End of the Pier Delights

Sunday 25th & Bank Holiday Monday 26th August
11.00am - 4.00pm
Orton Square

Roll up! Roll up! The End of The Pier Delights is spectacular summertime fun for children under 12 and their families. Come and join The Spark this holiday for some good old fashioned seaside fun. Grab your buckets and spades for our sandcastle competition; meet Lady Cha Cha and other vaudeville delights; sing, play and wonder at our seaside curiosities.

Emergency Poet, the world's first and only mobile poetic first aid service, will be on hand to provide theatre and participation. Discuss your poetic aliments with Nurse Verse and write your own poetry inspired by skulls, jars of eyeballs and other body parts from inside the 1960's vintage ambulance.

Vagabondi Puppets will be performing A Pirate’s Life for Me from their incredible steam punk ship. This unruly pair bring their past to life with the aid of puppets, scraps of scummy old maps and bawdy songs.

There will be prizes to win in our games of Live Action Guess Who?, Deck Chair Bingo and musical moments to warm the cockles of your heart.

The Spark Arts For Children promises a vintage day out for all, so grab your sunglasses and come down and join us for some sandy larking about this summer.

Please note access to some activities may be limited at busy times.

Highlights

11.00am – 3.00pm               Visit the Emergency Poet, plus story-telling, music, games and street perfomers
11.00am                               Artizani's Lobster a la Carte
11.15am                               Sandcastle competition
11.30am                               Deckchair Bingo
12.15pm                               A Pirate’s Life by Vagabondi Puppets
1.00pm                                 Artizani's Lobster a la Carte
1.15pm                                 Sandcastle competition
1.30pm                                 Live Action Guess Who
2.00pm                                 A Pirate’s Life by Vagabondi Puppets
2.45pm                                 Sandcastle competition
3.00pm                                 Artizani's Lobster a la Carte

LCB Depot City Festival Fun Days

LCB Depot's cafe-bar and courtyard will be open 11am to 4pm on the festival days to feed, refresh you, and to entertain you.

Down the road from The End of the Pier Delights find more family fun at LCB Depot from 11-4pm with busking ukulele trio LaBellaUkulele, a Hula Hooping workshop with Doe Demure, and your favourite summer/pirate based movies. If you're feeling adventurous you can try speaking un poco de español or exploring Leicester and the world with Map Club!

While you're here check out the Indian Ink exhibition in our Print Room; and the Window Curators' Bright & Bold Summer Open exhibition in the Pedestrian Gallery by our front door.

Need Further Information?

For further information about End of The Pier Delights:
T: 0116 261 6893
E: admin@thesparkarts.co.uk
W: thesparkarts.co.uk
Facebook: /SparkArtsFestival
Twitter @thesparkarts

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