‘Teenage Kicks’ will be held in the Quarry in Shrewsbury on the 28th of June 2008 between 12:00 midday and 7.00pm. Now in our fifth year - this year will be even better - Entry is Free.
Organised by Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council’s Community Regeneration Team, in partnership with young people, The Hive, Through the Doorway to Healthy Living, Connexions, the Youth Service and other agencies. This year we are really pleased to be working with tART - transport to art – please ring 01694 720012 if you need transport from South Shropshire and Bridgnorth districts.
This free festival will be showcasing some of Shropshire’s best local musical talent including the CORE, SPET and Empathy as well as our headliner the Anomalies and Beacon Radio’s Breakfast show host Ryan Kennedy.
The festival is always well received with audience numbers reaching the thousands. This year the event will include a bouldering wall, skate board half-pipe, dance exhibitions, tabletop football competition, sport, games, semi-permanent tattooing and the Company of Cyclists bicycle road-show as well as much more.
International graffiti artist Kels will be producing the ever-popular graffiti boards.
Other activities will include a table top football tournament, football goal shoot
competition, smoothies, re-cycling clothes stall, bungee-run and loads more.
The Community Regeneration Team is keen to support young people in all kinds of entrepreneurial ventures and its aim has always been to show how young people contribute positively to the county. ‘Teenage Kicks’ is one of few venues that offers young people an opportunity to showcase their music and we like to work closely with The Hive so that enthusiastic young people can pursue their musical interests. Visit the Teenage Kicks MySpace webpage to listen to some of the bands and sign up as a friend and help make this years festival the best so far and work with us to make next years even better.
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