Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month - Events taking place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June 2024 from 11:30 - 15:00 in Albany Arcade / Halifax Borough Market.

For more information please contact culturedale@calderdale.gov.uk

Friday 7^th June

Make a Vardo with Artist and Poet Gemma Lees 11.30 – 3pm

Make and decorate a Vardo, a traditional horse drawn wagon. Suitable for all ages.

Gemma Lees is a Romany Gypsy, disabled and neurodiverse artist, performance poet, facilitator and journalist from Bury. Her practise focuses on protest, advocacy, inclusion and telling the stories that nobody else is. Gemma Lees(@gemisace) • Instagram photos and videos

Arts and Crafts with Leedsgate 11.30 – 3.30 pm

Spoken word performances by Bernard Cunningham and Gemma Lees at 12.45, and 1.45 – 3.30pm

Saturday 8^th June

Arts and crafts with Leedsgate 11.30 – 3pm suitable for all ages

Spoken word and music performances from 12.30 – 3.30 pm featuring Violinist Miroslav Conka, Singer Miriam Orackova, The Doyles and Bernard Cunningham

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