Get involved with our canal festival in Kings Norton Playing Fields in 2015

Planning is under way to deliver a canal festival in 2015

We are really excited about being part of a joint working group to deliver a canal festival during the weekend of Friday 10-12 July 2015 for the Kings Norton Village Festival in 2015.

This will celebrate 200 years of the completion of the Birmingham to Worcester canal, which begins at Gas Street Basin and flows into the River Severn providing a trading route via Bristol to the markets in the south of England and overseas.  

We hope the boating fraternity will pay us a visit and book a mooring through our harbour masters (info out soon!) and our community groups, schools, local businesses and friends will get put on events and take part in what looks like a fun weekend.

From fair rides, to environment groups, bars, music, dancing, art and crafts... and on the Sunday afternoon a dry boat race.  

Nice Face, (No) Shame about the Boat Race!

You create a boat from whatever materials shape size or design you desire you, inject humour and good spirit and then its all aboard for dry race.  Here are a few images of dry boat races in Australia where the tradition which is sweeping the national like a tidal way.   This could be really great fun and we want all groups to create a boat and join us for the Kings Norton dash.   You can have as large crew or sail around the park single handed, it is up to you, me hearties!  

Inside the playing fields a stage stage bar and marquees will be erected with the support of the canal society.  There will be a varitey of interesting and fun stalls with activities in the playing fields, a farmers market, crafts and events on the Saturday morning on the Green and throughout things happening along the canal side. 

Please support in whatever way you can to make this an event to remember in the nicest possible way. 

Drop us an email if you want to find out more and come along.

Email    info.foknp@gmail.com

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