Junction Goole

✨ What a blast Takeover Festival 2026 was! 🤩 Pupils from St. Joseph's Primary School worked hard all year to bring a free, family friendly festival all themed on Animals & Minibeasts to Junction at the start of May, and we think they did an absolutely fantastic job! 🦁 🐒 From a life size orangutan & crazy beehives, to crafts, music making & more, families from Goole and beyond came to enjoy a fabulous range of activities all planned by the pupils. 🐜 💫 Some of the pupils also worked roles at the festival, as 'Young Producers' - participating in Q&A sessions with companies, front of house roles advising attendees about the events on, as well as running a crafting stall. 💪 ✨ Big round of applause to those at St. Joseph's!! ✨ If you attended the festival, we've a little favour to ask you - if you have just a moment, would you complete our Festival Feedback Form? 🙏 Your feedback and comments are *so* important to us, not just so we know how to shape future events at Junction, but also to secure more funding to continue bringing you free or lower cost events like Takeover Festival. 🥰 It only takes a moment - if you'd be happy to, find the link to do so here 👇 🔗 /takeover-festival-2026.../ Once again, a huge well done to years 5 & 6 of St. Joseph's Primary School! 👏

You've been asking... so we've got it 🕺 Michael is Moonwalking onto our screens in June! ✨ Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins. 📅 Fri 5 Jun, 2pm & 7pm / Sat 6 Jun, 2pm (Captioned) & 7pm / Sun 7 Jun, 2pm 🎟 Tickets £7.50 | 4 for £22.50 📞 Call 01405 76 36 52 🔗 Visit junctiongoole.co.uk/films/michael/ Or if you want to see it for FREE - grab a Junction Pass today to grab a whole host of rewards & savings 🤩 Join today👉 junctiongoole.co.uk/pass/ 🕺 ooh!🎙

✨ GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! a weekend full of ABBA ✨ You know the songs. You know the dance moves. Now grab your crew and sing every word with us 🎤💃 Don’t miss the ultimate feel-good night out at Junction Goole. 🎟️ Book now via link in bio! #ABBAGold #ABBATribute #DancingQueen #MammaMia #LiveMusic #Goole #EastYorkshire #WeekendPlans #JunctionGoole #ABBAFans

📣 Creative opportunities at Junction Goole Junction Goole is recruiting two freelance roles to support The Green Room Creative Programme - a community-focused, participatory arts programme creating a welcoming space for people in Goole to connect through creativity. 🌿 Creative Practitioner & Programme Lead: The Green Room We’re looking for a creative, community-focused practitioner to lead and deliver the programme. This role combines workshop facilitation, programme development, artist coordination and community engagement. You’ll design and deliver a year-round programme of free creative activity supporting wellbeing, reducing isolation, and increasing access to the arts across Goole. 🎨 Creative Assistant: The Green Room We’re also seeking a Creative Assistant to support delivery of the programme. This is a hands-on freelance role working alongside the Creative Practitioner to help deliver participatory workshops and community activity. It’s ideal for someone early in their creative career looking to develop skills in facilitation, engagement and participatory arts practice. 💡 Both roles contribute to a shared aim: creating an inclusive, accessible space where local people can connect through creativity. 📍 Freelance roles | Based in Goole 🔗 More info & applications: /jobs

A brilliant afternoon of creativity and community at Junction 💛 Last week’s enamel plate painting workshop saw participants create some amazing hand-painted designs, from colourful florals to detailed patterns, all while enjoying a relaxed and welcoming creative session together 🎨✨ It was fantastic to see everyone trying something new, sharing ideas and leaving with their own unique artwork to take home. Want to get involved? Our May Arting workshops are now booking, with more hands-on creative sessions coming up including: ✨ Decorated carafes ✨ Clay gargoyles ✨ Mixed media art Perfect for beginners, creative minds and anyone looking for a fun afternoon/evening doing something different. Find out more & book your place via the link in bio.

💥 LAST FEW WEEKS UNTIL YOUR NIGHT LOOKS LIKE THIS... A packed room. Lights down. Hands in the air. That moment when Dancing Queen kicks in and suddenly everyone’s singing like they mean it… This isn’t just an ABBA tribute night — it’s a full-on live gig experience. ✨ Big stage energy 🎤 Powerful live vocals 💃 A dancefloor that doesn’t stop If you’ve seen it before, you already know. If you haven’t… this is the one you don’t want to miss. ⚡ ABBA GOLD – LIVE 📅 Sat 16 & Sun 17 May ⏰ 7.30pm 🎟 £20 👉 Book now: /events/abba-gold Tag the people you’re dragging onto the dancefloor 👇

Next week Ryan Gosling - and the lovable alien pal Rocky - land on our screen! 💫 🎬 PROJECT HAIL MARY 📅 Fri 8 May, 2pm (Captioned & Relaxed) & 7pm / Sat 9 May, 7pm 🚀 An ordinary Science teacher is on a mission to figure out why the Sun is dying out, and it's a race against time to figure out why and save the Earth from extinction - but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone 💪 👨‍🚀 If you enjoyed the Martian with Matt Damon, Project Hail Mary is based off another book by the same Author - and if you love lighthearted comedy action adventures, then this one's for you! 🎟 Tickets £7.50 - or 4 for £22.50, meaning you get one free! Book Now 👇 Visit 🔗 junctiongoole.co.uk/films/project-hail-mary/ Or Call 📞 01405 76 36 52

✨ It's almost time for Takeover Festival - the annual FREE family-friendly arts and theatre festival, all curated by pupils of a local primary school! ✨ This year, the festival's line-up has all been selected by Year 5 & 6 of St. Joseph's Primary School, and they've chosen to theme it on Animals & Minibeasts 🦁🐞 The headline show to kick off the festival comes up this Friday 1 May at 6pm, with The Zoo That Comes To You by Scarlet Oak Theatre 🎭 🦏 Featuring puppetry, live music and playful interaction with an Iguana, Chimpanzee, and White Rhino! Then on Saturday 2 May, there's a whole host of exciting activities planned, including: 🐝 A theatre filled with Beehives - but not just any beehives, peep inside each one and find these bees are not all they seem! You'll be lured in by the scent of honey, and beekeepers will talk about their hives, as well as throw a few extra surprises in! 🦧 A wacky explorer cycling around the venue on his tropical tricycle, joined by his life-sized mischievous orangutan, Mr Business - you'd be 🍌 b a n a n a s 🍌 to miss this! 🪼 3 huuuge jellyfish will also be roaming the venue - see their magical colours and movements as they float and interact with audiences with floaty lace and trailing tendrils. Give them a blubbery hello! 🍃 Join a drop in soundscape music making workshop, joining two professional musicians with percussive and unique instruments to find out together how to make the sounds of a rainforest! 🔦 An animal-themed light painting workshop, where you'll work with a professional animator & digital artist to create stunning & glowing animal art, which you can print and take home! (Booking required) 🐜 And our Young Producers themselves will be running drop in crafting sessions, where you and your little ones can create minibeast-themed glasses & masks to get creepy and crawly with! ✨So make sure to join us and St. Joseph's Primary this may Bank Holiday weekend, Fri 1 & Sat 2 May, for Takeover Festival 2026! ✨ More Info: Visit 🔗 junctiongoole.co.uk/seasons/takeover-festival-2026/ Call 📞01405 76 36 52

👋 From the 4th - 10th May, it's Deaf Awareness Week, an annual event raising awareness about deafness and celebrating British deaf culture, community, and history. Why's it important we have Deaf Awareness Week? Well in the UK, around half of deaf children are born deaf. The other half are born hearing and become deaf as they get older. It's so important we recognise that communication is a fundamental human right for everyone, and do what we can to break down barriers 💪 Want to get involved? 🙌 You can join us for a monthly BSL Cafe (@bslcafe_junctiontheatregoole ) - a British Sign Language social meet up for d/Deaf and hard of hearing users of BSL in Junction’s cosy Café Bar! Suitable for everyone, from complete beginners or more experienced users. ☕ The BSL Café runs for 2 hours, from 10am – 12noon, and our next one is Sat 9 May. All are welcome! 👌 And over in Doncaster on Thu 7 May, join The Carr Fenton Foundation for an engaging, inspiring, and interactive event focused on improving Deaf awareness in employment. Whether you're an employer, organisation, or team member, this is your chance to learn, connect, and make a difference. 🥐 Breakfast refreshments provided 🎟️ Free tickets – booking required 👉 Book your place here: /So0o9 Right to understand - Together, we break barriers.

🚨 Last few tickets left for upcoming live comedy🚨 We're delighted to be welcoming Ian Smith back this June for his newest show, Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty - nominated best show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 🌟 ✨ As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show – and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own BBC Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed 😖 His newest show is all about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon, which is "One of the tightest, most well-oiled hours at the Fringe this year” (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - The Telegraph) so make sure to grab your tickets before they all go! 🎙 Ian Smith: Footspa Half Empty 📅 Thu 4 Jun, 7.30pm 🎟 £15 | £13 Junction Pass (member only) Age Guidance: 16+ Book Now! 👇 Visit 🔗 junctiongoole.co.uk/events/ian-smith-foot-spa-half-empty/ Call 📞 01405 76 36 52

Next Wednesday, get yourself down to Delta Academy for a fantastic pixelated musical adventure, with Goole’s newest youth ensemble - DeltaSide! 🕹🎻 🎼 The performance will be the results of year two of the ‘Goole Creates’ project. Involving two schools from the local area, Riverside Special School and Goole Academy, the project aims creates an inclusive ensemble made up of young people from Goole. Over this academic year, they have been working with two Hallé musicians and music leader and composer Kris Halpin to create their own music inspired by the world of gaming. This will be performed in the concert, alongside music played by the orchestra. 🔥 🎮 Using the gaming worlds as an avenue, the young musicians have explored the friendships and rivalries of characters and the unique environments they inhabit So Join the acclaimed Hallé Orchestra and DeltaSide for a wonderful evening of orchestral music for all the family celebrating creativity and community! For more details and to book tickets, visit the link below 👇 🔗 bridspa.com/event-details/?entry=19-dig26 Goole Creates is co-produced by East Riding Schools Music Service and Orchestras Live.

⚡️ Music in the Round are back this week, with Bach’s hugely popular Goldberg Variations 🎻 Performed in a breath-taking conversational arrangement for violin, viola and cello, presented together with one of the best-loved works for solo cello, Bach’s Cello Suite No.1. If you're a regular to our Music In The Round concerts, then expect the same level of expert musicianship, and passion which radiates through each performance 🎶 🤔 If you dabble in Classical Music, maybe whilst you work or are trying to focus, or find yourself humming famous scores when doing the chores, but never been to a concert before - Music In The Round's at Junction are an exciting, accessible and low cost way to hear the music played live - it's a feeling you can't quite describe! ⚡️ 🎻 Goldberg Variations - Music In The Round 📅 Thu 23 Apr, 7pm 🎟️ Tickets £16 Book Now 👇🏻 Call 📞 01405 76 36 52 Or Visit 🔗 junctiongoole.co.uk/events/goldberg-variations/