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Beeston Festival 2026 in photos

6 July 2026 jeremym0rton Leave a comment

The sun shone and the crowds descended in their thousands to Cross Flatts Park to enjoy Beeston Festival yesterday (27 June 2026).

Revellers commented on the fantastic atmosphere and the range of activities and entertainment on offer.

Christine Smart commented:

“I have to thank Beeston Festival organisers who not only organise a massive event, but for Cottingley Community Centre this year our stall was more important than ever and the opportunity to raise bigger funds in one day has been a lifeline to us.”

Shaz Akhtar said:

“Massive well done to everyone involved with Beeston Festival for putting on an amazing event. Some amazing dedicated volunteers.”

Angela Gabriel, chair of the organising committee said:

“Thank you to everyone who came to this year’s festival, I hope you enjoyed yourselves.

“I also want to thank all the stallholders, entertainers and contractors. The committee who worked all year to make sure festival was a success and all the volunteers who contributed on the day.

“Beeston Festival sums up everything that’s good about our diverse and dynamic community.”

Thanks to Paul Bullivant for these great photos.

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Beeston Festival 2025 in photos

29 June 2025 jeremym0rton Leave a comment

The sun shone and the crowds descended in their thousands to Cross Flatts Park to enjoy Beeston Festival yesterday (28 June 2025).

Revellers commented on the fantastic atmosphere and the range of activities and entertainment on offer.

On the main stage the RDC Soldier entertained with his Congolese raps. There was much more to enjoy with sports, children’s activities, the fun fair and the scores of stalls in the bazaar. A diverse range of local groups performed dance routines in the Arena, along with displays of freestyle skateboarding and fire juggling. Musicians and rappers also performed on the cycle powered Roadblock stage to entertain diners in the Food Court.

Festival goer Linda Meikle commented:

“A massive thank you to the organisers and volunteers who made this year’s Beeston Festival what seemed like it was the busiest and best ever. Great Disabled parking now which helped a lot of people. Everything from henna to home made jam and all the regular stalls in between. Most of the local organisations and schools had stalls and the falconry was really interesting. The food stalls were in a circle this time with a great variety and central eating area.”