Dancers, musicians, and artists will be taking to the streets of Stafford for the town’s 5^th ‘Arts Festival’.

The Festival is the brainchild of Stafford’s Town Centre Partnership along with the Borough Council with the ‘Arts Fest’ to go ahead in September.

As well as dancers and musicians providing a carnival atmosphere for the day, the event will include a range of art workshops including the “painting party” and balloon modelling.

Performers in the town’s Market Square,  will include professional Brazilian  drummers and dancers ‘Art Brasil’ and the Stafford  Morris Men, The local dance partnership and delightful children’s group Dappa Dance will also be entertaining members of the public.

Talented street theatre favourite the “Bubbleologist” will delight the crowds with his amazing bubble tricks - from giant bubbles to very tiny bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles and lots more.

Residents and visitors will also get the chance to enjoy activities at various venues around the town centre including, exhibitions at the Shirehall Gallery and the Ancient High House, storytelling at Stafford Railway Station and  poetry at the Gainsborough art studio.

In addition to an Arts & Craft Fayre inside the Guildhall Shopping Centre, with over 25 local crafters demonstrating and selling their unique goods, there will also be an art and craft market along Greengate Street offering an array of goods. 

Chris Lewis, Chair of Stafford Town Centre Partnership said : “This is another exciting project for the town and builds on the great work the partnership has been doing to make sure Stafford is seen as a place to visit”

The festival is set to get underway on Saturday 5th September.