The Vale’s Second Birthday Bash, Mossley
Sep 16, 2023

Join us to celebrate our 2nd year with an exciting list of activities and events to get stuck into.

11am-5pm

FREE – donations welcomed on the day.

Join our Global Grooves drumming and dance tutors to try your hand at the grooves and moves of Brazil, and join us for a huge happy birthday moment at lunch time!

Craft creepy crawlies with our very own Gordon Banks, ready for a spidery story telling of ‘Ananse’ with Agnes Fough in the afternoon.

Upcycled cotton painting – bring along an old white or lightly-coloured cotton t-shirt or cloth and give it a new lease of life , with guest artist Guga Santos joining us from Brazil.

Performances from:

  • ‘Bachelors of Paradise’ by Full Stilt – strutting their stuff after a recent appearance at Glastonbury.
  • ‘The Ice Green Man’ by Greenbanks Productions – get your five a day in one-stop!
  • Puppet walkabouts – prepare to grab a selfie!
  • A spidery story telling of ‘Ananse’ with Agnes Fough in the afternoon.
  • Butterfly and moth seek & find and talks in the garden.

Food and drinks will be available to buy all day.

Our family-friendly afternoon also features live music with:

  • Global Grooves percussion workshop and Bloco.
  • Solo guitarist Mike Mellor, who’ll be bringing Latin, Brazilian and Argentinian flavours.
  • The Sunday Sessions band with their Brazilian ‘pagode’ melody and percussion driven music.
  • DJ Qwirk will be keeping the tunes flowing between our live acts.