Events

North West

3 - 9 June

Appleby Fair

Simply the biggest Gypsy horse fair on planet earth!

If you are looking for a single event that sums up Gypsy and Traveller culture head to the town of Appleby-in-Westmoreland in Cumbria over the second weekend in June. No other single event crams so much Gypsy and Traveller colour, chaos and character into such a short amount of time than Appleby Horse Fair.

Like many Gypsy Horse Fairs, Appleby Horse Fair exists because of a royal charter granted by James II in 1685. The fair has survived an attempt at closure by Westmorland Borough Council in 1965. Appleby New Fair now is attended by about 5,000 Gypsies, Travellers and other traders and up to 1,500 caravans park in the area.

On the Sunday of fair week, between 20,000 and 30,000 visitors pour into Appleby and onto Fair Hill. Watch horses being washed in the River Eden and the trotting of horses to show them off to potential buyers. It’s also the place to see the finest piebald and skewbald Gypsy cobs changing hands.

Where:

Go to the town of Appleby in Cumbria and follow the crowds up onto Fair Hill.

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Thursday 10 June

The Romani Project at the School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures, University of Manchester would like to invite you to take part in a public event and open discussion on Community attitudes of Roma and non-Roma in the Gorton South area in the main Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building (Humanities), on the University's Oxford Road campus.

Attitudes held by the public about the Roma community are likely to improve if communities have more contact with one other, according to new research at The University. The research results will be presented at this special event.

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Time

5:00pm

Access information

www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/travel

The event will provide an opportunity to present results of recent research undertaken by our students, and to discuss ways of improving relations within the community.

Contact

Professor Yaron Matras

0161 275 5999

Romani Project
School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL

14 June - 2 July

"Still Here ... Traveller communities in Manchester and Salford"

Photographic exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

The exhibition shows the enduring heritage of families and individuals from Traveller backgrounds and how their history is part of the ongoing narrative of this city’s life.

Where

Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Peel Park
Salford M5 4WU

Contact

0161 778 0800

For more information go to:

www.salford.gov.uk/exhibitions

Saturday 19 June

Travellers Got Talent Regional Final

The Edge
Cheviot Square
Winsford
Cheshire CW7 1QS

Contact

Jane-Ann Hurn

0759 069 0607

jane.hurn@homespacesa.co.uk

Northern Network of Travelling People
The Edge
Cheviot Square
Winsford
Cheshire CW7 1QS

01606 557085

Saturday 19 June

Showman Event

Come along and celebrate and find out more about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Salford and Manchester. An event orgainised by the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain with Salford City Council and Manchester City Council.

Highlights include:

• Flamenco Dancer
• Professional Storyteller
• Life-size traditional Gypsy wagon
• Roma portrait artist
• Traditional Irish/Roma
• music and singing

and much more...

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Where

Irish World Heritage Centre
Queens Road
Cheetham Hill

Time

12:00 - 3:00pm