– A one-day festival celebrating the new Barnet Vale community
– Music, talks, food, drinks, workshops, and fun for all the family
– Entry is free
– Part of the London Festival of Architecture

Following the success of last year’s Picnic in the Park, the Friends of Tudor Park and Pavilion (FoTPP) have organised a festival day to celebrate and bring together the local community. It’s centred around the park’s superb but dilapidated Art Deco pavilion, which FoTPP hope to refurbish and reopen as a new multi-functional hub for the community.

Put Sunday 25th June in your diary for a day of talks, music, stalls from local food vendors, an eco “show and tell” and family activities. Festival displays and workshops include:

– Children’s activities: making models, pavilion drawing, face-painting and treasure trail
– Your opportunity to learn about the pavilion’s past and suggest what it could become
– The Flower Bank: growing your own veg
– Incredible Edible: you won’t believe what you can eat
– Pavilion memories: local people record their stories

There will also be talks throughout the day. These include:

– 12pm: Welcome by Simon Cohen, Chair of FoTPP
– 12.30pm: History of Tudor Park Pavilion by Susan Skedd, architectural historian
– 1pm: Enhancing the buildings and greenspaces of Barnet, by Robin Bishop RIBA, Barnet Society
– 2pm: New uses for the Pavilion, by Simon Kaufman RIBA
– 2.30pm: Regenerating Tudor Park, by Katy Staton LI
– 3pm: Community Q&A – Regeneration of Tudor Park

The festival is also supported by Friends of the Earth and The Barnet Society. Find out more here.

Please walk or travel by public transport if possible: parking is limited.