Sanity Fair is a festival that takes place each year in the city of Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The reason for the day is to tackle the issues of mental illness

Mental illness

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...

, raise awareness, and celebrate emotional well-being.

Information

Sanity Fair began in 2001 as a small event held mainly indoors. Each year around 30 stores are placed around with information available. There is also a band that plays on the live stage that is placed at the bottom of Piccadilly, in which a parade marches through the streets of Hanley.

Sources and external links

• Official website