Jesmond Community Festival

Jesmond Community Festival

SINCE 2005 JESMOND COMMUNITY FESTIVAL HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL SHOWCASE FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE IN JESMOND. THE 2026 FESTIVAL STARTED ON SATURDAY 2 MAY AND FINISHED ON SUNDAY 31 MAY. PLANNING HAS NOW STARTED FOR A 2027 FESTIVAL!

Details of all the 2026 events appear on this website. In due course the website will be updated with details of 2027 events.

We are very grateful to all the event organisers, and to the organisations which helped to fund publicity for the 2026 festival, which included the North Jesmond, South Jesmond and Dene and South Gosforth Ward Committees of Newcastle City Council, Bells Yard Regeneration Group, West Jesmond Allotment Association, Jesmond Community Orchard, Jesmond Residents Association, the Friends of Jesmond Library, the Elders Council of Newcastle, Jesmond Choral Group, the St George’s Church Parochial Church Council and the St Hilda’s Church Parochial Church Council. Some of our funding has also been carried over from previous festivals, and any surplus in our funding raised in 2026 will go towards future community festivals in Jesmond.

The photographs below were taken during previous festivals, and show a heritage tour in Jesmond Old Cemetery, a Snail Race in Jesmond Community Orchard, and the Darling Dollies performing outside St George’s Church.