Maidstone Borough Council wants everyone to jot September 11 and 12 into their diaries to help make this year’s Mela the biggest and best to date.

The mela, an annual event, will be held in Mote Park over two days on Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12 ...  Read More »

Gravesend town centre was brought to a standstill on Friday evening as over 600 schools children, teachers, parents and members of the public were involved in the Festival of Light parade in the second Gravesham Festival of Light parade. The project involved work with 13 schools from Gravesham in the build up. The schools worked with renowned arts ...  Read More »

The seventh Dartford Indoor Mela took place on Saturday October 24 at the Mick Jagger. The Mela was organised by the North West Kent Racial Equality Council in partnership with Cohesion Plus and was supported by Dartford Borough Council and the Arts Council. The Mela celebrated the diversity of Dartford through music, food and dance.

The Mela ...  Read More »

The first ever Dartford Festival of Light took place on Friday October 16 through Dartford Town Centre between 6.30pm and 7.30pm. The parade involved 11 schools from Dartford who worked with renowned arts company Emergency Exit Arts in the build up to the event. In total over 450 young pupils benefited from arts workshops in the build up to the event. ...  Read More »

The 7th Maidstone Mela proved to be a great success. For the first time with the help of funding form Arts Council England the Mela took place over 2 days. The Mela Night featured Bhangra Star Jassi Sidhu who performed with his full live band. He wooed the crowd with a string of his hits from over the last ...  Read More »