The Piccadilly Stage is back so get your boogie on and join us for live music, dancing and poetry!
Saturday 27 August
Stoke Sings – 11am to 12.30pm
Stoke Sings connect choirs, hold events, workshops and performances to enable everyone who wants to, to sing in their communities. We bring people together from the area in and around the city, to learn and share the joy of singing together!
This year 4 choirs will sing on the Piccadilly stage.
Listen, clap, dance and sing along!
Sign Songs With Us by dDeaflinks Silent Choir – 12.45pm to 1.20pm
dDeaflinks Silent Choir was created to help fundraise for the charity. The choir is made up of profoundly deaf members. To ensure they follow the music, they are led by the only hearing choir member.
Space Invaders by Helen Ascough – 1.40pm to 1.55pm
A light hearted spoken word set from an alien that explores how disabled people feel in new spaces, covering lockdown, public transport and busy places.
Kawanza Collective UK presents Africa54 – 2.05pm to 3.30pm
Stannley Music – 2.05pm to 2.25pm
Stanley Gadagah is a Zimbabwean born Stoke-on-Trent based singer song writer. He is a regular on the stage and a strong part of Staffordshire’s music scene.
Lola Adodo Dance Session – 2.30pm to 2.45pm & 3.15pm to 3.30pm
Join Lola Adodo of New Dance Scopes in this fun, free taster workshop based on her popular Erubo dance series. Expect afro-beats, laughter, and a fusion of moves that originate from different parts of Africa.
The moves can be done standing or seated and can be easily adapted to all levels and abilities.
Clive Martin Sax – 2.50pm to 3.10pm
Enjoy a live set with Clive Martin, Stoke-on-Trent’s most loved Saxophonist and musician. He’ll be brining smooth grooves, soulful music and Afro-beats to Big Feast 2022.
Lola Adodo Dance Session – 3.15pm to 3.30pm
Metamorphosis by Helen Ascough – 3.50pm to 4.05pm
The poetry set will be a series of poems discussing beauty, individuality, nature and change. Be a goth moth… not everyone can be a butterfly.
Bharatanatyam with Supritha Aithal – 4.20pm to 5pm
Access and Useful info
- Listen to the audio introduction to Space Invaders here
- Content Warning: Space Invaders includes conversations around loneliness and bullying
- Listen to the audio introduction to Metamorphosis here
- Content Warning: Metamorphosis includes conversations around global warming and loneliness
- View full Big Feast access guidance here
- View the Big Feast map and brochure here
About the Big Feast
We are so proud to bring you the next serving of The Big Feast! Join us on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 August as we showcase the very best local and national talent in Stoke-on-Trent City Centre (Hanley)!
The Big Feast is delivered by Appetite and supported by Stoke-on-Trent BID (Business Improvement District), Stoke-on-Trent City Council and The Without Walls Touring Network Partnership.
