A couple of weeks ago we took part in a very special event. The Nottingham Global Roots Festival held at Stonebridge City Farm was a huge success and much credit goes to the two inspirational women who had the belief and the energy to pull this festival together and bring the community out in droves to celebrate different cultures through their music and live performance.
Nottingham Global Roots Festival was founded by Rastarella Falade in 2015 and has grown in strength and popularity ever since. The festival is now led by female co-ordinators Rastarella Falade and Jude Winwood.
The day was packed with amazing musicians and artists and was appreciated by a very sizeable audience! It was great to meet Reece from Eaton Mills Photography who was on hand as the day’s official photographer and he has kindly shared his work with us for this post alongside some photos taken on our own camera.
Stonebridge City Farm was the ideal location for the festival as both the festival and the farm share such a strong commitment to the people of the local community. There was a fantastic atmosphere with all ages enjoying the activities, the sunshine and the music as we played for dancers of all ages who took to the grassy spaces available in front of the band to move their feet to some jigs and reels!
It was an absolute pleasure to play for the Nottingham Global Roots Festival- keep your eyes on our diary dates for December as there are plans in process for a December event! Don’t worry, it will be indoors this time.
In the meantime, lets leave you with more amazing memories of the day captured in wonderful photographs…
Thank you to our sound engineer, Nigel Christie, for giving us and all the other musicians such a great sound through the PA!