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Come On Down

Come On Down 2021 (photo by JasonThompson)

Come On Down is Headway Arts’ annual fantastic free festival of performance and creativity by and for learning disabled people. Hosted & programmed by Headway Art’s disabled creatives.

Join us for original performances, exhibitions, talks and great art by talented artists from across the north east and beyond. With inspiring chats from the Power Sofa, amazing vegan food and joyful social events. Not forgetting the glitz and glamour of the now legendary Come On Down Gameshow. So Come On Down!

SAVE THE DATE! Come on Down is taking place on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th October 2025 at Headway Arts. 

Email us at: hello@headwayarts.co.uk or call 01670 351962 if you’d like to get involved.

Supported by Arts Council England.

Posted on March 20th 2023

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of all our funders which recently includes:

  • Architectural Heritage Fund
  • Arts Council England
  • Community Foundation
  • Edward Gostling Foundation – RW Mann Trust – Shears Foundation
  • Erasmus+
  • Hadrian Trust – High Sheriff of Northumberland – Rothley Trust
  • Henry Smith
  • Heritage Fund
  • National Lottery Community Fund
  • North East Combined Authority
  • Northumberland County Council
  • Postcode Community Trust
  • Scope
  • Sir James Knott Trust
  • The 1989 Willan Trust – Wellesley Trust
  • the Coalfields Regeneration Trust
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund – North of Tyne Combined Authority