Tomorrow (28th April), Andover’s youth festival, A-Fest, will be back onto the High Street for the tenth year anniversary event, encouraging young people from 5-18 years old and their families to try something new, with plenty of opportunities, activities, stalls, food/drink and so much more – with a focus on hands-on activities on the day.
Running from 10am to 3pm, the festival organisers have announced new stalls and organisations joining the festival on the day:
- Greek Gyros Stall
- Larkhill Space Station – characters walking around on the day
- Andover Fire Station (with a fire engine – subject to no emergencies needed)
- Yasemin Bilgic Hair and Makeup – glitter and braids
- 2pm slot has been filled for the stage, with the youth group of Test Valley Brass performing
Here is a list of opportunities and activities that will be there on the day.
- Andover Trees United
- Chapel Arts Studios
- Arts and Crafts stall
- LifeBus
- Walls FunFair Attractions
- Purbeck Ice Cream
- Test Valley Police
- Infinity Children’s Wellbeing
- The Three Bees Project – Therapy Goats Enclosure
- Yellow Brick Road Projects
- Brocks Arts and Printing
- Cat Watch Rescue Shelter
- Andover Museum and Museum of the Iron Age
- Upper Clatford Youth Football Club
- Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – Chalkstreams Project
- Sweet Ideas – candy floss
- Andover Mind
- Andover Cultural Sharing Forum + Afrike Boutique
- Xanadu Sparkles Facepainter – FREE Face-painting
- GS Fresh Food – Samosas
- Purple Oak Support
Performances on the day:
- 11am – Mad Melodies Children’s Choir
- 12pm – Incolour – Georgie Amelia and Elynn Starkey
- 1pm – Can Dance, Will Dance
- 2pm – Test Valley Brass
A-Fest is proud to be supported by Test Valley Borough Council, Hampshire County Council, Andover Town Council, The DeeDee Trust and Test Valley Arts Foundation.
For more information about the youth festival, follow A-Fest’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/afestandover for the latest updates.
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