The Hive Street Party May 7th

Our 2012 Mayday community street festival: The street party on Belmont promises a fantastic day for everyone involved, with a variety of exciting activities on offer for people of all ages, in addition to acoustic performances, street theatre, arts and crafts workshops, information stalls, refreshments and lots more. A whole host of interactive workshops and community activities are scheduled for visitors to enjoy this year; Face painting Textile workshop Live acoustic music from local musicians Several childrens craft workshops Maypole and traditional dancing workshops Resident Hive DJ Taiko drumming Large games including Connect Four Bagpipes with Chris the bag-piper Shropshire Live and their mascot Henna tattoing with Hennacat Shrewsbury Carnival and Diddidance Shropshire Storytelling with Milly Jackdaw Drawing and games with We Are Frostfire Bunting hand-made by Lootybag Plus lots more...

SHREWSBURY INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL 2012

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival will take place through April and May 2012 with ‘Cartoonists Live’, a weekend of free cartoon drawing events and activities, workshops and caricaturing, on 19th – 22nd April. The 2012 Festival theme is Flying. The Festival offers unique opportunitites to see artists at work; 20 of them creating giant cartoons in The Square during the Cartoonists Live weekend, others drawing caricatures and running cartoon workshops for all ages. Cartoon exhibitions of new work by top UK and overseas cartoonists, and the Shrewsbury Smile Trail, featuring cartoons in shops and restaurants around the town, run throughout the Festival period of April and May. Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival exhibitions and cartooning workshops will tour Shropshire this summer, thanks to a grant from Arts Council West Midlands. This year’s Festival and exhibition theme is 'Flying' and amongst the venues is RAF Cosford Museum. Click here for exhibition dates & venues and 'Cartoonists Live weekend programme'. Click here to download the 'Smile High Cartoon Trail' leaflet (PDF).