The sun shone and the crowds descended in their thousands to Cross Flatts Park to enjoy Beeston Festival yesterday (28 June 2025).
Revellers commented on the fantastic atmosphere and the range of activities and entertainment on offer.
On the main stage the RDC Soldier entertained with his Congolese raps. There was much more to enjoy with sports, children’s activities, the fun fair and the scores of stalls in the bazaar. A diverse range of local groups performed dance routines in the Arena, along with displays of freestyle skateboarding and fire juggling. Musicians and rappers also performed on the cycle powered Roadblock stage to entertain diners in the Food Court.
Festival goer Linda Meikle commented:
“A massive thank you to the organisers and volunteers who made this year’s Beeston Festival what seemed like it was the busiest and best ever. Great Disabled parking now which helped a lot of people. Everything from henna to home made jam and all the regular stalls in between. Most of the local organisations and schools had stalls and the falconry was really interesting. The food stalls were in a circle this time with a great variety and central eating area.”
[slideshow_deploy id=’166661′]
While you’re here, can we ask a favour?
South Leeds Life is published by a not-for-profit social enterprise. We keep our costs as low as possible but we’ve been hit by increases in the print costs for our monthly newspaper which have doubled in the last two years.
Could you help support local community news by making a one off donation, or even better taking out a supporters subscription?
Donate here, or sign up for a subscription at bit.ly/SLLsubscribe
Beeston Festival was once again a spectacular success, but the fair lower down the park was overly excessive in the pricing of the rides. I understand it costs the stallholders and the people who have to set up the rides, but my two granddaughters wanted to go on the big slide but £5 for 3 minutes was ridiculous, by the time they climbed up the steps and slid back down, their three minutes was up. Again, the little swing roundabout, the fare £3 per child to go round 3 or 4 times very slowly was excessive. It certainly made people walk away from them, the children wondered why they couldn’t go on.
Hi John, you make a very good point, but speaking as one of the festival organisers, we try to ensure that there are free alternatives for children, such as the Breeze inflatables and other children’s activities. The fairground also contribute to the festival allowing us to put on more free activities.
That’s cheep here in Tasmania rides at the fun fare are $10 upwards for a ride about 20 quid a go