The Sangam Festival is in conjunction with Huddersfield Literature Festival
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Free
events for adults and children this summer...
We're excited to be presenting
several Hudd Lit Fest events at Sangam Festival over the summer -
and there are plenty of other activities on offer, many of them
free. Find out more: What's On at Sangam Festival
Introduction to Bhangra with
Nisha Lall
Learn this joyous dance style from the Punjab with
Nisha Lall in a welcoming
and fun environment. The session will be tailored to ages seven
years and above but younger children welcome if supervised. Nisha
will also be teaching
Bollywood Dance and Belly Dancing workshops.
See
below for details of our Huddersfield Literature
Festival partnership events and visit the Sangam Festival website to find
out What's On
Tickets now on sale!
Rumi: The Alchemy
of Love
1.30pm, Saturday
31 July
The
Parish, The Old Courthouse, Queen St, Huddersfield
A magical and inspirational performance of the 13th-century poet
Rumi’s
The
Alchemy of Love, curated by MACFest (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival)
in partnership with the Huddersfield Literature Festival
and presented at Sangam Festival.
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child
Refugee
6pm-7pm Tuesday 10 August
NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: Sangam
Festival Hub, The Piazza (opposite Huddersfield Library main
entrance), Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2RS
Free event –
booking advised
At
the age of 12, Gulwali Passarlay was sent from Afghanistan after
his father was killed in a battle with the United States army. He
spent 12 months travelling across Europe, including time in
prison, a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean in a tiny
boat and a month at a camp in Calais.
Eventually he was fostered in Britain and won a
place at a top university. In 2012, he was chosen to carry the
Olympic torch. His powerful memoir celebrates the triumph of
courage over adversity. A Huddersfield Literature Festival event
for Sangam Festival.
Free event - booking advised
Sponsored
by: 
Children's
Art School Workshop
Animals of South Asia
11am-3pm
Saturday 24 July
The Children’s Art School, Maker’s World, The
Piazza, Princess Alexandra Walk Huddersfield HD1 2RS
A fun, free family activity for the summer holidays!
The
Children’s Art School kicks off a series of
craft workshops, run as part of Sangam Festival. Our first
session is a free drop-in mask-making workshop day, where you can
create a creature from the jungles of South Asia.
Open to families with children of all ages, no booking required.
Run by
The Children’s Art School for Hudd Lit Fest as part of
Sangam Festival.
Suitable
for all ages (Under 16s should be accompanied by an adult)
For
information and booking for similar events, visit the Sangam Festival website.
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NOW BOOKING: Stand-up comic and star
of The Tez O’Clock Show and Man Like Mobeen, Tez Ilyas talks about
his hilarious and moving teenage memoir (7.30pm, 23 July, Festival
Hub, the Piazza)
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NOW BOOKING: Murderous Empire: From
Bradford to Bombay, with bestselling crime writers AA Dhand and
Vaseem Khan (7.30pm, 28 July, free online event)
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Please consider supporting our
independent bookshop partners, Read Bookshop in Holmfirth and Fox
Lane Books in North Yorkshire...
 
If you
attend any author talks or workshops at this year's festival
and want to order their books, your local independent bookshop is
always happy to help - it's been a tough year for everyone
and booksellers have had to adapt to doing a lot more of their
sales online.
James and
Louise at Read and Kirstie at Fox Lane will be happy to take your
orders and arrange delivery - just click on the logos above
to visit their websites
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NOW BOOKING: Stand-up comic and star
of The Tez O’Clock Show and Man Like Mobeen, Tez Ilyas talks about
his hilarious and moving teenage memoir (7.30pm, 23 July, Festival
Hub, the Piazza)
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NOW BOOKING: Murderous Empire: From
Bradford to Bombay, with bestselling crime writers AA Dhand and
Vaseem Khan (7.30pm, 28 July, free online event)
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Keep the kids entertained with a
host of free events this summer...
If you haven't yet taken a look
at What's On at Sangam Festival, what are you waiting for?
See below for details of our Huddersfield Literature
Festival partnership events and visit the Sangam Festival website to find
out What's On
- Children's storytelling, magic, and
puppet shows - all FREE
- FREE dance and craft workshops for all
the family
- Music and dance - from Bhangra to
Bollywood Brass Band
- Talks on art - from local talent to
Mughal paintings at the V&A
- Heritage trails and culture
- Fashion, film showings and much more...
Sangam
Festival: A Celebration of South Asian Heritage will
take place during South Asian Heritage Month (18 July – 17 August
2021) online and in venues and outdoors across Huddersfield and
Kirklees. Sangam Festival is for anyone who would like to
immerse themselves in the rich history and cultural heritage of
South Asia.
Find out
more at https://sangamfestival.co.uk/whats-on/ or
visit the Sangam Festival Hub in the Piazza from 18 July.
Tickets now on sale!
Rumi: The Alchemy
of Love
1.30pm, Saturday
31 July
The
Parish, The Old Courthouse, Queen St, Huddersfield
A magical and inspirational performance of the 13th-century poet
Rumi’s
The
Alchemy of Love, curated by MACFest (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival)
in partnership with the Huddersfield Literature Festival
and presented at Sangam Festival.
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child
Refugee
6pm-7pm Tuesday 10 August
Hive
Community Café, John William Street, Huddersfield HD1 1ER
Free event –
booking advised
At
the age of 12, Gulwali Passarlay was sent from Afghanistan after
his father was killed in a battle with the United States army. He
spent 12 months travelling across Europe, including time in
prison, a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean in a tiny
boat and a month at a camp in Calais.
Eventually he was fostered in Britain and won a
place at a top university. In 2012, he was chosen to carry the
Olympic torch. His powerful memoir celebrates the triumph of
courage over adversity. A Huddersfield Literature Festival event
for Sangam Festival.
Free event - booking advised
Sponsored
by:
Children's
Art School Workshop
Animals of South Asia
11am-3pm
Saturday 24 July
The Children’s Art School, Maker’s World, The
Piazza, Princess Alexandra Walk Huddersfield HD1 2RS
A fun, free family activity for the summer holidays!
The
Children’s Art School kicks off a series of
craft workshops, run as part of Sangam Festival. Our first
session is a free drop-in mask-making workshop day, where you can
create a creature from the jungles of South Asia.
Open to families with children of all ages, no booking required.
Run by
The Children’s Art School for Hudd Lit Fest as part of
Sangam Festival.
Suitable
for all ages (Under 16s should be accompanied by an adult)
For
information and booking for similar events, visit the Sangam Festival website.
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Please consider supporting our
independent bookshop partners, Read Bookshop in Holmfirth and Fox
Lane Books in North Yorkshire...
If you
attend any author talks or workshops at this year's festival
and want to order their books, your local independent bookshop is
always happy to help - it's been a tough year for everyone
and booksellers have had to adapt to doing a lot more of their
sales online.
James and
Louise at Read and Kirstie at Fox Lane will be happy to take your
orders and arrange delivery - just click on the logos above
to visit their websites
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Michelle Hodgson
Festival Director
Huddersfield Literature
Festival
www.HuddLitFest.org.uk
@Hudd_Lit_Fest
Sangam
Festival includes a host of free events for children and adults, from
dance/craft/poetry workshops to children’s puppet shows and storytelling, to
talks on art from a V&A curator. Plus some ticketed dance/music/comedy and
book-related performances.
It’s
a festival celebrating South Asian art, culture and heritage, with lots of
events that will have interest for the wider population. Most events take place
in the Festival Hub on the Piazza Huddersfield, although some are in North
Kirklees.
The
full schedule of events can be viewed and booked here: https://sangamfestival.co.uk/whats-on/
Keep
an eye out also for our Literature Festival events in the summer and autumn -
including of course our Creative Voices showcase on Saturday 9 October at 4pm -
more info at: https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/
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