EXPLORING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
THROUGH BLACK ARTS & CULTURE
Bristol Carnival 6th July 2019
Simmer Down Festival 21st July 2019
Manchester Carnival 10th - 11th August 2019
Leeds Carnival 25th - 26th August 2019
BLAST Fest is a new genre of Science Festival where science and technology is explored through Black arts and cultural spaces.
Piloted in Manchester Summer 2017, the 3-day event included a BLAST Marquee at the Manchester Caribbean Carnival - providing a weekend of fun, hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) activities for everyone to enjoy.
This year BLAST Fest will take place in Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.