Subject tag: Festivals

03 May 2023

One month until the festivals season starts in Broomfield Park. This year's Summer Festival follows the same successful formula as last year's - something for all ages and tastes: a mixture of live music, open-air theatre and musicals and fine dining under the apple trees. Then on 3rd September - the return of the Big One - the Palmers Green Festival itself!

04 January 2023

In celebration of their 23rd birthday, join Enfield Poets for an afternoon-long literary party of poetry, performance and film on 13th January at the newly reopened (and rechristened) Dugdale Arts Centre. Special guests will be celebrated poet and author Maggie Brookes-Butt, and winner of the Costa Poetry Award and Costa Book of the Year 2021, Hannah Lowe. The festival commences at 11.30 with a free two-hour "poemathon" before moving into the theatre for the rest of the afternoon. Audiences.......

13 April 2022

The Friends of Broomfield Park are creating another summer to remember with a kaleidoscope of events featuring music, theatre, family events, a food festival and much more - something for everyone. Broomfield Summer Festival runs from June to September, using the 'Broomfield Bowl' - a former bowling green repurposed for live outdoor events.

02 February 2022

A five-week festival of light is coming to Enfield's town centres this week.

16 November 2021

The latest newsletter from Southgate District Civic Voice has some brief information about Christmas events in the borough's town centres and a Christmas Fair in Southgate

01 September 2021

The summer (?) weather has not cooperated quite as well as it could have with this year's Broomfield Summer Festival, but the forecast is looking good for this weekend, when the final two theatrical events will be staged in the Broomfield Bowl. Prepare to be amused...and moved.

28 August 2021

Details of the gastronomic delights that we'll be able to partake of at the Palmers Green Food Festival next month are being gradually revealed. One of the highlights will be a London-themed pie baking competition.

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20 May 2021

Broomfield Blues this year will take place on five August Sunday afternoons as part of the Broomfield Summer Festival. The programme has now been announced and tickets are on sale already.

14 March 2020

The organisers of the Palmers Green Festival have announced that this year's event, scheduled for 6th September, has been cancelled.

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19 August 2019

An online interview where you can find out about the history of the Palmers Green Festival - including its rather unusual origin - and what we can expect this year, with particular emphasis on the Speakers' Corner that was introduced last year and was highly successful.

30 June 2019

Karl Brown, one of the team behind this year's Palmers Green Festival, updates readers on preparations for the big day on 1st September, but warns that there's a possibility that it may not be able to go ahead

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30 August 2018

At the Palmers Green Festival Speakers Corner Clare Richmond will be talking about her successful project to regenerate the high street in Crouch End.

29 August 2018

An innovation at this year's Palmers Green Festival will be Speakers Corner, held on the former bowling green.

21 August 2018

An innovation at this year's Palmers Green Festival will be Speakers Corner, held on the former bowling green.

21 August 2018

Volunteer at the Palmers Green Festival on the 2nd September in Broomfield Park. An amazing opportunity to give back and contribute to your local community festival! We are looking for volunteers to help on the day.

04 August 2018

Francis Sealey's interviews with local community activists continue with Karl Brown speaking about the Palmers Green Festival - how it started, how it's run and what innovations we can look forward to this year.

11 July 2018

Firs Farm Summer Festival takes place on 14th July

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06 June 2018

In the face of the growing problems affecting high streets nationwide and the difficulties faced by small start-up businesses, the Palmers Green Festival is working with local traders and with the Green Lanes Business Association on an initiative designed to help both established shops and promising new start-ups.

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09 May 2018

The Friends of Firs Farm want their second Summer Wetlands Festival to be even better than last year's, when more than 3000 people attended. They still need more volunteers to help organise and run the day's fun, and sponsorship from businesses or individuals. And they are also seeking further sponsors for their next big project - the Firs Farm Community Hub.

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29 April 2018

The Lamb Festival 2018: Saturday 16th to Friday 22nd June. An arts Festival at All Saints, Edmonton, to celebrate the lives and legacies of Charles and Mary Lamb. You can find the wonderful 2017 Festival Diary here - save the dates and come and join us! (And don't forget - for the fourth year running, there's free admission to ALL Festival events, so why not come and try something new?) 2017 LAMB FESTIVAL DIARY As before, there will be poetry and photography competitions - three prizes.......