2008 Maindee Festival
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EVENTS PROGRAMME |
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Time |
Venue |
Artist / Event (click blue links for info) |
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12am -
1pm |
See parade route map |
Don’t miss the beautiful “wildlife” street
parade |
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I pm |
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Parade finale, featuring Batatân
and all the beautiful parade figures |
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1pm -
6pm |
Festival Photography Exhibition |
Festival Photographic exhibition – “Wildlife” See all
the entries for this year’s open photography competiton.
3pm – Presentation of awards. |
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1pm -
6pm |
Community
Tent Relax and enjoy an afternoon of diverse local talent
ranging from the amazing football skills of
Abbas Farid to the
haunting beauty of Cascappella’s singing. Our headline band, En Masse, finish the afternoon
in Afro-brazillian style! It’s a great lineup with lots to enjoy in every
performance. |
1.00pm Parade finale and festival opening by Deputy
Mayor 1.45pm Dhotara Shilpy Gushti
- traditional
Bengali folk artists 2.30pm Abbas Farid - 2.55pm Batatân - 3.20pm Anish Katecha – wonderful Bollywood singer 3.50pm Urban Circle Showcase
4.15pm Luke Doherty & Enzo - blues rock guitar
from young talent 4.45pm Cascapella - 5.15pm En Masse - Six dancers + six percussionists adds up to
one fantastic headline band to close this year’s Festival |
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2pm -
5pm |
Rodney
Youth Stage An afternoon of the best of note: as this is a young person’s stage, please do not bring any alcohol into
the Hall. |
2.00pm: Riverfront Youth Dance. See the best of Dancers presented
by our Festival Choreographer: Sam Hindle 2.30pm: Urban Circle
Productions. present Blitz Boys, UC Dancers, Kallum,
Emmy, Binti, and Sly T. 3.30pm: Desi Swat DJ
Session Get up and move as we finishing
off the afternoon
with a session from Maindee- based DJ and percussion collective, the
amazing Desi Swat |
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1pm -
6pm |
Mentro Allan Site Events |
Climbing Wall and a range of traditional, and not
so traditional, field events to enter: Space Hopper racing, Egg and Spoon
etc! |
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1pm -
6pm |
Arts Workshop
Tents |
Join in our free arts and craft workshops presented
by leading local artists |
Go wild at the Maindee Festival - see
you on Saturday!