A blink and your miss it summary of the 10 days of the ¡VAMOS! Festival in 2008...
The ¡VAMOS! Festival is a bi-annual ten day celebration of Latin and Lusophone cultures held in the North-East of England it featured a bewildering presentation of artforms... Remember to check out vamosfestival.com for more info and updates.
We held a 2009 weekender version in March 2009 with the full festival back in July 2010.
Credits and thanks to the artists who appear in this video (in order of appearance):
Alex Wilson Band, Big Dance, LA 33 and Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Capoeira, Ghetto Method, Annabeth Berkeley and Surface Area Dance Company, Star and Shadow Cinema, Crusoes Cafe, Los Super Elegantes and BALTIC, Cultura Brava, Peter Kennard, Teatro de Nieve, Cadencia, Incognito, Momenta Quartet, Enrique Azocar and The Biscuit Factory, Barbara Willis-Clark, Electro Flamenko, Lewis Mates, Glenn McCrory and Kerry Dalglish. Cadencia supported by Instituto Cervantes.
Photography by James Postlethwaite. jamespostlethwaite.carbonmade.com
For a full list of venues, partners and festivals please visit the thanks section of the ¡VAMOS! website.