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.......
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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.......
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11 May 2016
The first ever Firs Farm Wetlands Festival will be held on 16th July and will celebrate the progress of the project to transform an area of playing fields into a site for pond dipping, nature trails, educational tours, a relaxing walk or family picnicwalking - not to mention, the largest sustainable urban drainage system in the UK, designed to reduce the risk of flooding to local homes.
The celebrations will be hosted and organised by the Friends of Firs Farm. But they need help to fulfil.......
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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!).......
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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........
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05 August 2015
If you'd like to have a stall at the 2015 Palmers Green Festival, you'll need to move fast. It's already too late for food and catering stalls, but there are ten days to go before booking closes for everything.
If you do take a stall, you'll be joining an eclectic collection of organisations large and small. The current list of stallholders is on the Festival website.
As always, the Festival organisers depend on teams of volunteers to run this big event. You too could.......
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21 July 2015
As anyone who went last year or the year before will know, Palmers Green Festival is a brilliant way of bringing people together and having fun. It's entirely volunteer run and a big festival needs a lot of volunteers to make it run smoothly and safely.
The Festival organisers are still looking for more volunteers for various roles. If you fancy helping out, visit the Festival 2015 Volunteers Zone to find out how to get involved........
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07 July 2015
Despite rain earlier in the day, the Proms in the Park season got off to a hot and sunny start on Sunday afternoon. A pleasant atmosphere prevailed as music lovers sat on the grass near the Broomfield Park bandstand to listen to music by North London Brass, with an intermission provided by young drummers from BishBashBosh and BoxBeaters.
There are three more Proms in the Parks concerts featuring a variety of musical styles - see below. As well as the music and great.......
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02 June 2015
The mysterious "Palmers Scream" scroll, discovered in Southgate Town Hall, says that "Broomfield should be a happy place. All effort should be taken to bring joy and merriment to its grasses throughout the year, for each smile reduces the power of the witches as they sleep." One group of people who are rising to the challenge of "bringing joy and merriment to its grasses" are the Friends of Broomfield Park, who this year are extending the season of summer free musical events to take in.......
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18 March 2015
For the second year running the Lamb Festival is running literary and photographic competitions with unusual themes. There are three entry categories: primary schools, secondary schools and open (ie adults).
Charles and Mary LambThe festival itself, celebrating the lives and work of local literary figures Charles and Mary Lamb, will run from 6th to 12th June at All Saints Church in Edmonton. Last year's Lamb Festival comprised music, poetry, puppetry, talks and walks, and this.......
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13 December 2014
Congratulations to Hugh, Ann and everyone else behind today's St Nicholas Fair. A great success! Thanks also to the Met Office for playing their part and bringing out the sun (the thermostat could have been turned up a bit higher though!).
The festivities will conclude tonight with a grand meteor shower, courtesy of N21.net.
St Nick in two of his guises
A human fruit machine!
Fairground organ
Photographs: Colin Younger.......
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06 December 2014
After hundreds of hours of preparation and nearly a year of planning, the St Nicholas Fair will be here one week from today.
There will be 85 stalls with a huge variety of foods, clothes, jewellery, gifts and unique hand-made items. Plus a whole day of free children's entertainment run by volunteers from Hang out the Bunting, Lolly Pots, Nelly Jelly, Pirates and Princesses, Monkey music, Disco Ducks, Tatty Bumpkin and last but not least Smart Play.In addition there will be the amazing Mr.......
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07 November 2014
The organisers of the 2014 St Nicholas Fair still have a few vacancies for stallholders.
As before, the Fair will be held on Winchmore Hill Green, starting at 11am on Saturday 13th December and running through until 7pm.
If you're interested in having a stall or pitch at the Fair, all the relevant details and an application form are online.
To get an idea of the kind of buzz that the Fair has created in the past, watch this video:.......
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09 September 2014
Wow, what a wonderful Festival! Thanks to the brilliant team of organisers and helpers, stallholders and the public, who turned up in droves and joined in the fun (especially the dancing).
The Festival organisers estimate a turn out of nearly 10,000, ranging from babes in arms to those of us who are enjoying our "third age" and truly reflecting our diverse community.
A new feature this year was the Community Friendship Zone, organised in conjunction with the Ruth Winston Centre. Yvonne.......
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09 September 2014
Just up the road in Winchmore Hill the N21 Festival people are planning this December's St Nicholas Fair, to take place on Winchmore Hill Green on 13th December. This is a big event and needs help - both money and people. See below.
The N21 team have been busy throughout the summer planning the N21 St Nicholas Festival which is to be held on The Green on the 13th December 2014 from 11.00-19.00
Our thoughts and dreams ...
There will also be an ice-rink, an amazing grotto,.......
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27 August 2014
Not long to go now till the 2014 Palmers Green Festival in Broomfield Park on 7th September.
As before, there will be events, activities and stalls to suit all ages and tastes:
NEW Music on the Green – from 12 noon local bands and singers at the new performance area on the old Bowling Green, organised by Lester Clayton;
Music on the Bandstand returns with an exciting lineup put together by Dexxmaster & DJ Slamz – including Choirs, folk, belly dancing, soul and more!
free dance.......
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29 July 2014
The sun came out for the special Love Parks Week events in Broomfield Park last Sunday, and so did the people.
In Broomfield Conservatory, Marc Harris played and sang while visitors admired the Angels' Trumpets and many other plants.
In the Community Orchard, there were apple cakes, apple wine, country dancing and "Celtic Folk Americana" played live.
At the Bandstand, Bowes Park Folk Club gave their first event north of the North Circ.
On the former Bowling Green, people were able to play.......
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15 July 2014
Following last August's resoundingly successful revival, Broomfield Blues is returning this year with five servings of the very best Blues and music loosely derived from the Blues. The concerts at the bandstand in Broomfield Park will be held every Sunday in August. Each Sunday afternoon will see a different mix of music organised by the Vintage Music Association, the people behind the local St Harmonica's Blues Club (every Friday at St Monica's Club in Cannon Hill).
Each concert.......
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10 July 2014
This Sunday's Super Summer Sunday at Woodcroft Wildspace will feature a huge range of events and stalls to suit all tastes and ages.
In the Entertainment Arena:
Signature Sounds Daytime Disco
Musical Mummies
Chasamba Dance Exercise
Maria Evangelou
Woodcroft Quartet
That Blue Patch
That Swing Singer
Photo Booth Fun
Eco Gym Demo
Organic Gardening Question Time
In the Kids' Corner:
Tatty Bumpkin (yoga)
Music Bugs
Kids' Orienteering
Little Treasures Workshop
Plus Food, Craft.......
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27 June 2014
The 2014 N21 Summer Exhibition on 5th July will be repeating last year's successful formula: artists showing and selling their work on the Green, live acoustic music, Prosecco by the glass and (hopefully this year) sunshine outdoors on the Green, while inside the King's Head craftspeople will be exhibiting and selling their goods, such as ceramics, jewellery and textiles.
This year Southgate Photographic Society will again be showing some of the superb work created by their members, all.......
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