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About Upfront Arts
Upfront Arts is a grassroots music venue in Unthank, near Penrith, Penrith. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Upfront Arts books Folk, Acoustic, Roots, World acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Penrith venue directory.
Upfront Arts is a rural arts venue set in converted 17th-century farm buildings at Unthank, near Hutton-in-the-Forest and Penrith in Cumbria — not London. Established in 1997, it combines an art gallery, a purpose-built 128-seat theatre (with one of only four puppet theatres in England), a vegetarian café-restaurant and event space, plus on-site holiday accommodation. The music programme leans folk, acoustic, roots and world, and the venue has won regional sustainable-tourism and cultural awards. It runs as a small, seated, programmed arts space rather than a city-centre band room.
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Unthank, near Hutton-in-the-Forest, Unthank, near Penrith, Penrith, CA11 9TG
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Upfront Arts books Folk, Acoustic, Roots, World. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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Unthank, near Hutton-in-the-Forest, Unthank, near Penrith, Penrith, CA11 9TG. See the map below for directions. Browse more Penrith venues nearby.
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