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...

Hello and welcome to Longpier.com's coverage of Southend's biggest free arts, drama and music festival - Village Green at Chalkwell Park. You've arrived at the live video page (below).
Check out the LIVE BLOG and the LIVE PICS from the event. And CLICK HERE for the event schedule. Click to continue reading...

Hello and welcome to Longpier.com's coverage of Southend's biggest free arts, drama and music festival - Village Green at Chalkwell Park. You've arrived at the live photos page (below).
Check out the LIVE VIDEO and the LIVE BLOG from the event. And CLICK HERE for the event schedule. Click to continue reading...

Longpier.com will be at two special events over the next couple of days.
Firstly, tonight (Thurs 24th) we'll be at the re-opening of Chalkwell Hall in Chalkwell Park. It's an invite only event, but we have special access to the event and will be taking you on a tour of the refurbished building, which is now home to arts group Metal. Click to continue reading...

Southend's biggest free arts and music festival takes place on Saturday (26th) as Village Green returns to Chalkwell Park.
The 11-hour event, run by Metal, features a huge number of groups, artists and exhibitors all displaying the diverse range of talent in the borough.
It starts at 11am and Longpier. Click to continue reading...