The 46th Bedford Park Festival June 16-July 1 2012
The 2012 Bedford Park Festival is a week later than usual, because of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend, which we shall also be celebrating. Green Days weekend will be on Saturday June 16th and Sunday 17th. The Festival will end on Sunday July 1st 2012, with the Festival Mass and Bedford Park Open Gardens.
Watch here for details of this year's Festival. Details of last year's Festival (below) are in the process of being added to our archive pages (see column, left)
Marmalade-making Masterclass: Thursday January 19th 2012
The Bedford Park Festival kicked off five months early when almost 50 marmalade-makers came to Vivien Lloyd's Masterclass at St Michael & All Angels, organised by Marmalade jewellery in Turnham Green Terrace, with support from Simon Griffiths of Whisk Cookshop in Devonshire Road. Vivien gave tips on competition-winning marmalade, and her new book sold out (though more copies will soon be on sale at Marmalade and Whisk Cook Shop). The evening raised £500 for the Festival good causes, through sales of tickets and Vivien's marmalade. You can read Vivien's blog, with pictures by David Beresford, here: http://www.vivienlloydpreserves.com/marmalade/blog/
You can now pick up an entry form for this year's Green Days marmalade-making competition, including a voucher for free Seville oranges from Andreas Georghiou in Turnham Green Terrace and a discount voucher for equipment from Whisk. Entries close in May and the competition will be judged on the Saturday of Green Days weekend, on June 16th.
See photographs by David Beresford here: http://davidberesford.zenfolio.com/p913579682/h1647233e#h1853df1e
The 45th Bedford Park Festival: June 11-26 2011
Competition winners 2011
See the winners of the Festival Raffle, Win a Meal, the Photographic Competition, the Marmalade-making competition, 5-a-side football, Bedford Park's Got Talent and other competitions here
Richard Briers will open the Festival at 11 am on Saturday June 11th with a special presentation to Mr Lad, before judging the Children's Fancy Dress Contest
Help us beat the World Record Busk on Sunday June 12th at Noon on the Green.
Any age or standard is welcome! Register and help raise money for Musequality here
The Bedford Park Festival will be supporting three charities in 2011, as well as the work of St Michael & All Angels: The Upper Room, USPG & CEDARS.
There are lots of prizes to win on Green Days, on the High Roller Tombola, the Festival Raffle, Win a Meal.... Over 80 High Roller Tombola donors so far!
This year's programme of Festival events is the most varied ever - with dance, opera, musicals, film, classical music, comedy, poetry, art, photography and gardens. Tickets on sale tonight at the Summer Exhibition party and on Green Days at the St Michael & All Angels stall.
There's a Festival Weekend at the Tabard Theatre, Friday 10th to Monday 13th
featuring Ruddigore, West End diva Rosie Ashe and comedy from Dudley Sutton
Don't trek to the West End when so many star performers are here in West Four!
Booking is now open - with a new 10 per cent discount if you buy any 10 tickets to Festival events (with a couple of exceptions). You can pick up leaflets and Advance Booking Forms in St Michael & All Angels Church, or download them below.
To print your own Festival leaflet, click here - and then 'Open' .
To print your own Advance Booking Form, click here.
There are lots of events for Children - Treasure Hunt; Fancy dress, 5-a-side Football, Funfair and Bedford Park's Got Talent on Green Days; Film-making and Photography Competitions.
Calling all young film-makers! Chiswick's own Oscar-winner Colin Firth is to be on the jury of West London's film competition for 12-18s - BPF Shorts. See more here and poster here.
There'll be fun for all the family when Opera Novella presents The Mikado on June 17th. The production of Gilbert & Sullivan's hilarious operetta, features singers from the D’Oyly Carte - and Father Kevin Morris, vicar of St Michael & All Angels, as The Mikado
Tthe Festival's marmalade-making competition will be judged on Saturday June 11th at the Cake Stall on the Green. It's organised by Marmalade Jewellery in Turnham Green Terrace and last year's contest was judged by Clare Balding (seen right, with Simon and Nadine Johnson of Marmade). More details here and poster here:
There's a 'Royal Wedding Day' category in the Photographic Competition this year. To find out more about the Competition, the letter to previous entrants is here, the entry form here and full details here.
How to help or take part in the 2011 Festival, now and nearer the day
Sponsorship and other commercial opportunities at this year's Festival.
Dozens of local businesses help us raise money for charities (see below) & the Church.
Find out who, how they help us, how they benefit and how you can join them.
You can read all about last year's highly successful Festival here.
Past winners of Festival competitions
The winners of the Bedford Park Festival Raffle
The winners of the Fancy Dress Competition
The winners of the Green Dads Competition
The winners of the Photographic Competition
The winners of the Win-a-Meal Competition