Summer Sundays

26th July to 30th August bring the kids to Centre Square between 2 and 4 on Sundays for street performances and activities that are fun for the whole family.

26th July - Steel Bands! - Local and international bands meet to perform an amazing medley of sounds of the Caribbean. Part of the Cultural Olympiad and Summer Sundays, come along, share the music and be thoroughly entertained.

2nd August - Puppets Galore - From the very small to the large scale street puppets Veronika and Yeshe the Yak, this will be a fantastically funny afternoon for children and adults.

9th August - World in the Square - Enjoy a selection of the top performances from Billingham's International Folklore Festival, the largest traditional international dance and music festival in the UK.

16th August - Motionhouse Dance Theatre Urban Dance! - Attention grabbing, edge of your seat, in-your-face dancing with some surprising aerial encounters from Motionhouse Dance Theatre and other local dancers.

23rd August - Parkour - Free Running - Prodigal’s Urban Playground Team and co-creators of Parkour Gravity Style share with Middlesbrough audiences their playful and energetic form of urban dance.
Combining Parkour (Free Running) with contemporary dance forms, they create some of the most dynamic performance you are likely to see! Performances of ‘Quartet’ and ‘Micro Choreographies' unique high energy and dynamic final performances after a week of Parkour events in Middlesbrough.

30th August - Bicycle Ballet - 'The dance of cycling' celebrates the playful and chaotic world of cycling with fast paced dance, acrobatics and comedy. Come and see Bicycle Ballet perform combined with circus skills and unicycling fun!