Saturday 17th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival Launch: Lingua Franca](uploads/default/events/LF-crowdcast-cover-landscape.jpg)
GemArts is thrilled to be launching Masala Festival 2021! Working in partnership with Borneo Bengkel, a cultural arts platform based in Sarawak, East Malaysia, we present an international collaboration between spoken word performers from East Malaysia and Northern England.
Friday 23rd July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: Helen Anahita Wilson and Shahbaz Hussain](uploads/default/events/168930540_3883352378389203_2050548869708001975_n.jpg)
In perfect balance, the mesmeric warmth of Helen Anahita Wilson’s piano meets the virtuosic and thrilling tabla playing of one of Europe’s finest percussionists, Shahbaz Hussain.
Sunday 25th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: Jasdeep Singh Degun and Harkiret Bahra](uploads/default/events/_25A9546_small.jpg)
A traditional North Indian classical solo performance by Award-winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun, accompanied on tabla by Harkiret Bahra.
Tuesday 20th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: A God at the Door; Tishani Doshi](uploads/default/events/Tishani_Doshi_A_God_at_the_Door.jpg)
Tishani Doshi reading and in conversation with John Challis.
GemArts Masala Festival and Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts are pleased to welcome the award-winning poet and dancer, Tishani Doshi.
Monday 19th July 2021
![GemArts Masala Festival: Narivad (Feminism in Sanskrit): Talk with artists Sofia Barton and Lady Kitt](uploads/default/events/Narivad_-_Ramdulari_Devi_Artwork.jpg)
Come join this fascinating discussion of strong individuals who shaped the rights of women with artists Sofia Barton and Lady Kitt.