Leicester celebrates its South Asian cultural heritage with an expanded multi-arts day festivalβ¦. OFTEN regarded as the capital of Asian culture outside of London, Leicester will very much live up to its reputation as it hosts one of the largest multi-arts ethnic festivals in the UK.
First started in , it has been growing in size and stature ever since and this year will represent the most ambitious to date. As well as film, music, drama, dance and talks, to name just a few, there will be an array of activities for all the family, including many workshops and an added attraction will be the many food stalls and shops taking up temporary residence in the cultural quarter of the city between The Curve Theatre and The Phoenix.
Some events will be free. Jiten Anand, director of An Indian Summer, told www. Headlining will be Bandish Project, a Mumbai based band that was among the first performers at An Indian Summer, returns with its unique fusion sound, mixing the classical sound of tabla with House, Drum N Bass, and Dub Step, among others.
I am really looking forward to that β there are going to be some exciting guests too. Part of the festival overlaps with Leicester Writes June , which promotes local authors and is the brainchild of Farhana Shaikh, the founder of Dahlia Publishing and The Asian Writer. Jiten has taken over role the played by his brother last year.
He felt that An Indian Summer was part of an ongoing debate and would encourage young people to talk about their Asian cultural heritage and how they should manage it, in what is a mostly a minority environment.
