Black History Month celebration outside Firstsite (From Essex County Standard)
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Black History Month celebration outside Firstsite
12:19pm Thursday 11th October 2012 in News
BLACK History Month will be marked with an International Market and Multi-Cultural Day outside Firstsite this Sunday.
The open space outside the arts centre will be the venue for food, music and West Indies Steel Pan music, reggae, African Drummers and Funky Voices Community Choir.
Highlights from 11am will includes international musician Josh Doughty playing the kora, a West African stringed harp.
Also at the event, part funded by the European Union, will be dance, youth football demonstrations, fun fair rides, market stalls, table top sales and arts and crafts.
Bert_Stimpson says...
2:58pm Thu 11 Oct 12