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THE show keeps rolling on at the North Australian Festival of Arts.

Strand Park will today be a hive of entertainment as Chris Collins presents the second day of his immersive storytelling show The Joy of Rhyme, with Funky Chicken and Doug the Bug.

Circus Wonderland – A Mermaid’s Tale and Bernie Dieter’s

Little Death Club are also continuing their stellar run of shows in the Wonderland Spiegeltent, where audiences have been treated to performances by world-class entertainers.

Fun for the whole family will be on show when Anderson Gardens hosts the latest performance of Alice Through the Looking Glass tomorrow at 10am.

Audience members are urged to bring a picnic along and also screen.

The family show will hold another performance on Friday, also at 10am, and those who enjoy big bands will be in for a treat.

Lah-lah’s Big Live Band will perform two shows in The May Wirth tent at Strand Park starting at 10am and 1pm, with the shows billed as something to get the whole family singing and dancing.

Featuring stripy-socked singing sensation Lah-lah, the band also includes Mister Saxophone, Squeezy Sneezy the piano accordion, Tom Tom on drums, Buzz the Bandleader and Lolo and Dancing Double Bass.

There will also be the return of Music In The City at the Perfume Gardens, with local band 45RPM playing a blend of rock and roll and classics from the ’50s and ’60s on Friday from midday.

Budding novelists have the chance to learn from some of the best when urban crime authors Mark Brandi and Matthew Condon hold a workshop their hats and sunon crime writing on Friday at the Old Magistrates Court from 6.30pm.

“We’re going to have some great shows and we’ve got