Over 700 young people from 19 schools in Gravesham took  part in a schools parade through Gravesend town centre on April 23 to celebrate Saint Georges Day.  The event was been organised by Kent Equality Cohesion Council in partnership with Cohesion Plus supported by Gravesham Borough Council and Kent County Council.

Work had been taking place in local schools over the last 6 weeks to prepare special visual arts and craft displays which were used during the parade which was be led by the...

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...

This year’s Maidstone Mela is set to be the biggest yet with a weekend of festivities planned for all the family.

The Mela, which means gathering, has attracted more than 35,000 people since it began in 2003 and this year is expected to be no different as it expands for the first time into a two-day event.

On Saturday, September 12 at Mote Park from 6pm to 9pm crowds will be treated to stage performances from Bhangra singer Jassi Sidhu and Queen Tribute act Mercury. There will...

The Big Carnival which was organised in partnership by Cohesion Plus with North West Kent Racial Equality Council and Gravesham Borough Council took place on Friday July 3 between attracting people out into the street to see a spectacular mass of colour and music.

Over 200 pupils from Chantry Primary, Wrotham Road Primary, Cecil Road Primary, Rosherville Primary, Northfleet School for Girls and St George’s were involved. They had been working with Kinetika, the renowned outdoor performance...

Exciting preparations are well underway for the Big Day Out Festival which will take place on July 4th 2009, at the Riverside Leisure Area in Gravesend.

Performing live on stage are the well known Brit-Asian Bhangra singer Sukshinder Shinda and Fake That a Take That tribute band, amongst others.

Sukhshinder Shinda is a Birmingham born Bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter. Since releasing his first professional recording in 1989, Dhol...