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The Arts Fresco Festival, one of the largest,
free street theatre festivals in the UK, will
return to Market Harborough 11am to 4pm on
Sunday 18th September. Often described as
a ‘mini Fringe festival’, Arts Fresco transforms
the town centre into the biggest street arts
festival in the Midlands.

Every year thousands of people flock to
Market Harborough to wander the streets,
mingling with roaming dinosaurs, mad chefs
and wheelie bins that drive themselves.
Performers from all over Europe take part,
from big names in the world of street theatre to
unknown artists looking to build their careers,
with many of them coming back again and
again.

National and international performers at this
year’s event include explosive street theatre
with Bängditos from Germany, a spectacular
show for a two-member audience with the
Grand Theatre of Lemmings – The Smallest
Theatre in the World - highly energised
physical comedy performances with Garaghty
and Thom and many more. A children’s
village, supported by the Market Harborough
Building Society, will feature circus workshops,
entertainment and more.

Originally set up in 2002 by George Kitson
and fellow Harborough Theatre members,
Arts Fresco is now run by a committee of
volunteers, who all live in the town and care
deeply about making Arts Fresco a success.
Arts Fresco is a not-for-profit organisation, and
every penny raised goes into making the next
festival bigger and better than the last.

For more information, visit www.artsfresco.com