11/8//21: Ross-on-Wye’s first wellbeing & world music festival
11 August 2021
Ross-on-Wye Town Council is excited to announce the launch of a one day free community wellbeing and world music event, Equinox Festival, at the Bandstand on Saturday 25 September.
The event, running alongside The Walking Festival, 24-26 September, will promote health and wellbeing activities available in and around Ross-on-Wye plus an evening with two amazing world music artists and a set hosted by the legendary DJ Andy Kershaw.
Ross-on-Wye Community Development Trust will also be attending and providing information on its Clover project, which promotes social prescribing and wellness activities such as Nordic Walking and Mindfulness Weaving (hosted by ignite) and Wellbeing in Nature walks (hosted by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust).
The Equinox Festival will run health and fitness classes during the morning and in the afternoon, Jon Sterckx, tabla player & world music percussionist, will run two kashaka workshops, a percussion instrument which creates highly complex rhythmic patterns and polyrhythms.
Later in the afternoon, you can listen to the Ajay Karmic Blues Duo, Sheema Mukherjee on sitar and a live DJ set hosted by Andy Kershaw, broadcaster, journalist, writer and former BBC radio presenter.
This is a community event, so if you want to get involved, get in touch! If you are interested in either partnering with us as a sponsor, running a fitness or yoga class, helping out as a steward or would like to apply to host a food or drink pitch at the festival, please email Jane Mainey at tourism@rosstc-herefordshire.gov.uk or call Ross-on-Wye Town Council on 01989 562373 during office hours.