The seventh Dartford Indoor Mela which takes place on Saturday October 24 at the Mick Jagger Centre between 6.30pm and 10.30pm promises to be the best to date, with an exciting range of culturally diverse artists performing at the community event. The Mela which is organised by the North West Kent Racial Equality Council in partnership with Cohesion Plus and...

The second Gravesham Festival of Light will take place on Friday October 23 through Gravesend Town Centre between 6.30pm and 7pm.  The parade will involve 13 schools from Gravesham who will be working with renowned arts company Samesky in the build up to the event.  In total over 450 young pupils will benefit from arts workshops.  The children will make lanterns and torches which they will carry in the parade.

The Festival of Light has been organised by Cohesion Plus...

Preparations are underway for the first ever Dartford Festival of Light which will take place on Friday October 16 through Dartford Town Centre between 6.30pm and 7.30pm.  The parade will involve 11 schools from Dartford who will be working with renowned arts company Emergency Exit Arts in the build up to the event.  In total over 450 young pupils will benefit from arts workshops.  The children will make lanterns and torches which they will carry in the parade.

The Festival of Light...

The Mela Day Event on the Sunday again attracted thousands of people. The Mela was formally launched by a Children’s Parade involving local schools and the Arts Company Samesky. The children were joined in the parade by local Morris Dancers, Dhol Drummers and African Drummers.

The Mela was officially opened by Cllr. Marion Ring who thanked all the community for coming and supporting the Mela.

The stage programme was launched by St Michael’s and St Francis Schools who had worked...

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 decade. Although the majority of the crowd would not have understood the lyrics Jassi managed to create a positive interaction with them and by the end many of them were dancing along to...