BASINGSTOKE Festival is set to deliver more summer fun throughout its second weekend with free theatre, dance, storytelling and art for everyone to enjoy.

The festival, which kicked off last weekend runs from Friday, June 23 till Sunday, July 9 and will feature a total of 15 national shows performed outdoors in streets and parks.

The fun is set to continue for a second weekend and on Saturday, July 1 Autin Dance Theatre presents Parade: The Giant Wheel, with showings at 11am and 2.30pm. Parade will start at London Street, at the Top of the Town and is inspired by the beauty, power and impact of people coming together from different walks of life.

A 15-foot-tall giant wheel will be driven by five street artists as part of a choreographed procession on the streets of Basingstoke, with local performers of all generations taking part.

In a world premiere, Rush by Joss Arnott Dance can be seen on the same day at midday and 2pm in the Amphitheatre by Festival Place. This will be a new fast-paced, athletic and physically charged dance experience created for the streets. It will explore the power of connection, to create an electrifying atmosphere to excite and entertain the whole family.

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The Precious Thing is a fun and moving outdoor show with juggling, hand balancing, contortion, clowning and puppetry brought to the festival by Inverted Theatre. 

Festival-goers can sit back while still being part of the action during The Lost Feather: A Sensory Storytelling Adventure. Performed by Oily Cart on Saturday, outside the Wote Street Club in the Basingstoke town centre, and outside Overton Library on the following day.

Books! by Tit For Tat, a mad-cap circus show can be enjoyed in Cross Street at the Top of the Town on both days. 

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Award-winning Basingstoke artist and environmentalist Junk Jodie will take audiences on a journey into the sea as part of her new show Sea-TACULAR. Wanda Whale will be going on an adventure through the ocean and will meet lots of recycled underwater creatures on the way. Shows will take place at 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm at the Winklebury Gala, Winklebury Playing Fields on Saturday and at 11am and 1.30pm in Cross Street at the Top of the Town.

There is more information on Basingstoke Festival and how to take part, at BasingstokeFestival.co.uk.