UPSWING - CIRCUS FLAVOURS
(20 mins)
12.00pm • 2.00pm • 3.45pm

Watch breath-taking performances from some of the UK’s most talented circus artists. After the show, it’s your turn to step into the spotlight and discover your hidden talents in our circus skills workshops.

Learn directly from experienced professionals as they guide you every step of the way. Are you ready to unlock your inner circus performer? 

Circus Flavours is the perfect activity for all families with children aged 7 - 16yrs. Sign up from 11.00am for sessions on the aerial hoop between 12.30pm & 1.15pm, 2.30pm & 3.15pm. Spaces are limited.

DIZZY O’ DARE - FALCONRY DISMAY
(30 mins)
1.00pm • 3.00pm (BSL)*

Dizzy O'Dare ruffles feathers with Falconry Dismay, an anarchic and wild flight into the world of falconry shows. Showcasing the extraordinary talents of three majestic birds of prey while, their ‘expert’ handler holds tight to the tethers to keep the show going, you will belly laugh through the raucous ride that is Falconry Dismay.

*Both shows feature British Sign Language Interpretation

HAYLEY RUSSELL - FLASH MOB DANCE WORKSHOP
(under the big top)
12.45pm • 2.45pm • 4.30pm

Come and take part in the seriously fun Flash Mob Dance Workshop and learn to dance to I Like To Move It, featured in the hit animated movie Madagascar!

Your festival needs you!! 🫵 💃🏻🕺

We are calling everybody with their new flash mob dance skills to assemble at 4.00pm for a giant, epic flash mob of at least 200 people to close out the festival. Don’t miss it!!

Suitable for all ages

MUSICAL RUTH
(Throughout the day)

Musical Ruth and the amazing magical mobile piano will be making a Brightlingsea debut at Fresh Air Festival and has performed at countless events and festivals throughout the UK and Europe. It’s a totally unique mix and mingle act. It’s fun, daft, and sidesplittingly funny.

Musical Ruth uses comedy dance moves, facial contortions, crazy sound effects, many styles of music and hilarious banter, making sure that nobody will forget meeting the singing nun. It’s a hilarious act, visually stunning and once witnessed……. never forgotten. .….BLESS YOU!!

EMOTO-MATIC
(Throughout the day)

Emoto-matic is a hilarious new show, with music, clowning and audience participation.

Haphazard scientists walkabout to engage with the audience before the eccentric doctor demonstrates his new invention, The Emotomatic, a bottling machine that will extract unnecessary emotion and bottle it up, literally, so you can take it away.

Out of sight, out of mind! With smoke machine, sound effects, live music, clowning, slap-stick comedy, come and try out the machine, and watch out for the chaos and confusion!

THE ARTBOX
(All day)

Pick up those pens and colour in a giant mural full of wonders! A festival favourite!

UNBOSI - MARBLE AWARENESS
(All day)

The marble awareness roadshow comes to Brightlingsea to introduce people to the United Nations Board of Significant Inspiration.

UNBOSI Marbleologists travel around the country to introduce the public to the study of Marbleology and what UNBOSI does.

UNBOSI has an objective to ensure that inspiration reaches everyone who is in need of it, particularly those who live far from Sites of Significant Inspiration. Learn how marbles are making the world a more inspiring place!

ARTIZANI - DESERT ISLAND DISCS
(30 mins)
11.30am • 1.30pm

A tropical island, a gramophone, flotsam, jetsam and one hapless castaway. 20 years pass in 40 minutes as records spin and rescue never comes, then as the island gives up its secret the show ends in a beautifully surreal spectacular finale.

ROGIER KAPPERS - THE GLASS GRINDER
(25 mins)
12.15PM • 2.15pm • 3.30pm

Listen to the enchanting sounds of hundreds of singing glasses, a musical instrument made from wine beer, champagne and port glasses. A glass organ that may just put you in a trance.

BLACK CACTUS CHOIR
11.00am

A modern and inclusive community choir singing pop, rock, hits from musical theatre and more!

CIRCO RUM BA BA - BUGS!
(Throughout the day)

Curious and wonderful four-legged, horned bugs, delight the audience as they creep and scuttle between them, chirruping eerily!

TREEFELLAS
(Throughout the day)

A hilarious, interactive comedy walkabout about a tree family looking for somewhere to settle down. As the forests are getting smaller and smaller the tree family decide to live with the humans.

Causing gentle chaos by putting down roots in the wrong place, telling stories about their ancient lives, playing games with the humans and bringing nature’s beauty to town!

JELLY ROLLER - PRAMDEMONIUM
(Throughout the day)

The Jelly Rollers’ pramdemonium presents a mellifluous musical meander along harmonies lost highways. A perambulating pavement orchestra, which pushes back the bounderies of human powered music.

A completely self propelled display of diverse musical cunning, bringing the glorious glint of faded grandeur to any occasion.

A demonstration of a marvellous musical engine of distinction, from this unique musical excursionist!

FAMILY FLAG MAKING WORKSHOPS
(All day)

Create a colourful flag, for your family and friends, full of all the things you love! And then see it hung at the festival, before getting to take it home at the end of the day.

This workshop is a continuation of workshops attended by the local people of Brightlingsea, prior to the festival, so there should be lots of beautiful flags on show for everyone to see!

Everything else at the festival:

There’ll be plenty to see and do, including a circus skills and games area (always popular) with plate spinning, stilt walking and hula hooping for starters.

Angenita Teekens will be here to help you make colorful masks you can wear around the festival.

There will be a quiet space for visitors to catch their breath and return to a zen like state and community stalls to peruse.

There’ll also be bubbles galore, floating throughout the festival, courtesy of Storm In A Teacup Circus. We bet you can’t catch them all!

You’ll also find ice cream, tea and coffee, food stalls and a bake sale!

So what ever you get up to at FAF, we hope you have a fantastically silly time!