We are holding a preview evening on Thursday 2nd April 7-8pm, open to all but especially to our artists. We will also be open Saturday 11th April and Saturday 2nd May 12-4pm (free entry).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/castletown/weekend-opening-spring-forward-a-community-exhibition-to-celebrate-the-return-of-the-sun/200029891880752
- **Event Categories**: Exhibitions
- **Slot details of has slots**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029891880752?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=castletown-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Castletown
- **state**: IM
- **country**: Man, Isle Of
- **location**: Victoria Square, IM9 6LD Port Erin, Isle Of Man, Isle of Man
- **lat**: 54.08687
- **long**: -4.75874
- **full address**: Victoria Square, IM9 6LD Port Erin, Isle Of Man, Isle of Man, Castletown, Man, Isle Of

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Erin Arts Centre (https://allevents.in/org/erin-arts-centre/20886776)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Victoria Square, IM9 6LD Port Erin, Isle Of Man, Isle of Man, Castletown, Man, Isle Of
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Erin Arts Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Weekend Opening - Spring Forward: A Community Exhibition to Celebrate The Return of The Sun ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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