Events :: kids
- Jun-Jul
- 6-7
Twickenham Festival 2013
We're working hard on organising the events and activities over this year's Twickenham Festival, which will run for a whole month from Thursday 6th June 2013 to Sunday 7th July 2013.
Below, you will find a list of events for the Twickenham Festival and the Twickenham Riverside Festival. (Please note, the list is incomplete, and further details - even for confirmed events - will be added in due course to this web page)
Thursday 6th June 2013
- D-Day Dance (TA)
Friday 7th June 2013
- Tug of War
Saturday 8th June 2013
- Turner's House Tours
- Pope's Grotto Visits
- Ham Lands Floral Amble
- Arcadian Thames Walk
- Church Street Craft Fayre
- St Mary's Church Fayre
- Morris Dancing
- Twickenham Alive Charity Mile (TA)
Sunday 9th June 2013
- Merry Pedaller's Treasure Hunt
- The Turks Head 10km Fun Run (TA)
Wednesday 12th June 2013
- Evening Jazz Cruise
Friday 14th June 2013
- Hammerton v Dysart
Saturday 15th June 2013
- Turner's House Tours
- Pope's Grotto Visits
- Festival Farmer's Market
- Archdeacon Cambridge's CE Primary School Summer Fayre
- Poetry Walk
- Radnor Gardens Family Fun Day
Sunday 16th June 2013
- Twickenham Carnival
- Garden Festival Event
Monday 17th June 2013
- Thames Venturer Photography Cruise
Tuesday 18th June 2013
- Twickenham's Poets and Authors Cruise
Wednesday 19th June 2013
- Summer Solstice Morris Dancers
Friday 21st June 2013
- Eel Pie Island Open Studios
Saturday 22nd June 2013
- Turner's House Tours
- Eel Pie Island Open Studios
- Arcadian Thames Walk
- Twickenham Library Midsummer Craft Fair
- Stand-Up Paddleboarding Marathon (TA)
Sunday 23rd June 2013
- Eel Pie Island Open Studios
- Twickenham Alive Dragon Boat Races (TA)
- Eel Pie Row (TA)
Monday 24th June 2013
- Dunkirk Evacuation and Little Ships Evening
Wednesday 26th June 2013
- Evening Wine Tasting Cruise
Friday 28th June 2013
- Eel Pie Island Open Studios
- Strawberry Hill Summer Ball
- French Market
Saturday 29th June 2013
- Turner's House Tours
- French Market
- Eel Pie Island Open Studios
Sunday 30th June 2013
- Merry Pedaller's Treasure Hunt
- Eel Pie Open Studios
- French Market
- Family Fun Day (TA) (TBC)
Wednesday 3rd July 2013
- Twickenham Library Quiz Night
Sunday 7th July 2013
- Twickenham Green Fete
- RFU Strawberry Hill Music and Fun Day (TA)
Venue
Twickenham & St Margarets
Event Sponsor
- June
- 7-9
Redlees Studios : Summer Open Studios 2013
Join us in a celebration of original art and the hand-crafted
Ceramics, glass, fine art, sculpture, jewellery, video installation, photography and more
The twice yearly Open Studios' event gives you an opportunity to meet 38 local artists and designer-makers and to experience creativity at first hand in a vibrant and informal environment. You can meet the people behind the work, enquire about techniques, discuss commissions, purchase or just admire the wide range of original artwork on offer, confident that your support will help in perpetuating this thriving and inspiring local community.
Open Studios: June 7-8-9, 2013
- Friday: preview with music and bar 6pm-9pm
- Saturday and Sunday: demonstrations and light refreshments: 11am-6pm
- Raffle of artists' work (minimum value £30)
Venue
Event Sponsor
- June
- Sunday
- 9
St Margarets Traders Association : Crown Road Summer Fair 2013
This years Crown Road community fair takes place on Sunday 9th June 2013. If you would like to book a stall at this year's fair please contact traders@mystmargarets.com
The theme of the fair this year will be - My St Margarets Farm! We will have a visit from a farmer who will be bringing a selection of animals from fluffy chicks and rabbits for children to hold and Pygmy goats and young lambs for them to admire. There will also be farmyard related games and competitions on the day.
Come and meet the gang!
Venue
Crown Road
Event Sponsor
- June
- Sunday
- 16
- 1-5pm
Richmond Council : Twickenham Carnival
Twickenham will once again come alive with the sights and sounds of Carnival, complimenting the borough's Gardens Festival for 2013. Join the vibrant parade as it leaves York House at 12noon and makes its way to the Carnival Village in the grounds of Orleans House Gallery in an explosion of music, dance and spectacular costumes. Celebrations continue into the afternoon with a variety of live music and dance, food from around the globe, games, arts activities and workshops suitable for the whole family.
More Information
- Free admission
- www.richmond.gov.uk/twickenham_carnival
- 0208 831 6000
- artsinfo@richmond.gov.uk
Venue
Event Sponsor
- June
- Saturday
- 22
- 12-4:30pm
East Twickenham Summer Fair 2013
What does every village need? Its own Summer Fair! And ours is on Saturday 22 June in Cambridge Gardens.
There'll be stalls with some rather nice things to buy, including from local businesses, and some of our local charities and community groups will be there to tell you about their work.
In the arena, we'll have music, dancing and competitions. And of course the café and children's playground will be open too.
If you are interested in taking a stall at the Fair - and there's been an amazing amount of interest so far - check out the information on our website www.easttwickenham.org and get your application in soon. If you would like to help organise the Fair, even if it's just for an hour on the day, we would be glad to have you join the team; please contact Helen Baker, the Fair organiser, on focg.auth@gmail.com
Venue
Cambridge Gardens, Clevedon Road, East Twickenham TW1 2TA
Event Sponsor
- June
- Sunday
- 23
Genesis Research Trust : Pramathon 2013
Genesis Research Trust, is a charity set up in 1985 by our Founder and Chairman Professor Robert Winston. We finance vital medical research into conditions affecting women, children and ultimately families. Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth, brain damage and cancer are all diseases and conditions that our leading scientists are working to prevent.
We have just launched a brand new event the Silver Cross Pramathon 2013, it is a family day out in Marble Hill Park, Twickenham on Sunday 23rd June. We have partnered with Silver Cross and Channel Five's Milkshake! to create a festival of family fun, where Mums, Dads and their little ones can take part in the 5k Pram Push around the beautiful Marble Hill House. The Pram Push is your baby's first fundraiser, raising money for a fantastic cause. Around 1,200 babies and toddlers are expected to participate and they'll get to meet some of their favourite TV characters from:
- The City of Friends
- Jelly Jamm
- Roary the Racing Car
- Peppa Pig!
There will also be Milkshake! presenters, entertainers, stalls and even a couple of celebrities to cheer you on.
Venue
Event Sponsor
Genesis Research Trust
- June
- 28-30
ARThouse Open Studios Festival : Artists @ Redlees
The Gallery at Redlees Studios will be open to the public and display a selection of artists' work. All work is for sale.
You can meet the people behind the work, enquire about techniques, discuss commissions, purchase or just admire the wide range of original artwork on offer, confident that your support will help in perpetuating this thriving and inspiring local community.
- Friday, 6-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11am-6 pm
