The second Small World Festival which celebrates multiculturalism takes place on Saturday The 13th Of September at Bridport Arts Centre 11-1pm, 7.30-11pm and The Community Orchard (behind St Mary’s church 12-3pm).
Saturday 13th September 2025 | Bridport Arts Centre and Bridport Community Orchard.
On Saturday 13th September 2025 Small World is our mini festival from the Jurassic Multicultural group celebrating the diverse cultures that make our community so vibrant. The more we celebrate each other’s cultures the better everyone and the world will be.
Bridport Community Orchard from 12pm: Activities for all ages, delicious free food from around the world (just bring your picnic blanket and cutlery, we will provide the bowls), performances from Blackdown Samba and the Steel band, art sessions and face painting. Please keep an eye on the Jurassic Multicultural’s Facebook page for updates.
Bridport Arts Centre from 11am: In the foyer will be our “Alphabet of Togetherness”, a creative writing project facilitated by local author Ioana Morpurgo.
Evening at Bridport Arts Centre:
7.30pm Tickets event (£6 per person) Echoes and Origins
The Ramblin man – DJ Nos-Da (Dean Kennet and Nolan) will take you through a “version diversion” providing a connectivity between reggae, soul, jazz, funk, pop, folk, everything in between and beyond, a journey around the world through music.
Tickets for the evening are available through Bridport Arts Centre:
Echoes and Origins with The Ramblin’ Man and DJ NOS-DA – Bridport Arts
Jurassic Multicultural is based in Bridport and provides a support system for our culturally diverse community, where people from all cultures, races, religions and heritages are valued and empowered across the South West of England.
Made up of over 60 people, of all ages. We represent many faiths, ethnicities and come from most corners of the world, including Afghanistan, the Caribbean, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, UK, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe.
We are educators, nurses, carers, business owners, parents, chefs, storytellers, artists, writers, children, musicians, engineers, groundsmen, refugees, coordinators, interpreters, and cleaners.
We believe in building a safe, inclusive community for our peers, and creating strong connections with other local groups and businesses so we can grow together in unity and cultural understanding.
Programme for the Day:
Bridport Arts Centre: from 11am
- Alphabet of togetherness exhibition
- Jerk Shack on the forecourt
- Bridport Community Orchard from 12pm:
- Small World Picnic – food being served
- Blackdown Samba – performance and workshop
- Leon – Fitness and Wellbeing
- Bridport Steel Drum Band – performance
- Maddie – Face Painting
- The Community Orchard – selling their juice
- Edible Bridport – stall
Bridport Arts Centre
Echoes and Origins – The Ramblin man – DJ Nos-Da (Dean Kennett and Nolan) will take you through a version diversion.
7.30pm – Ticketed evening event (£6 per person):
More Info
- For all press enquiries, please contact Michelle: smallworldbridport@gmail.com
- Information and documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FIzGDNx9SRajGea15DzDfBB0_jbmd0fy?usp=drive_link
- If you would like to contribute to the event, please contact Michelle: 0772 338 4899 smallworldbridport@gmail.com
