Southend is putting together an ambitious bid to become the UK's first ever City of Culture.
The year long accolade - beginning on 1st January 2013 - would enable the winning location to host big ticket national cultural events, as well as putting on a year-long programme of their own. Click to continue reading...

A brilliant, innovative and genuinely exciting arts project has hit Southend.
The former water works building on North Road has been completely transformed into a huge space for emerging artists to work and display their talents.
CoExist Arts run by Emma Emmerton and Amy McKenny is a fairly new project, founded in 2008. Click to continue reading...

This weekend (11/12/13 Sep) Southend plays host to its first ever Polish Arts Festival.
Around 3,000 people originally from Poland are estimated to live in Southend and surrounding areas, and the Essex town is twinned with Sopot - a Polish coastal resort on the Baltic Sea.
Over the weekend around 10 activities are taking place across the borough. Click to continue reading...

More than 25 local art groups and societies are making last minute preparations before taking part in a big open day at the Cliffs Pavilion in Westcliff on Sunday (6th).
It's a chance to have a chat with representatives of various drama, music, poetry, photography, visual arts and craft groups and find out more about what they do in the Southend area. Click to continue reading...

Amazing soccer tricks and skills promo for FIFA Street 3 viral video. Some of the stunts are perfomed by Team Ryouko members Chris Mark, Carl Fortin and Brent Jones. Also 3 trick soccer players from Mexico. Team Ryouko is out of Toronto, Ontario and obviously they kick . If any of the futbol trickers want [. Click to continue reading...