Come and join us for a fun-packed afternoon of storytelling and family activities with a theme of journeys, adventures and places around the world, both real and imagined.

The event takes place across two locations: at The Transition & Foyles Bookshop, both in Chelmsford City Centre.

Drop into Foyles Bookshop (Bond Street) and get comfy in our pop-up storytelling armchair, write your own stories and listen to tales from around the globe. There’ll be storytelling on the hour at 1, 2,  3 & 4pm, with some colouring-in, drawing and writing about your favourite place in between!

Spend some time with us at The Transition (near the train station, behind Grand Central) where there will be Traditional Stories from Africa and Djembe drumming with Efua Sey Korbi, Chinese calligraphy workshops with the Colchester Chinese Cultural Society, some poetry, flash fiction writing, Bollywood dancing and more.

1.15 – 2.30: Chinese Calligraphy Workshops

1.30 – 2.30: Traditional Stories from Africa with drumming

2.30 – 3.30: Bollywood Dancing with ABCD Bollywood

3.00 – 4.15: Chinese Calligraphy Workshops

3.30 – 4.30: Storytelling with Jajaja Books

All day –  Add to our STORY WALL: colouring-in, drawing and writing about your favourite place.

Organised in partnership with Essex Cultural Diversity Project

Free event, all welcome!

Thanks for all those involved: Chelmsford Festival, Efua Sey Korbi, JaJaJa Books, Colchester Chinese Culture Society, and many more.

A Summer of Festival Fun

The day is part of the Chelmsford Festival, which kick starts a fabulous Summer of fun hosted by our county capital:

Chelmsford Festival
23 June – 1 July
chelmsfordfestival.org

3foot People Festival
Hylands Park, 26-28 June
chelmsford.gov.uk/3foot

Fling Festival
Saturday 30 June
flingfestival.com

SWFest
26 August
chelmsford.gov.uk/swfest

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