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09 : THURSDAY
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‘Our Dementia Choir’ began as part of a documentary created for BBC1 in 2018. The two-part series saw acclaimed actress Vicky McClure take us on a deeply personal journey where she sets out to discover the true extent of music’s power in combatting dementia. Vicky knows only too well the cruelty of dementia, having helped care for her grandma who died in 2015. Vicky also saw the amazing effect that music had in calming her down as well as giving glimpses of the old Nana.
Vicky formed a choir of people all living with dementia in her hometown of Nottingham to see whether music can make a measurable difference in their lives in 2018… The result: Our Dementia Choir.
Come and witness their brilliance live as the first event of OneFest 2026!
Time: 2pm
Venue: Four Seasons Shopping Centre, Mansfield
All ages, Free
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Hosted by OneFest favourite Charity Shop Sue, join us for an evening of mind-blowing fabulousness, guaranteed to see you leave in a higher state of happiness.
Join the RaveRend on his mission to make you HAPPY. ‘House of Life’ is a travelling cult collective with one goal: to get you happy, at any cost.
Then are you brave enough to hand yourself over to Global Sensation Comedy Hypnotist Richard Barker? If not, have a beer and watch other do it for you!
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: The Old Library, Leeming Street, NG18 1NG
14+, BSL, £5
10: FRIDAY
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A joyous protest march in which learning disabled and autistic people and those that give a damn about them raises their voices, so that EVERYONE has to take notice.
As well as inviting people to make placards, this year we are also giving people the opportunity to join the drumming troop to make some real noise (contact OneFest to register interest).
Time: 11am-11:45am
Venue: Meet at The Swan, Church Street, NG18 1AE
The march route is around the main streets of central Mansfield and is approximately 0.5 miles.
Family Friendly, BSL, FREE
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The chance to party in the sunshine with beats, booze, and buddies.
Kicking off with the March for More, come and raise your voice about learning disability and autism rights on the streets of Mansfield.
Then enjoy the outdoor stage at our festival site under the gorgeous viaduct.
Time: 10am-2:30pm
Venue: The Swan, Church Street, NG18 1AE
Family Friendly, BSL, FREE
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A proper gig, with proper bands. Mansfield’s own upcoming learning disabled led outfit LITTLE TREES supporting explosive rockers the VIRGINMARYS.
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: The Old Library, Leeming Street, NG18 1NG
14+, BSL, £5
11 : SATURDAY
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Dancing with Colours is an interactive performance for young people (4+) and their grown-ups, celebrating creativity through dance, music and art. Expect a joyful, sensory, (and messy!) experience, as artist JoAnne invites you to transform our blank canvas with stories, movement and art supplies -art is everywhere and for everyone!
Time: 12pm-1pm
Venue: TBC
Family Friendly, BSL, £5
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From Manosphere believer to ending up on Andrew Tate's twitter, Sam Browne's new show is a little bit of sad, a little bit of funny and a whole lot of poetry.
Time: 2pm-4pm
Venue: The Old Library, Leeming Street, NG18 1NG
14+, BSL, £5
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Hello friend. Open your mind, take out what’s inside and wish it well on its future endeavours. You’re going to need the space for this one.I’m talking life, love, loss, finding your way and pigeons… quite a lot about pigeons actually… it’s pretty pigeon-heavy to be honest. So please join me, Toussaint Douglass, for an hour of joyfully absurd, charmingly awkward stand-up.
Time: 5pm-6pm
Venue: The Garrison, Leeming Street, NG18 1NA
14+, BSL, £5
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What if your anger just simmers underneath? If it never quite reaches boiling point, but it's present, burning your insides.
Combining spoken word, football chants, live art and theatre, Chat Sh*t, Get Hit dives into women’s anger: how it fuels, how it festers and how it is swallowed. Following its award-winning Edinburgh Fringe run and a stint at Soho Theatre, this is a funny and uncompromising show about recovery, solidarity and the suppression of women’s rage.Time: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Venue: The Old Library, Leeming Street, NG18 1NG
14+, BSL, £5
12: SUNDAY
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Join us on a journey from the river’s source in the mountains as it flows downstream. Along the way you will encounter the river’s lively residents from an energetic salmon swimming against the current, a stately heron in her nest, a playful otter, dragonflies emerging from under the surface, and perhaps even spot an elusive Kingfisher! The River is designed for young audiences who might be described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
Time: 11:30am, 2pm, 3:30pm
Venue: Portland College, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4TJ
Family Friendly, £5 (carers go free)
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Spoken word sensation Sam Browne hosts an afternoon of storytelling and exploration, where you are invited to take it all in or contribute yourself.
Time: 12pm-2pm
Venue: The Garrison, Leeming Street, NG18 1NA
Family Friendly, BSL, £5
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A true crime show about folk music and grief. Multi award-winning “cult legends” Sh!t Theatre (The Guardian) are coming to OneFest. And we’re totally fine! Actually all things considered, we’re OK. Feeling alright. Thriving, even? That’s a bit far, but we have learnt some folk songs. We’ve got into folk recently and it’s been really helpful. Come and sing some folk songs with us! A swift 60 minutes of classic folk followed by a trip to the bar and then a singaround. Because we need a drink, don’t we? But we’re doing OK.
Time: 3pm-4pm
Venue: The Old Library, Leeming Street, NG18 1NG
Family Friendly, BSL, £5
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Closing the festival is our much-loved comedy night, where our latest crop of learning disabled comedians deliver there new material, before the celebrity headliner takes the stage. We will reveal who that headliner is soon.
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: Palace Theatre Bar
Family Friendly, BSL, £5
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