by Christopher Clarke | May 4, 2025 | 2025 Festival, News
The 2025 Jesmond Community Festival is underway, with events at Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle Cricket Club and St George’s Church on Saturday 3 May. The Sheriff and Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Cllr Henry Gallagher, met with our very own Town Crier, Marjorie Dodds, the Vicar of St George’s. Rev Debbie Loughran, and the Chair of Jesmond Community Forum, Dave Cross, to launch both the Festival and the St George’s Big Friendly Gathering to celebrate VE Day. Other highlights of the afternoon included a march past by Air Cadets, the Darling Dollies singing wartime songs, and two local veterans remembering school-time during the second world war.
by Christopher Clarke | May 2, 2025 | 2025 Festival, Events, News
The Eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that several new events have been added to the festival, since the programme was printed in February. Look on this website, on 9 May for “Music in the Library”, on 11 May for the SPYE Spring Concert, and on 24 May for the library’s Big Spring Book Sale!
by Christopher Clarke | May 1, 2025 | 2025 Festival, Events, News
Hola! Come join Yve for a FREE family friendly craft drop-in : Sat May 3rd, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm in Holy Trinity Church, Jesmond.
We’ll be making stunning floral crowns.
by Christopher Clarke | May 1, 2025 | 2025 Festival, Events, News
St George’s Church will be linking the launch of this year’s Jesmond Community Festival on 3 May with a Big Friendly Gathering to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE Day). There will be a fabulous range of entertainment for all the family, from the memories of World War Veterans and 1940’s songs with the Darling Dollies to Face Painting and Children’s activities, plus Cream Teas, Ice Cream and Pimm’s.
Plus find out more about this year’s Teddy Bear Trail and other festival events at the community stall.
Following the ringing of the Church Bells from 1:30 pm the big event starts at 2:00 pm and will be finished by 5:00 pm.
by Christopher Clarke | May 1, 2025 | 2025 Festival, Events, News
If this fabulous weather holds out, get the children and grandchildren along to Exhibition Park on Sunday 4 May, between 11 am and 3 pm, when the “Festival Special” model train rides will be operating. If you haven’t beern before, the track is hidden away behind the Wylam Brewery, at the Northern Boundary of the park.
by Christopher Clarke | May 1, 2025 | 2025 Festival, Events, News
One of the first events in this year’s Jesmond Community Festival will be a free crafts session for children and adults in Holy Trinity Church, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. The session will be led by Yve Ngoo, who will have a supply of materials.
There will also be tea and coffee available, and a supply of festival programmes, so that you can plan which events to attend over the rest of May!
