Festival of Fun

Once again this year's Galtres Festival of Fun will be packed with amazing things to do for families and young people.  This year's activities will include all sorts of creative crafts, storytelling, film-making and fun.

Following on from the success of last year's Little Top programme, we will again be showcasing some super-talented young musicians.  Each day an exciting mixed music programme will amaze and maybe inspire you to take up a challenge. We'll be running G-FACTOR on Saturday afternoon, a talent show for young people, and the winner gets (among other things) a big stage slot at the festival on Sunday - details on how to enter will appear here soon.  If all that isn’t enough, then sign up for our workshop with professional young musicians Funky Junk Trio.  They will entertain us with rhythm played on bins, buckets and bodies.  Their workshop is for 8-16 year olds and you too can share their love of music, movement and harmony.

We'll be running more of Salma's hugely popular Bollywood dancing sessions and definitely some song writing workshops just before the procession, which with a bit of luck will culminate in a festival song.  We need volume so the more the merrier.

The amazing Adrian Spendlow will be back also for storytelling wizardry - you can hear him at different times of the day in different places.  Be sure to catch at least once because he is a master storyteller and holds younger and older children captivated! As do fellow storytellers Nettlefoot Kate and Mary Passeri, who'll be amazing young and old with their tales of trees and trolls and more. Look for them in the new STARSHADE storytelling and theatre tipi tent.

The lovely people at Clay Fish will be looking after you nicely in the Little Top on Saturday, bringing you drama games workshops, a dazzling magic workshop, and even a yo-yo session. Remember Little Zombies from last year? On Sunday they'll be making another film on location at Galtres Festival with YOU as the cast. Look out for further details and you could be a movie star!

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