The popular multi-arts festival is running from Saturday June 14 to Monday June 16 and is taking place across two outdoor stages as well as within a multitude of partner venues. The free, family-friendly festival is featuring DJs, bands, circus performers, artists, poets, magicians, festival traders, a whole host of food stops and a fairground for younger visitors. To celebrate ten years of AFF, a parade took to the streets, made up of entertainers from The Bread and Butter company, a conga-line of people dressed up as a giant Colin the Caterpillar birthday cake and performers from the street band, Blast Furness.
Kev and Julie Bell made up two slices of Colin the Caterpillar, who wound his way through the streets spreading the party mood. They said all credit for Colin went to Jennie Dennett and Rachael Weaver who organised the creation of the birthday caterpillar. Over the course of two workshops, a 20-slice Colin was constructed using paper mâché and cardboard before being brought to live with paint and decoration.
Kev said: “It’s the best festival by far, we come every year, I’ve probably been to all ten!” Julie said: “It’s about the community coming together, I love how people just carry on even in the rain. I’m looking forward to seeing the comedy, there’s some really good acts from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on.” Local business, Valley End Jewellery creates beautiful, handmade, silver pieces in their Ulverston craft room and sells from stalls at.
