Nottingham's first Puppet Festival, will bring the city to life with puppetry of every kind in all corners of the city, with an eclectic mix of performances, talks, workshops, film screenings, a pop-up puppet village and vibrant puppet parade, featuring the talents of local, national and international artists.

Festive Road will be bringing a specially commissioned puppet to the Festival, together with Harminder the Elephant for walkabouts and the Parade on Sunday.

There will be a display in the Pavilion on the Old Market Square,which will include an assortment of Festive Road automata and naughty Baby Rex. Plus, on the Saturday, Festive Road will be running 2 drop in workshops to tie in with the new commission.