What’s on

Love to drum? Join the Global Grooves bloco classes! With tuition from Leon Patel, Eraldo Marques, Holly Prest, and Emma Marsh, you'll love getting your weekly groove on alongside likeminded Carnival pals.

Love to blast out melody? Join the Global Grooves bloco classes! With tuition from Jack Tinker and guest artists, you'll love your weekly blow out alongside likeminded Carnival pals.

Love to dance? Join the Global Grooves bloco classes! With tuition from Freya Bennett-Nielsen, you'll love getting your weekly energy fix alongside likeminded Carnival pals in these exciting choreographies and opportunities to dance to live music!

Manchester Day will return on 27th July with even more fun-filled free activities for all the family. Global Grooves will be producing a co-created Carnival involving participants from the 10 discrtricts of Greater Mnchester. Take whistle stop tour around the world with the Global Grooves procession.

Creating Carnival – Kendal Calling 2024 is an exciting professional development opportunity for freelance artists and Carnival organisations local to Cumbria and the surrounding areas to take the reins of the Kendal Calling 2024 procession.

Immerse yourself in the rich culture and history of Samba Reggae with a workshop led by renowned percussionist Vinícius Silva of Ilê Aiyê. This experience aims to teach rhythm and technique as well as insights into the cultural significance of Samba Reggae and its connection to Neguinho do Samba.

Are you 16-18 and live in Oldham?
Are you interested in the arts?
Do you want to explore a future career in something you love?

Then this opportunity could be perfect for you.

Meet new friends and join a new network of creatives based in Oldham. Feel excited about learning new things and exploring your creative side through different workshops including arts career paths, event production, working as a freelancer or artist, music and movement, designing and delivering your own events,
and more...

Back by popular demand, we are delighted to offer this 3-week short course in Pandeiro for players of all levels of experience. Holly's classes cater for everyone from day-one beginners up to experienced players, and so everyone is welcome and catered for.

The course is designed to be completed across 3 weeks to allow for personal progress, individual feedback, and plenty of ideas and techniques to release everyone back into the Pandeiro-playing wild with more tips and tricks to take forward! Limited number of weekly drop in classes available.

The Vale is delighted to welcome the dazzling Grupo Lokito who fuse contemporary Congolese and Cuban music creating a modern day cocktail of two of the great world musics.

The glorious melodious vocals of Congolese front men Eugene Makuta and Iddo Donnatell blend with soaring guitars courtesy of guitarists Kenyan rising star Shama Shah and Congolese legend Ladi Mbala and the lilting keyboards of Latin piano player Sara McGuinness. All of this sits on top of the rhythmic powerhouse of Ernesto Marichales(drums), Emeris Solis (Congas) and Jimmy Martinez (Bass).

We're delighted to welcome Natu Camara. Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Guinea, West Africa, Natu Camara has taken the world stage by storm with her powerful vocals and magnetic presence.