The formal launch of the Maidstone Mela will take place on July 7 between 10.30am and 11.30am.  This will be our biggest launch event to date involving 300 pupils from 6 local schools as well as a range of culturally diverse artists including Bloco Fogo and Cultural Beats.

This has been made possible due to the funding we managed to secure from the Arts Council England.  This follows on from the successful St George’s Day celebrations which we organised in partnership with Maidstone...

The sixth Dartford Indoor Mela took place on Saturday November 8th 2008 at the Mick Jagger Centre. The Mela which 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 celebrated the diversity of Dartford through music, food and dance.  The event as in previous years proved to be very popular with the local community with...