Current Programme.

Highlights of recent years have been major projects bringing people from different communities and cultures together. Creating new work, new networks and above all exciting cross-fertilisation and ideas for future work.

South Asian woman with audience reading poetry

A celebration of women’s voices in Rochdale for 2024’s International Women’s Day

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A Great British Welcome with photo stories of communities and organisations who've welcomed refugees and asylum seekers will be shown on Manchester's Market Street

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Created in partnership with HOME, Horizons features newly commissioned theatre, performance, visual art, film, community events, family-friendly workshops, plus live music

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CAN is looking for young people aged 13 – 20 to be part of Creative Pulse, part of CAN Young Artists programme

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In December 2023, CAN and HOME put a call out for film makers, visual artists, theatre makers to be part of June 2024’s Horizons Festival through a paid commission

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Force of Nature led by three women – the Song Warriors – accompanied by a five strong band are touring to libraries in Rochdale, Leigh, Harpurhey and Longsight.  

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The schools linking project in Bury connected children across Bury to build friendships and skills through creativity

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We're launching Without Borders a new participatory creative series of workshops for young artists taking place during June and July

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In Summer 2022, hundreds of people from Wigan and Leigh – and international visitors – saw a children’s film about climate change

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Women of all generations from Rochdale explore the place of women and girls in the world

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CAN and HOME are looking forward to meeting artists who've experienced forced migration at a special artist event.

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Running between September to December 2022, Pushing Boundaries supports artists with lived experience of forced migration to learn skills and develop the networks to work in schools

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