World Party in the Park is a spectacular, high quality world arts education programme and event for families to celebrate the talents and diverse cultural traditions of the people who live and work in North Hampshire. The event will take place in Eastrop Park on 30 June 2012 to celebrate the Olympics and to launch the new Basingstoke Festival.

In the months leading up to the event, professional artists and performers will work with schools and communities throughout the borough to create costumes, artwork and performances related to world cultures. The programme will culminate in a festival parade and a free outdoor event with a focus on visual spectacle, world performance and public participation. The event will include storytelling, craft, music and dance workshops, a festival parade, street artists, a world food fair and performances by local, national and international artists. Our 2011 World Party in the Park was Basingstoke's first professionally run large-scale world arts event. In addition to an extensive artist-led education programme with 21 local schools, performers and artists from around the globe came together in Eastrop Park on 2 July to create a stunning programme of music, dance, craft and other activities.

Watch the video

World Party in the park from The Making on Vimeo. For more details see
http://www.worldpartyinthepark.org.uk/WhatsOn.html

A big thank-you to all those who helped to make our 2011 World Party such a triumph. We have been asked to produce another World Party in 2012. We want it to be even more spectacular than last year and we can't do this without your help. If you would like to support the 2012 World Party in the Park, contact Margaret Benton on mbenton@themaking.org.uk. World Party presents local, national and international businesses and organisations with a unique opportunity to reach their target audiences, celebrate the Olympics and help to support a world-class event.

World Party in the Park was devised by The Making and developed in association with the Basingstoke Multicultural Forum and the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Its main funders were Hampshire County Council, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council and the Big Lottery Fund. Other funders included Liaise Lodden, Sovereign Kingfisher, Sentinel Housing, Red Rose Restaurant and Axa Wealth.