Newington Lights Festival
About Cohesion Plus
Cohesion Plus is a diverse-led arts organisation based in Gravesham, Kent who organise events around Kent with the aim of connecting communities through the arts, creating shared experiences with the intention of celebrating the diversity of Kent and promoting cohesion and understanding.
Festivals and events produced by Cohesion Plus range from Lunar New Year to Saint Georges Day to Mela in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells to lantern parades across North and West Kent. All of the events and activity at their heart are about celebrating the local community and what unites us as residents of Kent rather than what divides us. We focus much of our work in areas which have traditionally had low levels of engagement with the arts.
https://www.cohesionplus.com/
About Future Foundry
Future Foundry is a social enterprise to help young people establish or grow sustainable businesses and events. Future Foundry projects bring young people together within their communities creating connections and highlighting pathways to success. They promote the creative industries and encourage other people to be inspired by and make a local impact. Young people can access training, resources & cultural events throughout the year. Creative people forging futures.
https://futurefoundry.org.uk
Come and join us in Newington to celebrate our first lights festival.
We are excited to announce that Newington will be holding it’s first Lights festival. This is a community-led lights festival featuring local schools and residents in the heart of Newington.
The festival will feature culturally diverse artists, including a new Orleans style band, a Samba group, Stilt walkers, African drumming a Brass band and Indian drummers.
The festival will include a Parade which will start at Newington Community Centre and end at Ramsgate Arts Primary School, culminating into fireworks and a community celebration.
In the build up to the parade we will be delivering a school and community based offer consisting ofculturally diverse music, dance and lantern making workshops to celebrating diversity.
The project is led by Starlings Support CIC, working in partnership with Newington Big Local, Cohesion Plus, Future Foundry and local schools.
We are immensely grateful for support from Arts Council England and Ramsgate Town Council.
Newington Lights festival
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Newington Lights festival 〰️
Friday 20th October 2023
Lantern making workshops
Masterclass
Ramsgate Arts Primary - Monday 9th October -12pm-2pm
Community Lantern Workshops
Copperfields - Tuesday 10th October - 11am-2pm
Newington Community Centre - Monday 16th October - 3:30pm-4:30pm
Newington Community Centre - Tuesday 17th October - 10am-2:30pm
Drumming workshop
Cohesion plus Drumming workshop - Tuesday 10th October - 2pm-4pm
Parade Details
Meet at Newington Community Centre at 5pm
Parade will leave community centre at 6pm
Parade ends at Ramsgate Arts Primary School at 7:40pm
Fireworks display
Please note: Hotdogs can be purchased for £1.00 at the community centre between 5-6pm