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Festival 2010 - it’s back. Bigger, better and Barefeet’er than ever!  

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This year’s Arts Festival is almost upon us. With not a minute to spare the team are racing round making the ‘final’ preparations. Once again we are working with Creative Kids International (CKI) to create a massive spectacle and leave our footprint deep in the cultural scene in Lusaka. CKI have been as fantastic as ever and we are in awe of their energy, their passion and their creative mastery of all things carnival. This year we are delighted to be teaming up with UNICEF to let the festival grow into an annual youth arts festival that will rival any on the planet. Speaking of planets, this year’s festival is themed around ‘Me and My World’, the environmental module we have been teaching the children. 

Barefeet are also delighted to be helping UNICEF with the first ever Zambia Children’s Climate Conference. The week is so packed with activities that you’d be forgiven for thinking that the world cup had come early. Don’t fret you can still attend all events… if you have the stamina…..

An exciting addition to this year’s festival will see us welcoming over 100 participants from our groups in Kitwe, Ndola, Livingstone and Kabwe. Welcome guys! Enjoy!Check out the programme below! 

BEWARE OF SPOILERS… SOME PICS MAY RUIN THE SURPRISE!! Here’s our humble serving of the Best Events on the planet for your entertainment platter….

                                                                    AND IT’S ALL FREE  For the sheek……’Darling I love your hat’ Dr Mkandawire’s Fashion Parade Dr Mkandawire dashes back from the future to lead us in a fashion parade the night before the big day.
Music, spectacle, celebrity guests.
Leave your Gucci at home this is fashion Barefeet style. Tuesday 27th April  Mulungushi Conference Centre 1800 hours For the spirited’ The Barefeet Stampede 2,000+ Barefeet superstars have been waiting in the shadows for the past month to prepare for this launch day! Bring your sunnies as your eyes will be dazzled by the sight of the whole Barefeet community exploding down the road under the watchful eyes of Dr Mkandawire and the world’s press and media (….well ZNBC we hope) Wednesday 28th April Mulungushi Conference centre to Italian School 1500 at Mulungushi For the Adventurous……..’Darling there seems to be a monstrous cockroach at the door?’ 
Along Came a Cockroach
The world has ended, all that is left is this one cockroach, see what happens when the cockroach and a small boy appear to be the only ones left on the dying planet…. Until they find themselves in the compounds of Lusaka. 
 Thursday 29th April
Msisi -9 hours     Garden – 11 hours       Mthendere – 14 hours          Chianda 16 hours For the passer by…..’Darling let’s walk this way, I think they are collecting money’ 
BareStreet 
As part of the festival activities groups will be performing street theatre pieces during lunch time to promote the festival and bring our theme to a different audience. 
Thursday 29th and Friday 30th April  Arcades 13 hours For the Barefeet Army…..’Darling they are fanastic’ 
Global Shout Out! 
Performances by Barefeet Centres inspired by the Me & My World Module. With commentary by invited judges.
Exhibition will be set up. 
Friday and Saturday 30th April and 1st May   Lusaka High School, Long Acres 0900 hours –1600 hours For the dreamers amongst us…..Eco World 
An interactive and visual experience in which participants walk through an imaginary world where they are asked to question their own environmental decisions. 
Friday and Saturday 30th April and 1st May   Lusaka High School,  Long Acres  0900 hours –1600 hours STRICTLY FOR THE BRAVEHEARTED!!!!!! ‘This has been the best night of my life’ 
Tujuka Must Die 
Join us as Barefeet take you on a magical and mysterious journey for the brave at heart. Bring your coat. Don’t anticipate, don’t question, just join us and trust Tujuka…. the great one.
Barefeet’s original production, re worked to be performed in a unique environment!Journey starts at Lusaka Playhouse 1800 hours Friday 30th April (one night only, tickets can be reserved by calling 0979069164)For the sophisticated……..’This is bliss’ 
Jazz After Dark 
A live music event where local musicians can get a chance to share the stage with one of Lusaka’s best bands. Barefeet festival Exhibition will be set up also.Saturday 1st May. Chit Chat Restaurant 20 hours Just for the fun of it……..’ I just love Barefeet, they are amazing’ 
Dr Mkandawire’s Climate Challenge 
The final day of the festival where prizes will be presented to festival participants, there will be performances and the day will finish with a massive Climate Challenge treasure hunt throughout the botanical gardens.
Exhibition will be set up Sunday 2nd May Munda Wanga Botanical Gardens 0900 hours -17hours  Also Games, Music, Dancing, Poetry, Special Guests, Food, a mobile exhibition, 6 massive mobile ‘Animafwafwa’ sculptures, a 2,000- strong carnival spectacle AND A GIANT COCKROACH. What more could anyone ask for…darling?

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