FARM YARD CIRCUS
(45 mins)
1.30pm • 4.00pm

This warm and cheery, family-friendly, farm-life inspired circus spectacle is packed full of group acrobatics, juggling, theatre, and live music.

You can expect a bewildering display of group acrobatics and juggling using hay bales, wheelbarrows, a tractor tyre, and even an old scarecrow!

The show is set to a score of old-time tunes and raucous rhythms that will bring the cows home, played live throughout.

MARKMARK - THE MANIAX
(45 mins)
12.00pm (BSL)* • 3.15pm

A hilarious, spectacular comedy performance based on an amazing Houdini-style escape. Expect stunts, illusions and great comic routines!!

(Contains loud bangs at the end of the show)
*The 12.00pm show features British Sign Language Interpretation

WORKING BOYS CLUB - SERVING SOUNDS
(45 mins)
12.45pm • 2.45pm • 4.30pm

Serving Sound is a multi-sensory sound installation that creates connections through music.

It's a performance with a difference, inviting you to create the music by touching cocktail glasses, beer mats (and even a lime!) to bring beats and rhythms together.

THE ART BOX
(All Day Installation)

A giant mural of amazing things, all ready for you to colour in. Grab some pens, make some friends and add a splash of colour to the festival!

BIG RORY AND CO - THE SEAGULLS
(30 mins)
11.30am - 1.00pm • 3.45pm

Totally surrealistic, and a little bit mischevious, these feathered fools will be rummaging in bags and pockets, stealing food from plates and picnic baskets, causing chaos as usual and squabbling amongst themselves. These wonderfully cheeky and engaging birds will have you in fits of laughter.

BEDLAM OZ - BIG MOB THE SLINKIES
(30 mins)
11.45am • 1.00PM • 2.45PM

Fusing highly choreographed performance art and bewitching and often hilarious audience interactions,  this captivating walkabout has become both a festival and corporate staple all over the world.

A pair of giant slinkies combine bursts of comic energy with gentle fun audience participation.

CIRCO RUM BA BA - THE WHALE
(45 mins)
11.00am • 12.00pm • 1.30pm • 2.00pm • 3.30pm • 4.00pm

A watery tale, told inside the belly of an inflatable 50ft whale!

Encounter an acrobatic diver who leads you swimmingly through the age old journey of the life of an ancient Leatherback Turtle.

With the use of exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish.

JUST MORE PRODUCTIONS - DO WHAT YAH MAMA TOLD YA! + HULA JAM
(30 mins)
11.00am • 2.15pm (BSL)

A feast of family fusion, across geography and generations. A vibrant mix of food-inspired physical theatre, magic tricks and dance routines. Includes a chance for the audience to try out hula hooping.

*The 2.15pm show features British Sign Language Interpretation

JELLY ROLLERS - THE DRAGON
(3hr installation)
11.45am • 2.45pm

A mechanical curiosity, a 13ft high mechanical dragon of great age and cantankerous nature. This marvel of grime and grease is a hand-cranked mechanical wonder.

The fearless and curious are invited to step forward and turn the half-dozen handles which animate the dragon via a variety of cranks and chains, resulting in a grand display of hand-cranked contraptioneering.

BLACK CACTUS CHOIR
(30mins)
11.00am

A fun and friendly modern choir, singing pop music, classic rock and hits from musical theatre.

CIRCADIAN PRESENTS THE FIREFIGHTERS
(45 mins)
11.00am • 12.45pm • 2.45pm

Always on call and equipped with a 10ft ladder & Firemen’s pole, the Firemen truly have all the gear but no idea!

A hilarious walkabout packed with live acrobatics, comedy and slapstick humour!

BUREAU OF SILLY IDEAS - THE CAMPAIGN FOR CUSTARD PIES
All day throughout the festival
The Great Pie Off 4.45pm in the Big Top

Did you know Pie Throwing was the original Olym-pie-c sport!

Since 2008 Bureau Of Silly Ideas have been keeping the art of pie throwing alive. The Campaign For Custard Pies has received the support of over 150,000 signatories and boasts an elite team of champion trainers.

The sport has been struggling to find the pie throwing stars of tomorrow. We at BOSI are on a quest to find them, train them and pass on the secrets of this elusive art form - in the hope that one day Pie Throwing will again be on the Olympic schedule.

Throw your best custard pie for a spot in the Great Pie-Off at the end of the festival!

(All pies are strictly vegan, and no animals have been harmed in the making of the pies. Side effects may include pies in the face.)

Everything else at the festival:

There’ll be plenty to see and do, including a circus skills and games area (very popular last year) with plate spinning, stilt walking and hula hooping for starters.

We’ll also have all day art activities; Pink Parrot Pottery will be arriving at FAF at their all-new mobile studio where you’ll be able to paint your very own Jeffrey, our colourful mascot, alongside a selection of super ceramics.

The brilliant Chris Mayne is back to fill the skies with giant bubbles and the Black Cactus Choir will be singing some modern hits.

The mercury Theatre will also be joining us with a mask making workshop and artist Anne Schwegmann- Fielding will be there to show off the creative work from the people of Brighlingsea and the work they did to create a fully decorated mosaic boat.

There will be a quiet space for visitors to catch their breath and return to a zen like state and community stalls to peruse.

You’ll also find ice cream, tea and coffee, food stalls and a bake sale!

So what ever you get up to at FAF, we hope you have a silly time!