Head to Campbell Park on 25th June for a midsummer Festival of GIANT puppetry, running from 12 noon until 6pm.

See Festive Road’s incredible cycle-powered creatures: Harminder the mechanical elephant,  Gwynhaff the dragon, Hilary the Triceratops, Rex the baby Tyrannosaurus and many others, including the unveiling of Shanti the beautiful Garuda, bird of peace.

There will be many guest performances, amazing puppetry, workshops, story-telling, dancing, music, busking, food vendors and more…

The Next Stop MK Culture Coach will also be available for rides!

As a special celebration of MK 50th Festive Road will be presenting a spectacular new creation –  The Gardener giant, who will be busy tending the trees, amongst all the fantastical creatures which will inhabit the park for the day…

Performances include:

City Arts Nottingham – Giant Bird puppets

Mischief Makers – Metamorphosis show: A giant caterpillar transforms into a butterfly and dances with giant flowers and bees

Day Dream Harvest – Arabella, the two headed Oracle and other stories

Students from Central School of Speech and Drama – Insect puppets

Starlight Samba

Dance Code

MK Snap – The Snap Dragon

Puppetry performances from: Stantonbury, Long Meadow, and Gilesbrook schools

Extreme Ramblers Stilt Walking birds

More to be announced soon…

Workshops include:

Henna body painting

Face painting & glitter tattoos

Shadow puppetry

African Drumming

Arts and Crafts

Story-telling