Kendal Town Councillors have been getting a sneak preview of the programme for this year’s Mintfest, now only two weeks away. As a newcomer to the event, I’m amazed at what’s on offer. The organisers claim:

In just over 2 weeks’ time Kendal will be hosting one of Europe’s leading street arts festivals – Mintfest. Mintfest is unquestionably Cumbria’s leading international festival in terms of its artists/performers, its audiences, its industry profile (it is now the UK’s showcase festival which has moved from Manchester to Kendal this year) and its reputation within the street arts field.

From 29 August there will be more than 150 artists in the Town with more than a third from Europe and further afield and there will be around 100+ international promoters, directors and professionals from the street arts and festivals field.

The key is Mintfest offers “great art for everyone” and it is the envy of many towns and cities across the UK and after only 4 years!

After looking at the web page here, and downloading the programme from here, I’m inclined to agree that this looks like an extraordinary event in the making.

And we thought that moving away from Edinburgh meant the end of festivals for us…

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