{"id":3458,"date":"2025-02-07T03:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/?page_id=3458"},"modified":"2025-09-12T19:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:16:02","slug":"festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-huge-font-size\"><strong>The next festival will be on Saturday 12th July 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-huge-font-size\"><strong>11 am &#8211; 5 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<title>Toyland<\/title>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<meta http-equiv=\"pragma\" content=\"no-cache\">\n<meta http-equiv=\"cache-control\" content=\"no-cache\">\n<meta 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None;, sans-serif;font-weight: Normal;line-height: 50px\" class=\"ub_advanced_heading wp-block-ub-advanced-heading\" id=\"ub-advanced-heading-eab2af8b-f67c-48aa-8e19-e6c2e3d467f1\" data-blockid=\"eab2af8b-f67c-48aa-8e19-e6c2e3d467f1\"><strong>Pre-Festival fundraising concert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/weetwood-mac-graceland-the-return-tickets-1309736470039?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&amp;aff=ebdsshios&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawJbtAVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHf8wOJODbGLoAplN5WqGQSukNPYOw0rmPFL5XxkWXteH4zIGSWQ4nBaKmQ_aem_tgzTZGWvJDNkvivDRGuy2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information and tickets.<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts is-style-stacked\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__inner has-columns has-2-columns has-responsive-columns has-square-image has-large-gutter\" style=\" style=\"--coblocks-custom-gutter:4.5em\"\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/18\/2025-line-up-music\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-Line-Up-2.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/18\/2025-line-up-music\/\" alt=\"2025 Line up\">2025 Line up<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/13\/2025-activities-events-2\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Activites-Canoes-1.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/13\/2025-activities-events-2\/\" alt=\"2025 Activities &amp; Events\">2025 Activities &amp; Events<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/08\/parade-2025\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Parade.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/08\/parade-2025\/\" alt=\"Parade 2025\">Parade 2025<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/01\/sponsors-2025\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-07-Our-Sponsors.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/06\/01\/sponsors-2025\/\" alt=\"Sponsors 2025\">Sponsors 2025<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/02\/07\/2025-stall-applications-coming-soon\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-Kirkstall-Festival-Stalls-FULL.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/02\/07\/2025-stall-applications-coming-soon\/\" alt=\"2025 Stall Applications Closed\">2025 Stall Applications Closed<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__item\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/02\/07\/2025-travel-information\/\" class=\"bg-cover bg-center-center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-Times-2.jpg)\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/2025\/02\/07\/2025-travel-information\/\" alt=\"2025 Travel Information\">2025 Travel Information<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"56\" data-id=\"3636\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024-Butlers-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Butlers logo\" class=\"wp-image-3636\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"3642\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CEG.jpg\" alt=\"CEG logo\" class=\"wp-image-3642\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" data-id=\"3637\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CC-logo-COLHR-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Community Committee Logo\" class=\"wp-image-3637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CC-logo-COLHR-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CC-logo-COLHR-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CC-logo-COLHR-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CC-logo-COLHR.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" data-id=\"3635\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kirkstall-Brewery-Logo.png\" alt=\"Kirkstall Brewery Logo\" class=\"wp-image-3635\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" data-id=\"3634\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manning-stainton-logo_pz-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"Manning Stainton logo\" class=\"wp-image-3634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manning-stainton-logo_pz-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manning-stainton-logo_pz.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-committee-members-needed\">Committee Members Needed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">As we say a massive thank you to our longstanding committee members Fiona (our Secretary volunteer) and Linda (our Grants volunteer) who have both now retired from the committee after 40 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">We are sad to lose these fantastic ladies from Kirkstall Festival Committee but they can pop their feet up now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">This does mean we have some critical openings on the committee other members getting ready to retire in 2025 after looking to handover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:65% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Volunteers-Needed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3474 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Volunteers-Needed-1.jpg 472w, https:\/\/kirkstall.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Volunteers-Needed-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Committee roles available:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Fundraising (grants and sponsorship) &#8211; Looking for someone ideally with experience in grant applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stall planners &#8211; Looking for multiple people to cover the stall planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Everyone on our committee is a volunteer and the roles above are voluntary, if you would like to have a chat to our chair Roger to find out more about these roles, please email:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"mailto:chair@kirkstall.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chair@kirkstall.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">If you&#8217;d like to join as a volunteer we are in need of volunteers on the day! 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