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Preview: Barton Hill Festival 2017
On Sunday, October 29 Barton Hill Festival returns with a mix of creative workshops, food markets, health and wellbeing activities alongside live music and performances. Entry is free and the activities are suitable for the whole family.
Festivities centre around the Settlement
The family-friendly festival will take place at Barton Hill Settlement from 11am until 5pm, ending with an illuminating lantern parade through the streets of Barton Hill.
Workshops running throughout the day include the likes of African drumming, lantern making, building a mini Barton Hill and soup-making.
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Activities, including cooking are all run by volunteers
As Halloween creeps closer, wrap up warm and take part in some of the outdoor craft sessions, including pumpkin carving, building a bug house or bird box, and making a medallion.
There will also be performances throughout the day on the main stage, including BCFM, Singing for Wellbeing, The Bristol Allsorts Choir, poetry from Jeremy Toombs and much more.
Theatre production Hillstories, created by Travelling Light Youth Theatre, will be performed twice during the day of the festival. This new play tells the story of Barton Hill through the personal memories of long-time residents, including sisters Sandra and Sue Kelly. Read a feature about the making of the production here.
Sue and Sandra Kelly, whose memories are preserved in Hillstories
The diverse range of people who call Barton Hill home is reflected in the programme too, with a Somali cultural display, face painting and henna art. It promises to be a packed day of fun, no matter what your interests.
Barton Hill Festival takes place on Sunday, October 29 and is being delivered in partnership with Travelling Light Theatre Company, Up our Street and Barton Hill Settlement. To find out more, visit www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk/shows/barton-hill-festival-2017.
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