Outdoor Circus & StreetAll kinds of festivals now liven up their programme with street and circus performers. We will list the ones we know, but if you run a festival which doesn't appear in the lists, then please take out a (free) CAF membership and add details of your own event to our lists. Some useful general links: The Independent Street Arts NetworkBritish CouncilBritish Council directory of Street Arts and Circus If you want upcoming shows listed on these pages, log in and enter them in the Member's Area, under Public Info / Events and Shows Search for shows in the month that interests you
UpSwing Aerial Performance at Watch This Space
From: 26/08/2008
To: 28/08/2008
type: Outdoor Circus or Street Show
From the 26th - 28th August leading UK aerial company Upswing takes over Theatre Square for three days of contemporary urban dance mixed with traditional circus skills. Each day, we begin with bungee breakin’ workshops, followed by Upswing company members performing short pieces mixing aerial, Chinese pole and hip-hop dance. At 6.45pm, the chance to see extracts from Loved Up, UpSwing’s bungee breakin’ show specially re-mixed for Watch This Space, and then an open floor for dancing. 1pm - 3pm Beginners Bungee Breakin’ Street Dance Workshops 3.30pm - 4pm Presentations by UpSwing Company members 6pm - 6.30pm Presentations by UpSwing Company members 6.45pm - 7pm Loved Up extracts 7pm - 7.30pm DJ and open floor for free style UpSwing Aerial is supported by Arts Council England. With thanks to The Albany Theatre (Deptford, London) for their support in the development of Loved Up For more information please check the national theatre website. (link below)
company: UpSwing Aerial Performance
Mintfest
From: 29/08/2008
To: 31/08/2008
type: Outdoor Circus or Street Show
Mintfest is an incredibly popular festival which is part of the Kendal International Festival of Street Arts. It features over 200 performers from across the world, in shows which you have never seen before and may never see again. Comments include, "The acts were all amazing, so different, completely inspirational and at times fantastically bizarre", "it was outstanding" and "Mintfest was fabulous - the best event ever!" If you are in and around Kendal that weekend, then you haven't got an excuse not to go!
company: Swamp Circus Trust
mintfest: mintfest.org
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