The Bedford Park Festival
Every June, St Michael and All Angels Church organises the Bedford Park Festival - as it has done for more than 40 years - to celebrate the Arts in our community, and raise money for local charities and the church's upkeep (including, recently, its Organ Project) and community and outreach work.
The 2010 Bedford Park Festival will take place from Saturday June 12th and Sunday June 13th (Green Days weekend) to Sunday June 27th (Festival Mass and Open Gardens). If you would like to be involved, or offer help or sponsorship, please contact the Parish Office on 020 8994 1380 or parishoffice@smaaa.org.uk.
Bedford Park Festival 2009
The Festival team also organised the first Chiswick Book Festival in late September 2009. If you would like to be involved in future, please contact the administrator, Dinah Garrett,
on 020 8994 7252 or at ddinahg@supanet.com
Festivals over the years
Previous Festivals - reports and pictures
Picture Gallery: Bedford Park Festival 2008
What has the Bedford Park Festival ever done for us?
Celebrity openers
Media coverage
Information for Festival organisers
The Festival starts with 'Green Days' -
a two-day weekend fete and Craft Fair, held opposite the church and Turnham Green tube station. It continues with a fortnight of concerts, talks and art and photographic exhibitions, including lots for children. On the final Sunday, there's a Choral Festival Mass in St Michael & All Angels Church, followed by lunch in the Vicarage garden, the Bedford Park Walk and a dozen Open Gardens.
The 2008 Festival attracted big crowds and dozens of local sponsors, who helped us raise over £50,000 for Musequality, the Upper Room, the St Michael & All Angels Church, and the church's Trust. You can see the full programme here and a review of Green Days here.
The 2007 Festival, marking the event's 40th anniversary, was also a great success and you can also read about previous Festivals and recent celebrity presenters.
The Chiswick Book Festival: September 25-27 2009
Green Days & Craft Fair - June 13th & 14th 2009
The Twyford High School Gospel Choir - BBC School Choir of the Year - sang on Saturday June 13
Green Days programme
Craft Fair exhibitors
50 Win-a-Meal restaurants
90 High Roller Tombola donors
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