Thurrock Festival 2020 is a celebration of culture & creativity.
Inspired by the motto of Thurrock – ‘By Thames to all the peoples of the world’, Thurrock Festival brings together the work of both local and international artists.
In response to Covid-19 Thurrock Festival is going digital, with a varied programme available to view on https://thurrockfestival.org/
THURROCK FESTIVAL DIGITAL
Throughout the day a varied programme of arts, theatre, music, photography and video will be available to view online at https://thurrockfestival.org/ .
This includes the C19CC - The Thurrock Covid-19 Creative Collection, created by local artists in response to lockdown.
View the full digital line-up here.
LIVE EVENT
MANDI & the Mandalas
12:00 – 14:30
The Grays T100 walk will conclude at Grays Wharf to meet a procession to the ‘Spring Clean’ mandala-making site. Greeting the walkers, MANDI, a large scale costume and puppet created by Cece Luna will be brought to life by international performer Cid Shaha. Welcoming you to Kinetika’s T100 Grays Mandala event. Led by Kinetika artists, participants will be invited to create a mandala using recycled plastic from the Thames and listen to talks from Thames21.
Tickets are free but numbers are limited to 30 owing to Covid-19 restrictions and must be booked in advance.
For more information and to book go to http://thurrock100.com/19-sept-grays-art-and-architecture/
The live events will be recorded throughout the day and available to view online at a later time.