The Festival celebrates the diverse languages and cultures of the world. This includes a range of creative projects, live events, pre-recorded classroom activities with teaching…
With over 25,000 children and young people already signed up for FREE Festival events and activities, we are please to announce that there are still…
Love Your Language Day- Celebrate your Mother Language at City Library: 11.00-12:30 on 21st February Head to Newcastle City Library for a fun, family-friendly celebration…
Provided on this page are links to a range of projects, in-person and online events and activities in the Festival programme, where Arabic is the…
Multilingual digital stories – Enjoy short films made by children and young people aged 7-16: Available 6th January to 31st March 2026 Watch and share…
We are thrilled to be sharing the Festival Song video for 2024, ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams, a highlight of this year’s Festival. 78 schools, community…
We were delighted to welcome 180 children from local primary schools to the Welcome to the Arab World Day at the Civic Centre in Newcastle…
We are delighted that 75 North East schools and groups have signed up to engage nearly 6000 children in performing the Festival Song, Happy by…
‘Just One World’ is a song especially written for this year’s Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages in 2023. The song represents the ethos…
300 children and staff from schools in the North East had a fantastic day on 24th March at the Festival’s Welcome to the Arab World…