The SpareParts festival is back as you know and love it, as part of Tram Sunday in Fleetwood Town Centre, on Sunday 17th July 2022.
Whilst last year we brought the reflective installation ‘In Memorium’ to the Marine Hall gardens, this year we return to our fun, walkabout acts and crazy contraptions for you to encounter at the 11am parade which starts at Lord Street and finishes at the old hospital on North Albert Street.
The acts can be accidently encountered all day long as they move around the Tram Sunday footprint from 10am – 4pm. Amongst 17 new acts commissioned for 2022, you can ask for a selfie with an Octopus on a Bicycle, you can dance to the Rajasthan Heritage Parade Band or hang out at the Compact Disco, you can listen out for the fabulous Flatulator then watch the slapstick Honeymoon Balloon show at Euston Gardens. All our acts are whimsical, family-friendly and they will give you the most remarkable day out since before that Pandemic thing…
SpareParts is a joyous, celebratory way to spend one of your Sundays in July. The sun always shines and there are smiles a-plenty, so, we do sincerely hope to see you there. Don’t forget the parade is earlier this year at 11am
Sending good vibes in advance,
The SpareParts Team x
Based on an electric vehicle and trundling around site as if on the ocean wave our clinker-built skiff brings a salty taste of the sea to an event. The two characters on board: the captain and the boatswain were marooned in this lifeboat in 1799 when their crew mutinied – and they are still adrift.
This highly interactive mobile performance is based on an adapted electric vehicle, which can cover quite a large area if required – Whether glimpsed from a distance or experienced close up this bizarre contraption is guaranteed to amuse and entertain.
COMPACT DISCO brings the joy of the party to your doorstep – a travelling discotheque with a personalised playlist, performers and all the hype of a wedding DJ.
Who said snails are sluggish? Enjoy our dim-yet-daring snail riders, Penny Slugworth and Gastroflash, as they race their Giant African land snails around your event. Hint – it’s a race of endurance!
Part animal and part mechanical, Hieronymus the hippo is feeling under the weather. Fortunately, his companion doctor/mechanic is only too eager to show you what’s under the bonnet to diagnose the problem. What follows is an array of puppet shows built into the troubled creature revealing the origin of his malaise.
Gary and Pel have two tickets to paradise and are about to embark on their first ever luxury hot air balloon vacation. What could possibly go wrong for the King and Queen of the skies?
This is Hugh the cycle powered Mammoth! His bike frame is made from recycled bicycles and his fur and skin is made using only single use plastics – like net onion bags and shopping bags.
Perching high on top of a tricycle vessel, a giant Octopus steers through the crowd, peddling with her twisted tentacles. She propels a rocky outcrop covered in bladderwrack, from which two deep sea fish emerge and perform a series of “aquabatic” contortions as the tricycle cruises the currents.
These five engaging hucksters have been hawking the fringes and byways this summer: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Come and find them before they find you!
Follow these two pilots in their quest to reach the sky in this outrageously funny street show. Expect acrobatic, laughs and some absolute bangers!
The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band is a living embodiment of this landscape, a spectacular celebration of its vibrant and colourful lifestyle, their music and dance a heady, exciting and hypnotic reflection of this enchanting region.
Movema have been creating commissioned works for outdoor spaces for 10 years. We specialise in highly engaging, joyful work which conveys a strong message of unity. Our directors and dancers have trained and performed around the world.
Featuring a striking Lion’s head paraded using peddle power, created by Cumbrian arts and festival company, Handmade Parade
Their time machine is broken and the Pedal Players are stuck in a time continuum.
They’ve been cycling around in circles for centuries, playing the same hits for years and years and YEEEARS! Join them on their journey through time, space and a history of good tunes.
Wildflower is an outdoor pop-up performance produced by Newcastle based LGBTQIA+ Arts Producers, Curious Arts. Performed by two dance artists, Wildflower takes audiences on an emotional journey of companionship, self expression and acceptance, exploring what it truly means to be a Wildflower.