Local resident Kate Whyman, of St Nicholas Road, founded the World Sacred Music Festival in 2004 and has been the artistic director ever since. This year the Festival will create a soul journey that spans the mountains in Tibet, the streets of Pakistan, the villages of West Africa and Bengal, and our own beautiful South Downs.
Here are some of the highlights:
Sand mandala
Sand mandala 3 – 8 October Free admission
Sallis Benney, Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY
Tibetan Buddhist Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery create a stunning sand mandala from millions of grains of coloured sand.
Mon – Fri 9.30am – 6 pm, Sat (closing ritual) 10.30-11.30am Continue reading World Sacred Music Festival 2 – 16 Oct 2011→
SACRED MUSIC GOES UNDERGROUND – TO BRIGHTON’S SEWERS
Unni LØvlid
This year’s World Sacred Music Festival offers its first ever trips down into the eerie underworld of Brighton’s magnificent Victorian sewers, with experimental Norwegian folk singer Unni LØvlid. The Festival has teamed up with Southern Water to bring Unni’s haunting songs, inspired by the west coast of Norway, into this unexpectedly beautiful, acoustically resonant setting.
“The audience will have to wear stout shoes and hard hats for the performance!” says Kate Whyman, festival director. “We wanted to try out unusual venues this year, to attract people who might not normally come to a sacred music concert.” Continue reading World Sacred Music Festival→
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