PLANET LEEDS 2012

Briggate, Leeds, Leeds Sat 16th June 2012

Our multicultural street festival returns to Leeds city centre. Live acts in the heart of Leeds. Everybody is invited - Please come & join us. Sat 16th June 201

Date: Saturday 16th June 2012

Venue: Briggate, Leeds »

Location: Leeds »

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Planet Leeds multicultural street festival returns to Leeds city centre Saturday 16th June 2012 11am-4pm

Planet Leeds (www.planetleeds.org.uk) is a free annual street festival, featuring performers from diverse cultures and communities across the city.

Its back for 2012, with an all-day programme on Briggate, on Saturday 16th June.

And everyones invited!

The festivals have previous featured: Iranian guitarists, homeless theatre groups, belly-dance, Congolese drummers, Chapeltown poets and hip-hop artists, Irish and Indian dance, Eastern European klezmer music, folk, and much more. And Planet Leeds 2012 promises to be even bigger and better!

Join us for this unique celebration of our diverse city community in the very heart of Leeds.

How did it start? Whats it about?

Planet Leeds started life in 2007 as a positive response to unease and disconnection between the diverse communities of the city: showcasing the high-quality talents of people from a range of backgrounds, and especially those who are typically marginalised, unseen or under-valued.

Instead of focusing on the negatives, Planet Leeds provides a positive platform for a range of performers new and established, young and old, mainstream and niche. And by hosting it in the city centre, its an event for all; we live in a fantastically culturally rich city, and have much to celebrate!

Indeed, Leeds is the most culturally plural UK city (that is, we have more cultures and ethnicities living alongside one another here) outside of London. Yet too often, we dont get the opportunity to see, enjoy and appreciate that diversity! Together, we can make a more mixed, connected and vibrant city.

The Heart Beat of the city!

As well as celebrating Leeds diversity, the free festival also aims to help reclaim the city centre.

By taking place in the very heart of the city (Briggate), Planet Leeds seeks to revitalise the city centre: bringing different people together to enjoy themselves at a vibrant, community-led event without needing to spend a penny!

And were looking to work with others to over the coming years develop a summer-long programme of similar events that bring life, colour and community spirit back into the heart of Leeds.

And just to wrap up

Planet Leeds is an increasingly established event on the Leeds calendar, bringing together some of the citys most diverse performers.

Its community-led, run on a shoestring budget by volunteers.

Its an event for everyone.

See you on Saturday 16th June, anytime 11am 4pm, on Briggate!

www.planetleeds.org.uk

Twitter: @PlanetLeeds

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