A series of free summer arts festivals is set to showcase the best of contemporary dance, folk music and street performances in Durham this August. The Streets Of… festivals will see buskers, musicians, dancers and acrobats entertain crowds in Durham’s historic streets over the Bank Holiday weekend from 28th to 30th August 2010.
The festivals open with the Streets of Folk on 28th August when Scottish folk supergroup The Peatbog Faeries headline the main stage in the city’s Millennium Place, combining high octane dance with traditional Celtic jigs and reels. The Streets of Dance festival heralds a return of the curious spectacle of Durham’s ‘Quiet Riot.’ People are encouraged to bring their own favourite tunes on an IPOD or MP3 player and silently dance in the streets with hundreds of fellow music lovers.
The festival weekend closes with the hugely popular Streets of Play when buskers, acrobats, clowns, jugglers and daredevils wow the crowds with their startling agility, skills and nerve. Highlights this year include Glastonbury favourite Betty Brawn, an Australian Strongwoman, and The Black Eagles, an acrobatic troupe from Tanzania who combine uplifting dance with African music and daredevil acrobatics.
The festivals are family friendly with several workshops available for parents with young children including the ‘Big Moving Story’ during the Streets of Dance where families can explore the amazing story ‘Giraffe’s can’t dance’ with a professional storyteller and a dance teacher.
The Streets Of… is part of a packed calendar of annual events which take place in Durham: North East England’s cultural city and county. Why not stay a few days and take advantage of the best rates on hotels in Durham using our hotel price comparison search engine?
