Scarborough Streets

Scarborough Streets is a brand new three-day festival of outdoor performances, events, workshops, murals and much more taking place this May!

This free and inclusive community event will be taking place in Scarborough Town Centre over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday 4 – Monday 6 May) and will include a variety of free performances and activities each day from 11am to 4pm.

Scarborough Streets aims to inspire, celebrate and showcase creativity.

Free street performances will take place all over town including Brunswick Centre, Aberdeen Walk and Crescent Gardens with everything from circus, dance, music, magic, puppetry, spoken word and street theatre.

In addition to the performances there will also be murals, audio trails and workshops.

The weekend’s activity will culminate on Monday with a Community Walkabout Parade, led by Animated Objects, up and down Westborough from 3-4pm.

Murals

Explore inspiring artworks by Charlotte M Hill, Turn up the Colour, The Curious Theme Factory and Closer Communities and Maya’s Club which will be on show throughout the town.

Audio Trails

An audio trail will tell the story of the fishing community from the 1950s to the present day and another is a guided walk following in the footsteps of English war poet Wilfred Own during World War 1, including excerpts from his poetry.

Free Workshops

Arts and Crafts workshops include a big build outside Holland & Barrett on Westborough throughout the weekend. Charlotte M Hill will also be there to teach you how to make headdresses and masks using waste materials. Take them home or wear them in the community parade on Monday!

For those who’ve always fancied joining the circus – High Hopes will be outside TK Maxx on North Street running a ‘have a go circus skills’ workshop. Free face painting is also on offer from 12-3pm.

Other workshops include drama and yoga workshops for children aged 4-11 from Grow Yoga in The Crescent Gardens on Saturday, photography walks with Wandering Westgarth and art workshops for adults and children hosted by North Yorks Art School.

Some workshops are drop in and others can be booked online – find further details on the website at https://scarboroughfair.uk/streets/

Here is the full timetable of events for Scarborough Streets

https://scarboroughfair.uk/streets/