Festival day is here!

The festival will go ahead today - with a revised timetable if necessary (because of the weather).

See you all there.

Selly Oak Active Parks Launch at Selly Oak Festival

We are delighted to announce that the Active Parks scheme will launch in Selly Oak Park at our Festival on 28th June. As well as the official opening of our new exercise zone you can sample the following sports.

10am-4pm Informal sports: Soft Archery, Badminton, Boules, Table Tennis
12-4pm Outdoor Gym & Community Fitness taster sessions
12:30pm Tia Chi
1-2pm Yoga and Pilates
2-4pm Rounders

Other Attractions at this years Festival

10am-4pm Circus Skills Workshop
10am-12 Under 11 Football Tournament
11am Dog Show (registration from 10am)

Main arena Events
11am Folk Trio
11:30am and 2:30pm Falconry Display
12:30pm Keresley K9 Flyball Team
1pm Dog Behaviour Display
1:30pm Fireworks Cheerleading Squad
2pm Vintage Motorcycle Parade
2:30 Folk Trio

Stalls
Friends of Sell Oak Park
Ariel Scout Group - BBQ
University of Birmingham School
Winterbourne Gardens Artist
RSPCA
Responding to Conflict
Macmillan Cancer Support
Warwickshire & Northhamptonshire Air Ambulance
Harborne Lane Allotments
Lapal Canal Trust
Saving Saints (St Bernard's Dogs)
City Church
Vinyard Church
Rey Valley Conservation Group
Selly Oak Labour Party
Ariel Motorbike Club

Sponsored by Robert Wilkinson &

Selly Oak Festival, 28th June 2014

Exercise Zone

Pleased to see the exercise zone installed and getting good use this Bank Holiday weekend.

Support Selly Oak Festival

The Selly Oak Festival is set for 28th June.

Please help us to keep the festival free to attendees and help us keep it going for another year. You can make a pledge here

Selly Oak Festival - Saturday, 28 June 2014

The Selly Oak Festival

will be held in Selly Oak Park on

Saturday 28th June 2014

10.00 am - 3.00 pm

The following specialities have already been booked

Falconry Display
Martin the Juggler
Historical Ariel Motorcycles
A Dog Show
"Where's Mary" Folk Trio

** We hope to have the Festival Stage again **

So there will be an opportunity for budding artistes
to show their skills and entertain visitors at the Festival.
If you or your group are interested in performing
then why not contact us now to discuss this opportunity.

Contact us at:  festival@friendsofsellyoakpark.org.uk 

Similarly if you want a
stall
to promote your social, leisure or business activities
then reserve your space now.

Contact us at: festival@friendsofsellyoakpark.org.uk

Put the date in your diary.

Don't miss a great fun day and a great opportunity.

Over 3,000 attended last year.
How many this year?

ART SOAK

Delighted to be hosting these two ART SOAK events

Saturday 15^th March

The Circus Tree

CircusMASH

Selly Oak Park, Gibbins Road,

11am – 4pm, FREE

CircusMASH will be taking over one of the beautiful trees in Selly Oak Park and transforming it into a circus of its very own. Come along and join in with lots of aerial and ground circus workshops that they will be offering!

And this is what it looked like on the day:

            

Sunday 16^th March

Thissen Thatten

CircusMASH

Behind Scout Hut, Selly Oak Park, Gibbins Road,

12noon – 3pm, FREE

Imagining a future where the people of Selly Oak and Dudley are once again connected, through the restoration of the Lapal Canal. Come and experience an installation containing a collection of curiosities from the Black Country.