Edinburgh mela goes international

9:45am Tuesday 7th August 2007

Scotland's biggest inter-cultural arts festival will be returning to Pilrig Park, Leith at the end of the summer 2007.

Bolton Mela at the Arena

12:14pm Friday 3rd August 2007

The Bolton Mela Group is inviting people from across the region to their annual Bolton Mela, which will be held at the Bolton Arena, Middlebrook Way, Horwich. Bolton, (opposite the Reebok Stadium).

Juggy D and RDB headline at Manchester

11:36am Tuesday 24th July 2007

Organisers say this year's Manchester Mega Mela will have even more to offer with new stages and an arts and crafts marquee added to the line up.

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New faces at Edinburgh Mela

11:34am Tuesday 24th July 2007

International stars in the world of bhangra music are set to descend upon the capital later this summer as the Edinburgh Mela returns to Pilrig Park for its 13th year.

	AfterShock
	9:10pm Sun 24 Jun 07
	AfterShock, a major new contemporary art exhibition, opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich on Saturday 14 July and runs until Sunday 2 September.

	Restaurant unveils mela plans
	11:45am Fri 15 Jun 07
	Ashoka Bearsden, part of Harlequin Leisure Group, is set to spice up this year's Glasgow Mela when it caters for the two main tents at the festival.

Haroon, Alaap and Arif Lohar at Blackburn

11:42am Thursday 14th June 2007

The annual Blackburn Mela festival kicks off a week of multi-cultural family activities at Witton Country Park in Blackburn.

The Ultimate Mela Guide: A long way off but then again...

11:35am Wednesday 13th June 2007

There are a couple of additions to our list this year. One of which is re-admitted.

	The Ultimate Mela Guide: The best of the rest
	11:27am Tue 12 Jun 07
	For those who really want to get into the mela groove try out one of this bunch.

	The Ultimate Mela Guide: North West and Yorkshire.
	11:11am Tue 12 Jun 07
	The good, the bad and the damn right ugly - for the seventh year running here it is. The definitive list of mela's happening across the region and the country.

	Sonita will dance at IIFA's
	9:32am Fri 8 Jun 07
	Ever since she was a little girl Sonita Mitra has dreamed of being a Bollywood star.

	Yoga guru returns
	9:30am Fri 8 Jun 07
	Swami Ramdev, the worlds leading exponent of Pranayam Yoga returns to the UK this summer.

	Mahabharata tour dates announced
	6:13pm Wed 16 May 07
	A contemporary vision of the epic ancient Indian poem Mahabharata is to play at selected theatres across the UK.

	The Anoushka Shankar UK Project
	3:09pm Mon 14 May 07
	The Anoushka Shankar UK Project will be appearing in Liverpool on June 3rd.

Fundraiser

10:25am Friday 11th May 2007

A Muslim Pre-school and Primary school Fundraising event on is being held on 29 May 2007 at Saffron Restaurant Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester.

Blast tour comes to Preston

10:10am Thursday 10th May 2007

The BBC Blast truck joins Radio 1's 1 Big Weekend in Preston on 18th May for the three days of free creative activity for 13- 19 year olds.

Muslim Boxing Exhibition

5:29pm Tuesday 8th May 2007

A Muslim boxing exhibition has been organised with all proceeds being divided equally between Islamic Promotion Organisation and UKIM West London Islamic Centre.

The trouble with Asian men

5:07pm Tuesday 8th May 2007

The hit comedy The Trouble with Asian Men returns to artsdepot after two sell-out London runs.

	North West business exhibition in Bolton
	3:44pm Wed 11 Apr 07
	Over a hundred exhibitors are to feature in an Asian Image sponsored business exhibition in Bolton.

Lifestyle show

3:37pm Wednesday 11th April 2007

The inaugural Lloyds TSB Asia-Fest 2007, is being held at the newly opened Mirage Banqueting Suites in Small Heath, Birmingham.

Vaisakhi on the Square

3:35pm Wednesday 11th April 2007

The fifth annual Vaisakhi celebrations in Trafalgar Square, marking the Sikh New Year Festival, will take place on Sunday 29 April 2007.

	Asian Wedding & Fashion Exhibition
	3:32pm Sun 8 Apr 07
	An Asian Wedding & Fashion Exhibition will take place at the G-Mex in Manchester.

Islmic Relief Charity events

5:22pm Sunday 18th March 2007

Islamic Relief and hip-hop group Outlandish are coming to a city near you as part of the charity's Evening of Inspiration tour.

Allah made me funny

1:12pm Monday 26th February 2007

Details have been announced of an All-Muslim Comedy Tour which comes to the UK later this year.

Fashion show

2:10pm Tuesday 13th February 2007

The Regents Lions Club of Blackburn are presenting a Fashion show with a difference.

	Over half of Asians would marry outside their religion
	10:38am Tue 13 Feb 07
	British Asians would consider marrying outside their religion in order to find the perfect partner says a new survey.

	Debut showing
	1:13pm Thu 8 Feb 07
	The debut showing of designer Payal Singal's Spring-Summer collection takes place this month.