Friendship Festival

Welcome to Friendship Festival T&T!!! Friendship Festival is a two part festival in Trinidad and Tobago and continues for the second time at Friendship riding stables on the weekend after Carnival, from 3pm on Saturday 8th march , til sunset Sunday 9th March, 2014. Address: Friendship Estate off Millford Road, Canaan, Tobago. Friendship Festival is all about good vibes!! And they heard a voice saying, gather your friends and friends of friends together. tell them to get there camping tents, there coolers with food, drinks and fruits of all kind, there musical instruments and there singing voices and let have a Friendship Festival!! Dereck Hearn and Sheldon Blackman have been friends for a very long time and Friendship Festival is the continuation of their dream and vision to have a real camp out festival in T&T with music, theatre, arts & craft, workshops, food & drinks etc. We believe that this does not need a lot of money to come to life but rather desire, will and action!!! We have the space, date and time, so we say let's get people together and do it!!! This we believe it will be a gathering of friends, family and festival lovers to remember!!! The list of artists performing will be made available soon and there is an OPEN STAGE which is called "Open Xpression" for those who want to perform. Just come and sign your name up on the list when you get there or you can send an email to: [email protected] This is essentially a FREE Festival but we ask for a Contribution if you have or you don't have ALL are welcome. The money go to help cover running cost. Friendship Festival is also a continuation of Alternative Dimensions, a project done by sheldon Blackman in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008. It's aim was to showcase the diversity of T&T music within the carnival season. The groups involved represented all alternative fusion based music (calypso based: jazz, pop, rock, reggae, Rapso and Jamoo etc) and this is also the aim and goals of Friendship festival. Dereck Hearn has also hosted countless gardering at the home and have bee one of the main organiser of the old years night Mount Irvine bay gardening for over 14 years. The Open Stage: Open Xpressions in Friendship Festival T&T Open Xpressions is a project developed by Sheldon Blackman in collaboration with Nordic Black Theatre in Oslo Norway. it is held every third Wednesday with three elements; a discussion forum for artists, a showcase where artists/bands can present work and an open mic. Inclusive of all art forms: music, dance, poetry & spoken word, film, performance, comedy, opera, theatre, art – anything! More info: Facebook group “open xpression” and www.nordicblacktheatre.no