2009 saw us present our final edition of Feast - picnic by the lake in Platt Fields Park, which also represents the last of our outdoor street arts events in Manchester for the forseeable future. See photos from Feast in our gallery.
Earlier in the year we launched 'Lakes Alive' with our partners Kendal Arts International, which began in May with 'Reach for the Sky' a series of outdoor aerial spectacles in Bowness-on-Windermere, Whitehaven, Maryport, Carlisle and Penrith. This followed with a circus festival in Barrow in Furness, 'Zircus Plus' and a whole summer season of Lakes Alive special events including an open air 'bal, 'Shall we dance?' in Egremont, 'Dance Daze' in Penrith, and an evening and afternoon of storytelling with 'Once Upon a Summer...' in Keswick and Workington. A non stop season of activity that culminated at Mintfest - Kendal's exhilarating international festival of street arts and already (after two years) one of the UK's leading international street arts festivals.
An exciting programme for 2010 is in the planning stages and the dates are set for the next Mintfest, 3-5th September. See our events section for details of festivals coming up next and sign up to receive our e-news.