100s create artworks for Fish Friendly Fireworks projection

Saturday 5 November, Fish Friendly Fireworks, Woodbridge Tide Mill

DJs Chris Coco & Ben Osborne, VJ Jim Horsfield

The Tide Mill/ The Boathouse/ The Long Shed, Whisstocks Square, Woodbridge IP12 1FP

Free Entry From 6pm-8pm - followed by an after party from 8pm at The Long Shed, Woodbridge, IP121FP - tickets i advance from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fish-friendly-fireworks-after-party-ben-osborne-chris-coco-jim-horsfield-tickets-445102041187

Woodbridge Festival and Noise of Art present a Fish Friendly Fireworks music and light-art show projecting onto the historic Woodbridge Tide Mill, opposite Sutton Hoo, on Saturday 5 November, followed by an after party at The Long Shed fro 8pm (tickets now on sale).

The evening includes projections of an open-call art competition featuring over 170 artworks by local professional and hobbyist artists and young people from local schools.

There has been a mill next to the river Deben in Woodbridge for over 700 years and the building’s white exterior next to the water, and oposite the Sutton Hoo ship burial site (subject of the film, The Dig), makes it an ideal place for light art projections.

The trail-blazing, eco-minded music and light art event, Fish Friendly Fireworks, is being funded by Arts Council England and East Suffolk District Council.

The night will feature music by Ben Osborne, DJ and arts creative behind the Tide Mill projections, and popular Ibiza DJ Chris Coco, with visuals by renowned VJ Jim Horsfield.

The open call art competition, led by Suffolk artist Alice Stallard, is part of an Arts Council Englands Creative Communities initiative run in partnership with local schools, Woodbridge Arts Club and Woodbridge Tide Mill. It included submissions by notable local professional artists. It will feature over 170 artworks projected onto the Tide Mill.

Ben Osborne, has had his shows performed at  venues around the world and has worked with international stars, from Groove Armada, Lemon Jelly and Justin Robertson, to Booka Shade and Jazzie B (Soul II Soul). He regularly DJs clubs, galleries and major festivals across the UK and Europe. Ben also works to support and encourage local and regional acts, and is co-founder of Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music (www.woodbridgefestival.com), a not for profit sustainable eco festival established in 2012 to promote creativity in East Anglia.

Chris Coco is a prolific recording artists and leading figure on the Balearic scene. He joins us fresh from playing Ibiza 2022 closing season parties at venues such as Cafe Del Mar, Elrow and Pikes. He is one of the select DJs who’s played every super club in Ibiza - including ones that have long since closed. He’s also played every continent apart from Antartica and is a long-term fixture on the eclectic, dance and chill out scenes; playing everything from massive stadiums to hideaway bars. He was also Robbie Williams’ DJ for his world tour.

Jim Horsfield has toured the globe, including projecting onto Sydney Opera House, and worked extensively with acts such as Beardyman, Jon Hopkins, Future Loop Foundation and Global Communication. He’s also VJ’d for Phil Hartnol (Orbital), Tom Middleton and Gilles Peterson and made documentaries for Fatboy Slim, Madness and Pete Tong. His latest show mapped bespoke visuals onto Islington’s prestigious Union Chapel in London.

The Fish Friendly Fireworks event was launched to offer an eco friendly alternative to regular fireworks.

This year's winter light art activity will also see an eco friendly fireworks night in Framlingham Castle on Friday 4 November.

Last Years’ Winter Light Festival featured music and light art shows in Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Felixstowe and Ipswich.

The event will be followed by an after party with DJs Ben Osborne and Chris Coco at the Long Shed, the workshop currently constructing a full size replica of the Sutton Hoo burial ship, using traditional boat building techniques. Grab your tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fish-friendly-fireworks-after-party-ben-osborne-chris-coco-jim-horsfield-tickets-445102041187