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Loughborough Streets Alive

Posted on 25/05/2008

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Food stalls and a host of craft and farmers market stalls will be set up for bargain hunters, offering delicacies and tastes from around the world.

Cllr. Peter Lewis (Conservative, Loughborough Nanpantan), Charnwood Borough Council’s Lead Member for Culture and Leisure, said: “This year the town centre will be more bustling than ever. There are so many great performers who are going to entertain and enthral the thousands of people who turn up.”

Streets Alive! takes place on Monday 26th May from 12pm-5.30pm.

The line up for tomorrow is shown below.

Performance Area 1

Main Stage - Lower Market Place

12:00 Mayoral Opening 12:05 BBC Radio Leicester 12:20 Oojami DJ Set 12:35 Charnwoods Got Talent 13:05 Ngoma

- a Zimbabweab dance band playing African roots n Reggae 13:50 Oojami Set 1 - in its live Incarnation Oojami combines belly dancers with mesmerising Sufi dancing, prviding a vivid musical experience for the eyes. 14:35 Demon Barbers - Youthful, enthralling, charismatic, with bags of attityde combining traditional acoustic instruments and songs with the oomph of a superbly tight rhythm section. 15:35 Oojami DJ 15:50 Ngoma 16:30 BBC Radio Leicester 16:40 - 17:20 Oojami Set 2 2. Circus Surprises

Upper Market Place

12:15 Fever - Be Amazed! 13:15 Bernie Bennett - Laugh 13:30 Pedros Cart - Chuckle! 14:00 Bernie Bennett 15:00 Pedros Cart 15:30 Fever 16:00 Pedros Cart 16:30 Mechanical Morris Men 3. Cattle Market Stage 12:00 Charnwoods Got Talent 12:30 Sounds 12:45 The Orange - Live Band 13:15 Sounds 13:30 Nikol Amodio - Belly Dance 13:35 Long Journey Home

-Music Solo 14:05 Charnwoods Got Talent 14:45 Lion Dance 15:00 Gren and Tom

-Guitar and Fiddle 15:30

Long Journey Home

-Music Solo

15:50 The Orange - Live Band 16:20 Your Chance to Salsa 4. Cafe Stage

Market Street (Costa End)

12:30 Gren and Tom - Music 13:00 Gatka - Martial Arts 13:30 Speed Comedy 14:05 Chinese Lion Dance 14:25 Hum Hey Hindustani 14:50 Moonshots Performance Poetry 15:20 Serena Cole - poet 15:50 Keating School of Irish Dance 16:00 Gren and Tom 5. Fun and Frolics

Market Street (Griffin End)

12:30 Bill Brookman Animation 13:00 Bill Brookman - Robin Hood 13:45 Mechanical Morris Men Show 14:15 Bill Brookman Animation 14:45 Bill Brookman - Robin Hood 15:30 Mechanical Morris Men Show 16:00 Bill Brookman Animation    

 For more information on the event in Loughborough, download the Streets Alive! leaflet at http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/uploads/streetsalive.pdf