Saturday 11 September 2010
10.00am - 5.00pm

Celebrate the colours and Rhythms of the World at our FREE Festival!

Enjoy the colours and rhythms of the world at our FREE one-day festival!

We'll be celebrating existing and new cultural partnerships from far and wide.

Finding out more about the global heritage of Harewood and its collections, you'll really see Harewood’s rich heritage from a new perspective.

Entry is FREE to ALL visitors!

Taking place throughout the House, Gardens and Grounds, there'll be something for everyone including...

• Abipe Drumming/percussion workshops and exhibition

• Capoeira dance demos and workshops

• Chinese fiddle and dance workshops

• Classical, Indian Folk Dance and music workshops/performances

• African Acrobatics, Stilt Walking and contemporary dance

• Carnival dance and costume workshops

• Contemporary dance display in All Saints Church

• Indonesian Gamelan Orchestra

and much, much more...

Activities for all the family will also include the newly launched 'Global Trail' and children's 'Global Explorer Trail', which will help youngsters directly link the global heritage of the collections at Harewood to wider global communities - as well as being good fun! The trails will also be on our website here to download following the event. 

The Bird Garden at Harewood is home to over 90 exotic and rare species of birds from all over the world - from those with fabulous plumage, frendly calls and funny habits to those with flippers, fringes and freaky faces! You can meet them all in the Bird Garden...

The Gardens have a long history of cultivating the exotic. Plant-hunting expeditions to the Himalayas, as well as the earlier the Victorian fashion for everything 'a la mode francaise' meant bananas, pineapples, aubergines, passion fruit, figs and peaches were grown in profusion at Harewood. Visit the Walled Kitchen Garden today and see the work taking place in creating 12 huge new vegetable beds to supply the Courtyard and Courtyard shop! You can read more about this here...

The Courtyard Cafe will be part of the action too with a special menu celebrating global cuisine!

This event is free as part of Heritage Open Days so come along, bring a picnic for a glorious summer day of fun and entertainment at Harewood!

More details to follow, please check back with us nearer the time of the event!

Our Global Day event is taking place in conjunction with imove. Click here to find out more about imove and Harewood's imove projects.