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Over the August bank holiday weekend a giant sea goddess roamed the streets of Leicester, Her name was STORM and she came with a message to protect our seas. STORM, Created by Vision Mechanics, is a ten meter tall goddess of the sea who emerges from the deep to celebrate our seas and encourage us to put the environment first. Two years in the making and made entirely from recycled materials, the giant puppet visited Leicester as part of the annual city festival in 2022. We find her resting in The Circle wrapped in fishing nets and man made waste before she is released by a group of people in yellow storm coats and serenaded by Taiko Drums beating traditional Japanese rhythms before she begins her tour of the city streets. She soon arrives at Town Hall Square where the Extreme Mountain Bike Show is taking place alongside other Ride Leicester attractions. Moving into the city center three swallows surround her and guide her to the Clock Tower area where she passes a fun fair. At the Cloc...

A look a a selection of the acts and performers at Leicester`s annual City Festival. Now a firm highlight of the summer the city festival features performances from a number of touring groups and has a theme each year, 2019`s theme was "out of this world" to coincide with the Apollo 11 50th anniversary and featured aliens, Super Heroes and Robots among other things.

There`s a strange being sat atop a phone box in Leicester city center and he`s brought along friends !. An interplanetary expedition of immigrants from outer space has landed in Leicester !. The aliens all belong to different species but as a reaction to the earths atmosphere they have gained a new protective color so the humans of earth don`t take them too seriously. Prepare yourself they come in Pink !. An interactive and adaptive street theater performance by Ljud see how the "aliens" use street furniture to tell their story and interact with Leicester residents. Part of the Leicester #CityFestival #Invasion #Ljud

Performing on and around a self-counter weighted slack rope system Stefano Di Renzo holds himself aloft using the strength of just his grip. Using gravity, counterweight and centrifugal force, Stefano works towards a dynamic fusion between circus and physical language, if he lets go will he fall...?. My film features a performance of Hold On at the #Leicester #CityFestival and follows Stefano as he finds his balance in Humberstone Gate. #HoldOn

In Bees!, The Colony by Artizani, Wander among the honey perfumed Bee Colony and look into six impossible Bee Hives. You may find yourself watched by a Bee security guard in his hi-tech CCTV room or enjoying a spaghetti western in a Bee Cinema, you may-Bee even lucky enough to have an audience with the Queen Bee herself or feel the Buzz at the Bee disco how can all this and more can be contained in such a small place ? visit Bees! the colony at the Leicester City Festival, City Streets Festival and peer into the secret world of the Bees. #Leicester #CityFestival #Bees