Dartford Festival of Light

by | Oct 13, 2018 | Dartford Art, Dartford Entertainment

The 10th Dartford Festival of Light will take place on Friday October 19th between 6pm and 7:30pm. The festival has been organised by leading arts organisation Cohesion Plus in partnership with Dartford Borough Council and Kent Equality Cohesion Council. The celebrations showcase the excellent work being done by young people from across the Borough through the arts and promote the values of respect, excellence, friendship and equality.

Dartford Festival of LightThe Festival promises to be as inspiring as ever this year and is split into three distinct parts. The evening begins with the arrival of the children at One Bell Corner in the High Street at 6pm, where entertainment will be provided by the likes of the Folk in Fusion Drumming Collective, Bloco Fogo Samba and stilt walking musicians Stilt Batteristas.  Also making a debut at the Festival of Light is Hilary the Triceratops who will be roaming the high street as the music plays!

At 6:30pm the colourful lantern parade will commence and head via Hythe Street and Suffolk Road into the Orchards Shopping Centre, left out on to the High Street and then turn right at the Holy Trinity Church heading back towards Central Park for 7pm where the festival will climax with a spectacular fireworks display finale from 7:25pm.

A dozen local schools will be taking part in this free community event including Westgate Primary, Our Lady of Hartley, St. Anselm’s RC Primary, Joydens Wood Junior, Temple Hill Primary, Oakfield Primary Academy, West Hill Primary, The Brent and Dartford Bridge.

Highlighting the success of previous year’s events, Jeremy Kite, Leader of Dartford Borough Council said, “It’s wonderful that the Festival of Light is now celebrating its tenth year in Dartford. It’s a tremendous event bringing together schools from across the borough to create an amazing evening of colour, music and energy. It truly is a wonderful sight to see and if you haven’t been before make this year the year you join us for the Dartford Festival of Light.”

Gurvinder Sandher, the Artistic Director of Cohesion Plus who is producing the Festival added, “I am so proud of the fact that the Festival has been taking place in Dartford for 10 years!  It speaks volumes about the support Dartford Borough Council has provided over the years and continues to provide. I am also incredibly grateful to the schools in borough who take part in the Festival of Light year after year and who are committed to our ethos of promoting community cohesion through the arts.”

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