Saturday 1 July, 11am-5.30pm

Aylesbury town centre

inspired by

roald dahl

Guests include Julian Clary & CBeebies'

Katy Ashworth

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WELCOME!!

Get ready for fun that will make your eyes goggle,

your ears pop and your brain gurgle!

katy ashworth

The popular CBeebies’ presenter returns with her Concoction

Kitchen to cook up more revoltingly delicious food, with the help of

audience members. A firm favourite at last year’s festival, Katy is

looking forward to trying out new weird and wonderful recipes.

All of these activities require tickets – buy

yours at the Information Point in Market Square.

Read on for lots of FREE fun too!

ROBIN STEVENS (8+)

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong solve mysteries, running

their secret detective agency at Deepdean School for

girls. Join the winner of the 2015 Waterstones

Children’s Book Prize to hear about the latest

instalment and create a brand new mystery.

AFTERNOON TEA WITH TIGER

Join the Tigers for afternoon tea - enjoy live jazz music, tiger antics and tiger tales whilst enjoying tea with an array of sandwiches, scones and cream, and homemade cake.

JULIAN CLARY & DAVID ROBER

Ts (7+)

Comedian and novelist Julian Clary and award-winning

illustrator David Roberts introduce the latest outing

for Britain’s wildest, hariest family. Disaster

strikes on the Bolds’ camping holiday when Bobby

is snatched by a dognapper! Hilarious readings

in Julian’s unique style and live-drawing from David.

THE BoldS on HoliDAy

(7+)

CREAM BUNS & CRiME

(8+)

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ROB BIDDULPH (3-6)

Penguin and friends from Blown Away are back!

Pirates Captain Blue and his friends are sunk -

but with a shipwreck to explore and a mysterious

stranger, they might still find treasure! Join

the award-winning author in a new adventure

and learn to draw his most endearing characters.

Steve cole (5+)

Steve’s hugely successful Astrosaurs young fiction

has been a UK top-ten children’s bestseller. Also writer

of doctor Who, Young Bond, Secret Agent Mummy

and many more.

KNIFE AND PACKER (7+)The creators of officially one of the funniest children’s books of 2016 introduce a hilarious new heroine and help you to create your own wild and whacky illustrations.

OLAF FALAFEL (4+)

Giggles and nursery rhymes with picture book sensation and stand-up comedian Olaf Falafel, ‘Sweden’s eighth funniest comedian’! Sing along to his adaptation of a favourite nursery rhyme, and learn to draw his favourite farm-yard characters.

OLD MACdONALD HEARD A PARP

(4+)

BADLY DRAWn BETH (7+)

ADVENTURES iN SLIME And SPACE (5+)

SUnK (3-6)

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11am-12 noon Roald Dahl Parade Market Square

12pm onwards Dahl in a Day starts old County Hall, Anita dobson kicks off our reading aloud of George’s Marvellous Medicine

12-1pm Steve Cole Hale Leys Marquee

12-1pm Robin Stevens Sportif Citroen Marquee Market Square

12.15-12.45pm Best of costumes from the Parade Stage & Runway Market Square

12.30pm Afternoon Tea with Tiger – sittings begin, Bucks County Museum

12.30pm The Works Cinema presents The BFG Old County Hall

12.50-1.15pm Fancy Dress Competition Stage & Runway Market Square

1.05-2.05pm Julian Clary & David Roberts Sportif Citroen Marquee Market Square

1.10pm Steve Cole book signing Waterstones Friars Square

1.20-2pm Crazy Hair Show with Ray Childs Hairdressers Stage & Runway Market Square

What’s on where & when

for venue locations see back pagee e

Anita Dobson

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1.30pm Robin Stevens book signing Waterstones Friars Square

2-3pm Katy Ashworth’s Concoction Kitchen Hale leys Marquee

2pm Young Artists Showcase begins Stage & Runway Market Square

2.15-3.15pm Rob Biddulph Sportif Citroen Marquee Market Square

2.15pm Julian Clary and David Roberts book signing Waterstones Friars Square

3pm The Works Cinema presents Fantastic Mr Fox old County Hall

3.15-4.15pm Knife & Packer Hale Leys Marquee

3.30-4.30pm Olaf Falafel Sportif Citroen Marquee Market Square

3.30pm Rob Biddulph book signing Waterstones Friars Square

4.30-5.30pm Katy Ashworth’s Concoction Kitchen Hale leys Marquee

4.30pm Knife and Packer book signing Waterstones Friars Square

4.45pm Olaf Falafel book signing Waterstones Friars Square

What’s on where & when

PLEASE nOTE: We will be filming and taking photographs today. If you don’t want to be in the photographs or film you can pick up a sticker from the info Point which lets our photographer and film crew know not to include you.

THESE SHOWS REqUiRE A TiCKET

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Don’t miss

...the rest of the fun in the town centre today!

In Kingsbury - join queens Park

Arts Centre after the parade for free arts

and crafts inspired by children’s stories.

Potter about with clay and paint and create

razztwizzling works of art. Plus bouncy castle,

Harry Potter owls, live music, soft play area,

free face painting and more. Meet Mark Elvy,

author of Fluke and Tash.

Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery & Bucks County Museum - Activities from 11am including free family crafts and a mystery trail (small charge for some activities). Discover amazing new exhibits with reduced price entry to the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery.

FREE FUn AT FRiARS SqUARE 11AM To 4PM

Whizzfizzing Roald Dahl-inspired fantastical craft workshop, plus free facepainting in the giant

inflatable peach.

Have a rest...

from all the fun of the festival at Rocky &

Kook (Market Street) with an ice cold bubble

tea! or visit london oak Furniture (High St)

for free sweets and refreshments.

Enjoy a leisurely... narrowboat trip on the Little Trip Boat (from Canal Basin behind the Waterside Theatre). Pay on the day, trips at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm.

Look out for staff

from Wagamama,

Noodle nation and Odeon

dressed as book characters,

with free samples and goodies.

Head to BoOTS (Hale Leys Shopping Centre)

for a photo with one of your favourite

characters from children’s stories.

Visit The Snug (Market Square) for

a kids’ non-alcoholic fruity drinks ‘cocktail’ class to

create and decorate then name your own drink (£2).

Plenty for the grown ups, too.

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Have a go at a cats colouri

ng competition

at noodle nation (Bourbon Street) to

win a £20 voucher.

Visit the Odeon for a colouring competition, tombola, raffle and charity fundraising poster sale.

Learn the story of Aylesbury (4pm), its

canal and Walton (1.30pm) - FREE walks with the

Aylesbury Society. Meet at The

Arches

Thank youPUPPETS iN TODAy’S PARADEThanks to 2nd Buckingham Guides and to the following Stowe School pupils for their work on the amazing KRAKEN, BASiLiSK and RoLY POLy BIRd puppets: Mar Martinez Tomas, Anastasia Nazarova, Kyale Mwendwa, Charles Seddon, Marika Guguberidze, Matilda Bonham Carter, Felicity Plunkett-Checkemian, Francesca Cooper, Matthew Alberts, James Bridgewood, Jessamy Money Kyrle, Freddie Tufnell, Pip Vickers, Cecilia Mayne, Nicholas Wood and natasha Woods.Thanks to volunteers from the House of illustration - the UK’s first public gallery of illustration, founded by Quentin Blake - in Kings Cross, London who created giant puppets over one weekend in June.

ALFiE FROM ESIO TROT – made by Sumishta Brahm and Tommaso Maresco with isha okine, Bethany Wheeler and Cyrillia MalacarnetMERMAID – made by Valentina Zunino, Laura Parker and Becca BygateFAnTASTiC MR FOx – made by Emma Stephenson and Holly T BurrowsTHE SNAiL FROM THE TOAD AND THE SNAiL - Patricia West, Sumishta Brahm, Maria Trupia and Cyrillia MalacarnetTHE CEnTiPEdE FROM JAMES And THE GiANT PEACH – made by Holly T BurrowsTHE GRAnD HiGH WiTCH FRoM THE WiTCHES – made by Will Howes

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