Q Quality Town Council Otley Town Council, 7 Bay Horse Court, Otley LS21 1SB. Tel: 01943 466335 Email:
[email protected] July 2011 No 56 Otley Street Festival Sunday 17th July 11am - 10 pm For the fourth year running, this year's Street Festival is due to be the biggest and best yet, fun packed for all the family with absolutely something for everyone. This festival has grown from year to year, featuring the best young musical talent that Otley has to offer, an increase in variety of street performers and exciting new fun attractions, such as the inflatable climbing wall. The festival originated four years ago in a very small and intimate way as a 'thank you' from the retailers on Newmarket who felt that they wanted to give something back to the community. From then its grown year on year taking on a much wider and greater aspect. The Otley Street festival Organisation has a dual aim, to raise the awareness of Otley as a unique market town being a fantastic place to visit aiding tourism with the spin- off of helping local business but has now also become a beacon for young local talent within our community, giving young bands possibly their first taste of performing on a stage to such a large audience. The line- up is great this year, we have eleven bands on stage this year, the Rough and Ready Boys being the head liners, along with Reel Jiggy, Joe Gallaghar, Curfew, Little Wolfe, AKA, Insomnia, Mechanical Eddie, Malorie Green, Musical Fusion starting at 1 pm and going on until 10.00pm, plus solo artists and buskers.