Barry Festival   22 - 28 August

 

Well this is it... Barry’s first international festival! Welcoming groups from around the world... and some closer to home, there is something for everyone at this year’s feast of entertainment... and it’s all free.

 

 

Barry Children's Festival   Sun 22 August

11am - 4pm

Central Park

 

A special day out for children with a mix of workshops and entertainment, including Big Beat, Bash Street Theatre, D J Stirling, 'Climb and Go' climbing wall...and much much more...run by the Vale Council's Play Development Team.

 

Cliffhanger!   Straight from France to Barry, Bash Street Theatre Company is one of the best children’s theatre companies in the UK. Cliffhanger, with its falling buildings, dare devil escapology and silent comedy set to live musical accompaniment is Bash Street Theatre's most successful and memorable street theatre show.   Children will be able to have their own cliffhanger experience on the Climb and Go climbing wall.

 

 

Barry Street Festival   Mon 23 - Sat 28 August

 

With over 40 FREE outdoor performances, Barry International Street Festival will feature, amongst many others, the famous Natural Theatre Company, 'Walk The Plank' with their Le Jardin Flambee fire garden, the fabulous slinkies, Flame Oz and world class body art. Performances will take place in Holton Road, King Square and Central Park.

 

 

Mon 23 August: Music Daze

11am - 2pm

 

Live street music from around the world... including Rail Road Bill and the Trans Siberian March Band.

 

Faves at the Glastonbury festival and coming to Barry for the first time……13 piece Balkan Brass band with an almost all female line up playing their own take of traditional music from Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine ....together with Railroad Bill it’s time for Barry to dance in the street!

 

 

 

Tues 24 August: Market Daze

11am - 2pm

 

The ever popular Barry market plays host to some surprising market traders and strange visitors. Can you tell who is real and who is not?

 

 

Wed 25 August: Body Daze

11am - 2pm

 

Weird and wonderful street art, featuring the slinkies and the awesome talents of world contest winning body artiste Raphaelle.

 

The slinkies are coming to Barry!   Since 1996 Bedlam Oz have performed in over 35 countries on five continents transcending international language barriers with their physical visual theatre.  Slinkies are on the move and they are in Barry for the first Barry Festival. Can you find a slinkie?

 

 

Thurs 26 August: Pick and Mix Daze

11am - 2pm

 

Street dance mixed with a little eyepopping acrobatics and dance workshops for the whole family.   With the workmen stopping the roads, DJ Stirling taking the kids through their dance paces and a Barry based dance expert introducing shoppers to the hottest new dance craze – Zumba… leave your shopping in our care..and party!

 

Fri 27 August: Le Jardin Flambee

9pm - 10.30pm

 

Critically acclaimed outdoor arts and performance company Walk the Plank (who closed the Commonwealth Games) will transform Central Park into an installation piece, Le Jardin Flambee. This fiery landscape will include flaming thistles, lillies ejecting 10 foot flames, blazing bulrushes, fiery trees and giant burping begonias, all bordered by hundreds of flickering firepots.

 

This is a contemplative journey undertaken in one's own time at one's own pace, rather than a story-led unfolding narrative. A wonderful wander with gentle stewarding at key points to keep an eye on numbers. Come and meander through the garden of fire, light and sound.

 

The first wanderers will be allowed in around 9pm and the park installation will stay alive until 10.30pm. There might be random moments of magic or surprise - pyro, or flame or sounds - which punctuate the rhythm of the journey.

 

Flame Oz will be joining the fun and will provide further fiery entertainment on the streets as you wait to enter Le Jardin Flambee.

 

"The performers were beautiful, their skills were exceptional, the audience were spellbound during the entire performance." Interactive Theatre Australia

 

 

 

 

Sat 28 August : Wheel Fest

11am - 4pm

 

A co-promotion by the Vale of Glamorgan’s Youth Service and Events Department, featuring Team Extreme, the only professional BMX skateboarding and inline skating display team in the UK. 

 

There will be opportunities to sign up to workshops with Team Extreme on the day. Also taking place will be performances and workshops with the youth services' own pipe, live music, and the VPOD - the Vale's new interactive youth bus. A must visit for those who thrill at going that bit further in honing their own skills.

 

 

For more information on any of these events please contact Barry Island Tourist Information Centre:

 

Tel: 01446 747171

 

Email: barrytic@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

 

Open: Mon - Sun, 11am - 5pm.