The Mela Festival comes to Southampton tomorrow

Attracting over 20,000 people in recent years, the free festival is full of an assortment of musical styles; exhilarating dance acts and family fun activities and vivid exhibitions and stalls.

Artists will include leading musicians and dancers in Indian classical, Bollywood, folk, world music, Qawwali, Asian fusion and Bhangra.

As well as the main stage, there are world musicians and up-and- coming acts on the World Music stage plus various workshops and demonstrations including arts and crafts, belly dancing, martial arts and drumming.

The food court and bar offer a range of tasty dishes and drinks from around the world.

THE LINE-UP

Main Stage Comperes: Adesh Joshi, Anjali Mavi, Fa isal Javed, Ta ramati Matiwade

12 noon Bollywood Golden Era - 100 years of Bollywood - Keep Alive

1.30 pm We lcome, The Right Wo rshipful the Mayor of Southampton Cllr Ivan White 1.45pm Bollywood Dance – R & R Dancers

2.15pm South Indian Jazz – Carna tic Nomad by Jyotsna Srikanth & group 3.00pm Bollywood Dance – Rakhi Sood & TMC Bollywood Dancers 3.20pm Odissi & Bhara tana ty am Indian Classical Dance - Nrittay an

3.45pm Bollywood Dance - R & R Dancers 4.15pm Indian Classical Music – Mehboob Nadeem, Sitar & Sanju Sahai, Ta bla

4.45pm Wo rld Fusion Music – Global Rhythms by Pa njazz Interna tional, Essequibo & Art Asia

5.45pm Indian Dance & Qa wwali Music – Jugni by Sonia Sabri 7.00pm Bhangra Band – Sunn y UK

7.20pm Bhangra Artists – Nirmal Sidhu, Na v Sidhu, Intenso, Jin & Seetal & Nick Sahota

World Stage Comperes: Kamla Sharma & Geeta Belgi

12.00pm Steel Pans & Marimba - Panjazz Interna tional

1.00pm Fusion Music - Chumbak Chumbak Band

1.45pm Afghan Music & Dance - Afghan Stars

2.30pm Wo rld Fusion Music - Essequibo

3.15pm Chinese Music - Ping Hua & Jie Wang

4.00pm Electronic Indian Fo lk Fusion – Filter Coffee 4.45pm Flamenco Music & Dance - Jero Fe rec Flamenco Compan y 5.30pm Ukulele Music - Ukulele Jam

6.15pm Be-bop, rock & blues - Black Kat Boppers

Music Workshop Tent Comperes: Ta ha Muhammad Syed & Archna Jethwa

12.30pm Carna tic (South Indian) Music Demonstra tion -J yotsna Srikanth

1.15pm African Drumming Wo rkshop - Essequibo

2.00pm Sitar Demonstra tion – Mehboob Nadeem

2.45pm Steel Pa n Wo rkshop – Pa njazz Interna tional

3.30pm Marimba Wo rkshop – Pa njazz Interna tional

4.15pm Dhol Drumming Workshop – Ricky Kasba

5.00pm Indian Ra gas with Fusion Music Demonstra tion – Filter Coffee Demos & Workshops are ap proximately 30 minutes long

Activity Tent Compere: Preeti Nayy ar & Amol Khamkar

12.15pm Belly Dancing Pe rformance & Wo rkshop - Mystic Fusion

12.45pm Bhara ta na ty am classical Dance Pe rformance – Sitara Ko ushik & Students

1.00pm Odissi & Bhara ta na ty am Dance Wo rkshop - Abanti Chakraborty & Ipsita Ro y 1.30pm Bollywood & Kathak Dance Pe rformance – Art Asia Students

1.45pm Bollywood Dance Wo rkshop – Rakhi Sood Company

2.15pm Bangali Music & Dance Pe rformance – Hampshire Puja & Cultural Association

2.30pm Indian Song Pe rformance – Art Asia Singing Students 2.40pm Bollywood Song Pe rformance – Nalini Lukha

2.45pm Indian Song Pe rformance – Rupinder Mudher 2.50pm Bollywood & We stern Song Pe rformance – Neha Panchma tia

2.55pm Own composition – Priy anka Arora

3.00pm Flamenco Dance Workshop – led by Noelia Va ldés

3.30pm Ka thak Dance Workshop - Sonia Sabri

4.15pm Bollywood & F lk Dance Pe rformance - Ve dic Bal Vikas 4.30pm Chinese Music & Dance Pe rformance – Chinese Arts Southampton

5.00pm Indian Classical & Contemporar y Dance Wo rkshop - Dalia Pa thak

5.30pm Bangali Music & Dance Pe rformance – Southampton Bangladesh Society

Sports Zone Compere: Frank Mangna

12 noon – Funky To ning Wo rkshop 12.30pm – Yi Xin Wushu Ku ng Fu - Display & Wo rkshop 1.00pm – Fusion Fo ot Steppers - African & contemporar y Dance Demonstra tion & Wo rkshop 1.30pm – Gym Demonstra tion

1.45pm – Ta i Chi – demo & Wo rkshop 2.15pm – Pa nther Ta ekwondo - Demonstra tion 2.45pm – Gym Demonstra tion 3.00pm – Ma tt Fi ddes Kickboxing - Demonstra tion & Wo rkshop 3.30pm Zumba – Demonstra tion & Wo rkshop

4.00pm Gym Demonstration

4.15pm Olympic Wrestling – Demonstra tion & Wo rkshop 4.45pm Pa nther Ta ekwondo – Demonstra tion 5.30pm Funky To ning Wo rkshop 6.00pm Gym Demonstra tion

6.15pm close

Around the site

12 noon-6pm unit 11studios giant mural community project- Activity Zone

12 noon-6pm Juggling & circus skills with Juggling Jake

Activity Zone

1.30pm Crucible Stilt & Dance Performance – FIPA & Mansbridge Primary & Great Oaks School – by Main Sta ge

2pm and 3.30pm Jubilee Brass Band – see site map

Between 1pm-4pm Brazilian Capoeira – across site

Also look out for ...Crucible Stilt walkers – FIPA, Scottish Pipe Band – St Andrews Pipe Band, Bollywood Baja Band & Art Asia Dholis

Activity Zone

Collage Elephant with Jo Willoughby and Michelle Clayton Come and ‘fill up’ the giant elephant using all sorts of surprising colla ge.

Free

Design Your Own T- shirt

with Anna Vickers Have a go at screen printing your ow n Mela souvenir!

Take away a T- shirt, bag or tea to wel or use fabric paints to design your ow n T- shirt.

£1-£2.50 per item

Exotic Mask Making with HellyBelly Arts Let your ima gina tion run wild and a make a mask of one of Asia’s most exotic animals.

Free

Celebrating 100 years of Bollywood – community art project with unit11studios Join unit11studios in their quest to paint a giant mural before the sun goes do wn!

Free

Sure Start Early years play activities with bubble play and face painting.

Sports Zone Saints FC Come to the Saints FC football skills sta tion for your chance to win a medal!

Free

Southampton City Golf Course The ‘Get into Golf Sho w’ offers all ag es and abilities the opportunity to give golf a go!

It’s safe, it’s fun and it’s FREE!

Active Nation Come and tr y out kettle bells, as well as ro wing and other fun exercises, competitions and challenges.

Free

Climbing Wa ll Challenge yourself to reach the top of the 24ft mobile cl imbing wall.

£2.50 for 2 cl imbs

On top of the days sta ges, zones and tents there is a range of goods being sold, cuisine from around world at the food court and a funfair