The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay. It is a free event and has been free each year since inception.
The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay.
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2006 EventThe inaugural Cardiff Mela took place in Roath Park on Sunday 28th May 2006 with a small number of local vendors and performers.
2007 EventThe 2007 Cardiff Mela took place in Coopers Field on Sunday 29th July 2007 with headline performance from the Sona Family.
2008 EventThe 2008 Cardiff Mela took place at the Roald Dahl Plass on Sunday 29th June 2008 with headline performance from Imran Khan (singer).
2009 EventThe 2009 Cardiff Mela took place at the Roald Dahl Plass on Sunday 9th August 2009 with headline performance from H Dhami.
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What is Cardiff Mela in plain words?
The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay.
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Cite as: "Cardiff Mela." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/cardiff-mela, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay. It is a free event and has been free each year since inception. It celebrates many cultural aspects of Asian life, particularly music, dance, fashion and food. The annual event first took place on an outdoor location in 2007 at Coopers Field, Cardiff Castle in the heart of Cardiff City Centre. The 2009 festival featured bhangra, Bollywood and rnb singers including H Dhami, Mumzy Stranger and Navin Kundra amongst others. The 2010 event attracted over 30,000 visitors and featured a performance from Bombay Rockers.
The Cardiff Mela is also part of Cardiff Festivals which is a series of events that include live music, street theatre, open-air theatre, children’s entertainment and funfairs. Cardiff Festival provides a mix of popular, well-established and new events that take place in the city centre and around Cardiff Bay.
The Mela was founded by Imran Iqbal who is currently the event's artistic director and coordinator.
The Cardiff Mela is one of the UK's longest running mela festivals. 1
2006 Event
The inaugural Cardiff Mela took place in Roath Park on Sunday 28th May 2006 with a small number of local vendors and performers. 1
2007 Event
The 2007 Cardiff Mela took place in Coopers Field on Sunday 29th July 2007 with headline performance from the Sona Family. 1
2008 Event
The 2008 Cardiff Mela took place at the Roald Dahl Plass on Sunday 29th June 2008 with headline performance from Imran Khan (singer). 1
2009 Event
The 2009 Cardiff Mela took place at the Roald Dahl Plass on Sunday 9th August 2009 with headline performance from H Dhami. 1
2010 Event
The 2010 event took place on Sunday 8th August 2010 and featured performances from Stereo Nation & Bombay Rockers. In 2010, the Mela was part of a special national partnership entitled 'Planes, Trains and Rickshaws' which saw the two performers start their day in Cardiff Bay, followed by a trip down the M4 to the London Mela, then flying north to end their journey on the Edinburgh Mela stage, performing at all three events in the same day. The event itself was headlined by the Bombay Rockers and Imran Khan, however Imran Khan was unable to perform due to ill health. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cardiff Mela”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Cardiff Mela is Multicultural festival in Cardiff, Wales, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2
