FRINGE events will take place at this year's Bridport Hat Festival to help raise even more money for charity.
A community performing arts project and a hat-themed dance party will take place in the town to coincide with the festival next month.
No Limits Bridport will present an inclusive community performing arts project, which is supported by West Dorset District Council and West Dorset Mencap.
This year's Bridport Hat Festival will be held on Saturday, September 3.
Hat Festival publicist Matthew Count, said: "No Limits Bridport will be performing Summertime Together in the Borough Gardens at 12pm on Hat Festival day, and it promises to be a performance not to be missed.
"During the summer, a group of adults, children and young people with and without disabilities from Bridport and the local area have worked with professional dancers, musicians and artists to make a piece of performance for the Hat Festival which will be full of colour, energy and celebration."
No Limits is a company of adults with and without learning disabilities who have been creating dance and live music together since 2011. The company is led by professional dancers Anna Golding and Aimee Symes, and musicians Andrew Dickson and David Marchant.
Also on Hat Festival day, Beat Safari will hold a hat-themed dance party in the Chapel in the Garden to raise money for charities this year's Hat Festival is supporting.
Mr Count added: "The theme is Alice in Wonderland -Eat Me – Drink Me, giving wide scope for some inventive hat creations.
"There will be ska, reggae, Latin, swing and funk to dance the night away to, with the Cerne Abbas Brewery bar and a street food stall providing fuel to keep dancing."
The Beat Safari event will take place from 8pm until 12.30am and is for those aged 18 and older. Tickets are available from Bridport Music and Bridport Tourist Information Centre.
The party is on Saturday 3rd September from 8.00 – 12.30
The event is over 18’s only, with tickets available for £7 from the Music Shop and Tourist Information in Bridport.
The Hat Festival is still looking for volunteers to help steward the event on the Saturday. For more information, please call 01308 250350 or visit bridporthatfest.org
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