As well as looking forward to exhibiting at the Didsbury Arts Festival, I'm really looking forward to a good lineup of events. The following ones are inked in my diary:
Sunday 25th September
Hoodies – hip-hop dance theatre from Fighting Fit Productions
Speakfreaky Performance Poetry & Open Mic Night – featuring the Speakeasy Crew
World Music – from the Sargasso Township Jazz Band
Monday 26th September
Young Identity – words and drama from this multi-disciplinary young collective
Tuesday 27th September
A reading by Jackie Kay – an evening with the fantastic award-winning Scottish writer of Nigerian origin
Thursday 29th September
Sister Talk – An evening of expression from "a wholesome host of Mancunia's finest female poets, wordsmiths and singers"
Find out more information on the Festival website. Look forward to bumping into you, Mancunians!
Images of the Young Identity collective and Jackie Kay are via the Festival website