The second Palmers Green Community Festival, to be held in Broomfield Park this coming Sunday (1st September), will be even more ambitious than last year's resounding success, but entry will again be completely free.
Among the myriad attractions this year will be:
- a funfair
- bouncy castles
- a synchronised dog display
- a 20-team netball tournament
- free open-air dance lessons - Tango, Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata, Semba, Forro, Samba, Kudoro, Reggaeton, Rueda... For details see this page
- the UK's highest climbing wall
- a mix of of local musicians, bands and dancers performing at the Bandstand - the programme is here
- food stalls featuring international cuisine - back again, Hungarian Chimney Cakes
- dozens of stalls run by community groups, charities and local craftspeople.
Not a complete list by any means - for full details visit the Festival Website.
Last year's Festival not only provided great entertainment and contributed to community spirit, but it also generated some surplus funds, which earlier this year were disbursed by the organisers to several locally based groups to help them launch specific projects:
- Talkies Community Cinema
- Friends of Broomfield Park
- the Ruth Winston Centre
- the 23rd Southgate Explorers Unit
- support to assist a local teenager travelling to a project to build a community hall in Borneo.
The surplus was generated through the generosity of businesses and individuals who provided sponsorship, support and donations, and from sales of food and drink by festival volunteers.
If this year’s Festival again produces a surplus, this will be disbursed to individuals, charities, businesses or groups who require seed corn funding for projects which would help improve Palmers Green. Details of how to apply can be found on the Festival Website.