FESTIVAL DAWN CHORUS – created by dawn sky and dewdrops, birdsong and beauty, minstrels and musicians, storytellers and circus skills, poets and performers, maypole dancers and mischief makers, and celebrated by them and you!
Lawn Woods, High Street, Old Town SN1 3EN
5.30am! ~ Monday 5th May ~ Free!
As the sun rises over sleeping Swindon, this all-weather outdoor event celebrates the blessings bestowed on us by Nature and the start of this year’s 32nd Swindon Festival of Literature!
Dawn Chorus performers and Festival stalwarts will be ready to welcome the rising sun in style. An exciting array of artistes of all kinds will put on a mesmerising show that celebrates the outdoors, the spoken word, the love of movement, and the joy of bringing people together.
Farm Yard Circus performers will kick things off, with fire and fun, spotlighted by the rising sun. Storyteller Steve Mynard will take us to places only a good story can; and Zimbabwean multi-instrumentalist Tawanda Mapanda will bring a blend of marimba, vocals, and audience participation to proceedings, before Tony Hillier and those magical musical friends make Maypole ribbons fly.
Action begins at 5.30am, on the dot – a moment not to be missed! – and continues for a good hour or more. Hot drinks available on site.
