Street Music Parade

Description

Starting at the top of Peel Street by The New Inn and ending at the village green behind Wessen Court

The centrepiece of the festival, a joyful celebration of street music with the following taking part:

The Hurly Burly: a mobile sound sculpture, sonic amusement, twittering machine and junkyard delirium; packed with a tumultuous array of bells, sirens, alarms, whistles and mechanical percussion.

Peace Artistes: a stunning band rocking with rhythm and pulsating with passion, who have astonished audiences at folk, jazz, world music and street festivals all over Europe and the UK. With around twenty musicians playing saxes, brass and percussion, all dressed to thrill!

The Incredible Plastic Street Band: a brass marching band for young musicians age 5-12 playing on colourful plastic instruments and drawing on youngsters form the Oldham and Tameside areas.

The Marsden Mob: a community band playing home-made instruments made at workshops in the weekend before the festival.

BLAST Furness: a 20 strong and 20 year old street band from the ancient town of Ulverston, in South Cumbria, demonstrating freedom with joyous musical reverberations at festivals, weddings, markets, gatherings and parades