A new creative wellbeing festival will be transforming Castle Hill in Ebbsfleet on Saturday 17 July with high energy performances including giant lip-syncing puppets.
Packed full of free workshops for people to try and performances to enjoy, Cloud9 Festival, aims to bring communities together, to rebuild connection to one another as we are released from lockdown.
This is Cloud9 Festival’s first year and takes place at the village green and tennis courts at Castle Hill, close to Cherry Orchard School in Ebbsfleet and runs from 12noon until 6pm.
Free workshops on offer to the public include salsa dancing, hula hooping classes with Charlene the Hoola Queen, circus skills, a capoeira class and Reggaeaerobics, plus craft workshops including macrame-making, to name just a few.
Performances on the day include:
- Puppets with Guts’ giant lip-syncing lip puppets who sing and give speeches,
- DJ Conrad Lee who will be DJ-ing from artist Sadie Hennessey’s gold ice cream van which recently featured as part of Estuary Festival in Gravesend,
- Rollerskater-dancers UniqueFlow
- Live performances from local actor and singer Harrison Pettman
- South London Samba
The event will be hosted by Ditzy Ritzy, a larger-than-life compere who brings a sprinkle of sparkle everywhere she goes with street art performances by Granny Turismo, the world’s first – and only! – Shopping Trolley Dance Display Team!
Produced by Ruby Baker and Jane Packham and presented by The Grand Healthy Living Centre, Cloud9 Festival has offered free creative classes across Swanscombe, Northfleet and Ebbsfleet since April.
