City 'taken over' by giant puppets and acrobats

Performers will take over parts of the city on Saturday and Sunday

Acrobats, musicians, performers and a giant puppet are set to take to a city's streets this weekend.

The Out of the Ordinary Festival will be returning to Cambridge on Saturday and Sunday for its third year.

The free event sees artists roaming the streets as well as musicians performing with other acts on Christ's Pieces.

Christina McNally, from Cambridge City Council, said: "The city centre is basically taken over on Saturday and Sunday by the most incredible, spectacular, acrobatic, gravity-defying, humorous, energetic, colourful and physical performing arts."

Many of the performances take place in the city's market

The event is organised by the city council and Cambridge Business Improvement District (BID) and promises "startling sights as some of the very best performance artists arrive in town, on a mission to entertain".

Ms McNally said: "This festival couldn't be more out of the ordinary - it's just amazing".

As well as the acts roaming the streets, there are performers in the central Market Square between 11:00 and 17:00 BST on both days.

On Christ's Pieces, a number of other acts will perform, including local dance schools, young musicians and bands, alongside well-being activities and food vendors.

Performers come from far and wide for the festival

"It's a big free festival and it's accessible for all," said Ms McNally.

"Kids absolutely love it, and it really does appeal to everybody.

"You just see people's faces transfixed and just falling about laughing, but there are thought-provoking acts as well as the humorous.

"It really is out of the ordinary, and it's really good fun."