Octopus Ahoy! are ready for football to come home – we’re celebrating the Euros with ‘Englandopus’, a sculpture created in the national spirit and excitement of the Euro fever that has swept the whole nation. Local artist Rodney Byrd has painted the St George flag...
CJ and the Octopus Ahoy! crew had the exclusive pleasure of meeting with the Essex Police Marine Unit team at the Ha’Penny Pier today, to attend the PCSO ‘street meet’, meet the public and for a tour of the area with District Commander Ma'am Lily Benbow. 2021 marks...
This summer, with the launch of our sculpture trail, we’ve seen octopuses make the move from sea to land… but earlier this week the team witnessed something entirely different – gigantic octopuses in the air! You read that right – in celebration of the Octopus Ahoy!...
Octopus Ahoy! is full steam after installing our final octopus sculpture, ‘Journey of a Thousand Stars’ by Mik Richardson, in London Liverpool Street Station Wednesday 30th June, where it will be a resident for the duration of our summer art trail. The sculpture,...
The 25th June is finally here! After a long night of installing 4ft by 4ft octopus sculptures around Tendring and it’s surrounding areas as the Octopus Ahoy! crew kicked off the trail with our wonderful Octopus Patrons on an exclusive sponsors tour, onboard the...
Harwich is all set for the launch of Tendring’s public art trail Octopus Ahoy! The famous Electric Palace cinema played host to our 60 school sculptures recently for a photoshoot making them the first guests to sit in the famous cinema since the cast of Downton Abbey...
One of our octopus creations, ‘Betty the Bathing Octo-Belle’, went for a swim and splash at the Brightlingsea Lido ahead of their grand reopening! As a VIP, she couldn’t resist testing out the waters before she takes her place outside of the Brightlingsea Museum for...
On Sunday 29th May, CJ and the team travelled down to Clacton Pavilion to help manage the free family Clacton Rocks event, showcasing the fantastic new look of the newly wrapped Clacton Breeze ‘Octo-Bus’. It was amazing to see so many families admire the...
Have you heard the one about the octopus jet skiing into Clacton Pier? We recently had the honour of announcing that the winning school Octopus Ahoy! sculpture design, out of the 60 schools, was ‘Unity’, by the wonderful staff and students at Holland Haven Primary...
The 1st-7th June 2021 is National Volunteers’ Week – a great time to shine the spotlight on the contribution that millions of people across the UK make to so many causes, events and businesses by volunteering. We’re looking for volunteers to join the Octopus Ahoy!...