2026 Jesmond Community Festival

2026 Jesmond Community Festival

The 2026 Jesmond Community Festival will start on Saturday 2 May and last until Sunday 31 May. Over the next few weeks this website will be updated with information about the 2026 Festival. At present a lot of the detailed information still refers to 2025!

Photographic Competition

Photographic Competition

Most of this year’s Jesmond Community Festival is over now, but don’t forget that you have until Saturday 20 September to enter this year’s Jesmond Photographic Competition, which has the theme of “Togetherness”. Full details of the competition are available in Jesmond Library, as are entry forms, or email info@jesmondfestival.org.uk to have copies email straight to your in box.

Teddy Bear Results

Teddy Bear Results

As usual, the 2025 Teddy Bear Trail was a great event, with 32 Teddies in various “travelling” guises distributed over many Jesmond Streets. Full details of the locations of all the bears is now on display in Jesmond Library.
The two favourite entries were Hiking Hamish and Hilary, and Barnacle Bear.
We are indebted to Symonds Taylor for printing all the entry forms, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s for donating prizes, and Tesco for providing yummy Teddy treats for each child returning a form. And of course the organisers, the Friends of Jesmond Library.