Norden Farm Kite Festival

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This year’s Kite Festival is just around the corner!

Join us at Boyn Grove Park (Punt Hill) for our Community Kite Festival on Sunday 3 September between 12pm - 4pm.

It's free to attend!

Round off the summer holidays in style with an afternoon of fun for all the community! Bring your kite creations, pre-owned or shop bought kites and join our team to fly them on the hill.

You can also purchase a Kite Decorating Kit on the day (subject to availability). Everyone is welcome, with or without a kite!

As well as all the kite flying fun, the afternoon will include food from local vendors and a bar.

Don't forget to bring along your picnic blanket or camping chairs and get set for an unmissable afternoon of entertainment.

Entertainment

★ Feel good music and dancing comes courtesy of The Dhol Collective . Their drummers and Bhangra DJ fuse traditional Panjabi folk rhythms with popular modern music to get everyone dancing.

★ Live music also comes from Cutashine who will be leading a huge ceilidh for everyone to get involved. Banjo, fiddle and double bass alongside dhol drums in a mega music mash up of rhythm and melody - Don't worry - a caller will be ready to makes sure we all know all the steps!

★ Also performing are local band Chameleon. They combine the earthiness of blues and soul with the experimental elements of jazz funk.

★ New for this year is The Story Den where poet Simon Mole will be bringing stories to life. Another new addition is the Swallow’s Nest craft area – soak up the atmosphere and join in some free craft activities supported by the Optalis team.

★ The Kite Festival will be the first outing of Norden Farm’s puppet Nordenia. She has been created in community workshops and with textile artist Eniko Bland. Nodenia will be walking the crowd at the festival with her crown of swallows, bubbles and musical accompaniment.

Food and Drink

★ Food stalls include authentic Punjabi cuisine from Ka Na; Presto Italian Street Food serving authentic Italian pizzas; Greek food from Greeklicious; and Korean street food and Bubble Tea from Yun Jung Ko. Berkshire based BBQ food will be provided by Smoking Skewers.

★ For those with a sweet tooth ice creams will be on hand from Franca’s Ice Cream; home-made cookies from Get Whisked Away; award winning Epic Brownies; and specialty coffees, teas and hot chocolates from Jessie’s Coffee Truck.

★ There’s also a licensed bar serving soft drinks, Berkshire Botanicals Gin, prosecco and Rebellion Brewery IPA and lager.

The Kite Festival is kindly supported by funding from The Prince Philip Trust Fund; Hays Travel Foundation, Cyril Taylor Trust and Spoore Merry Rixman Foundation and our supporters Optalis and The Good Gym.

Enjoy a day full of entertainment, plus food, drink and of course kite flying!