Blysh festival is back in an explosion of brightly coloured power, music, dance, circus, sequins, street theatre and cabaret at Wales Millennium Centre.

Offering two weekends filled with free family-friendly shows during the day, there will also be something of a naughtier nature for adults by night.

Blysh festival will run from July 24 to August 2.

Rounding off the first weekend of events, The Color of Time (July 26), will reinvent India’s traditional Holi festival in a rainbow eruption of multi-coloured powder, music and dance. Following a choreographed parade around Cardiff Bay, The Color of Time will culminate in a spectacular finale outside the Centre where colourful gulal powder will be thrown into the air in joyful celebration.

The following weekend will see Lost in Translation Circus: La Ballade de Bergerac (August 1) amaze audiences with their spectacular aerial techniques. Drawing inspiration from the steampunk era and Cyrano de Bergerac, enter the wacky world of poet and visionary Monsieur de la Luna and his crew as they attempt to journey to the moon.

Throughout the two weekends there’ll be a lively and eclectic mix of free events for all the family, from an acrobatic dance routine involving shopping trolleys to storytelling inside a beautiful transformed caravan.

There’ll be a dark comedy exploring our addiction to technology and a hilarious attempt to make The Most Dangerous Cup of Tea involving The Whirling Hatstand of Death. Kitsch and Sync return as cyber space cadets and Blysh regular Dan the Hat will be making an appearance with his trademark hat manipulation, yo-yo artistry and juggling.

As night falls, Wales Millennium Centre invites audiences into its Weston Studio for entertainment of a more adult nature. Part gameshow, part variety show and part disco, join Miss Behave (July 24-25) for an evening of prizes, games and grown-up silliness, or join in with Musical Bingo (August 1) – like regular bingo but with big tunes instead of numbers. Back by popular demand, award winning Briefs (July 24-25) present an evening of birdbath boylesque, aerial acrobatics and show-stopping drag artistes.

For further information or to book tickets visit wmc.org.uk/blysh or call 02920 636464.