22 June: Manus van Alles multicultural festival in Maastricht
June 9, 2008
The 8th edition of the Manus van Alles multicultural festival will take place on Sunday 22 June from 10.30am till 7.00 pm in the Wittevrouwenveld district of Maastricht.
The festival will feature various music and dance performances - 24 groups and 230 artists from 20 different countries divided over three podiums - a street fair, children activities, food and drinks market etc.
Some of this year’s highlights include:
- Lions of Africa: dancers, drummers, singers and acrobats from Senegal
- Sounou Ouest-African Percussion: traditional dances from Mali
- Blaise Kintaki and band: etno-pop
- Turk and Spacekess: rap music
- Lost Culture: multicultural band from Maastricht (representing 12 countries!)

There will also be streetdance and breakdance performances by the Dutch junior champions of the Benito Daene Team.
The Manus van Alles festival is organised by the Cultuur sur Place association and every year welcomes about 12,000 visitors from the entire region. Free entrance!
More information and programme (in Dutch): www.manusvanallesfestival.nl










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