Puppets Up! is an annual two-day international festival devoted to the art of puppetry and the creation of fun held in Almonte, Ontario, Canada each August. The festival is proudly endorsed by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Could you believe it? The 7th Annual Puppets Up! International Puppet festival was a total success – in every way!
We had stupendous puppet shows, lots of kids, busy parents and grandparents, many adult visitors without kids, fun venues, great entertainment, loads to eat, tons to see and the parade! OMG, the parade! Even on Sunday when it rained, we had a parade! I won’t forget the laughter and …
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All Creatures Great and SmallPuppets Up! is all about family fun and since we get a lot of questions from parents and grandparents about festival activities and about what is appropriate for children of different ages, we’ve prepared this Festival Guide.
A Festival for Families
Puppets Up! provides great entertainment for families with children of all ages. Many of our puppet shows and street entertainers are designed for the …
Read more...Hey gang! Get ready for some fancy dribblin’ and drabblin’, hoopin’ and swishin’ and all that other stuff! It’s 3-on-3 time in Almonte! And for those of you who aren’t sure what that is, or think it’s six tractors having a tug-a-war, think again. It’s a basketball festival in the streets of our little town this Saturday, August 6th. And it’s because we know basketball….after all, it was …
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That guy Shakespeare once wrote “All the world’s a stage” and I couldn’t agree with him more. At Puppets Up! puppets and puppeteers use every nook and cranny for their performances.
Most festival puppet shows take place in tented theatres (with lots of room for kids at the front) scattered all around the downtown core. And some of the big productions take place in the Almonte Old Town Hall. Some …
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Almonte (Town of Mississippi Mills) Ontario, July 21, 2011 — Two students from Sheridan College’s Advanced Special Effects, Makeup, Prosthetics and Props program have arrived in Almonte for a two-week field placement under the supervision of the Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival.
This special course is one of a few of its kind in North America and the only one in the Ontario college system. Through intensive lab …
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