Summer Events in St Leonards
Time to fill in those diaries, there is a lot going on in St Leonards this summer:
Saturday 16 July – St Leonards Festival
Sunday 17 July – Olympic torch arrives in Hastings (in 2012!!)
Friday 29th July 2011 Launch of the James Burton 250th Anniversary – St Leonards Gardens
Saturday 27th August 2011 Heritage Open Days – procession by performing artists etc starts in St Leonards Sea Road at 6pm and ends at the Stade
Friday 9th/Saturday 10th/Sunday 11th – Marine Court and Burton Gallery History and tours
Saturday 10 Sept – Heritage Open Days - vintage bikes and car procession – starts at the Stade and end up in St Leonards – Sea Road – pm
Saturday 10 Sept – Harold the trolley bus will drive along seafront from Hastings to St Leonards
? – Burton St Leonards , Victorian game day/exhibition 2 towns
Saturday 27 August – Friday 30 September – Coastal Currents – lots of events in St Leonards and Hastings
The Festival
Bookings are being taken for stalls at the St Leonards Festival. This year the stalls will be right by all the activity in Warrior Square with the larger and more concentrated footfall that means. Stalls will be along the bottom of the square on Oudenaard Walk, which continues on from Norman Road. It’s a great spot, and you can expect better trade than before with the festival audience being right there.
Stall space will be £25 for a 3mx3m pitch, which includes your trading licence, but not a table or a stall. Bring your own tables, gazebos, stall and festive arrangements please. There will be water but no power.
The festival closes at 8:00pm this year so people will want to eat, and the only food in the square itself will be ice creams, so plenty of opportunity for food people there. Food stalls are being allocated on a first come first serve basis, so no duplication occurs: the festival doesn’t want 7 burger sellers, (when we know there is a wonderful array of food in the area.)
So, come on SBA people. This won’t only be of benefit on the day, it’ll be a promotion of your business to a large audience…some hotels and guest houses are already booked up. A fun trading opportunity not to be missed.
Festival Update
On Saturday 16th July the Gensing and Central St Leonards Community Forum will host the 6th St Leonards Festival. Due the economic situation effecting funding this year it has been decided to consolidate the year’s festival on to one site. The traditional street market will now take place on Oudenaarde Walk, which runs along the front of the main part of Warrior Square gardens. The market will be open from 11am to 8pm.
We hope that you will join us this year and look forward to receiving your completed applications together with your cheque and any necessary documentation. Application forum can be obtained from the forum office at the Community Information Centre 16 Silchester Road or by e-mail to office@gcsl.org.uk Leonards If you require any further information please contact Beverly Winchester on 01424 438291 or email [beverly.winchester@gcsl.org.uk]
St Leonards Festival
As you may be aware there has been some concern about delivering a Festival in St leonards this year. The key concern has been around funding (no surpises). However following discussions between the hosts The Gensing & Central St Leonards Forum and HBC we are now pleased to say that a Festival will happen this year and although somewhat reduced in scale, we hope not in quality. The Forum (Volunteers) will once again be organising the event this year and be supported by some funding from HBC.
The Festival will take place on the 16th July and all planned activities will be in and around Warrior Square Gardens. If you would like to know more, please contact either Beverly or Sylvia at the Community Information Centre at 16, Silchester Rd or Phone 438291.
Any ideas, volunteers and donations would help a lot, so lets get the SBA in there.
St Leonards Festival
The St Leonards Festival, which is on 11th July 2009, needs your help.
Do you want a stall on the Kings Road on the day? Priority is been given to local businesses but time marches on so contact them now, (01424 438291). It is a good way to show off your business, and has a lasting effect. Did you know:
- A lot of B&Bs and smaller hotels are already fully booked for that weekend?
- All the hotels and restaurants have ordered extra supplies for that weekend?
- There is a knock on effect on trade all year around: putting the place on the map helps generate footfall, and with the new Kings Road scheme this is a great opportunity to show how St Leonards is improving.
- One trader sold 3 high value items several weeks after the 2008 festival to someone who had discovered her at the festival.
The organisers, (Gensing &Central St Leonrds Community Forum), who have done an amazing job as volunteers, need help with stewarding on the day. Stewards will work in 4 hour shifts, and all volunteers will be entered into a draw for a great meal out. Please contact GCSL at the number above, or email here.
There is also a Festival website, which went up today, 15/6, at www.stleonardsfestival.co.uk, which will have details of everything going on. If you have any info, or snippets to share about the festival please contact using the form here.
If anyone would like to make a small, (or large) donation towards the costs of the festival, please call Sylvia on the number above. They really could do with a bit.
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