New Attractions at Peterborough Celebrates Festival

Motionhouse dance-circus group, Autin Dance Theatre and an interactive singalong cinema experience will wow audiences as the festival enters its second year.

The idea behind the Peterborough Celebrates Festival is to bring the community together to showcase and celebrate everything that’s great about the city and they’ll be doing just that over three days at Ferry Meadows on 19, 20 and 21 May.

One of the highlights this year will be Motionhouse, the acclaimed dance-circus group, performing their hit outdoor production of ‘Wild’ four times throughout the weekend on a purpose built stage on Coney Meadow. Watch them move through a ‘forest’ of scaffold poles with acrobatic choreography in this stunning show.

On Saturday 20 May children (and adults) will be enthralled by a 13-foot Sea Giant Puppet as Autin Dance Theatre bring their interactive family show ‘Out of the Deep Blue’ to the festival.

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The rest of the event will once again showcase the city’s vibrant and diverse mix of food, drink, culture and arts. It will be packed with sports, activities, music and performance across a busy schedule guaranteed to keep the whole family occupied throughout the weekend.

There will be music from many community groups including the Bengali Sanskriti Club, the Polish Music Centre, the East Timorese Association, the Ukrainian Community and Peterborough Pride. Exciting Bradford-based drumming group Punjabi Roots are also involved across the weekend and will be leading a mass participation moment on Sunday 21 May at midday.

Local schools and groups are creating a ‘Field of Colour’ installation making flowers out of recycled plastic bottles. There is still time for everyone to get involved, and there’s also the chance to participate in the Peterborough Presents’ ‘Spread your Wings’ competition to create colourful birds of paradise to be displayed at the Festival.

The festival launches on Friday 19 May with an exciting collaborative ‘Singing Schools’ event where several schools from across Peterborough will join together in the big top to learn songs, building up to an afternoon performance for family and friends. A public launch will follow, with music and The Greatest Showman ticketed singalong interactive cinema experience in the evening – visit the website to find out more. Term Times is proud to be supporting this great family event and will be providing refreshments for the Friday activities for schools.

To find out all the information about the festival as it is announced or to offer your support and volunteer, visit www.peterboroughcelebratesfestival.co.uk