{"id":966308,"date":"2026-05-17T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/966308\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:10:21","slug":"horsforth-town-team-brings-new-community-festival-to-hall-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/966308\/","title":{"rendered":"Horsforth Town Team brings new community festival to Hall Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jill Stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be a new event in Horsforth this June, a new family orientated festival, and everyone is invited to join in the community celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Organised by Horsforth Town Team <\/a>alongside Horsforth\u2019s city councillors, Horsforth Festival will take place on Horsforth Hall Park on Saturday, 27 June from noon until 8pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There will be plenty going on at the festival, with stalls, crafts, live music and performers and food and drink.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dave Brosnan, from the Town Team, says preparation is well under way for the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve found that there\u2019s a real want for people in Horsforth to have a festival and that\u2019s not just coming from nowhere,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Town Team have put on reasonably sized events for the last three or four years now; the Christmas lights switch on, the coronation, and we\u2019ve worked hand in hand with the town councillors on that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this year we decided to do something in the summer. We wanted to have a summer event from the Town Team and there is a gap in the diary now for Hall Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great park there and it does get used by all sorts of organisations but we\u2019ve never used it before. This is going to be a community celebration for Horsforth. Family orientated, we\u2019re not going to have loads of funfair rides, we don\u2019t want that vibe we want it to be very much family orientated. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be a football tournament. There will be food, there will be live music, there will be entertainment, there\u2019ll be things for the children to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the first event, this is the first time we\u2019ve done it in this format, but we do see it being a regular occurrence, we do see it happening every year now in the middle of the summer, on the park.\u201d<\/p>\n

Festival organisers have been grateful for advice from their neighbours in Kirkstall, having spoken to Roger Plumtree, Kirkstall Festival Chair, and the organising team there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Town Team are not new at this type of thing. We\u2019re very good at putting events on, but this is different, using the park is very like what the guys at Kirkstall festival do. There\u2019s no ambition to turn this into that, it\u2019s not about that, we want to keep it as Horsforth festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have local musicians playing. LS18 Rocks will be involved, Horsforth Music Centre are going to get involved as well, and other local musicians to be confirmed. We\u2019re also looking at ways of linking to Leeds 400. We are getting really great help from the city councillors. Hopefully it\u2019ll be something we can repeat year on year and make it grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cllr Emmie Bromley (Lab, Horsforth) is looking forward to a great event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to collaborate with the Town Team on what hopes to be the first of many Horsforth Festivals to come. This is inspired by the Gala, but having taken some feedback around schools being under pressure to provide for the Gala in a busy school year, for now we\u2019ve gone for it being based in Hall Park and open for engagement by all, whether you\u2019ve prepped or not \u2013 they\u2019ll be something for everyone and very much about community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival will also feature the first ever young entrepreneur stall, inspired by a meeting Cllr Bromley had a couple of months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jenn and James Ferrier told us more about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cInspired by our six-year-old daughter\u2019s drive to build something of her own, we realised local young people needed a dedicated space to turn their business ambitions into reality. We are delighted to be involved in the launch of the first Horsforth Young Entrepreneurs table and can\u2019t wait to see how this can help our daughter and other young people grow in confidence and business experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lyndsey Acaster, from The Old King\u2019s Arms, is really pleased that they will be a part of the Hall Park event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Old King\u2019s Arms has always been about more than just being a pub \u2014 we\u2019re a community hub, and that\u2019s why we love getting involved in events like this that bring people together.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the success of the beer festival at St Margaret\u2019s Church last year, we were really keen to do something similar again. Unfortunately we couldn\u2019t secure a venue large enough ourselves, so when Dave approached us about getting involved with this event, we absolutely jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ll be there with a fully stocked bar alongside our friends at Horsforth Brewery, ready to keep the good people of Horsforth refreshed on what we\u2019re hoping will be a glorious sunny day in the park.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of course, once the event wraps up, everyone\u2019s welcome back to The Old King\u2019s Arms to watch England kick off their World Cup campaign together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horsforth Brewery founder Mark Costello said: \u201cWe\u2019ll be putting on a bar showcasing some of the beers that have been brewed right in the heart of Horsforth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic opportunity for us to gain exposure in Horsforth where it feels like a large proportion of people still haven\u2019t heard about us, so it\u2019s great the Town Team are hosting the event to showcase Horsforth businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organisers are also very grateful for the sponsorship they have received from local businesses; Bartlett\u2019s insurance, Leeds Bradford Airport and Tudor International Freight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andrew and Richard Bartlett are joint Managing Directors at Bartlett.\u00a0<\/strong>They said: \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to be supporting the first Horsforth Community Festival, as we have done with the Horsforth Gala in previous years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBartlett has been operating from Horsforth since our grandfather, Fred Bartlett, bought a small section of Broadway Hall in the 1960s, and the community has supported our growth ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of our staff live in and around Horsforth and we hope to continue supporting fellow Horsforth residents for years to come, whether that\u2019s sponsoring this festival, the gala, Horsforth Community Garden or the many wonderful schools in our town.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully the Horsforth Community Festival will be the first of many community festivals for us all to enjoy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The organisers are looking for stall holders for the festival, and priority will be given to people from in and around Horsforth. Prospective stall holders should have their own gazebo and public liability insurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can apply for a stall using this link<\/a> and you can keep up to date with any festival news on the Town Team facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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