The return of Great Yarmouth's leading outdoor arts festival is only weeks away.

With a new slot in the calendar, the 16th instalment of the Out There Festival will transform the town into a wild and wacky wonderland of circus acts, street art and scintillating live performances from Thursday, May 30 until Saturday, June 1.

The three-day event will feature a number of acts for families to enjoy. Here are some of the announced highlights:

Eastern Daily Press: Kevin Tickles Dogs will have the audience howling with laughter.Kevin Tickles Dogs will have the audience howling with laughter. (Image: Out There Arts)Dizzy O’ Dare - Kevin Tickles Dogs 

Expect theatrics and hijinks as Kevin Tickle shows off the classy canines he has been working with over the years. The daring dogs will be showing off their skills in the form of games such as sausage bobbing, fastest recall and acrobatic feats.

Eastern Daily Press: Rimski and Handkerchief.Rimski and Handkerchief. (Image: Out There Festival/Rimski and Handkerchief)Rimski & Handkerchief 

Returning to Out There, musical clown duo Rimski and Handkerchief will be riding their Bicycle Piano and Double Bassicles as they attempt to enjoy an afternoon out at their favourite picnic spot.

Eastern Daily Press: Gorilla Circus on their giant treadmill.Gorilla Circus on their giant treadmill. (Image: Out There Festival/Nancy Berbank)Gorilla Circus – RPM 

Expect to see exhilarating acrobatics, adrenaline-pumping street dance and breath-taking roller skating set on a giant moving treadmill as RPM explores the absurd aspects of modern society.

Eastern Daily Press: Insect Circus promises to show off the skills of 'the finest performing insects in the known world'.Insect Circus promises to show off the skills of 'the finest performing insects in the known world'. (Image: Out There Arts)Celebrating 20 years of The Insect Circus

From the four corners of the world, many star trainers will be in attendance - presenting the finest performing insects in the known world.

Alongside nature’s rarest butterfly, fearsome wasps, flighty flies, agile ants, busy beetles, amazing mantids, a delicate mayfly, a bumbling bee and not forgetting a worm and some seldom humble dust mites.

Eastern Daily Press: 15feet6 claim to be too cool for school as these two chief mischief makers butt heads at the high school of life.15feet6 claim to be too cool for school as these two chief mischief makers butt heads at the high school of life. (Image: Geert De Rycke)15feet6 – Primus

Look out for this explosive piece of circus entertainment with impressive roller skating, bicycle tricks and hijinks.

Eastern Daily Press: Out There Arts director Joe Mackintosh.Out There Arts director Joe Mackintosh. (Image: Archant)Out There director Joe Mackintosh said: "Last year saw around 65,000 people attend and this year features a strong line-up of international performances and we’re also celebrating the shared vision and imagination of the community, highlighting the best UK artists in the outdoor arts as well as the developing stars of the future. 

"It all comes together in a rich mix chock full of world premieres and new creations."

 For more information, visit www.outtherearts.org.uk/out-there-festival/