Page Hall Festival

Celebrating the first-ever Page Hall Festival, championing community and the voices of the people who live here! March 26th-27th 2021

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We have three great exhibitions in our online exhibition space!

Check out work from the children of Oasis Academy Fir Vale, artist James Woollen, and photography from Smart Banda and Neo Balesamang at https://t.co/hKuZwbIbLL.

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YOUR WEEKEND STARTS RIGHT HERE! 💃🏾🕺🏾 Day 2 of Page Hall Festival kicks off TODAY at 10 AM! We have a full day celebrating the culture, artistic talent, and performance of Page Hall’s people.

Watch everything on our website or youtube. https://t.co/98hHIHBkRg or on YouTube.

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We're launching today at 5!

Join the Page Hall Festival team, Rosa from Page Hall Smiles, Courtenay from Turning the Page and Colin from the community development team as we introduce the organisers behind the first ever Page Hall Festival!

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TONIGHT: OTIS MENSAH: “SAFE METAMORPHOSIS” + CONVERSATION

Our opening event is a special performance from Otis Mensah, followed by a conversation about identity, community, and place.

To register, visit our Facebook page. Or watch https://t.co/R8dh2YOzhy or on YouTube!

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Today’s the day! Two days of arts and performance celebrating the community and culture of Page Hall begins tonight! More details on our event page: https://t.co/ftZw7PAxYz

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REMINDER: Two of our Page Hall Festival live Zoom events require online pre-registration. If you’ve not yet signed up for OTIS MENSAH or WARDA YASSIN, head to our Facebook page to register!

Alternatively, You can watch along at https://t.co/R8dh2YOzhy or on YouTube.

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The Page Hall Festival kicks off TOMORROW! There’s music from Gypsy Miro Bystrany Band, the puppetry film My Beautiful, a variety of dances with Dance the Night Away, and much much more to come!

Watch everything at https://t.co/PiAV0IMm4S or on YouTube.

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ROMANO JILO PERFORMS ROMANI DANCE

This Friday Page Hall Festival is very excited to present a special performance of Romani dance from Romano Jilo as part of our celebration of Page Hall cultures!

Watch at https://t.co/R8dh2YOzhy or on YouTube.

FRIDAY 26TH MARCH, 7.30PM

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MARK WRIGLEY: LIME PICKLE THE ANGLO-INDIAN WAY

Join us this Friday to learn to make lime pickle with Mark Wrigley, from a family recipe that’s travelled from India to Page Hall! All are welcome.

Watch at https://t.co/R8dh2YOzhy or on YouTube.

FRIDAY 26TH MARCH, 8.00PM

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Just two days left till the Page Hall Festival! Workshops coming this Friday and Saturday:

poetry - gingerbread families - clay mobiles - cultural bunting - family journaling - henna - graffiti art

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POETRY AND OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS WITH WARDA YASSIN

Write poetry with Sheffield’s Poet Laureate! Warda Yassin joins us to discuss her writing, and leads a workshop on writing poetry about our neighbourhoods.

Sign up here:

SATURDAY 27TH MARCH, 2.00PM. LIVE ON ZOOM

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Did you know that Page Hall has an old cinema? The Page Hall Picture House opened on Idsworth Road in 1920. In its later years it served as a shooting location for The Full Monty.

Join us for a celebration of Page Hall arts and culture from 26-27 March!

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HORVATH + DISCUSSION WITH CREW

Join us for a special online preview of HORVATH, a documentary about a family of Roma boxers in Page Hall, followed by a discussion with the crew at Hidden Pictures North!

SATURDAY 27TH MARCH, 7.30PM

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4 DAYS TO GO!

The Page Hall Festival is coming this week! Join us for two days of online events celebrating the community and culture of Page Hall, including: Otis Mensah, Mark Wrigley lime pickle workshop, Hovarth documentary & crew discussion and many more!
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Otis Mensah will sit down with Rosa Cisneros from the Page Hall Festival team, and the two will discuss poetry, hip-hop and using the arts to express and explore identity. Otis will also perform a short extract from his book "Safe Metamorphosis”.

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Did you know that Page Hall is named after an actual hall? It was built in 1773 for Thomas Broadbent. It was later owned by Mark Firth who donated parts of the grounds to the city as Firth Park. It’s now Abbey Grange Nursing Home.

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Businesses supporting the Page Hall! SK Market Mix Potraviny: “Page Hall has been the first start for many people, the first place people call home in Sheffield. I've worked in the supermarket for 5 years, and while I've seen a lot of changes they haven't been bad.” Mused

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A number of brilliant community initiatives including the Happiness Festival and free online fancing lessons are all accessible to Page Hall and beyond. Check out the Happiness Festival from the 19-21 March by Turning the Page and take part in some free dancing sessions @carecypf

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Did you know that the big church at the corner of Firth Park Road and Owler Lane is Trinity Fir Vale Methodist, built in the 1890s?
If you’re inspired by Page Hall’s history and community, submit an artwork or performance to the Page Hall Festival, 26-27 March!

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Supporting the community in Page Hall:"We've only been here 4 months but people are chuffed to see a place which doesn't try to rip them off. I think it means a lot to people when they see shops like ours arrive in the area. It makes them proud to be from Page Hall” DIY Sheffield