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Lord Mayor's Parade and Picnic 2008 - An Event to Remember

Released on 20 May 2008

The 2008 Lord Mayor's Parade and Picnic will be going ahead on Bank Holiday Monday 26 May and this year it will be an event to remember.

The parade will depart Radcliffe Square at 11.30am and will move through Catte Street, Broad Street, Cornmarket Street, St. Aldate's, and Abingdon Road. It will finish in Hinksey Park at approximately 12.45pm.

The procession will have 3 scheduled breaks of approximately 5 minutes in Broad Street, Cornmarket and St. Aldate's between Speedwell and Thames Street.

It will be a walking parade of approximately 220 participants, including:

• Lord Mayor, councillors and Oxford City Council Mace bearer
• Oxford University Brass Band leading the procession
• Sol Samba
• St Christopher's Dhol drummers
• Circo Rum Ba Ba Stilt Walkers
• Hazzaz Belly Dancers
• Armaleggan Morris Group
• Wallingford Unicycle Club

Following the Parade, people can enjoy the Lord Mayor's Picnic, which will take place in Hinksey Park from 12 Noon to 6pm.

The Lord Mayor's Picnic event will include the following:

• Music stage presenting a variety of music styles and local musicians - something for all (refer to artist information sheet below)
• Approximately 35 stalls offering regional produce, crafts and charity information
• Face painting
• Bungee Trampoline
• Mega Slide and inflatable shoot-for-goal
• Circus workshop
• Roaming entertainment
• Food stalls
• Earth Rover 1 - environmental display
• Boutique brewery and regional winery
• Temporary tattoos
• Arena displays
• Giant bubble demonstrations
• Bicycle powered smoothies
• Guest appearance by King Stephen and Matilda (Giant puppets)

Newly elected Lord Mayor of Oxford Susanna Pressel, says: "This year's Parade and Picnic will be an event to remember and I would encourage everyone to come along to enjoy all the fantastic entertainment on offer.

"There is a lot of excitement around this year's event and by working together with dozens of different organisations we will make the event a truly memorable spectacle for everyone in Oxford to enjoy."

Hinksey car park will be closed from 7am to 7pm on Monday the 26 May to enable event staff and participants to access the site.