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.