Saturday 3rd May & Sunday 4th May 2025
Richard Rose Central Academy, Lismore Place, Carlisle CA1 1LY
Food Stalls Music Dance Games Shows Arts & Crafts
A FREE Multicultural Event over two days
A great weekend of activities, workshops and performances celebrating international cultures for all the family!
Bring a picnic or buy from our food stalls
Traditional International Dress Welcomed
Richard O’Neill
Trails of Tales
Richard O’Neill MBE is an acclaimed and accomplished creative professional based in the North of England. He has achieved success as a storyteller, educator, author, playwright, animation scriptwriter. He is one half of Trails of Tales community publishing with Michelle Russell. http://www.richardthestoryteller.weebly.com/
Michelle Russell
Trails of Tales
Michelle Russell, a local storyteller, author and illustrator, co-founded Trails of Tales with Richard O’Neill MBE.
Her heritage of Travelling Showman is shared in their groundbreaking book The Show Must Go On, published by Pearson and is championed by Future 4 Fairgrounds.
Trails of Tales, cofounded by Richard O’Neill and myself (Michelle Russell), works with communities across the UK to publish books to tell their stories.
Visitors to Culture Bazaar will be able to engage in storytelling.
The One Thought story, that was translated into Ukraine and is included in the UK Government resources to support refugees will be shared with the opportunity for visitors to record the beautiful story in their home language.
Jo Oliver-Hartley
RSCDS Carlisle and Borders Branch
Scottish Dancing is a superb pastime for fun, fitness & friendship. There is the challenge of learning each dance and the fabulous reward in dancing it on the dance floor. We are keen to encourage new dancers to Dance Scottish in Carlisle and you will receive a warm welcome and help in becoming proficient in Scottish Dancing. You can bring a partner or come on your own as it is a very social hobby, no one is left out, the aim being to enjoy the dancing and have fun.
Participation ceilidh dancing suitable for all ages
Maz Burgess
Let's Dance Cumbria
To teach Line Dancing which is very popular World Wide, we have been teaching and demonstrating Line Dancing for over 30 Years. UKA Qualified Dance Teachers.
Susan Cartwright-Smith
Carlisle Clog and Sword (and Solway Morris)
Carlisle Clog and Sword are a clog and hard shoe dance side, performing dances from the North of England, including Westmorland, Lancashire and North East traditional steps.
It is a traditional percussive style of dance, performed to recognisable tunes, and has a history in the Industrial revolution, mill towns, and music-hall.
It is truly a dance of the working classes, and a celebration of the North!
Solway Morris founded in 2002, performing Cotswold jigs and occasional Border dances. Steeped in mystery, Morris dancing is a celebration, so come and have a try!
We offer traditional percussive dancing hailing from the North of England, and encourage others to try their hands and feet at it! Both intricate dancing and social dancing find their place in clog dancing.
Solway Morris is a Cotswold Morris side, specialising in jigs.
