Yorkshire Integration Festival

(Where we belong Poem & Becoming Us Exhibition )

The Yorkshire Integration Festival takes place at the Peace Gardens and Winter Garden in Sheffield on Saturday 30 September 2023. Organised by Migration Yorkshire, this family-friendly event will celebrate the integration of refugees, and all our communities in Yorkshire and Humber, through music, food, performances, and a captivating perfomance poem by our very own Youth Theatre Of Sanctuary.

This year there will be:

• Main stage and Winter Garden stage – a programme of performers and artists from a diverse range of communities.

• Global Village – where people can find out more about the diverse cultures and communities in our region, through a variety of traditional activities, including stalls that showcase artefacts, clothing and literature.

• Kids activities - children of all ages can get involved with a wide range of activities, including dance, crafts, and face painting.

• Market place - offering space for small businesses from migrant communities to sell their products. Stalls include art, crafts, accessories, food, clothing and much more.

• Winter Garden exhibition space - see the exhibitions ‘Feeding the Nation’, ‘We Are Here, Because You Were There’, ‘Becoming Us’, and more.

• Food and drink – visitors will be able to try a range of cuisines from across the globe from the on-site food vendors.

  The Festival provides a place of welcome for those seeking sanctuary. Many attendees are from our refugee communities across the region. In order to make the festival as accessible as possible, Migration Yorkshire

provides free return coach travel and lunch on the day to enable refugees and asylum seekers from around Yorkshire and Humber to attend.

The festival will run from 10am to 6pm. be open to the public and admission is free.