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  • We first attended Liverpool Carnival in 2010 after reading about it online. We were impressed by the overall impact of the Mas, a riot of colour, energy and passion.   Each year, we have felt strongly moved by these carnival events with a clever balance of professional/visiting artists, leading a genuinely inclusive parade of community masquerade troupes. The costumes are well designed: yet accessible for people with a range of skill levels to make. By using golf carts to provide Music, it enables the inclusion of acoustic musicians, which adds to the rich, eclectic feel of the parade, as well as being environmentally friendly and visually less intrusive.
    ~ Marina Poppa, Artist, Callaloo Carnival Arts
  • As a design consultant specialising in carnival arts and who worked with Brouhaha for the past 11 years, I have a great respect for the Brouhaha director and the carnival created each year.  The major aspect of the Brouhaha carnival project is it ability to offer workshops in costume making, the history of carnival and choreography to a large cross section of the community. Seeing carnival created on this level where they included sessions for schools, young people, and adult that exceeds the meaning of Carnival. The work is challenging and every year achievable and the carnival bring together young, old, profession arts, and community and incorporates local, national and international making. This project a unique carnival project.    
    ~ Ray Mahabir, Artistic Director, Sunshine international Arts London
  • The Brouhaha Festival is one of the most vibrant and exiting points of the city's cultural calendar. The festival brings international talent to the city year after year, in a celebration, of youth, diversity and unity, which culminates in a fantastic street carnival where our communities take to the streets for the party of the year.
    ~ Madeline Heneghan, Festival Development Coordinator, Writing on the Wall
  • DW-RS considers Brouhaha already for four years as one of the most appreciated and trustworthy partners in organizing large scale projects in the Netherlands and abroad. We managed to build up a sustainable and inspiring partnership based on shared principles of how creativity can be used to empower communities.
    ~ Arjen Barel Bureau Barel Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Brouhaha brings diverse global communities together through art, and for the young artists involved it's often literally life-changing! Brouhaha's artistic integrity supports a real commitment to widening participation in the production of art, resulting in truly exciting spectacles and collaborative expressions that are enjoyed by audiences around the world.
    ~ Adeyinka Olushonde, Brouhaha board member
  • Brouhaha International continue to inspire local communities and artists alike with their ambitious and vital carnival arts practice. MDI look forward each summer to working with this very important combined arts organisation and are always impressed by their innovation, professionalism and scale of activity.
    ~ Karen Gallagher MBE, Artistic Director MDI
  • Memories from the festival can be described in only one word: GREAT. This adventure lasted for three weeks and for all of us it was a period full of new experiences, friendships and sensations
    ~ Aleksandra Ksiezopolska, Performer.
  • SOLA has been working with Brouhaha for 5+ years, through commissions and collaboration. Brouhaha provides great opportunities for Merseyside through festival arts and community experiences enabling people to come together and share through artistic and cultural dialogue. This is particularly beneficial for our participants (mainly refugee, BME and marginalised people) through recognition of and support for creative development. We support the high quality of work that Brouhaha delivers.
    ~ Adele Spears Sola Arts
  • Liverpool City Council is a longstanding supporter of the work of Brouhaha.  Brouhaha is an important part of the cultural calendar of our city. It brings together the best international artists to collaborate with our local communities.  The work is full of colour and imagination and is a real melting pot of sounds and movement.  During July there is a tangible sense of community and the ‘Spirit of Carnival’ can be felt in the city.  The organisation is valued by the city council for its strong community involvement, the high artistic quality of the events and the social and economic benefits that it brings to Liverpool.
    ~ Sean Durney, Arts Manager, Culture Liverpool
  • Since 2002, the National Artistic and Cultural Centre, Artscape, in Cape Town, South Africa, forged a partnership with the Brouhaha international Street Festival. One of the pillars of Artscape is to promote cultural diversity, education and the empowerment of youth. Brouhaha International Street Festival captured the development objectives that our Theatre strives for and the Festival places a vital role to promote global peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance and reconciliation. It is important to note that a festival of this magnitude, contributes to nations understanding each other, in order for the world to be non-racial and non-sexist societies based on democratic values. Brouhaha’s work fosters unity in diversity, social justice and fundamental human rights. Artscape, are honoured and privileged to be associated with an organisation of this stature.
    ~ Marlene la Roux, Director, Artscape Audience Development & Education

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