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Barnaby’s back!

By on May 12, 2016

Get set for two weekends of family fun on 18-19 and 25-26 June, much of it FREE in the heart of Macclesfield. Budding engineers, astronauts, artists, actors, musicians and scientists are all catered for. Bring on the sunshine!
La Lune

Gather around Christ Church for the festival spectacle. La Lune is our biggest commission ever! Watch The Astronomer’s Story, follow The Roving Moon, explore The Observatoryand stay up past bedtime to see the spectacular culmination of the La Lune adventure in The Moon Rising!
Macc- POW!
Macclesfield’s first mini comic-art convention celebrating comics and comic-art from around the world whilst also embracing amazing local talent.  Join local cartoonist Marc Jackson + some international names for some comic-book coolness. FREE Find out more…
Space-Themed Carnival Parade
Colourful characters promenade their handmade creations of giant puppets and elaborate push-floats. Music fills the air, the samba band sways, jugglers and jesters entertain the crowds. FREE
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Street Treats
Explore the cobbled streets of Market Place and discover some truly amazing entertainment. Check out the life-size version of Hangman and climb inside the belly of a gleaming whale! FREE/Pay What You Can. Find out more…
Planets Guide to the Orchestra
Children get hands-on with professional musicians from Macclesfield Music Centre in this mini music festival. Hear, learn and play the dramatic music of Gustav Holst’s The Planets. FREE 
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Deep Space + Solar Lab
Discover objects from deep space, learn about space science and retrieve images from seventeen different remote telescopes across the globe in real time. FREE
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Spacepod Challenge

Calling budding space engineers, we need you! Design a pod to land delicate equipment (an egg) safely on the surface of a newly discovered planet. Enter your team’s design by 31 May.  Find out more…
Pay What You Can
More than half our events are FREE and for the first time in 2016 some are ‘Pay What You Can’. This is a way of showing your support for the festival and indicating which events you particularly enjoy. (Don’t worry, the artists will be paid however much is collected!). Find out more…
Everyone welcome!  

 

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