4 May 2024

The World in Bristol Festival 2024

Celebrate Bristol’s diverse cultures with a vibrant day of music, dance, storytelling and craft activities. This family-friendly event showcases the city’s amazing migrant and diaspora communities who shape and enrich our city.

Join the Caribbean singing workshop, have a go at holistic African dance, catch storytelling about traditional Polish legends, participate in the communal flag-making activity, and lots more.

Programme

Please note that this programme is subject to changes

Polish Storytelling (Geology Gallery steps, 1st floor)

  • 12pm and 2.30pm Traditional Polish legends told by Grazynka Kowalewska

Song and dance (Front Hall)

An afternoon of music and dance hosted by Julz Davis MC

  • 12 pm  – Welcome
  • 12.15pm – 12.45pm Singing workshop with Cecelia Ndhlovu
  • 12.50pm – 1.20pm Tibetan folk dance with Tenzin Sangmo
  • 1.25pm -1.55pm Colombian dance with Ayahuasca
  • 2pm – 2.30pm Kuchipudi classical dance with Nandini Girish
  • 2.45pm – 3.15pm Reggae, ska, calypso & blues with Artuba

Craft and culture activities (Rear Hall)

  • 12pm -4pm Visit the Anglo-Polish Society’s stall to discover traditional Polish culture and participate in children’s activities.
  • 12pm – 4pm Flag Up Your Identity activity with Ruth Ramsay
  • 1pm – 4pm Afroleleana puppet accompanied by Carol Sherman

DIASPORA! Festival

The event is part of a brand new 4-day festival for Bristol and the South West that celebrates cultural diversity through the arts. Coordinated by Diverse Artists Network (DAN in collaboration with some of the city’s best-loved venues and institutions, the DIASPORA! festival is taking place from 3 – 6 May, Early May Bank Holiday weekend 2024.

There’s also an exciting focus on community engagement through the festival’s opening and closing ceremonies, the Flag Up Your Identity project, and a DIASPORA! poetry competition, open for submissions until 20 March. Visit the DIASPORA! webpage for more information.