The Lantern Fayre on Saturday 1st October 2011 will take place on The Level. Brighton’s historic central park between Ditching and Lewes Road will be showcasing the creative talents of well known and emerging artists, musicians and traders from 12:00 – 10:00 pm.

The Level will see its Elm trees dressed with traditional paper lanterns creating a magical backdrop against the autumn sky. From the organisers of the summer success, the Kemptown Carnival and The Friends of the Level Community group, the events will be as follows.

Craft Market – 12:00-10:00pm
The craft market will have a number of stalls for designer makers adjacent to the cycle path under the Elm trees and paper lanterns on the Lewes road side of the Level.

Live music stage – 12:00-6:00 pm
Barulho – A 30 piece band of drummers and percussionists specialising in Samba Reggae Funk.
The Tracy Sullivan Trio – Sweet reggae Blues.
Caracazu – Happy sunshine folklorica and South American grooves.
Maracatu Cruzeiro do Sul – A 30 piece band specialising in drumming, singing and dancing to soul shaking Brazilian beats.
Pollito Boogaloo – A band of Brighton’s hottest afro-Colombian musicians.
 
Creative workshops – 12:00-6:00 pm
Willow Wisp – will be proving creative workshops set in and around a marquee for children and adults of all ages.

Community games – 12:00-5:00 pm
Groundwork – The UK charity will be providing a range of games around The Level including; tug o’ war, giant tiddlywinks, giant Jenga, space hopper challenges and other supervised games for children and adults of all ages.

Open Air cinema screening – 7:00pm -10:00pm
One Way Theatre – Dedicated to applying best green practices will be screening a series of short films in a range of genre on a solar-powered cinema screen.