Stafford Arts Festival
Saturday 17 September 2016 10.00am - 4.00pm in Stafford Town Centre
Art, Crafts, Film, Dance, Music & more‌ www.stafford-towncentre.co.uk presented by
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MARKET SQUARE
10.00am - 4.00pm
Paint Party
Children’s fun painting huge pictures on giant easels.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Face Painting & Hair Braider
Children’s face painting for £1 and hair braiding for £2.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Salter Street Toys
F un free art and craft activities for boys and girls, including Peppa Pig Playdough, Qixels, Beados and Poppits Clay Craft.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Stafford Art Group
rtists at work in a variety of mediums showing that drawing and A painting is a skill everyone can do. Create your own masterpiece.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Street Theatre
Bubbleologist, Giant Flamingos, Balloonatic and Arty Stiltwalkers.
10.00am
Dappa Dance
A delightful performance from local dance group.
10.30am
Stafford Operatic Society
Songs from their forthcoming musical Fiddler on the Roof.
11.45am & 1.15pm
ABBA Express
Tribute band performs hits from one of the world’s greatest pop bands.
12.45pm & 2.10pm
Bollywood Live
Authentic Bollywood style dancers.
2.45pm
Groove Academy
TAPfit, a high calorie burn, total body workout that anyone can do.
3.00pm - 4.00pm
Cartoon Kings
Rock & pop covers band including music from Pharrell Williams to Dolly Parton, Bruno Mars to The Beatles. www.cartoonkings.co.uk.
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GREENGATE STREET
10.00am - 4.00pm 3
Art and Craft Market
GUILDHALL SHOPPING CENTRE
Market Square
9.00am - 5.00pm
Artist in Residence
See popular artist Graham Felstead at work.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Beartown Bears & Friends!
ake a Best Friend Beartown Bear or decorate a doll or bear’s M t shirt. T-shirts £3/£3.50, bears & friends from £13.50.
11.00am & 2.00pm
Stafford Martial Arts Academy
Demonstration of Shotokan Karate.
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STAFFORD INDOOR MARKET
10.00am - 3.30pm 5
Earl Street
Glow Paint workshop
THE ANCIENT HIGH HOUSE
Free children’s art workshops. Great fun!
Greengate Street
10.00am - 4.00pm
Art Exhibition
Aircraft in Art, an exhibition by Tony Smith.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Art Exhibition
Paintings from Julia Humphries, complementing photographs taken from nature by her sons, James and Tom.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Anglo Saxon Stafford
History exhibition exploring the foundations of Stafford.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Art and Craft Workshops
Suitable for children and adults, workshops £2.
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SHIRE HALL GALLERY
Market Square
9.30am - 5.00pm
Lost Generation Exhibition Andy Farr
A mix of work by the artist and from his collaboration with students in the Midlands and Yorkshire. Arts Council funded.
9.30am - 5.00pm
Sweethearts Morwenna Catt
Textile installation of outsized Sweetheart cushions which mimic those created by wounded soldiers recovering in hospitals during WWI.
9.30am - 5.00pm
Staffordshire Enjoy Art Exhibition The IN: TOWN Exhibition
A unique insight into how an artist’s portfolio of work can change throughout the course of a calendar year.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Art Cart
Free, drop in, self-guided creative activities inspired by our exhibition programme. Aimed at children age 5+.
5.00pm
Film Showing: The King and the Mockingbird
masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, credited A as inspiring the creation of the now world-famous Studio Ghibli. Tickets £5/£4 via www.unseencinema.co.uk
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ST MARY’S CHURCH
10.30am - 3.30pm 8
THE SWAN
St Marys Place
Open Day
Live music, brass rubbing and other activities.
Greengate Street
10.00am - 5.00pm
Art Exhibition
2.00pm
Music in The Swan Garden
5.00pm
Cocktail Masterclass
Learn to shake and make cocktails with The Swan bar team.
9.00pm onwards
Swan Live 2016
The Goodfellas.
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STAFFORD MUSIC SCHOOL
Peter Farrier.
7-8 Mill Street
2.30pm - 3.15pm
Free Guitar Lessons age 7+
Limited spaces - must be pre-booked, Tel 07940 228 000.
3.45pm - 4.30pm
Free Keyboard Lessons age 5 +
Limited spaces - must be pre-booked, Tel 07940 228 000.
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Coffee Concert
hinking of learning an instrument? Be inspired by some of our T students with live performances on keyboard, piano and guitar.
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YE OLDE ROSE AND CROWN
2.00pm - 6.00pm
10 Market Street
Live Music & People Play Vinyl
Live music from Mcrooney and bring your own vinyl records to play.
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Lisa Clemson Stafford Town Centre Partnership Civic Centre | Riverside | Stafford ST16 3AQ TEL 01785 619 470 EMAIL lclemson@staffordbc.gov.uk WEB stafford-towncentre.co.uk Times and appearances may be subject to change.