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Thanks
We would like to thank the following organisations for their valued contribution to the Festival:
Aldercar Community Language College
Amber Valley Borough Council
Amber Valley Community Safety Partnership
Ann Featherstone
Bet Fred
BJ Carpets
Crystal Nails
Derbyshire County Council Countryside Service
Fare & Square
Friends of Red River Group
Friends of Shipley Country Park
Frosts
Fruit Shop
Heanor & District Local History Society
Heanor 50+ Forum
Heanor Conservative Club
Heanor Gate Science College
Heart & Sole Group
Ladbrookes
Langley Mill Junior School
Lillibet
Logic Electrical
Marlpool Infants
Marlpool Junior School
Mundy Arms
Mundy School
Olive Tree
Salon 60
Scrooges
Sweet Memories
Teresa Wood
William Hill
Wood Brothers
plus anyone else who has supported the Festival
Suggestions
Please email us at info@heanorfestival.co.uk if you have any comments, questions or suggestions about Heanor Festival.
Heanor Festival Week 2011
Welcome to the Heanor Festival website, where you will find out everything you need to know about our forthcoming Festival.
The main part of the Festival will run from Saturday 25 June to Saturday 2 July 2011. There are some events that will take place outside of this period, but these still form part of the Festival celebrations. More information on the events can be found on the Events page, or just click here.
Background
Heanor Festival began in 2005 as Market Towns Week, and was originally organised by Amber Valley Borough Council. They continued to organise Heanor Market Towns Week as an annual event over the next three years, after which time the community took over. It was renamed Heanor Festival and has continued to be organised by the community, ever since.
The organisers
The Festival is organised by the Heanor Festival Trust, which is made up of volunteers from the Heanor community. The Trust is a not-for-profit group, who, between Festivals organise fund raising activities to pay for the following year’s event. The Trust also apply for funding to enable the Festival to develop and organise activities for the community to enjoy that would not normally be available.
If you are interested in becoming involved, please email info@heanorfestival.co.uk or call 01773 762042 for further details.
Festival events
The aim of Heanor Festival is to encourage participation by all members of the community, and visitors to the area, to suit all ages and interests. This means there is a wide range of events organised from football competitions and cricket match challenges to heritage talks and exhibitions. Also, for the very young there is the popular Teddies Leap of Faith and storytelling.
Other activities include making music, listening to music, cycling, nature walks, art and flower exhibitions, fashion shows and street theatre. Full details of the events are here
Festival 2011
The main part of the Festival has been moved from May Day week to the end of June. This was to enable more outdoor evening activities to be organised. As this will be the first year the Festival will be held at the end of June, the organisers would appreciate your thoughts about the new time.
Call for sports/leisure memorabilia - see News page
Link to:
Activities for Heanor Festival 2011
Festival Leaflet 2011
Download a copy of the leaflet showing all the Heanor Festival 2011 events (PDF file, requires Adobe Reader), click on picture below. To view festival events as a Word document, click here.
Event Leaflet:
Designed by Amber Valley Borough Council
Printed by Page Whelan
Contact Us
For further information on the events:
Telephone: 01773 762042
Email: info@heanorfestival.co.uk
Website: www.heanorfestival.co.uk
Travel
How to get there...
For travel information please telephone Traveline on 0870 6082608 or visit their website www.traveline.org.uk
Further bus information can be obtained from Trent Barton's website www.trentbarton.co.uk
Previous festivals
Pictures from Heanor Festival 2008 (Ripley & Heanor News)
Article and video from Heanor Festival 2008 (Ripley & Heanor news)