SOMERFEST takes to the streets of Taunton on today (Saturday, June 17).
This is Somerset’s midsummer outdoor arts festival and will bring a host of entertainment for everyone from noon until 6pm.
The theme of the festival this year is FEAST and the organisers, Fuseperformance, have created an exiting menu of live music, outdoor theatre, dance, circus and acrobatics.
The acts will be around at: - Goodland Gardens Music Stage and Mambo Bar: Bottle Top Boogie Band, Triple Threat, State of the Wild, New Heroes, John Maybe, Indian Man Sound System - Upper High St: Lekan Babalola with Olu Taiwo Sacred Funk -Afrobeat with funky dance overtones; Storytree a show for all the family, Kwabana Lindsay Fool on a Rope playing a violin and local musicians Alex Smith, Ross Vicary - Castle Green: Lords of Strut, The Strong Lady, Bingo Lingo, Streetlinkz, Fusion FX, Big Noise Street Band, Skintight Samba, Circus Antics - Somerslam! at 11.am spoken word / poetry competition - to crown our new Somerset Slam Champion!
- Goodland Garden Nature and Green Crafts Area Hosts lots of family activities with the Somerset Wildlife Trust, green crafts with Wilder Woods, National Trust and the Exmoor National Park.
- Goodland Garden Play Area A games area will be created by two new commissioned artists who will be producing an interactive games area.
Puppetree puppet shows will also delight the children and there will be a children’s scrap store.
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