Children’s and Site Entertainment
Alternative forms of Entertainment for Children and Adults has been an integral part of the Haslemere Fringe ever since we started. As one of the most family friendly festival’s around, we want to make sure we cater to everyone and this year is no exception.
Children’s & Site
Professor Dill - Punch and Judy
Professor Dill – Once again, we welcome Professor Dill’s Punch and Judy. A spectacular British Comedy for all the family.
Professor Dills Punch and Judy puppet theatre is a delight to behold. Beautifully built to traditional Victorian specifications and covered in the original red and white striped canvas. In Professor Dill’s modern Punch and Judy show, all the famous characters are featured: Punch and Judy, the baby, Joey the Clown, Toby the dog, the crocodile and many more. The shows will take place throughout Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Molly Moocow
Molly Moocow will again be attending the Haslemere Fringe entertaining children with lots of games, songs and activities.
She will wow the crowd with puppets, props, balls, balloons and colourful parachutes. Everything your little one could want from a fun-packed afternoon on Lion Green.
Funfair
The traditional Fringe Funfair will again have a presence on Lion Green, providing fun and excitement including rides for children and giant slides.
Pony Pals Family
We are pleased to announce that the Pony Pals Family will be hosting children’s story times on the hour, every hour, with the animal therapy team of goats, sheep and a miniature donkey, who visit the residents of the nursing homes within our wonderful community.
Join Mr Kipling, the miniature donkey who stars in his own storybook, with our local author, Caroline Seignot, as she reads The Donkey And His Drummer, and the Hey, Hugo story books. Fun for young and old alike.
Arts and creativity
Artist in residence - Mandy McKenna
Local volunteer artist Mandy McKenna is happily returning as an artist in residence at the Fringe in 2024, painting live at the festival in her expressive, colourful abstract style.
This year she will be hand painting on musical instruments (donated by Chamberlain Music) including 3 brand new guitars which she will get signed by headline bands. These will form part of a silent auction on each of the three days of the Fringe. We will ask you to write your bid along with your name and contact details, which you then put into a sealed envelope. These will be opened at approx. 7:00 pm and the winner announced from the main stage. During the weekend she will also paint six new ukuleles for a draw on Saturday and Sunday evening. Tickets will be on sale at £5.00 from Mandy’s painting station near the main stage.
All money raised will go to the Fringe Festival charity.
Creative workshops with Gallery 13
Following the sucess of his spraypaint workshops at the recent ‘Future Artists Day’, Marty Farrer-Williams from local art studio, Gallery 13 will run a series of creative workshops in the Lions Roar tent throughout the Fringe weekend.
Lion’s Roar Tent
Making Space - Saturday 11.00am - 1.00pm
Saturday 11.00am – 1.00pm Lion’s Roar Tent
Kane FM 103.7 Community Radio Station Presents:
The Kids Of Kane – Making Space – Be a part of the CREW!
- Family Art for all ages. A Morning of creating artwork and decoration for The Kids Of Kane Rave on Sunday Morning INCLUDING:
- Collaborative art installations & mobiles
- Set making & painting
- Make You Own Rave accessories
KANE FM / Surrey Hills Radio DJ Tom Sliwinski playing your favourite gaming soundtracks & ambient soundscapes.
Retro Gaming Area - Saturday 11.00am - 2.30pm
Saturday 11.00am – 2.30pm Lion’s Roar Tent
RETRO GAMING AREA – The Gamers Lounge is a Guildford-Based neurodiverse enterprise That has a collection of Gaming consoles from the 1980’s through to the late Noughties with 1000’s of games to choose from.
Whilst KANE FM / Surrey Hills Radio DJ Tom Sliwinski plays your favourite gaming soundtracks and ambient soundscapes.
With Archie McIvor, a young up-and-coming DJ/artiste playing his own electro vocal variations – A must to experience!
Introducing Archie…
“My name is Archie McIvor, and I am 15 1/2 years old. I go to school at More House in Frensham, where my favourite lessons are media, music and drama. I would love to work in music / media when I leave school.
I love electronic music. I heard a Daft Punk song (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger) on a video that I saw on youtube, and I loved it! This made me want to hear what other songs Daft Punk had produced, and before I knew it, I was collecting all of their albums on vinyl.
Soon after that, my Dad introduced me to Kraftwerk (Computerworld), and I like the different sound to the older electronic music from the 70s and 80s, and before I knew it, I was collecting all the Kraftwerk albums on vinyl.
Since then, I have discovered Blur and also Gorillaz, both bands have Damon Albarn as the front man. I like the electronic sound of Gorillaz, but also really enjoy the rocky sound of Blur and my parents have told me about the Britpop battles that happened in the mid 90s. I saw Blur at Wembley Stadium with my family in July 2023, which was my first ever gig and I loved it!
At home, I like to recreate music from my favourite bands, and create my own songs. I use a laptop, a keyboard synth, two DJ boards and a full size synthesizer. Synths are my favourite instruments, because there are lots of different sounds to experiment with. I make movies and animations and video edits which I like to share with my friends and family on youtube.
I love drum machines, and I have an electronic drum kit at home and have acheived Grade 2, and working towards Grade 3 as part of my GCSE music. I can recognise the sounds of vintage drum machines from the Roland TR505, to the 808 and others. My favourite drum machine sound is the Linn Drum which were used in the 80s by acts like Michael Jackson, Kraftwerk and Wham.
I first played live at my Dad’s 50th birthday celebrations “Bobfest” where I performed some of my favourite tunes in front of an audience of about 40 people. Dad spoke to his friends about me playing at Witstock in May, and I was given two 15 minute sets to play, this time in front of hundreds of people. I was nervous, but excited and I really enjoyed it. I liked both sets, but the second had some problems with the soundsystem. It wasn’t a disaster, as I was still able to perform my tunes. I had more energy for the first set, and my singing to the songs in the first set seemed to go down well with the crowd.
I am very grateful and excited to come and play at Haslemere Fringe festival, and it’s a huge opportunity to play and to be part of a great event, and I hope you enjoy my performance in July.”
A Family Rave for all ages - Sunday 12.45pm - 2.15pm
Sunday 12.45pm – 2.15pm – Lion’s Roar Tent
Kane FM 103.7 Community Radio Station Presents:
The Kids Of Kane – A Family Rave for all ages – Hosted by DJ Miss Tyson and DJ Mister G
Expect 90s House, Jungle, Dance Anthems & UK Garage.
Activities including Dance Competition, Parachute, Interactive Video Effects
MORE activities & DJs TBC!!!
Retro Gaming Area - Sunday 12.45pm - 3.00pm
Sunday 12.45pm – 3.00pm
The Gamers Lounge – RETRO GAMING AREA – The Gamers Lounge is a Guildford Based neurodiverse enterprise That has a collection of Gaming consoles from the 1980’s through to the late Noughties with 1000’s of games to choose from
Boom & Bass - Sunday 17.30 - 18.00
Sunday 17.30 – 18.00
Boom & Bass – Raggae – Bass – Ska – Jazz T, CJ, Toger Eye and Squeaky dropping the boom and bass styles. Wicked Sunday afternoon vibes!
https://www.kanefm.com/schedule/boom-bass-3-2022-06-12-2022-09-11/2026-02-22/
Gong Bath
Gong Bath - Sunday Morning Lion's Roar
Jo and Richard and their magical instruments create Soundshine.
They hold group Soundbaths locally and 1:2:1’s at their private sound space in Alton.
At Haslemere Fringe Festival you will be offered an opportunity, to Relax and Listen to Gongs and Singing Bowls; played with love and intuition that combine into a unique celebration of Here and Now.
