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Creative Innovation Centre CIC is proud to announce that it has won the Best Community Arts & Culture Venue 2023 – South West England’ Award for its hard work in supporting and developing the arts and culture sector.The SME Southern Enterprise programme (part of SME News) prides itself on the validity of its awards and winners. The awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend those most deserving for their ingenuity and hard work, distinguishing them from their competitors and proving them worthy of recognition. It’s with this context in mind that SME News presents this year’s…
Help us raise much needed funds for CICCIC by entering our raffle and get the chance to win 1 out of the 11 amazing prizes we have to offer, with total value of over £500, which include:• Private Party/Event Hire at CICCIC (worth £300)• Sheppy’s Cider tour and tasting session plus gift set (worth £50)• Berry’s superfast London tickets (worth £45)• Mr Miles High Tea Experience (worth £37)• 4 x Cocktail drinks at a CICCIC cocktail events (worth £33)• Bottle of Champagne (worth £30)• 2 x Taunton Comedy Club at CICCIC tickets (worth £28)• 2 x Club Kongo at CICCIC…
Creative Innovation Centre (CICCIC) is pleased to announce that it now operates a second building in Taunton for arts and culture.With financial support from Somerset West and Taunton (SWT) Council CICCIC has revived one of Taunton’s 17th Century Manor Houses by repurposing it as a new Arts Hub for cultural and creative activities.The building, known as Flook House in Belvedere Road, will provide office and studio space for creative organisations and practitioners, as well as a conference-ready meeting room for community-based programmes, workshops and vocational learning.Flook House, which features in Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings of England and Joshua Toulmin’s History of…
Doors 7.30pm. Start 8pm. Free by registration required. To start with there will be a 30 minute set of jazz funk covers you’ll know and after the interval you’ll see the musicians improvise to live gaming scenes. You don’t have to get involved and can come and listen and enjoy the live music. But if you love gaming you can have a go to a live band. How unique is that. Either way, this sit down event is going to be musically creative and free to experience. Juxter presents: Gaming Gig! This new project born in the South West aims…
Doors 7.30pm. Starts 8.30pm. Adv ticket £15. OTD ticket £19. Enjoy a great live music and dance night with the amazing talents of one of the best live music bands in Somerset; Hundred Faces, who are dedicating this gig to help fundraise for our not-for-profit community arts organisation. Hundred Faces are a Somerset-based band who bring the songs and sounds you love from the 60s to the present day to life, with energetic performances for your dancing shoes to move to. Through their own sound, they bring live energy to songs which have created the soundtrack for generations of dancefloors…
Doors 7.00pm. Starts 7.30pm. Advance ticket £5. OTD ticket £8. CICCIC is proud to be working with musicians in the community to bring you our new Acoustic Music Club every 3rd Thursday of the month. Starting Jan 16th. You’ll get the chance to hear 5 performers/bands playing 3 songs each, and one headliner playing 6 songs. Musicians/singers will perform cover songs as well as original material and the bar will be open for drinks. We recommend you book in advance as an audience member, but you can pay on the door. If you are under 16 you will need to…
Tickets £10 online £13 OTD. 7.00pm-11.00pm. Join us for a night of Northern Soul music specifically designed to showcase traditional and upcoming Northern Soul Music that is so good to listen and dance to that you’ll want to bring your best dancing shoes and friends. Our DJ has an amazing lineup of Northern Soul tunes as well as mix of other souls tunes that will celebrate the spirit of Northern Soul. We won’t be spinning original vinyls but do have an extensive collection of digital versions of most Northern Soul songs so you will be able to request your favourite…
Doors 11.45am. Start 12.15pm. Adv ticket £15. OTD ticket £20. CICCIC have a Big Band residency! Not many places in the UK that can say that or is it just us and Ronnie Scotts? Come and enjoy a big band jazz session before your Sunday lunch! The atmosphere is always friendly, and the cafe/bar is open for the duration for alcoholic, hot and cold drinks. Over the coming months, on the 3rd Sunday of the month, there is going to be one amazing set performed from a 17 piece big band at lunchtime. Each month will be a different theme…
Doors 7.30pm. Concert 8pm. Tickets £15 online. £19 OTD. Be prepared to be amazed with the music talents of James Hollingsworth who will be celebrating the music of Pink Floyd (as its 50 years since Wish you Were Here) with an all-live uniquely solo show where James uses modern looping technology with real instruments – live percussion, voice, harmonica and guitar effects – to build complex arrangements in real time. No pre-recorded backing tracks are used. This show is a must for all lovers of live music – whether you’re a fan of Pink Floyd or not, and is one…
Doors 7.00pm. Start 8.00pm. Adv ticket £15 online. £19 OTD. Brought to you by CICCIC and Genius Events (the people who bring you Stand Up for Cider) this bi-monthly comedy club will exercise your chuckle muscles and deliver a great night out at CICCIC’s amazing Memorial Hall. You’ll get the chance to see 4 professional comedians on the night along with some amazing talent from known comedians. It will be unadulterated, full of surprise and have you laughing all the way through the weekend. So why not relax in comfort, enjoy a drink or three, while we take you on…