'Expect riots, revolutions and a shower of colourful get-togethers in a carnaval where nothing is as it seems...'
Performance, personal stories and parties, 'where nothing is as it seems', make up this year's Precarious Carnaval, which runs along the Bridgewater Canal next weekend 5th to 7th July.
The Brazilian festival with a Salford feel is the brainchild of artists Lowri Evans, Renato Bolelli Rebouças and Rodolfo Amorim who are collaborating with over thirty community groups and hundreds of people for a 'celebration of community connected by one very important canal'.
"It will be dark as well as colourful to reflect the complicated legacy of the industrial revolution that exploded right here from a mine in Salford" says Lowri Evans "We're using Brazilian Carnaval, where the world tips upside down for one day, to celebrate and question what's going on.
"We can't ignore and are curious about what it means to work in a coal mine when there's a global warming crisis; what it means to work with over thirty community groups and hundreds of volunteers when the UK feels so divided; and what it means to work with artists and carnaval from Brazil when there is a fascist president in power who is dismantling culture and violating human rights" she adds.
The event is described as "Part-party, part-procession, part-performance extravaganza" that will be "an unforgettable journey which will see a confetti of performances, roaming scenes and strange spectacles as well as sculptures, installations and street parties, staged in three acts and sited along the canal from Boothstown to Barton. Members of the public will be invited to walk the route, watch, take part and explore..."
Act 1: Friday July 5th, 8pm-9pm: a sunset procession along the canal.
Act II: Saturday 6th July: 'walking adventure from Boothstown Marina to Worsley's Humpback Bridge will feature more than one big bang'
Act III: Sunday 7th July: grand finale from Patricroft Recreation Ground to the lighthouse in Monton.
Saturday and Sunday events every ten-minutes from 2pm-5pm, with the walk taking roughly one hour.
Precarious Carnaval
Friday 5th July – Sunday 7th July
Along the Bridgewater Canal
All events are free and no booking is required.
For full details and times – click here
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