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
Music, Dance, Storytelling , Arts & Crafts
Becky Fisher
Happy Mums Foundation
From pregnancy and beyond, no matter what the age of your child, you’re welcome to join us to share how you are truly feeling in a safe, judgement-free environment surrounded by others who ‘get it’. Everyone at Happy Mums has their own experiences of maternal mental health problems, so you can be sure there will be no judgement and a warm welcome. https://happymums.org.uk/
Davinder Singh
Punjabi Roots Academy
Dav brings the Punjab of India to Carlisle with dhol drumming and Bhangra Dance Workshop! Join in on Saturday with the music and dance parade by the community to a fitting end to the day!
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/ Click here for more about Richard and Michelle!
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 ground breaking book The Show Must Go On, published by Pearson and is championed by Future 4 Fairgrounds.
Jilly Jarman
BlueJam Arts CIC
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!
Maz Burgess
Let’s Dance Cumbria
Line Dancing – Let’s Dance have been teaching and demonstrating Line Dancing for over 30 Years. UKA Qualified Dance Teachers. Learn to dance in a relaxed atmosphere, make new friends, increase your personal confidence and exercise at the same time. Let’s Dance hopes to provide you with a feeling of being comfortable on the dance floor whether it be at a ball, family celebration, wedding, works party or at a regular social dance. Come along and try it for yourself at Culture Bazaar! http://letsdancecumbria.co.uk
Jo Oliver-Hardy
RSCDS Carlisle and Borders Branch
Scottish Dancing is a superb pastime for fun, fitness and 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
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Business Name
Business Stalls, Stands & Foods
Cynthia Waggah, Zainab, Talitha
Afrikana
Afro-Carribean Food, Drinks and Beauty items
This Social Enterprise will help create awareness on the benefits of welcoming immigrants into the community and help the community see the benefits and the positive impact immigration has in the society. It will also help take care of the mental health of the immigrants and help them integrate into the society since Carlisle and Cumbria as a whole is changing dynamics at a fast pace.
Jason & Sandra Bell
Lucian Designs
Bespoke silver jewellery pieces, Handmade greetings cards, Memory boxes and keepsakes
Soad Aldammad
Henna Art and Beauty Accessories
Soad brings her unique Henna designs to Culture Bazaar! Henna, a natural dye derived from a plant, which has a rich and diverse history, spanning millennia and various cultures. Today Henna art on hands, feet, and body is a part of modern day fun, celebrations and religious traditions ands rituals right across the middle east, Asia and diasporas bringing Henna through migration and retaining culture!
Rob & Kim Turnbull
Reiverreads
Based in Carlisle Covered Market, We sell books, mainly second hand but some new titles too. Kim and Rob run Reiver Reads bookshop in Carlisle Market Hall. We are an independent bookshop with a large array of titles. Rob's background is in medieval history and is a published author.
Stuart Ritson
Pride in North Cumbria
Pride in Noth Cumbria (PiNC) is a group that supports the LGBTQ+ community . We also run sessions to support Asylum seekers and refugees by running a food session each Friday PiNC is also part of the development committee for Cumbria Diversity carnival
Adrienne Gill
Carlisle One World Centre
Carlisle One World Centre is a charity that raises awareness about global issues in Carlisle. It brings communities together from diverse backgrounds including race, culture, faith and economic status. Projects include Cumberland Sanctuary Network and other City of Sanctuary Work, Carlisle International Women’s Group, Carlisle Faith Directory and the new Cumberland Sanctuary Network directory
James Edward Stockwell
Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police fore in England and Scotland dedicated to protecting civil nuclear sites and materials. They are part of the UK's strategic armed policing reserve and have a duty to protect the public. Their core role involves patrolling communities near nuclear sites, securing nuclear materials in transit, and responding to threats or incidents.
