Dear community,

we want to invite anyone who is interested in helping to keep the Festival alive, to come to a planning meeting on Tuesday, 8th January, 7.30pm at Cafe Unity.

See you there.

Here are some moments of this year’s festival captured by our videographer Romica Jones.

Thank you to everyone who came for making it a lovely community event, especially the children who made the parade longer than ever this year.

Would you like to help to make next year’s festival even better?

Some of the Festival committee members are getting older and would love to be replaced by younger,  more energetic people in Heald Green who may have new ideas for the Festival. If anyone is interested, please ring Margaret on 437 7197 where they can get further information and support. It would be a pity if the Festival couldn’t go ahead for the want of a few more interested helpers.

Thanks to everyone concerned for making it a great afternoon yesterday.

Outwood Road Playing Fields
SATURDAY, 30th June 2017, 12 Noon

We’re looking forward to seeing you all later today on the Festival Field behind the Village Hall.

The timetable for today is as follows:

12.00 Festival starts
12:30 Children’s Parade around the field

12:30-14:30 Junior Football Competition

All Afternoon Entertainment will include:

• Punch and Judy
• Oldham Pipe Band
• Natalie Bate’s Dancers
• Stockport Silver Band
• Grace Notes
• Shirley Awan
• Heald Green Community Choir

15:00 Presentation of Festival Shield and Football tournament medals

16:00 Festival Grand Draw

Tickets cost £1 per ticket (on sale on the field)

1st Prize £200 donated by Rotary Club and Heald Green Estate Agents
2nd Prize Tour of Bentley car factory, Cheshire
3rd Prize Kindle Fire donated by the Airport

Plus plenty of other prizes donated by businesses including:

Rainbow 88, Cinnamon Tree, Paradise Spice, Heald Green Social Club, Heald Green Co-op, Tesco, Hair@K66, Eden Salon Beauty and Hair, Carol Rowley, One Stop Property Shop, Composure and Harmony, Energi Trampoline Park

Please give your support to these generous businesses.

Images by local illustrator Romica Spiegl-Jones

Only 1 day until this year’s Heald Green Festival!

Outwood Road Playing Fields
SATURDAY, 30th June 2017, 12 Noon

Only 3 days until this year’s Heald Green Festival!

Outwood Road Playing Fields
SATURDAY, 30th June 2017, 12 Noon

There’s just one week to go before this year’s Festival!  Have you got your fancy dress costume ready for the Parade?

There will be the usual attractions and stalls, funfair, BBQ, food and drink stalls, as well as lots of entertainment outside in the Arena and inside Hall.  Our local junior footballers will once again be playing in the annual football tournament and Paul Dickov, formerly with Manchester City FC, will present the shield and medals.

Finally, don’t forget the Festival Grand Draw with the Mayor of Stockport. The winners will be announced at 4pm, if you would like to purchase your tickets in advance, there is a last chance to do so outside Cafe Unity Saturday 23rd June in the morning.

Images by local illustrator Romica Spiegl-Jones

 

 

We are delighted to be featuring Shirley Awan once again for this year’s festival entertainment. Find out more about her and Brief Encounter Jazz by clicking on the links.

Entertainment at the festival will also include:

• Punch and Judy
• Oldham Pipe Band
• Natalie Bates’ Dancers
• Grace Notes (abridged)
• Heald Green Community Choir and
• Stockport Silver Band

Come and enjoy the wonderful performances at this year’s festival.

 

Come and join this year’s parade at 12:30 pm on the field

Please note: This year, the parade will be inside the safety of the field again. The Oldham Pipe Band will lead the children’s parade around the field at 12.30pm. Anyone can join the parade, whether in fancy dress or not, just follow the band. Let’s make it as long a parade as we can this year!

Images by local illustrator Romica Spiegl-Jones

If you want to get your tickets for this year’s Festival Grand Draw early then don’t forget that tickets can be purchased outside Cafe Unity on Saturdays during June (9th, 16th & 23rd). Tickets will be for sale on the field during the festival all afternoon and drawn at 4PM.

Tickets cost £1 per ticket.

1st Prize £200 donated by Rotary Club and Heald Green Estate Agents

2nd Prize Tour of Bentley car factory, Cheshire

3rd Prize Kindle Fire donated by the Airport

Plus plenty of other prizes donated by businesses including:

Rainbow 88, Cinnamon Tree, Paradise Spice, Heald Green Social Club, Heald Green Co-op, Tesco, Hair@K66, Eden Salon Beauty and Hair, Carol Rowley, One Stop Property Shop, Composure and Harmony, Energi Trampoline Park

Please give your support to these generous businesses.

Images by local illustrator Romica Spiegl-Jones