Visit Santa’s Grotto and meet Santa and his elves!
– Live Music: George Northall (sax) plays Christmas and winter songs
– Presents for children and family photographs with Santa
– Christmas crafts
– Garden stall with Christmas cards made at the Garden
– Mince pies, mulled apple juice, hot drinks and home-made cake
The free Festival of Lights returns for two days at Caldmore Community Garden on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November 2022. The festival provides a free celebration of diverse cultural and artistic traditions and brings people together across cultures to enjoy arts and creativity for all ages.
Caldmore Community Garden will be illuminated to create a place where diverse traditions of Diwali, Bonfire Night, and All Soul’s Eve meet to light up the night and open the doors to all the community.
Saturday 5h November:
– 6pm – Animal Magic by storyteller Peter Chand and Fox & Rocha
Sunday 6th November
– 5.45 meet at the Garden for the Lantern Procession
– 7pm fire performance by Helter Skelter Arts
Gates open half an hour earlier with hot drinks and cake at our community cafe.
Saturday 5th November will see a performance of ‘Animal Magic’ from Peter Chand and Fox & Rocha at 6:00pm. Join Storyteller Peter Chand and musical maestros Fox & Rocha for a family session of stories and songs from around the world. You will encounter fantastic tales of elephants with small noses, preening peacocks and misbehaving crows. A toe-tapping interactive and lively evening awaits you as this delightful trio returns to Caldmore Community Garden.
On Sunday 6th November the joyous and beautiful Lantern Procession will start off the evening at 5:45p.m. The procession, led by fiddle player Adrian Ward, will walk from the Community Garden to Caldmore Green. Pick up a lantern created by the school children from Caldmore Primary Academy, toddlers and families from Caldmore Tots group and the community of Caldmore. Alternatively, bring your own torches and join in the fun. We will light up the streets of Caldmore and invite everyone to accompany us on our way back to the Garden.
Return to the Garden for an incredible free, fire performance, at 7pm by Helter Skelter Arts that will light up the Garden with their flames and daring stunts! A great show for all the family. (Keep an eye out for the duo around the Garden as well, as they paint patterns and images in the air with their amazing LED props)!
The festival is delivered by Caldmore Village Festival Group and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, Black Country Touring, whg and Children In Need.
A woodland themed day of fun full of family activities. Come and meet our Meadow Sprites – watch magical meadow creatures take over the Garden in a bewitching performance by Curious Cargo theatre group brought to you in association with Black Country Touring.
Other attractions include:
– Fairy Garden arts and crafts.
– Make your own leaf cast with artist sophia moffa from “A Sense of Place” project.
– Drinks and home-made cakes at our community cafe.
– Come dressed up as a woodland creature or a fairy!
All activities are free.
Save the date!
Preparations have started for our next event – AHOY! Pirates, Mermaids and Sea Monsters – come and join us on Sunday 7th August, 12-4pm for a wonderful day full of theatre performances with Clementines Live Arts‘s Ernie’s Journey, treasure hunts, and marine-themed fun for all the family!
Attractions will include:
Come dressed up in a sea-themed costume or as your favourite character!
On Saturday July 9th we will welcome the Animal Man at the Garden again!
You are able to book a space for one hour Animal Man session and 1 hour picnic at the Garden, after which we will ask you to leave swiftly to make space for the next group.
Session times are: 12-1.50pm (with Animal Man 1-1.50pm) and 2-3.50pm (with Animal Man 2-2.50pm).
This is a Caldmore Tots event and spaces are very limited – only children aged 2-6 allowed. Unfortunately we will not be able to include older siblings.
Please bring your own food and drinks for the picnic.
If you have any questions, please call Anna on 07871813252.
We will confirm your space by Tuesday 5th July. Please let us know if you can’t attend for any reason so that we can give your space to another person on the waiting list.
Animal Man’s visit is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Link to the booking form: https://forms.gle/2Qqkg3GTnUishYfb6
It’s going to be an animal month at Caldmore Tots, in preparation for the Animal Man visit at a special event on Saturday, 9th July. This week we will be exploring edible animal habitats and playing with salt dough – all at our weekly free toddler playgroup, every Thursday 10.30-12.00 at Caldmore Community Garden.
It’s VOLUNTEER WEEK and we could not exist without all the amazing people who create and maintain the Garden, organise events, run activities, help with play schemes, gardening, building, educating, drafting publicity, delivering newsletters, baking cakes, chatting, taking photos, and being such a lovely bunch to be with! Thank you so much, everyone, for all your past and ongoing help.
If you would like to join us and leave your mark at this ever-changing space, that exists for the local community only, every little bit helps – and it is fun, too!
In the photo, captured by Craig, is Condessa, a long-standing volunteer, who is a force of nature!
Caldmore Community Garden 