Please find the Popup Culturama Caribbean Carnival tour dates below for 2022 – 2023. Popup Culturama Tour Dates Popup Culturama Tour Dates: Welcome to our 2023 touring schedule the idea behind the project is to build stronger Communities around Yorkshire and Lancashire arts and culture is the key to life and we like to uplift people and put a smile on your faces these are free activities and free for the general public to have a look and […]
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Yorkshire West Indian Culturama is pleased to announce the cultural project for 2019, Popup Culturama, which will place on Saturday 14th September, 3pm – 8pm @ Old Bridge, Market Street, Holmfirth, HD9 7DA. The popup will take place in Holmfirth. Building stronger communities and promoting community cohesion is the idea behind the project. We aim to help people achieve everyday goals, through motivation and self-belief. Leading up to the project will be a month of workshop events in which […]
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Yorkshire West Indian Culturama Carnival Network is searching for a carnival queen to take part in the carnival show in Leeds on Friday 23rd August 2019. This special person will represent Yorkshire West Indian Culturama Carnival Network in the competition and take part in the Pop-Up Culturama events. The winning candidate must be charismatic, outgoing and happy to represent our vibrant culture on specified occasions. Applications can be madeby contacting 01422 400 180. Successful applicants will undertake a short interview. […]
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The YWICCN popup Soca & Calypso singing project was conceived in the community when our portable PA system was used to encourage and engage passers-by to have a singalong or take the mic and sing their favourite Soca or Calypso tune. YWICCN have performed three of popup Soca & Calypso sessions. Having had positive feedback, we aim to use the medium to educate the general public about diversity via Eastern Caribbean traditional music.
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Our next Popup Culturama Event will take place on Saturday 20th April 2019, with a blaze of vibrant colours and sounds. The Culturama will feature Mass Bands, Steel Bands and Masquerades. This event is always welcomed by communities. As we at YWICCN always say, ‘arts & culture’ is the key to a diverse community. Popup Culturama – What’s On? This 2019 carnival event will be free of charge and everyone is welcome. In addition to carnival dance and music, […]
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Our costume making workshops are a creative outlet for all our communities and are free of charge for everyone. Children accompanied by parents, teenagers and adults, are all welcome. The workshops include instruction of creative costume and mask making, masquerade and traditional Caribbean dance, all paraded around the different islands of the Caribbean annually. All who attend will have a great feeling of creative expression while taking away an awareness of the Caribbean’s vibrant culture. Creative Session Days, start […]
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Come Along It’s a Free Event
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A recent survey by YWICCN found carnival revelers feel the UK Carnival scene has lost it cultural taste. The cultural artistic survey carried out over the spring and summer highlighted that a majority of UK Carnivals were seen as a means to hustle people with a view to making a quick buck, watering down the beautiful culture of the Eastern Caribbean, rather than promoting it. The survey also showed there is a lack of artistic creativity, with bands and troops […]
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SOCA VILLAGE 2018 FANTASTIC LIVE MUSIC EVENTS @ Reginald Terrace, Leeds, LS7 3EZ CONTACT: Diane: 07833 916 920 – Larry: 07533 975 477 Manica: 07549 200 050 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Live music in Leeds, August 2018. FRIDAY NIGHT 24TH: BAR & BUFFET Carnival opens in true Soca Village style – with Road March Champions live from Anguilla – Exodus HD! Supporting on the night – best house party sound in Leeds – ACTION LOVE, and in […]
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Sheffield Carnival Coming back: 12pm – 8pm, 23rd June 2018 @ Norfolk Heritage Park, Guildford Ave, Sheffield, S2 2PL. EVENTS: Costume Parade | Activities Tent | Music Hub Samba | Indian Dance & Sari Wrap | Utopia Martial Arts | Sisters of Tribellica | Funky Dance Fever | She Dance | Fairgrounds | Workshops | Food & Arts Stalls | SIV Mini Sports Area A FREE MULTI-CULTURAL FAMILY EVENT Everybody is welcome – Join in @ Norfolk Heritage […]
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