Cottenham Village Green Sunday 26th June |
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Please note that events are subject to change, often for reasons beyond our control. We will do do our best to keep this page up to date with the most recent information. The details of some events, such as the Red Arrow Fly Past, will be updated nearer the time.
Craft, Produce Market & Fete Stalls - 10.00AM to 17.00PM
A variety of local crafts, produce, unique festival goods, fete games and foods stalls to suit everyone. Buy unique gifts for yourself and your family, for that special occasion or celebration. Hot food will be served throughout the weekend (barbeque, jacket potatoes, curry, pizza and Thai) along with drinks to keep you from feeling hungry or thirsty – there really is little need to go home all weekend! Each day we have a slightly different line up of stalls and events for you to explore and enjoy.
Cottenham Village Green
| Grass Area - Food & Drink (Sunday) | ||
| Drinks Stall | 10.00 - 20.00 | Quench your thirst - Cold drinks provided by FEFF. All proceeds to FEFF |
| Pizza Stall | 10.00 - 22.00 | Freshly baked delicious thin crust wood fired pizzas. Irresistible! |
| Thai Stall | 10.00 - 22.00 | Home cooked tradition Thai food – returning by popular demand. |
| BBQ | 12.00 - 20.00 | Back by popular demand, this year’s Barbeque will provide all the smells and delights of the summer – Beef Burgers, Hot Dogs and vegetarian options available. All proceeds to FEFF. |
| Jacket Potatoes | 12.00 - 20.00 | Jacket Potatoes stall – healthy toppings available! All proceeds to FEFF. |
| Jigs Curry | 12.00 - 20.00 | New this year! All proceeds to FEFF. |
| Bar | 19.00 - 22.00 | For the first time FEFF will by running a bar during the evening musical performances. Please support us and drink responsibly. Beers from local brewery. Enjoy good food, drink and live bands. |
| PIMMS Tent | 12.00 - 17.00 | Enjoy a refreshing PIMMS from the PIMMS tent, next door to the control tent. |
| Jam Stall | 10.00 - 17.00 | Specially made Fen Edge Family Festival jam. A delicious selection of flavours made from locally grown fruit. All proceeds to FEFF. |
| Grass Area - Sports & Activities (Sunday | ||
| Coconut Shy | 10.00 - 17.00 | Try your aim (or luck?) on our tradition coconut shy. Win a coconut! £1 a go. |
| Beat the Goalie | 10.00 - 15.00 | Take the Challenge - How fast can you shoot? A Laser Gun will record your speed, but only you are responsible for your accuracy. Various prizes given for age different groups. Suitable for all. £1 a go. |
| Zumba | 13.30 - 14.00 | Come and join in the fun of Zumba fitness with a party atmosphere! A dance based fitness workout… burn off those calories! Easy to follow moves to Latin rhythms…..you don’t have to know how to dance, just follow the instructors lead. Guaranteed enjoyment!! For more information call Jo on 07915 043205. |
| Wheel-Barrow of Booze |
10.00 - 17.00 | Another favourite – try your luck at our wheelbarrow full of booze raffle. There will be two raffles one on Saturday and one Sunday – Yes that’s right two lucky winners! Tickets sold Saturday will be for Saturday’s Barrow and Sunday’s tickets for Sunday’s raffle. £1 a ticket. Raffle drawn 7:00pm each evening in the main marquee. Tickets sold to over 18’s only. Please don’t be offended if we ask for ID. |
| Gladiator Duel | 10.00 - 17.00 | Feeling stressed after a hard week at work or school? Is your brother getting on your nerves? Or your sister? Or your colleague or your neighbour or your minister? Then why not come along and have a go on the Gladiator Duel inflatable. Battle each other on this fantastic inflatable and let out all that tension. It’s a lot cheaper than therapy! |
| Bouncy Castles | 10.00 - 17.00 | Our bouncy castle fun carries on over the weekend, for children aged 5–10, with a new assault course and a large slide. For those little adventurers there will be Dino Den for under 5’s only. Entrance £1 per child. Managed by Ladybirds Pre-School |
| Face Painting | 10.00 - 17.00 | Face painting for all ages. £1 a go. |
| Sun Saftey by Cancer UK | 10.00 - 17.00 | Cancer UK brings a stepped exercise unit and other activities. Why is fitness important? Why should we protect our skin from the sun? Cancer UK will be giving you the chance to try out your fitness on a stepper machine, make badges and UV bead necklaces – cover them in sun cream - what happens next? Come to the Festival to find out! |
| Grass Area - Arts & Culture (Sunday) | ||
| Archaeological Dig | 10.00 - 17.00 | Finds Tent – On the Green |
| Police Vehicles | 10.00 - 17.00 | As long as they are not called away – various police vehicles will be visiting us throughout the weekend. Feel free to talk to the officers in charge and try out the siren! |
| SCULPTURE Competition | 10.00 - 15.00 | The Fourth Sculpture Competition – The Flower Show With A Difference The Monster Sculpture Competition of 2009 saw the most amazing range of wonderfully creative Monsters with over one hundred entries. It was spectacular. This year the theme is to be The Flower Show. Now this is no ordinary Flower Show. We are wanting flowers from tiny to enormous, from beautiful to wacky and from every kind of material imaginable. Using paper, metal, wood, recycled materials, fabric the list is as long as your imagination. Perhaps too sculptures can be made using the flowers ......... what possibilities! Bring your sculptures to the Green from 10:30. Prize giving around 13:30 by Bob Flowerdew. The competition will be held and judged today on the Green. There are seven categories. Under 5, 6–8, 9–11, 12–16 Family, Business & Clubs and Adults. Sponsored by Voland Roofing |
| Red Arrows Fly By | TBC | Times and Date TBC - Could be Saturday or Sunday. For the second time the Red Arrows team have received a request to join in our festivities. If available the exact date and time will be announced on the green. Keep watching the web site for more up to date information. Remember to keep an eye on the time and look up for the smoke-trailed fly past. Binoculars and cameras at the ready! Best views will be found at the back of CVC – on the playing fields – away form all the trees on the green! |
| Church on the Green & 400th Anniversary of King James Bible | 10.00 - 17.00 | In the midst of the games, stalls and joyous noise of the Festival, the Christians Together in Cottenham have constructed a ‘Venue with a Tower’ on the Green! Open to those of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs it will be a relaxed, tranquil space to enjoy some peace or to pray or to ask questions you might have about issues around the Christian faith. |
| Tae Kwon Do Display | 16.00 - 16.30 | A display that shows how Tae Kwon-Do combines combat techniques, self-defence, sport, exercise, meditation and philosophy. Classes available in Cottenham. For more information please contact bruce@tkd72.plus.com |
| Main marquee (Sunday) | ||
| WI Refreshments | 10.00 - 16.00 | You’ll be spoilt for choice with a selection of homemade Muffins, Chocolate, Coffee and Walnut, Cherry and Frit or Orange and Sultana cakes. Coffee / Tea and a cake or squash and a cake £1.50. |
| Holiday Club – Christians Together - Starship Discovery | 10.00 - 12.00 | Songs, quizzes, games, interaction and bible stories for children aged 5-11 years. Drop your children off to have fun for a couple of hours, while you relax and wander around the Festival. £2 per morning. For booking forms or more information call Julia Stone on 01954 250594 (Numbers are limited so please book early). Starship Discovery will be this year’s five-day Holiday Club theme in the first week of summer holidays at CPS. |
| Gardeners’ World Style Question Time | 12.00 - 13.30 |
Bob Flowerdew from Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time will be joining us this year for an open session of question and answers; please bring along any sick plants, questions or queries. There is also the possibility of purchasing a signed book! Bob will be busy at approximately 13:30 presenting the winners of the Sculpture competition with rosettes. |
| Junior Prime Brass | 12.15 - 12.45 | Junior Prime Brass is the younger sibling of ‘Prime Brass’, Cambridge’s favourite brass ensemble. All the players are school age and from the Cambridge area, including Cottenham. Their performance will include a selection of well-known favourites, including tunes from TV and film. They are sure to get your feet tapping! |
| Siuila | 12.45 - 13.15 | Songs and tunes from Scotland, France, Ireland & Eastern Europe. |
| Puppet Show | 13.30 - 14.00 |
Cedrick Superknight – the story of a super knight (who can nearly fly) who goes on an adventure to rescue his friend, meet Percy the firebreathing Dragon and the very silly witch (Esmerelda). Lots of fun music and adventure. FREE - suitable for all ages. Sponsored by Mouchel |
| All Saints Choir | 14.15 - 14.45 | Relax to the wonderful selection of modern and classical choir arrangements fused with medleys of jazz, performed by ALL Saints’ Singers & Choir. |
| Cottenham Brass Band + Songs of Praise | 15.00 - 16.15 | Brass Band and Hymns on the Green. Come and listen to Cottenham Brass Band playing a selection of popular music and hymns. |
| Puppet Show | 16.30 - 17.00 | Paul from Just Puppets will entertain your little ones with his magical puppet show. Included in the Pre-school bouncy fun day entrance fee. |
| Puppet Show | 16.30 - 17.00 |
‘Kevin The Caveman’, meet Fearless Kevin who is on a quest to become the new leader of his tribe, on his way he meets a shark , a dinosaur and kills ‘Bucket Head the Giant’. Lots of fun music and adventure. FREE - suitable for all ages. Sponsored by Mouchel |
| Big Mouth & VoxPop | 18.30 - 19.00 | Enjoy the sounds of Cottenham’s own adult and teenage choirs. |
| Shredded Beat band - Tim Eade’s Tribute | 19.00 - 22.00 |
Shredded Beat are a popular East Anglian based party band. With music ‘From Abba to ZZ Top’, they cover music from the 50’s through to the present day, taking in |
| The Bar | 19.00 - 23.00 | For the first time FEFF will by running a bar during the evening musical performances – please support us and drink responsibly! Beers from local brewery. Enjoy good food, drink and live bands. Managed by Ladybirds Pre-School. |
| Culture Tent (Sunday) | ||
| Rampton Spinners | 10.00 - 17.00 | The Rampton Spinners are a group of enthusiastic handspinners, weavers and dyers. They will be here to demonstrate hand spinning of various fibres and related crafts. |
| Cheese Stall | 10.00 - 17.00 | Details to be announced. |
Meet Bob Flowerdew |
10.00 - 17.00 | Meet Bob Flowerdew from Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time. Buy a signed copy of one of his books. More information on book signing timings available from the information tent on the day as he won't be signing for the whole period. |
| Walking Tours (1 hour) |
10.30 & 14.30 | Cottenham Village Design Group. |
| Buskers Tent (Sunday) | ||
| 10.00 | Soul Music Nights Soulful Grooves | |
| 10.30 | Soul Music Nights Soulful Grooves | |
| 11.00 | Coffee House Acts Laid Back Folk | |
| 11.30 | Coffee House Acts Laid Back Folk | |
| 12.00 | Northstowe Mummers & Processional | |
| 12.30 | Traditional Music Of Cambridgeshire Collective | |
| 13.00 | Julian, Barbara & Harry Popular Song Trio | |
| 13.30 | Zumba | |
| 14.00 | Karmadillo Offbeat Original Solo | |
| AVAILABLE | 14.30 | |
| 15.00 | Ain’t Misbehavin’ Original Song Duo | |
| AVAILABLE | 15.30 | |
| 16.00 | Quintessence Classical Quartet | |
| AVAILABLE | 16.30 | |
| AVAILABLE | 17.00 | |
