Friday 23rd
6.30pm - Great Cheese Race
7-10pm - Entertainment programme
10pm - Firework Display
Sat 24th & Sun 25th
from 11am - The Big Cheese Entertainment programme includes: Reenactment displays, musical entertainment, educational activities, food hall, craft stalls, activity marquee, Tommy Cooper tent, traditional funfair plus lots more.
What's on 2010
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COMEDY MARQUEE
A tribute to one of Caerphilly’s most famous son’s, Tommy Cooper. The comedy marquee will keep children, and adults alike, entertained for hours with a mix of comedy, music, magic and general clowning around.
Tommy is always remembered for his trademark Fez and catchphrase, ‘Just Like That’. A comic, magician and all round entertainer, Tommy's magic tricks invariably went wrong much to his and the audiences delight.
Gazzo
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July
12pm, 2.15pm & 4.30pm
Gazzo’s comedy magic showis a must see! Watch as Gazzo reads people’s minds. Watch as Gazzo does the routine he is known for all over the world, his famous Cups and Balls. Watch as members of the audience participate with Gazzo in finding cards, and try to figure out how the magic is done.
The Tommy Cooper Experience
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July
12.45pm, 3pm & 5.15pm
'The Tommy Cooper Experience' has been performed all over the UK as well as abroad, it has been named by some industry experts as the UK's number one tribute to Tommy. Phil Hoyles has been a regular performer at the annual Big Cheese Festival in Caerphilly (where Tommy was born) and was even invited to the unveiling of Tommy's statue in the town.
All Shook Up
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 July
1.30pm, 3.45pm & 6pm
A gorgeous comic kaleidoscope of magic moments, live music, big tricks and audience fun including an astonishing act of levitation, an audience acted love story and a live song in enhanced falsetto.