Festivals

Fun-filled Firs Farm Festival!

11 July 2018

Firs Farm Summer Festival takes place on 14th July

Read the full article and forum comments

Popping up in PG this September

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.

Read the full article and forum comments

Firs Farm Festival and Community Hub project: Sponsors and volunteers needed

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.

Read the full article and forum comments

Edmonton festival offers photography and poetry prizes

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.......

Palmers Green Festival 2018 introduces the Arts & Crafts zone and the Speakers' Corner

23 April 2018

The organisers of the Palmers Green Festival have announced two innovations for this year's Festival on 2nd September: an Arts & Crafts zone and a Speakers' Corner. And they're seeking ideas and input into how to fill these new spaces. Arts & Crafts on the Bowling Green This year the festival will have a new special area dedicated to our local Arts and Crafts - the Bowling Green! We are keen to support our local craftsmen so there are.......

It’s happening in Palmers Green - the fun and free festival plans to Get Active!

18 March 2018

Adding to what’s it’s so well known for – fun & free– the Palmers Green Festival has taken health and wellbeing as its 2018 theme. Its fare of world champion dancing, a fun-fair, two music stages, waggiest tail and other dog competitions, over 100 stalls to browse and lots more, will be augmented by a focus on building a stronger, healthier community and promoting healthier lifestyles.

The N21 Festival says goodbye, but there will be a Fancy Fair this year

17 January 2018

Ann and Hugh Humphrey have announced that there will be no more N21 Festival events but that there will be another Fancy Fair this year. The 2017 Fancy Fair on Winchmore Hill Green was the most recent N21 Festival event. The first event was held in 2012, again on the Green, and there have been two winter events - the St Nicholas Fair. These have all been very successful events designed to interest and entertain people with many different tastes. But they have required a huge input.......

A date for your diary: The 2018 Palmers Green Festival

16 January 2018

The 2018 Palmers Green Festival date has been announced: Sunday 2nd September from 12 noon to 7pm in Broomfield Park. The theme for this year's Festival will be Health and Wellbeing and all stalls will be encouraged to offer an element of healthy living and community wellbeing. Anyone interested in running a stall at the Festival should send an expression of interest email to to include an explanation of how they would meet the Health and Wellbeing.......

Read the full article and forum comments

What's on at the PG Festival? The Palmers Green Art Festival

20 August 2017

There'll be so many things going on at the Palmers Green Festival on 3rd September that you might miss some of them, so over the next couple of weeks we'll be highlighting a few that you might enjoy, This time we look at the 2nd Palmers Green Art Festival. A new feature at last year's PG Festival was the Art Festival, run by Starfish & Coffee. More than 35 artists exhibited their work along Aldermans Hill. The Art Festival will be back this year in the same place. Aykut Hilmi.......

What's on at the PG Festival? Try-a-Bike

20 August 2017

There'll be so many things going on at the Palmers Green Festival on 3rd September that you might miss some of them, so over the next couple of weeks we'll be highlighting a few that you might enjoy, starting with Try-a-Bike. Think you can't cycle? Think again! You don't have to be young, fit or even able-bodied to ride a bike. And lots of bikes are great for carrying kids and/or shopping. Come and try some out for free at Palmers Green Festival! We have cargo bikes to carry kids or.......

What's on at the 2017 PG Festival?

20 August 2017

Two weeks to go before the Palmers Green Festival! {youtube}F5ZtUZy2VZc{/youtube} What can we expect at this year's 10th PG Festival? Well, pretty much the same eclectic mix as before, something for all ages and tastes. Music, dance, a funfair, food, drink, art and craft stalls, local history, conservation groups, community groups, charities, political parties (do they count as fun?), a dog show (prizes include Prettiest Bitch and Dog with the Waggiest Tail) and more. Check.......

The PG Festival needs someone to organise Classics on the Green

26 June 2017

This year the Palmers Green Festival organisers are planning to use the former bowling green in Broomfield Park to stage "Classics on the Green" - an afternoon of local musicians playing classical music. This innovation will depend on finding a local volunteer who would put together a line-up of locally based musicians. They would be supported by the Festival Team, but would be responsible for administering and stage managing on the day. If you are local, have a few hours a month and are.......

Read the full article and forum comments

Fun for all at the Fancy Fair!

20 June 2017

The Festival is Coming ! We just wanted to let you know a little about what you can look forward to at the N21 Festival Fancy FairWinchmore Hill GreenSaturday 8th July10:00am to 7:00pm We have spent a year - a year ? How can it take that long ?! Planning this day . We are nearly ready to put on the best, most varied and exciting event in Winchmore Hill history ! Live music all day on The Tessa Stevens Stage Dance Stage 60 eclectic Stalls Over 40 Artists, crafters and designers The.......

Something for every part of the Community: The PG Festival 2017

02 May 2017

Four months to go before the biggest event in the PG calendar - the Palmers Green Festival. This year the Festival will be back in Broomfield Park on 3rd September. {youtube}F5ZtUZy2VZc{/youtube} The 2017 Festival will look, feel and sound very similar to last year and the year before, but in its tenth year there will need to be some changes behind the scenes. The Festival is now so popular that the volunteer-run approach that has worked so well needs more professional - ie paid for -.......

Southgate Green May Fair goes Green

31 March 2017

The annual May Day Fair on Southgate Green will take place on Monday 1st May from 11am to 4pm. The May Day Fair is organised by Christ Church Southgate with the support of the Southgate & Highlands ATC & the Hatters Explorer Scouts, who will also benefit from the funds raised. This year there will be an emphasis on sustainability, with a ‘Green’ theme to events and competitions. This year the main beneficiary will be Haven House Children’s Hospice (Charity.......

Wanted: A WordPress developer with a few hours to spare

28 March 2017

The Palmers Green Festival has developed a website tool to support other local event organisers and local home start-up entrepreneurs. We need help to develop the website a little further. We are looking for someone local with knowledge of Word Press with a few hours spare. A very small budget is available to pay expenses. Please contact Phillip on . PhillipPalmers Green Festivalwww.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk Palmers Green CIC <?php$ogImage =.......

Will the Palmers Scream return in 2017?

08 February 2017

Will the Palmers Scream return in 2017? Would you like it to? Do you have any ideas?

Dans le parc de Broomfield, l'on y dansait...

21 August 2016

That (Bigger) Blue Patch (Photo: Colin Younger)After two successive blazing hot Sundays in the park, things weren't looking too good for the third week of Broomfield Blues. Heavy rain on Saturday and a very dull start to Sunday. But the weather gods must have been sufficiently mollified by the sacrifices people made last week (the money collected in Ralph Hutching's bright red top hat) and eventually laid on a warm afternoon with long enough sunny spells to bring out the audience and.......

PG Festival 2016 - one month to go!

03 August 2016

Exactly one month to go until Palmers Green Festival 2016. Expect the same mix as before of fun and games, food and drink, music and dancing, things to buy, people to talk to... However, behind the scenes there will be some changes in the way the PG Festival is run this year. The chief organiser behind all the Festivals to date, and this year's too, is Phillip Chard, who explains how the Festival's phenomenal success makes it necessary to do things a bit differently this.......

Broomfield Blues 2016

09 July 2016

Palmers Green plays host to one of North London’s top Blues clubs – St Harmonica’s hosted at the St Monica’s Parish Centre. Together with The Vintage Blues Music Association, our sponsor Winkworth, and a host of supporting friends, The Friends of Broomfield Park are delighted to bring you another August full of the best in.......

Page 2 of 4

Filter news by subject tag

Subject Tags

Become a Friend of Cooking Champions today!