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Carn to Cove is Cornwall’s performing arts touring scheme which brings quality professional artists into rural areas.

Carn to Cove enables rural communities to bring something 'different' to their village hall, to bring wonderment and fun into the community, to make people gasp and cry with laughter, to create a social event to bring the village together or to make a bit of money for hall funds!

The village hall group chooses a programme of events from a compiled ‘menu’ of professional performers, publicises the event locally, sells tickets, hosts the event and offers accommodation to artists where needed, with support from the Carn to Cove team, based in Redruth.  Carn to Cove deals with booking and contracting the acts, researching and compiling the ‘Menu’ and all other administration.  

We offer professional acts at highly subsidised minimum prices ranging from £50 to £200 plus a share of the box office income, reducing the financial risk to the hall and giving them the chance to make some money for their own use.  We are able to do this with the support of our funders: Arts Council England South West, Cornwall County Council and 5 of Cornwall’s district councils – Caradon, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel.  Carn to Cove is part of the National Rural Touring Forum and we also work in collaboration with the other small-scale professional promoters in Cornwall.

For further details of our current shows please visit our new website or to sign up to the mailing list please call 01209 312500.

‘Carn to Cove is a brilliant scheme.  It makes ‘hosting’ shows much easier and gives a much wider range of events than would be possible otherwise.  I feel that Perranporth has really benefited and we’ve got some more really exciting shows to look forward to.’ Perranporth Memorial Hall

‘Without Carn to Cove we would have little chance of seeing and hearing productions other than local pantomimes and concerts.  A whole new area of entertainment has been opened up to us.’  North Hill Village Hall