When is bradford mela 2011

The long light summer evenings added a further sense of security, meaning I could stay out a bit longer, to catch the headlining acts that tended to hit the stage at the very end. The bhangra bands performing on the main stages were, for me, the highlight of those early melas. The rise of Bradford Mela coincided with the golden age of British bhangra music, and these bands dominated melas for a number of years because they were regarded as the first British Asian pop stars.

The earliest melas really helped them to broaden their audience since the bulk of their bookings were for universities and Sikh weddings. The melas really helped to boost our publicity. It wants to look visually exciting. It needs to look like it never looks at other times of the year. As author of the accompanying book , I will be talking about the history and impact of the Bradford Mela on Friday 13th July at 6pm. The talk is free but please reserve a space. Please share your memories in the comments area below and I may include your story in my forthcoming talk.

Irna Qureshi blogs about being British, Pakistani, Muslim and female in Bradford , against a backdrop of classic Indian films. Photograph of family eating kulfi ice creams by Tim Smith. All my best Mela memories are of Lister Park — the excitement of seeing the tigers up high above the Park gates, knowing that Mela was coming soon. And of course the Stage on the Lake — how good was that?

Watching the artistes performing across the water, the light changing as the sun went down over the lake. And each year a new huge model created for the festival and paraded at the Mela — the elephant, the space ship, the robot etc.

Good times …. Fair Intents. Garden Party at Manorlands. Grouse A Fayre. Halloween Weekend. Harness Race - Manorlands. Haworth s Weekend. Haworth Arts Festival. Haworth Carnival. Haworth Christmas Market. Haworth Fairtrade. Haworth Fine Food Festival. Haworth Flower and Vegetable show. Haworth Scarecrow. Haworth Steampunk weekend. Ilkley Fun in the Park.

Keighley Christmas. Keighley Gala. Keighley Historic Vehicle Rally. Keighley Show. Masquerade Weekend. Nativity Weekend. Oxenhope Straw Race. Panto Weekend. Pipes Bows and Bells Weekend. Remembrance Sunday. Saltaire Festival. Scroggling the Holly Weekend.