SIRF
Stockton Riverside Festival
Wednesday 28th July – Sunday 1st August
Preparations are well under way for this year’s Stockton Riverside Festival (SIRF). Now in its 23rd Year this event is set to be even bigger and better than before. Acknowledged as one of Europe’s biggest and best street arts festivals, with a broad range of radical entertainment featuring international artist, home grown and community talent attracting over 250,000 visitors over five days and best of all its FREE!!
Highlights for SIRF 2010 include a welcome return of the Spiegel tent, along with Without Walls companies Akademi, Fuel, Gravity & Levity, Ragroof, Luci Gorell Barnes, Prodigal, Wired Aerial Theatre, Kuljit Bhamra and Pen-Ultimate. The Ping-Pong project delivers exciting French acts Les Apostrophes, Ex Nihilo, Les Ateliers, Marcel Poudre and Cie 1 Watt. Atempro Circ delivers an explosive mix of dance, music and contemporary circus, whilst SIRF favourites Pif-Paf, Orkestra Del Sol and Metro Boulet DoDo make a welcome return. Polish Dance Theatre, StopGAP, Bash Street Theatre, Commandos Percu, Compagnie Aldebo, The Strangelings, Bad Taste Cru, Cirqu’lation and Wet Picnic ensure that the festival is packed with thought provoking and awe-inspiring acts.
For further information on Stockton Riverside Festival (SIRF) 2010 or for a full events guide once it has been released, go to the Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) official web page www.sirf.co.uk
Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival
Headliners for 2010 have been confirmed - Massively popular, The Human League and the Lightning Seeds headline the main stage on Friday 30th July; Calvin Harris and British Sea Power will close the main stage on Saturday 31st July and Mercury Rev and Justin Currie will close The Fringe on Sunday 1st August.
For further information on Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival, go to the Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival official web page www.fringefestival.co.uk
