Chapel Allerton Arts Festival: The best pictures as crowds enjoy music and street food at Leeds event
Abbey Maclure
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The main activities are taking place on Regent Street, which was packed on Saturday afternoon (Photo: Steve Riding)
The free community event is hosting a jam-packed schedule of activities across three days. As well as live music across the suburb, there’s been market stalls and street food, art workshops, face painting, rollerskating and plenty more.
Our photographer Steve Riding visited the festival on Saturday to capture some of the action. Here are 12 of his best pictures from the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival.
A crowd enjoy the circus skills (Photo: Steve Riding)
Members of Chapel Allerton Allotments and Gardens Association with their produce. From left to right are Graham Clark, Dennis Noble, Graham Jacob and Martin Copeland. (Photo: Steve Riding)
Betsy Allen, aged three, enjoying having her face painted (Photo: Steve Riding)
Small businesses have been trading across Chapel Allerton (Photo: Steve Riding)
The Potternewton Park Rollers performing by the main stage (Photo: Steve Riding)
Children taking part in free art activities (Photo: Steve Riding)
The main festival weekend runs until Sunday evening (Photo: Steve Riding)
Trumpet player Phil Green in Regent Street (Photo: Steve Riding)
One of the street food stalls at the festival serving Indian thali (Photo: Steve Ridng)
Local artist Richard Locket, a graphic artist, with his flat graphics picture of Chapel Allerton (Photo: Steve Riding)
Chapel Allerton musician Ruby Brown, 18, who sang her own songs at the festival. Ruby is going to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts later this month. (Photo: Steve Riding)
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