The Festival will be opened this year by Spooks, Sherlock and Gypsy actor Lara Pulver. See the report on ChiswickW4.com and her interview on The Chiswick Calendar.
Watch Nicki Chapman's Green Days Instagram video, as she opened last year's Festival - Here Comes Summer - and see our latest Instagram posts in 2024.
Thousands of people join us each year for two days of fun at our traditional Green Days Church Fête and Craft Fair (see photos below and this year's sponsors right). This year we'll have a fresh new look - with a bigger and better Children's Corner on the theme of The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe and a new Food and Drink Court in the centre of the Green.
There wil be the usual fantastic mix of stalls and entertainment - Children's Corner, Fancy Dress Parade, 'Tabard on the Green' Beer Tent, BBQ, Refreshments, Bands and choirs, Bric-A-Brac, Win-A-Meal, High Roller Tombola, Books, Plants, Cakes, Champagne Lottery, Family Cycle Zone, Electric Vehicle Zone and much more. Plus Mass on the Green at 10.30 on Sunday. Watch this page for updates.
BJO with Beverley Stone (Click to zoom in)
We're really looking forward to welcoming back our Craft Fair and Sunday Stalls. You can see last year's craft exhibitors here. Read how to apply for a Sunday Stall here.
At the heart of Green Days is the Bandstand, the focus for live music and many events. See this year's lineup here. it is sponsored by ArtsEd Day School & Sixth Form.
The Beer Tent is being supplied by The Tabard in Bath Road W4
You won’t go hungry or thirsty on Green Days! In our new Food Court in the centre of the Green, there will be a Beer Tent - The Tabard on the Green - serving beer, Pimm’s, cider and soft drinks; the BBQ with Macken Brothers burgers and hot dogs; bacon butties, pancakes, sweets, coffee and an ice cream van. The Refreshment Tent will serve lunches, snacks, Fairtrade tea and coffee, delicious cakes, strawberries and cream teas. There'll also be a gin stall - and Win & Brandon's Smoothie Stall!
This year our Spirits Stall is being run by the team from The Roebuck in Chiswick High Road, selling Kew Gin (right) - made with botanicals from the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew - and other brands from the East London Liquor Company.
Activities include fairground rides, skittles, a coconut shy, beat-the-goalie and a children’s corner. Other stalls sell plants, toys, books, bric-a-brac and more, plus the Sunday Stalls. At the St Michael and All Angels stand, you will find information about the church, the Festival and the charities, as well as Festival merchandise for sale.
The Family Cycle Zone is a hugely successful fixture on Green Days weekend, with information on how to cycle in London, and our usual competition to win a bicycle, sponsored by Fudge's Cycles and Whitman & Co.
Our Electric Vehicle Zone is as big as ever with three local distributors displaying their electric and hybrid cars.
Children can take part in all our Narnia activities, including the Fancy Dress Parade and the Children's Corner. There is also a Young Artists Competition, and they can enter works for the Bedford Park Summer Exhibition and the Photographic Competition.
There will be wonderful prizes to be won!
More than 30 restaurants have already donates a Meal for Two to the Win a Meal Raffle and watch hers to see who have given prizes for our High Roller Tombola.
If you wish to be involved in Green Days weekend this year, please address your enquiry to one of the following:
Green Days:
· Craft Fair – Helen Simkin
· Sunday Stalls – Jane McCabe
· Bandstand – Miriam Morris
Sponsorship - Torin Douglas
If you would like to volunteer to help at this year's Festival, or there is anything else you need help with please contact: Nicola Chater, Festival Administrator.
Since 2005, under the slogan ‘Keep Green Days Green’, the Bedford Park Festival has recycled all waste on the Green Days weekend, earning praise from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. The Festival's campaign urges local people to look beyond the Green Days weekend and 'Make every day a Green Day'.
The waste management company Suez is handling our reycling, providing Green Days with waste containers and waste removal. As all waste can be put in the same bin, it makes it easier for everyone to recycle their rubbish and keep the site clean. All waste then goes to its local transfer station where it will be sorted and 100% recycled or used for energy, meaning that no waste will go to landfill.
Savills sponsors the 2024 Bedford Park Festival and the BBQ on Green Days weekend
ArtsEd sponsors the Bandstand on Green Days
Andrew Nunn & Associates sponsors the Tabard on the Green beer tent
Fudges Cycles sponsors the Cycle Zone on Green Days
Killik & Co sponsors the Craft Fair on Green Days
Knight Frank sponsors the Refreshments Tent on Green Days
Bown Design & Build sponsors the Books stall and the Charities stall
Whitman & Co co-sponsors the Cycle Zone
Young Veterinary Partnership sponsors the Children's Corner
The Bedford Park Society will have its annual stall on Saturday, selling books and memorabilia - a great opportunity to find out more about the Society.
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Orchard House School sponsors the Children's Corner
... and some reminders of Green Days in full swing!
BBQ (Click to zoom in)
Funfair (Click to zoom in)
Funfair Children's Ride (Click to zoom in)
Plant Stall (Click to zoom in)
Book Stall (Click to zoom in)
Cycle Zone (Click to zoom in)
