A summer festival with street food and live entertainment is returning to a city park for a weekend of celebrating Thai culture.
The Magic of Thailand Festival is returning to Earlham Park in Norwich on Saturday, July 20 until Sunday, July 21 from 10am to 7pm.
The festival will include traditional dance and music, stage performances, Muay Thai boxing demonstrations, market stalls, authentic Thai cuisine and a licensed bar.
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Further activities at the event include traditional Thai massages, Buddhist monk blessings, fortune telling and an opportunity to enter a raffle to win free return flights to Thailand.
Events organiser, Daniel Biggs, said: “We always enjoy coming to Norwich, the energy of the audience is really lovely, it's so warm and welcoming.”
The festival used to be held in Eaton Park until it outgrew the site.
The event moved to Earlham Park last year, where the Saturday festivities then had to be cancelled last summer due to poor weather.
Mr Biggs told us: "We're hoping to bring a little corner of Thailand to Norwich, with a huge variety of Thai street food, classic and authentic dishes - the kind of things you wouldn't usually find in a restaurant."
A main stage will host a line-up of entertainment throughout the weekend, which will be surrounded by up to 50 stalls and traders selling Thai products, cooking ingredients and handmade clothes and jewellery.
A bush-tucker trial style eating competition with “things you’ve probably never had a chance to eat before” from Thailand will be hosted during the event.
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The Magic of Thailand Festival was founded by Jackie Winitkun and Daniel Biggs in 2012 and has toured cities across the UK each summer.
"Thai culture has grown in popularity over the last decade, people can come along and immerse themselves in the culture", Mr Biggs said.
Tickets cost £5 for adults with free entry for under-15s, on-site parking is available at the site.
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