Fly over to Morecambe's annual celebration of the seaside
The 'We do like to be beside the sea!' festival returns to Morecambe on Saturday and Sunday September 11 and 12.
Organised by Lancaster City Council, the festival provides a weekend celebration of traditional seaside fun on Morecambe's seafront.
Over the weekend, the promenade will be taken over once again by fairground attractions, innovative street entertainers and musicians performing their acts.
Have you ever seen a Polar bear on Morecambe promenade? Well, come along to the seaside festival and meet Bjorn the Polar bear. Bjorn is a very life like bear realised using the latest pod puppet technology.
He likes to get up close to the crowd, whilst his Inuit-styled handler tells you all about the life of Polar bears and answers any of your questions.
From Polar bears to the inside of a whale’s belly; visit the amazing theatre space of a mariners’ museum inside the belly of a whale. Visit inside the whale and see a living museum of deep sea wonders.
Or why not have a chat with an extraordinary walkabout puppet act who comically and adorably are trying to understand the modern world.
On the Sunday, look out on the promenade for the cavalcade of vintage cars arriving as we welcome the 22nd Bradford to Morecambe Historic Vehicle Run or look high into the sky for the fantastic Battle of Britain flyover display performed by the RAF.
As well as a host of music on the promenade arena, The Platform will also be entertaining a festival of light music, footloose dance orchestra and a Last Night of the Proms concert.
For the full festival programme pop in or call Morecambe Visitor Information Centre on (01524) 582808 or visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/seaside
Saturday 11 September
Circo Rum Baba’s Whale Theatre, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm, Platform Forecourt
Bjorn the Polar Bear, 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm, Arena
Willie the Wicked Wolf, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm, Promenade Gardens
Street Dance Display, 2pm and 3.30pm, Promenade Gardens
Sunday 12 September
Circo Rum Baba’s Whale Theatre, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm, Platform Forecourt
Bjorn the Polar Bear, 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm, Arena
Willie the Wicked Wolf, 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm, Promenade Gardens
Street Dance Display, 2pm and 3.30pm, Promenade Gardens
Lancaster Bomber flyover, 1.30pm
Dakota flyover, 3.30pm
Sponsors
The festival is kindly sponsored by Southlakeland Parks which own Regent Leisure Park and Ocean Edge Leisure Park in Morecambe. View a 2010 holiday home at The Platform during the festival - (01524) 69834 www.southlakelandparks.co.uk
The festival is also supported by The Midland Hotel (www.elh.co.uk) and the Uniform and Leisure Company (www.ualonline.co.uk).
Date Published: 05/08/10