Southampton Mela Festival: 18 July
Saturday 18 July will see the 7th annual Southampton Mela Festival take place at Hoglands Park.
The Southampton Mela Festival is a “celebrasian” of modern and traditional Asian culture. It is a FREE family festival opening at 12 noon - 9pm.
The line up will have the usual lively range of music and dance including Bollywood, Asian Fusion, Indian Classical and Bhangra. As well as other world music and dance including Chinese, Spanish and Afghan. Vivid exhibitions and stalls will line the park selling an assortment of goods including clothing, gifts and beauty treatments like Henna or threading. Workshops, demonstrations, and activities for the whole family run throughout the day including fun fair rides, street theatre, BBC Headroom,whilst the food court and bar offers a range of tasty dishes and drinks from around the world.
Music and Dance on the main stage
Bollywood Music - Navrang
Fusion - Panjazz International
Bollywood Dance - Rakhi Sood
Qawwali - Ustad Ali Hafeez Khan
Fusion - Indus
Kathak Dance - FIPA
Bollywood Soul Experience - Botown
Workshops and Demonstrations
Music: Tabla Drumming, Indian Classical, Flamenco, Fusion, Chinese and Afghan.
Dance: Bollywood, Kathak, Bharata Natyam, Odissi and Ballet.
Art Asia, the Mela organisers are busy working behind the scenes planning this year’s event. Art Asia Chief Executive and the Mela’s Artistic Director said.
“Last year we saw 23,000 people attend the Southampton Mela Festival and it is now one of the city’s biggest free events, that is a reputation that we are proud of and work hard to keep. We programme great performers and fun activities for the Southampton and surrounding communities. We are also really pleased in this time of tighter purse strings that we are able to keep the event free.”
If you are interested in a stall, advertising, or sponsorship please contact Siobhan at Art Asia email: Siobhan.balfour@artasia.org.uk
For another other enquires contact the Art Asia Office tel: 023 8022 6212 email: admin@artasia.org.uk or visit the Art Asia website.
Location
Hoglands Park is one of Southampton's Central Parks located in the heart of the city opposite Debenhams with excellent public transport links.
If you are using Sat Nav, the post code for this area is SO14 1NH.
Please note that car parking is not available within the park although there are many car parks nearby.
A map indicating the location of the park can be viewed below:
If you would like to contact someone about this page, please send an email to events@southampton.gov.uk
