What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It was June 2018 as I sat at a Beeston Festival committee meeting waiting for people to arrive, and instead of our usual one councillor in attendance, we had four! Why the sudden interest in helping … oh, it’s just been an election and we have three new councillors. My
A new mural has appeared in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park on the wall of the Watsonian Pavillion. The work was commissioned by Beeston Festival and features the work of many festival goers who made their mark with aerosols on the day. Now local artist Claire Bentley-Smith has completed the work
Thousands of festival goers flocked to Cross Flatts Park yesterday (14 July 2018) to enjoy the 24th Beeston Festival. Crowds enjoyed animals, food, poetry, music, games and much more on a gloriously sunny afternoon. We have a selection of photos and social media feedback from Twitter. Photos by Paul Bullivant
Organisers of this year’s Beeston Festival are very excited as the big day approaches, promising even more of the attractions that are so popular. The Festival takes place as usual in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (14 July 2018) from 12-5pm. As well as live music, children’s activities, sports and
Southleeds Liveathome We are looking for unused bottles of anything like cosmetics, pop and most importantly ALCOHOL. This is after the huge sell out success of our tombola stall at the Beeston Festival last year which helped raised £550 towards helping the older people in our community. If you fancy
You can call it rapping, or poetry, slamming or ranting – it’s all performing the spoken word. In the run up to Beeston Festival Phil Pearce and Kevin Philips are running free weekly workshops, starting on Tuesday 8 May, 6-7pm at City Evangelical Church on Cemetery Road. During the ten
Want to get fit in 2018 and have fun at the same time? Get along to Beeston Festival’s Bollywood dancing classes! The sessions run every Tuesday at 6pm starting on 9 January 2018 at the Hamara Healthy Living Centre on Tempest Road in Beeston. All ages and abilities are welcome.
As South Leeds Life reported yesterday, Cross Flatts Park in Beeston has won a Platinum award from Yorkshire In Bloom and this week it will host two meetings for people who would like to get more involved in events in the park. On Thursday (14 September 2017) the Friends of
The sun may not have shone, but thousands still came to Cross Flatts Park to enjoy Beeston Festival yesterday (15 July 2017). Photos by Paul Bullivant And here’s what people said on Twitter: Beeston Festival 2017 – Curated tweets by BeestonFestival
Beeston Festival has announced its first batch of sponsors for the 2017 event, which takes place in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday 15 July. The main sponsor will be the White Rose Office Park, a 27-acre business park which is firmly established as one of Leeds’ foremost office locations, and