The annual Arts Fresco festival returns to Market Harborough on Saturday 13 September 2025 to showcase some of the best street theatre performers in the UK and Europe. 

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The annual one-day event first ran in 2002 and is one of the largest, free street theatre festivals in the UK. This year, the free event will offer a mix of professional performers and community groups, with a focus on creative collaborations and audience participation. 

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The professional acts will include:

• Underground Creatives

• MarkMark Productions

• Angie Mack 

• Bread and Butter

• Gareth Jones

• Swank

• Out of The Box

• Levantes Dance Theatre

• Bubble Wizard

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The community acts will include:

• Musicians in shops event

• Somewhere Records

• Soul Patrol/RSS

• Tango People

• Ballet?

• Parsnips Theatre - workshop and street theatre performance on the day

• Crowd Choir/SD

• Artists x3

• Harborough Theatre

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The artists will be located around the town centre in Market Harborough from 11 am to 3.00pm and all roads will remain open. In the Memorial Gardens, there will be Paint Pottle art workshops, storytelling, puppets and Tim Neath cardboard artist

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The core funders for this year’s Arts Fresco are Arts Council England, Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity, Market Harborough & The Bowdens Charity and Harborough District Council.

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Neil Kitson, Chair of the organising committee of Arts Fresco commented: “We’re delighted to bring back Arts Fresco to Market Harborough this year, bigger and better than ever. It’s great to be able to collaborate with professional street theatre artists, aspiring community groups and performers, and hopefully, we’ll be able to encourage some real participation with the local audience, shoppers and visitors.”
 

Arts Fresco is organised by a dedicated team of local business professionals who all volunteer their time, and are passionate about arts and Market Harborough. 

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For further information about Arts Fresco, visit www.artsfresco.co.uk or follow on social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. 

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For further media information, please contact:
 

Simon Gribbon
On behalf of Arts Fresco
T: 07990 583371
simon@sandstarcomms.com