All art at festival

THE All Barnsley Festival is back for a fifth year - to celebrate the rich and diverse cultural life of the borough.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Sep 2007, 11:07 BST

This year's festivities will feature an array of art performed by professional artists and local voluntary groups.

The centrepiece will be 'Witness', a national exhibition hosted by the Barnsley Black and Ethnic Minority Initiative at the Central Library and Cooper Gallery to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade.

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The Chinese Moon Festival will be staged on Tuesday September 25 at China Moon, Peel Street, from 2pm and A Taste of Cultural Diversity will be held at Barnsley Town Hall from 11am to 4pm on Sunday October 21.

Diwali celebrations will light up the town centre at 6.30pm on Tuesday October 23 and a South American Fiesta will bring colour to Blah Bar in Shambles Street from 6.30pm on Thursday October 25.

Coun Bill Newman said: "This is the perfect opportunity to find out more about the people who make up Barnsley."