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Busy Cottages Walk also Full Up

All places on the Busy Cottages and Millfield House walk in Jesmond Dene are now taken. But there are places left on some of the other Guided Walks, such on the Town Moor and in St Andrew's Cemetery. So hurry up and book your place!

Guided Walks

If you are interested in joining any of the Guided Walks in this year's Jesmond Community Festival, make sure that you book your place as soon as possible! The "Jesmond Vale" walk organised by the Friends of Jesmond Dene is now fully booked, and many of the other...

Merryn Glover to visit Holy Trinity

Join Merryn Glover as she shares the different points of view in her two novels - A House called Askival - and - Of Stone and Sky - and her non-fiction book - The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd. £10 entry, including wine and nibbles. This Jesmond...

DJ Scottie to play live set for Jesmond Pool Chill Out Session

DJ Scott Armstrong of Nova Radio North East will be playing a set at one of Jesmond's more unusual venues when he visits Jesmond Pool for a Festival Chill Out Session between 8:30 and 10:00 pm on Friday 23 May. Mood lighting, a sauna, a gentle swim, and a live DJ set...

Snail Racing

Have you ever seen snails race? Don't miss the snail racing, one of the many attractions at the Jesmond Community Orchard Open Day on Saturday 17 May, between 1:00 and 4:00 pm. You can also see Morris Dancing or enjoy crafts and story telling. The orchard can be found...

Ted goes Travelling

This year's Teddy Bear Trail has the theme "Ted goes Travelling". The trail will be in place from 17 May, but you will be able to purchase entry forms in advance at the St George's Church Launch Event on 3 May (from 2pm), and from Jesmond Library, also from 3 May....

Jesmond Gardens Awards 2025

This year's Jesmond Gardens Awards competition has been launched. Awards are available for all types of front garden, large or small, but the garden must be readily visible to passers by. For more information, or to enter your garden email gardensinjesmond@gmail.com ....

Big Friendly Gathering at St George’s

St George's Church will be combining the Festival Launch on May 3rd with a Big Friendly Gathering on the Green, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. Bring a picnic and enjoy music, teas and Pimm's!

Tyneside Mandolin Orchestra

The Tyneside Mandolin Orchestra will be performing in St Hilda's Church on Monday 19 May. This will be a lunchtime concert, starting at 1:30 pm. Did you know that there were quite so many types of Mandolin?

Tour de Jesmond

If you need further information on the Tour de Jesmond cycle outing, which will be taking place on Sunday 18 May, email Tony Waterston on tony.waterston@ncl.ac.uk . (Unfortunately an extra "e" crept into his email address in the printed version of the festival...

Axum in Jesmond Library

The Axum Folk Ensemble will be performing in Jesmond Library again on Friday 16 May. There are no tickets, but get there soon after the doors open at 7:00pm to ensure that you get a good seat! This year Axum will be supported by the American/Australian duo Mills and...

Guided Walks

Booking for the guided walks is now open! Last year, several of the walks became full up well in advance - so if you are keen to ensure that you get a place, contact the relevant email address as shown on this website. There is Brandling Park, St Andrew's Cemetery,...

75 Events, 3 Competitions and a month-long Exhibition

All the 75 events currently planned for the 2025 Jesmond Community Festival are now listed on this website. All the information will be updated from time to time, when added details become available. It may be that extra events will be added, and we will try to keep...

2025 Festival

The programme for the 2025 Jesmond Community Festival is now almost complete and details of 2025 events will appear on this website over the next few weeks.

Teddy Bear Trail 2025

The theme of this year's Teddy Bear Trail will be "Ted goes travelling". The route will start from Jesmond Library and then go south along St George;s Terrace, via Lily Crescent, Holly Avenue West, Osborne Road (between Holly Avenue West and Haldane Bridge), Eslington...

Is that you, Santa?

Here is one of the other photographs from our 2025 Jesmond Calendar, now available in Jesmond Library. The photographer of "Is that you, Santa?" was David Pretswell.

2025 Jesmond Calendars

Our 2025 "Jesmond People" calendars are now available in Jesmond Library, price £10 each, including a stout envelope, making an ideal present for friends who have now moved away from the area, but would like a reminder.

2025 Jesmond Community Festival

The 2025 Jesmond Community Festival will start on Saturday 3 May and end on Sunday 1 June. Start planning yourevents now!

Jesmond People

The winner of this year's Jesmond Photographic Competition was David Whinham with his photograph "The Fab Four of Jesmond". Runner Up was David Pretswell. All the winning photographs will feature in our 2025 calendar "Jesmond People", available now from Jesmond Library.