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Bristol Museum, Bristol
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Queens Rd, Bristol, BS8 1RL

Lunar New Year Bristol Museum 2026

Movema’s Everybody Dance Now group are preparing to celebrate the Year of the Horse with their new co-created dance and crafts. The group will be joining KALA CHNG on stage as part of Lunar New Year at Bristol Museum on Saturday 28th February. Approx time 2.30pm. Schedule of performances 10.15am Welcome by hosts Dennis Hu (CEO Make it China) and Kate Newnham […] read more

Page Park, Bristol
Staple Hill

Lunar New Year Page Park

Join us for a Lunar New Year Celebration in Page Park, Sunday 15th February 1pm-3pm. Movema’s dancers will be showcasing their Kpop Demon Hunters routine at approx 1.45pm, choreographed by London based Kpop specialist Coco. The University of Bristol Lion Dance Troupe will perform at 2pm. Crafts will take place in the Nest from 1pm […] read more

Liverpool
From Bold Street to Liverpool ONE

Katumba Halloween Carnival 2025

We are very excited to be part of the amazing Katumba Halloween Carnival again this year! Every autumn, the nights grow longer, the air turns colder, and the line between worlds begins to blur. Halloween has always been more than costumes and sweets, it’s a time to honour our ancestors, to gather in ceremony, to […] read more

Liverpool
Liverpool ONE and Bold Street

Diwali Flashmob

Get ready for an exciting explosion of dance and music in Liverpool city centre on Sunday 19th October. Celebrating Diwali in partnership with MILAP as part of their INDIKA Festival. Keep up to date by checking out our socials! read more

Storybarn, Liverpool
The Mansion House, Calderstones Park

Diwali Storytelling

Join us to celebrate love and light with a very special Diwali session in collaboration with The Reader and MILAP at the time of their INDIKA Festival. As well as storytelling, our Taking Flight Peacock will be dancing and there’ll be time to explore the magical Storybarn, and share Diwali inspired crafts. Best suited for 4-9 year olds. read more

Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool

British Science Festival & Liverpool Biennial

Enjoy Taking Flight, a thought-provoking performance exploring freedom, flight and birds.Inspired by Movema artists’ experiences of migration – and informed by the refugee and asylum-seeker communities they work with – the dancers will explore both human and birds’ desires.  The performance will happen beneath an installation by visual artist Maria Loizidou, which responds to the architecture […] read more

Queens Gardens, Warrington

Warrington Mela 2025

The Peacock, Feng Huang and Sankofa bird from Movema’s Taking Flight will be performing at the leading outdoor multi-cultural festival, Warrington Mela. You can expect a day of free street theatre, dance, music, food, and colliding cultures spread across Queens Gardens and Time Square. This year’s theme, “Home,” explores ideas of belonging, identity and community […] read more

Rochdale Town Hall Square, Rochdale

Merhaba Halal Food Festival

The Sankofa and Feng Huang from Movema’s Taking Flight will be performing at the Merhaba Halal Food Festival in Rochdale. Created by the Islamic Arts Co-op, Merhaba brings everyone together for a day of community cohesion, togetherness and fun.  Merhaba is a family-friendly festival with free activities and rides for the children, live entertainment for everyone including: Live art […] read more

Kingswood Park, Bristol
High Street, BS15 4AD

Kingswood Park Celebrate With Me 2025

Celebrate With Me will be happening for the first time in Kingswood Park, South Gloucestershire on Sunday 15th June! Come and join us for a day of celebration with world music and dance, family crafts, wellbeing & nature activities, sports, circus and food, helping to create a place of welcome for all people. This Community […] read more

The Black-E, Liverpool
1 Great George St, L1 5EW

Big Union 2025

We are excited to bring back our annual, FREE, community get-together event “Big Union” 11am-4pm on Saturday 22nd March 2025 at The Black-E, Great George Street, Liverpool city centre and everyone is invited! The Big Union brings people together to celebrate our shared humanity by connecting through culture. The event will be bursting with exciting […] read more