Editing 2002 Commonwealth Games (section)

=== Cultureshock and Festival Live ===
{{See also|Cultureshock at the 2002 Commonwealth Games}}
Cultureshock was the Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme which ran alongside the Games themselves. The events ranged from images of the athlete as hero in sculpture and photography ('''Go! Freeze''', which ran at Turton Tower in [[Bolton]]) to a [[Zulu people|Zulu]] performance at [[The Lowry]]. There was an exhibition at the [[Whitworth Art Gallery]] called '''Tales of Power: West African Textiles''', and a performance of the film [[Monsoon Wedding]] at [[Clwyd Theatr Cymru]]. The geographical range was from [[Cheshire]] in the south to [[Blackburn]] and [[Cumbria]] in the north, and included that year the various [[Mela]]s that take place around the region.

Cultureshock also ensured that a wide range of cultural events and acts reached the "man on the street", with the [[Manchester city centre|city centre of Manchester]] filled with bands, performers, and artists of various forms entertaining the thousands of visitors to the Games. It also coincided with the BBC's 2002 Festival Live series of open-air concerts and celebrations around the country, held to celebrate the Queen's [[Golden Jubilee]]. Many of the cultural events were covered by the [[BBC 2002]] radio station covering the games.