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Sidestep Kids Festival

Sunday, 19 March 2023

Time: 10am - 4pm

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Presented by Roundabout Theatre this free multi-arts festival showcases an exciting program of live music, circus, cabaret, dance, comedy, choirs, interactive games, up-cycled dress-ups and a huge array of hands-on and collaborative art projects. There will something for everyone.

The festival will transform Banner Park, on the banks of the Brunswick River, into a magical participatory art playground and the festival will be a celebratory time for families to play and make magic together.

Kids can choose their own adventure throughout the day with several different spaces set up such as:

  • The Green with a super size twister, old school races, and games galore
  • The Paper Caper where you can make magical art creations with paper
  • Cubby-land where you can participate in cubby building and knot tying
  • Weave World that will have soft craft and giant weaving
  • The Parlour that will feature face painting your adults, up-cycled dress-ups, flash-mob fashion parades, joke telling and impromptu kids’ cabaret
  • There will be performances on an outdoor stage and mini big-top from Bunny Racket, Joel Salom–The International Man of Circus with special guest Erik the robot dog, Kids Shire Choir with Melia Naughton, kids music band ‘The Gumboots’, and The Pitts Family Circus.

There will also be shows, talks and activities from Spaghetti Circus, Byron Circus Arts and Roundabout Theatre, Delta Kay, Eco-literacy Storytelling with Tiff Bollhorn, Luminous Youth, Brunswick Girl Guides, Brunswick Primary School and North East Waste.

Cost - FREE

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