There’s lots of great information sharing and entertainment planned – music and performance of all genres, including:

Open Voice Choir, Angela Smith performance poet (and book launch), Rock Out! Music School, Elaine’s Karaoke, Cafe Assassin, Hare Krishna Chanting, Poppycock, Abdul Khan & the Projections, Lolo Bah – Incorporating Afrique Café Drum Mighty Sea Lions, Chorlton Players, Thai Boxing Display, DJ-ing, Teacup Theatre, Words and Wiggles, Zumba, Pilates, seated exercise, Bouncy castles, climbing wall, Cueball Crazy, remote controlled car racing, hook-a-duck, fire engine, bee crafts, Bioblitz, Fantastic raffle prizes, delicious international food, pedal powered smoothie maker, cakes, candyfloss, pocket money toys, Mosaic making, face painting, glitter tattoos, Information stalls, Recycling awareness stall, life coaching, health awareness, natural beauty products, natural healthy snacks, handmade jewellery, recycling, Football, tennis, cricket…and probably lots more…

This Saturday at midday on Brantingham Road, Whalley Range.

If you can’t wait until Saturday for the Celebrate Festival, here is a clip from last year, by the Open Voice Choir.

See also a walk around the site of Celebrate 2012, both hosted on WhalleyRange.org, the community site.

In addition to the Celebrate programme and adverts, we would like to introduce you to

Lolo Bah! Incorporating Afrique Café Drum

A great star is rising in the North West and in its trail the talents of some of the most illustrious West African artists are combining to bring the power, emotion and exhilarations of centuries old, yet timelessly thrilling music and dance traditions of the region to the stages of the UK.

PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING FROM THE BEST OF WEST AFRICA!

Contact us on 07447 522630 / 07703 730333 / 07986 195784 or email us lolobah@hotmail.com

TEACHING

• Weekly Dance Class with Louis Pierre
• Weekly Drum classes with Sidiki / Lamine
• Monthly Afrique Café Drum

All classes will take place at SOL House 117 Fairlfield Street Manchester M1 2WG – 
just down the road from Piccadilly Station. Plenty of free parking!
Look out on our Facebook page for further details of classes and events!

PERFORMANCE

LOLO BAH! – offers competitive rates for family, community or educational events and a very special way to mark any occasion. Make yours a truly unique and spectacular event with world class performances from an innovative and memorable new company who can transform your day, your wedding, celebration or corporate function and have your guests dancing all the way home!

The line ups for the three stages at this year’s Celebrate Festival are complete!

EXR Main stage

• 1pm Thai Boxing Display from Whiz Youth Project
• 1.20 Ltia’s Community School of Dance
• 1.40 Rock Out! Music School –teaching guitar/bass/drums/vocals, age 7+
• 2.10 Café Assassin –indie rock tinged with funk/soul/reggae
• 2.40 Unity Toybox Circus –circus skills youth group share their progress
• 3.10 Mighty Sea Lions –praise the lord! rock ‘n’ roll lives again with Mighty Sea Lions
• 3.40 Lolo Bah! –timeless thrilling music of West Africa
• 4.10 Judith Ude –electroacoustic rock and soul sounds
• 4.40 Paula Darwish & the Country and Eastern Band
• 5.10 Poppycock feat. Una Baines of the Blue Orchids and The Fall
• 5.40 Open Voice Choir –Whalley Range choir “everyone has a voice”

Songsmith Solar stage

• 12.40 Hare Krishna –chanting & sketches
• 1.10 Phil Reed –Irish trad tunes with live digital loops
• 1.40 Chorlton Players –improvised street theatre and sketches
• 2.10 Tantrick –plays an edgy mixture of tunes from himself and others
• 2.40 Angela Smith –midly eccentric, politcal and comical poet
• 3.10 Abdul Khan & the Projections –spiritual, indie, lyrical, ukulele-led fusion
• 3.40 Boz Hayward –thoughtfully crafted tunes with a dark underbelly
• 4.10 Jazzy Bones and the Misadventure –guy from a small country with big ambitions, one voice, 10 digits and a guitar
• 4.40 Quincey May Brown –intriguing vocals set over gorgeous harp

Whiz stage

Whiz Youth Project presents in-house DJ Gershom Leach who will be offering a range of music from hip hop and R’n’B to old school soul classics that everybody can enjoy so bring your dancing shoes and be prepared to shake a leg, and even spit some lyrics if you’re brave enough!