Welcome to the Bedford Park Festival website
Every June, St Michael and All Angels Church organises the
Bedford Park Festival - as it has done for more than 40 years -
to celebrate the Arts in our community, and raise money for
local charities and the church's upkeep (including its Organ Project) and community and outreach work. You can find out more from the links below.
Tonight: Mel Smith stars in The Last Night of the Festival - tickets available at door
Festival events - June 13th to 28th
Bedford Park Festival - programme
Cath Kidston (right): Wednesday June 17th
Mel Smith (below): Saturday June 27th
Print your own Advance Booking Form 2009
(when box appears, click 'Open')
Print your own Festival Leaflet (PDF)
How to take part
How to take part in the Festival
How to enter the Photographic Competition
How to take part in Events for Children
Print your own Bedford Park's Got Talent form
Where the money goes - and comes from!
Festival charities - Microloan & the Upper Room
(and St Michael's Organ Project)
Festival sponsors - links to their websites
Commercial opportunities at this year's Festival
Festivals over the years
Previous Festivals - reports and pictures
Picture Gallery: Bedford Park Festival 2008
What has the Bedford Park Festival ever done for us?
Celebrity openers
Media coverage
Information for Festival organisers
Green Days & Craft Fair - June 13th & 14th
The Twyford High School Gospel Choir - BBC School Choir of the Year - sang on Saturday June 13
Green Days programme
Craft Fair exhibitors
50 Win-a-Meal restaurants
90 High Roller Tombola donors
Siteplan
(When box appears, click Open)
This year's Bedford Park Festival is running from Saturday June 13th and Sunday 14th (Green Days weekend) until Sunday June 28th. If you'd like to help in any way, please contact: torindouglas@aol.com or the Parish Office or those listed here.
The Festival starts with 'Green Days' -
a two-day weekend fete and Craft Fair, held opposite the church and Turnham Green tube station. It continues with a fortnight of concerts, talks and art and photographic exhibitions, including lots for children. On the final Sunday, there's a Choral Festival Mass in St Michael & All Angels Church, followed by lunch in the Vicarage garden, the Bedford Park Walk and a dozen Open Gardens.
The 2008 Festival attracted big crowds and dozens of local sponsors, who helped us raise over £50,000 for Musequality, the Upper Room, the St Michael & All Angels Church, and the church's Trust. You can see the full programme here and a review of Green Days here.
The 2007 Festival, marking the event's 40th anniversary, was also a great success and you can also read about previous Festivals and recent celebrity presenters.