Kirkstall Festival on 9th July from 11am-5pm

July 1st, 2011 | Posted by Simon Dawson in Kirkstall Festival

Hooray summer is with us again! As always, we have planned a full day of entertainment for all the family at our 31st annual Kirkstall Festival. The Abbey grounds will be full of performers, music and food to suit all tastes. We will have the 33rd Regiment of Foot on the Main Field, a bird of prey demonstration, Majorettes, Punch & Judy, Fairground, Tea Dance Marquee, refreshment marquee, music all day on the main stage (including the amazing Hope&Social), a youth stage and much more.

The 2011 Kirkstall Festival will take place on Saturday 9th July in the picturesque grounds of the 12th Century Kirkstall Abbey. The Festival is probably the largest community festival in Leeds run entirely by volunteers. Last year attracted around 15,000 people. It is not a Rock Festival, or a county show, by an event that will entertain people of all ages with events including:

  • Fairground
  • Over 100 stalls
  • Youth Stage
  • Tea Dance
  • 8 performance areas
  • Comedy; Rock, Classical, Jazz and Light music
  • Food and Drink
  • Procession
  • Displays, including: Cheerleaders; Birds of Prey;
  • Local Information: Kirkstall Valley Park; Kirkstall Vision; Kirkstall Forge; Kirkstall District Centre Schools;
The Festival receives a small proportion of its funding from Council grants, but is mainly self-financing raising money from the stalls, food francises, fairground and programme sales.If you are asked to buy a programme on your way in, please do not walk past, £2 is a small amount to pay for a days entertainment!

We will have more than 100 stalls for you to find a bargain, and don’t forget we have our festival church service which begins at 4pm. There is entertainment all day in the Cloisters and suitable music in the Nave of the Abbey so you can close your eyes and relax. Canoes on the river (current permitting), tag rugby on the Burley Rugby Union field, and a tennis competition in the tennis courts. Yummy food, Asian, Thai, Caribbean, not just burgers. Free car park on the field opposite the Abbey, but we would rather you walked or took a bus. All in all a good day out for all the family, everything starts at 11am. I do hope you can be with us.

Visit www.kirkstall-festival.org.uk for more details!

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