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Sharrrow Festival

Mark | 05.07.2009 07:51 | Sheffield

The diverse community in Sharrow come together for an unexpectedly sunny festival

Welcome to Sharrow
Welcome to Sharrow

Beauty Treatment
Beauty Treatment

break dancing
break dancing

mechanical bronco
mechanical bronco

craft stalls
craft stalls

drum workshop
drum workshop

the hip hop zone
the hip hop zone

Sajid Ahmed Kahn Qawwali group
Sajid Ahmed Kahn Qawwali group

Grooving to Qawwali
Grooving to Qawwali

graffiti in the hip hop zone
graffiti in the hip hop zone

ice creams for a sunny day
ice creams for a sunny day

local choir with body popping accompaniment
local choir with body popping accompaniment

parachute games
parachute games

street dance workshop
street dance workshop

strawberries and cream in the tea tent
strawberries and cream in the tea tent

Abelwell reggae band
Abelwell reggae band

Sure Start dome and kids area
Sure Start dome and kids area

Sahaja yoga
Sahaja yoga

African Drumming
African Drumming

Keeping an eye on proceedings
Keeping an eye on proceedings


Sharrow Festival turned out sunny again despite predictions of rain all week the day went well and the rain held off to allow everyone to have a great day in Mount Pleasant park. The festival was really well attended with 2 music stages, a hip-hop zone, kids play area a bouncy castle and slide, a mechanical bronco, craft, theatre, dance and circus workshops, craft stalls, clothes stalls, henna tattoos and loads of great food a teat tent and a coffee stall. Music included Blues, Reggae, Qawwali, African Drumming, Italian Rap and more.

Right at the end some muppets tried to start a brawl but it got shut down by by the police and the only shower of the day. The message is clear don't start trouble at the Sharrow festival you get rained on.

The shower and the trouble passed and the folk that stayed were treated to a fantastic finale by Robert Maseko and his Congo beat.

Support your local Festivals if you missed it be there next year it will be even better, or you could try Abbeyfield Park this afternoon which will also be good.

Mark

Comments

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  1. It had been Brewing all day.. — An Anarchist from Sharrow:
  2. images — underclassrising.net
  3. Trouble, but not brewed — Mark
  4. @ Mark — An Anarchist from Sharrow:
  5. more to the attack — visitor
  6. @visitor — An Anarchist from Sharrow:
  7. usual bullshit — harmony diversity
  8. why all this classist talk? — Mark
  9. @ Mark — An Anarchist from Sharrow: