Aria Art and Movement CIC

10/06/2026

Sea Shanties at Durham Fringe Festival
Sea Shanties at Durham Fringe

Come and see an immersive spectacular underwater and aerial event and show!

All ages welcome!
Augmented reality 'Siren's Mirror'
Stay and play on our giant aerial Octopus
Tail try ons
Underwater mermaid appearances and photo opps
Mermaid craft station
Extra special show on Sunday with our Aria Youth pre-show performances
Be part of our 'coastal voices' sea wall!

Every day! Jul 29 to Aug 2
11.30 to 12.30pm
https://durhamfringe.co.uk/events/sea-shanties/
£15

Images Mediaratz

09/06/2026

04/06/2026

JUMP INTO JUNE!!!

We're so excited to open up our doors for our annual aerial and movement festival, from Jun 19 to 21, with a plethora of visiting artists from London, Manchester and Liverpool as well as all the local talent and photoshoots you've come to expect.

Our bursaries are all spent but you can still grab a 4 for £50 pass below before bookings go live.

https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QLED7IFS

Booking for the convention classes go live Jun 14 at 6pm!!! You will all receive a booking link by Jun 12. Anyone who doesn't receive one by 5pm Jun 12 please let us know.

Timetable: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16wEecN6s08gS-Qo0LlTxWY0R1wY64BhREslDHEm6W0U/edit?usp=sharing

Performance / stallholder opportunity at Durham Fringe!
Did you perform at SOAR or have something you want to sell?

Each year we go to Durham Fringe our audience gets bigger, averaging audiences of 100 a day. We're anticipating bigger audiences this year with our mermaid village and Sea Shanties performances. Would you like to perform on the Sat or Sun? (this is a showcase style pre-show for amateur aerialists)

If you have on-theme merchandise to sell you can apply for a table at our mermaid village.

Dates and times
Jul 29 to Aug 2
11.30 to 12.30

Interested? Send an EOI / email to [email protected]

Love, Aria

Images Mediaratz

02/06/2026

Some more lush pictures from Orange Pip
This was a lovely event and so well run ❤️

This little lad must have come back 100 times at least - the joy on his face!

Our sensory aerial tasters offer a little something extra special - bubbles and colourful props, vanilla scent, flower crowns to try and tangerines to refresh. One little girl told us the ribbons made her feel she was flying among all the colours.

Epic help on a sunny day from our aerial partners

We're always happy to collaborate ❤️

Lauren Close photography

02/06/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who's tried Siren's Mirror so far!
We're talking about adding in some tail options for our next range of shows. If you tried it at an event what did you think?!




And big thanks to Frank Styles as we hadn't heard of this tech before his frames project,which gave us this idea 🌊🌊

31/05/2026

We have been super busy lately! Totally forgot to share these lovely photos from BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Keel Square

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Images Jill Gallagher and Mickey O'donnell

We bumped into Wild Rumpus, King Ink and Bee Enchanted!!

30/05/2026

Loads of fun today with our aerial tasters Orange Pip Market

Thanks for having us!

Check out some of the other traders and bar setups - gorgeous. Plus there was loads of activities for families, cyanotype with Simon Rudolphi, face painting, bracelet making and magic! Have a look out for the next one
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30/05/2026

All set up at Orange Pip Market and made some friends 💙

29/05/2026

Come and see us at Orange Pip Market Saturday 12 till 5pm

We can't wait to explore the market and also offer our Blossom aerial tasters - a sensory experience on our flower rig! - try on our hand-made flower crowns and grab a tangerine or two (until we've eaten them all)

Image Mediaratz