Subject tag: Palmers Green Festival

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!

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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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.

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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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.......

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.

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.......

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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.......

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.......

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.......

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.......

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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 -.......

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 =.......

21 January 2016

This year's Palmers Green Festival will be held in Broomfield Park on 4th September.  Put the date in your diary now, it's not to be missed! No further information available at the moment, except that the weather will be sunny and hot, as in 2014 and 2015 (fingers crossed!).......

08 September 2015

Congratulations to Phillip and the whole Palmers Green Festival team for yet another brilliant Festival.  How did they manage to get the weather to cooperate so well? The photos below say more about the Festival than any amount of words.  These are just a few from a big selection in the official Festival Photo Gallery.  See if you can spot yourself there! Do you have a great photo that you took yourself?  If so, you can upload it to our forums or Facebook page........