The annual festival weekend is our main event of the year and is usually held in October, the venue alternating between The Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire and High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire.
Future weekends
Friday 18 – Sunday 20 October 2024 at High Leigh
A selection of photos from recent ArtServe festivals
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Festival 2021
Our 2021 festival Encircling Love was held at The Hayes Conference Centre from 15–17 October. Creative sessions included Celtic knotwork, singing, circle dance, drama, photography, vocal confidence, and craft.




Festival 2019
Our 2019 festival Celebrate and Serve was held at The Hayes Conference Centre from 18-20 October, and was ArtServe’s 10th anniversary festival.




Festival 2018
Our 2018 festival The Word around us was held at High Leigh Conference Centre from 19-21 October. The theme of the festival reflected a desire to engage with scripture in imaginative ways that make it relevant to life in our modern, secular world.




Festival 2017
Our 2017 festival Creative Journeys in Prayer was held at The Hayes Conference Centre from 20-22 October. The programme celebrated the wealth of talent existing among our membership. All leaders for the weekend were both ArtServe members and experts in their own creative fields.




Festival 2016
Our 2016 festival The Rhythm of Life was held at High Leigh Conference Centre from 21-23 October. The weekend was led by musician, educator, writer, composer and Anglican priest Philip Roderick, founder of the Quiet Garden Movement and of Contemplative Fire. We were led on a journey towards God in sound and stillness, movement and meaning. The weekend also included an evening with worship leader and songwriter Dave Bilbrough.




Previous weekends
For Everything there is a Season – The Hayes, 20-22 October 2023
Re-Creation – High Leigh, 14-16 October 2022
Encircling Love – The Hayes, 15-17 October 2021
Come Together – The festival planned for High Leigh was cancelled due to the pandemic, but we held some very successful online sessions over the weekend of 10-11 October 2020.
Celebrate and Serve – The Hayes, 18-20 October 2019 (10th anniversary festival)
The Word around us – High Leigh, 19-21 October 2018
Creative Journeys in Prayer – The Hayes, 20-22 October 2017
The Rhythm of Life – High Leigh, 21-23 October 2016
Theatre of Stories – The Hayes, 16-18 October 2015
Life as we know it? – High Leigh, 17-19 October 2014. Photo gallery
Hearts on Fire! – The Hayes, 18-20 October 2013. Photo gallery
Christ be our light! – High Leigh, 23-25 November 2012. Photo gallery
Discovering Gifts Discovering God – The Hayes, 28-30 October 2011. Photo gallery