The main community festival day is on Saturday 8 June 11.30am to 6pm. The festival is being organised by Bradley Stoke Town Council who have commissioned the company Re-energise to provide the bands and the rides.
Dayley Lawrence, Mayor of Bradley Stoke, said: “I am delighted that we are staging the full festival this year. This event is a wonderful celebration for Bradley Stoke and there will be so much going on that there will be something that appeals to everyone. What a great opportunity for the community to come together.”
Natalie Field, Deputy Mayor of Bradley Stoke and the consistent councillor on the Festival Planning Group, said: “The main festival day is a combination of music, dance, community stalls, food and drink, rides, displays, demonstrations, youth football festival and a street art project. The festival will have so much happening and will be great fun for everyone including families with children.”
Music is provided by an eclectic mix of local bands and singers: Beacon Rise, Doc Rock, Elevation, Kaiju Blue, 80s tribute band Outatime, Dreamscape plus performers from Bradley Stoke Community School.
Local dance groups performing in between the bands are: Baby Ballet, Street Envy, 5678 Dance, Danceworks, Street Cred and South Gloucestershire Chinese Association.
Children’s rides include bungee trampolines, giant slides, football games, giant inflatables, Wipe Out, a wrecking ball inflatable, rodeo bull and bungee run in the free-to-ride Community Zone and young children’s Go-Karts.
Town Council youth workers and young people are organising two days of skatepark skills and creative art activities. The skatepark half-pipe returns (courtesy of Kings Ramps) and offers exceptional demos, by top riders/skaters, plus regular have-a-go sessions. The ever-popular street art ‘paint a board’ sessions return, with the artist Olas Art.
A climbing wall will be set up alongside Bradley Stoke Scouts stalls which also features tomahawk throwing, junior archery plus lots of other fun activities.
More than 80 stalls will feature a wide range of arts and crafts, from hair styling, face painting, to jewellery plus local services and associations, alongside sideshows and community stalls offering a range of local products.
Bradley Stoke Youth Football Club will be running their Football Festival. Medals and trophies will be awarded to teams taking part and games will take place on the top field pitches from 11am.
Meanwhile, on Sunday 9 June, The 10K race organised by Sole Sisters starts at 9.30am at the Jubilee Centre. The Brightwell Colour Run is also taking place at the Jubilee Centre, with registration at 2pm and the first heat at 2.30pm. It will be a colourful and fun event with competitors and paint throwers alike getting absolutely, ahem, plastered!
At the skatepark, the Bradley Stoke youth work will host its festival competition with more pro-rider demos, have-a-go opportunities and art workshops with Olas Arts from noon to 5pm.
Everybody is welcome to the Bradley Stoke Community Festival and we hope to see lots of you there.