Children’s rides at this year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival were considered “very expensive” by some parents, according to one Councillor speaking at a meeting of the Town Council’s Leisure, Youth & Amenities Committee earlier this week. Rides at the Community Fair held on Saturday at the Jubilee Centre are provided by commercial operators in return for a fee that benefits
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Crowds enjoy ‘Jubilee edition’ Community Festival
Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival attracted another big crowd to the Jubilee Centre today. Although not sunny, the weather was once again kind, with the forecast rain holding off until the last band had finished playing shortly after 6pm. The action got underway at 10:30am when the first matches in the Schools Football Tournament kicked off on the upper
Continue reading2012 Community Festival gets underway today
The 2012 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9:30am today (Friday 1st) with children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. Traditionally held a week later, the festival has been moved, for this year only, to coincide with HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Today’s entertainment will be provided by the popular Professor Panic’s Circus and children will
Continue readingCouncillors to debate beer festival enquiry
Bradley Stoke Town Councillors are to decide at a meeting on Wednesday whether a private company should be permitted to stage a beer festival at one of the Council’s three activity centres. Brizzle Beer Festivals, a company based in Bradley Stoke that organises “community” beer festivals in the Bristol area, has asked to use one of the centres and is
Continue readingAnother big crowd for Festival Saturday
Fine weather once again drew a big crowd to Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Centre for the main day of the annual Community Festival. The action got underway at 10:30am when the first matches in the Schools Football Tournament kicked off on the upper pitch. Youngsters from local schools battled it out in a competition where marks for fair play were the
Continue reading2011 Community Festival gets underway today
The 2011 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9:30am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, stalls and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual pre-school Picnic in the Park runs alongside the coffee morning – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus and the Bubbleman. Saturday (11th June) sees a packed programme of music and
Continue readingAnother big crowd for Festival Saturday
Fine weather once again drew a large crowd to Saturday’s Community Fair at Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Centre. Action on the upper football field began at 10:30 with a tournament for local school children, with the main music and dance programme following at 11:30am. Tribute band ABBA Now were the headline act on the main stage, supported by Pantz, Smokestack Shakers,
Continue readingFestival Saturday events from 11:30am today
The main day of Bradley Stoke’s 2010 Community Festival gets under way at the earlier than usual time of 11:30am today and offers a varied programme of music and dance acts along with the ever-popular community fair. Headline act on the main stage is tribute band ABBA Now, who will be supported by the Pantz, Smokestack Shakers, Uncle Buck and
Continue reading2010 Community Festival gets underway today
The 2010 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, table top sale and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual pre-school Picnic in the Park runs from 11am to 2pm – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus, bubble man Steve Price and a bouncy castle. Saturday (12th June)
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The 2009 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, table top sale and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual Picnic in the Park runs from 11am to 2pm – organised by South Glos Children & Young People Information Service – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus, face
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