Kingston’s International Youth Arts Festival 2nd - 11th July 2010

By Clare1960 | Friday, June 25, 2010, 14:21

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2nd -11th July the International Youth Arts

Festival will take Kingston by storm – with an impressive array of

indoor and outdoor events that will see just about every art-form

showcased in the second year of the festival. Supported by £20K of

Arts Council England funding, this year’s programme will see over

100 events taking place all over the Borough of Kingston.

Organised

by Aniela Zaba, one of the youngest Festival Director’s in the

country, alongside a growing group of talented young people, the

wide-ranging programme includes visual art exhibitions, gospel

concerts, band nights, dance shows and orchestras and theatre of the

highest calibre selected from Kingston, the UK and Europe.

Aniela is quick to point out, “many young people involved in

the festival will not only be performing, but managing, promoting and

organising the events themselves. I am particularly proud of all

these young people who have worked tirelessly to make the festival a

huge success – right down to the printed material which has been

designed by two superbly talented 2nd

year Graphic Design students at Kingston University.”

The

Festival opens on Friday 2 July with a spectacular concert at the

Rose Theatre featuring some of the best choirs, singers, musicians

and dancers from many different dance and music genres. Meanwhile the

streets of Kingston will be animated by circus performers, carnival

processions, live theatre, music, dance and poetry in the Market

Place and the Fairfield Park, with a live performance stage located

in the Market Place during the two festival weekends. With young

companies promoting their shows on the streets to potential punters,

the festival should bring a flavour of Edinburgh to Kingston!