Festival of Colours to be held in Barrow
People from across South Cumbria can enjoy a day of festivities in Barrow later this month.
The Festival of Colours, on June 26, will be held in the towns Forum and market areas and include street entertainment, workshops and food from South Asia.
The day will culminate in the famous coloured-powder-throwing Holi event in Barrow town centre.
Henna artists will be on hand to create temporary tattoos and a Bollywood DJ will be on the decks outside the town hall to pump out tunes while a fire-breathing dancer entertains nearby.
The Festival of Colours will feature arts, crafts, food and more from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries and overall, it aims to champion diversity in the
A FESTIVAL will be coming to Barrow next month. The Festival of Colours, organised by Barrow Borough Council, The Forum and Barra Culture, will be held on Saturday 26 June. It will be a celebration of the arts and culture from South Asia in a week-long celebration. Daniel Tyler-McTighe hopes the festival will be the start of a great summer for Barrovians. The director at Barra Culture said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Barrow Borough Council and the Forum on bringing this colourful event to the town centre. It’s been brilliant to work with local people of South Asian heritage to plan it and we’re looking forward to contributions from local groups as well as visitors from further afield. We think it’ll be a brilliant way to kick off a summer of fun. There’ll be music, drums, dancing, arts and crafts, stalls of gorgeous things to buy, henna artists, delicious food, colourful powders flying about and we can’t wait!”
Festival of Colours to take place in Barrow this summer
A week of colours and a celebration of south Asia is to take place in Barrow.
Barrow Borough Council, The Forum and Barra Culture are celebrating the arts and culture of south Asia in a week-long celebration, The Festival of Colours, on June 26.
Festival of Colours is inspired by the Indian ‘Holi’ festival, and will be a mix of family workshops, performances and street food, and will culminate in the famous coloured-power-throwing Holi event in Barrow’s town centre.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Barrow Borough Council and the Forum on bringing this colourful event to the town centre,” said Daniel Tyler-McTighe, director, Barra Culture.
Will you get involved in south Cumbria art projects?
Barra Culture’s new director, Daniel Tyler-McTighe. Picture: Ben Gregory-Ring
A south Cumbria community group has announced a series of community-led projects and is urging artists to take part.
The Barra Culture programme, backed by Arts Council England, is on the lookout for creatives to collaborate with on four new commissions.
Each of the projects gets underway this summer, and applications for the paid-for commissions are open now.
They are:
Barrow’s Green Spaces – a collaboration with local residents, reimagining disused green spaces across the town. An inspirational environmental or outdoor artist is needed to help deliver a transformation of the space that will highlight the importance of outdoor cultural activities, with a focus on health and wellbeing. The project will culminate with a community celebration in early September.