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Festival 2010 - 12 noon, Sunday, 5th September, 2010
Looking for adventure, excitement,
fun?
Look no further. You can find all those and more at Brentford Festival 2010.
One of the biggest community, festival and music days in West London (on the border of Hounslow and Ealing),
providing entertainment for adults, children and families (not to mention the dog).
Run the army assault course, climb to the top of the wall,
battle with the Temesvikings, lead your
dog a merry dance at the Dog Show, then replenish your energy
with food from our International Food court and relax with a
pint of real ale, a glass of PIMMS or a cup of tea while you chill out to
live music from two stages. Not only will DJ
Gordon Baxter of 91.8 Hayes FM be
broadcasting live from the Festival but Larry Vidal and Paul Hawkins of 91.8 Hayes FM will also be MCing the main stage.
What next? Well - then there's the fair, all the stalls, the tour of
Boston Manor House, the kayaking, a ride on Robbie the land train,
sports games, tennis tournament, Adrenalin Rush, charity games, raffle, maybe pony rides, bungee jumping, urban farm, cycling...
But, with so much to do, you probably won't have time for everything - unless you get there early for the
official opening at 12 noon. To complete your day you can 'take off' to your virtual home in our
flight simulator.
S.I.T. Dog Training have released their flyer for the 2010 Brentford Festival Dog Show.
You can download a copy here for detailed information.
This year the Dog Show will be held in the bottom (wildflower meadow) field for the first time. Please see the separate Dog Show
page for general information and a picture show from previous Festivals.
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Photographs with kind
permission of Peter Hughes, Jim Lawes and
Paul Flanagan
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here for our third Festival Press Release.
View our picture show from previous Festivals for a taste of
what this West London Event can offer.
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All our plans for Brentford Festival 2010 are
almost complete, apart from our 2010 site plan, so keep
checking this page for updates. Musicians and music fans will find updates below.
The deadline for music applications from musicians has now passed. Applications for catering and stallholders
have now also been closed.
Our 2010 Festival site map will not be available until closer to 5th September but you can download
a copy of our 2009 site map here as an example of the
likely layout of the Festival in 2010. (We may have to make small changes to this site map nearer the day.)
Move back through time to the Viking village of the Temes Vikings, watch battle re-enactments, learn exciting snippets of history, participate in the Viking daily life.
In the words of Thorbjorn -
"Visitors will be able to try on a helmet, feel the weight of shields, armour and weapons, see the clothing, crafts and food
of 1000 years ago, and see the Vikings training for war. Who knows, there may be a skirmish with the Anglo-Saxon Fyrd
(or militia) or perhaps even a falling-out between two shipmates which must be settled by a Holm-Gang, or Viking duel!"
These displays are especially relevant to those studying the Vikings at primary school as part of Key Stage 2 Invaders and Settlers.
The Viking camp will be on the old bowling green, between the play area and tennis courts. Make sure you don't miss it in 2010.
 From Vikings to Jacobean Jewel
STOP PRESS - Unfortunately, Boston Manor House is closed to the public due to essential repair works and will not be
re-opening until the latter months of 2011, but there will be an information stand at the House where you can find out about the history of Boston
Manor House and current plans for its future.
There are stories (unconfirmed) of King Charles I standing in the windows of Boston Manor House watching the Battle of Brentford
taking place during the Civil War in 1642.
In fact, it is unlikely that he was in Brentford on that day, 12th November, 1642, but on 5th September, 2010, you
will have the opportunity to stand on the back lawn and imagine the scenes that took place during that skirmish.
Move forward in time now to 1834 and imagine King William IV and Queen Adelaide joining the Clitherow Family in the dining room of this Grade I listed Manor House,
built in 1623. Make sure you come back to visit the State room with its magnificently decorated plaster ceilings, find out the history of the Manor House and the Clitherow family
who occupied it between 1670 and 1924 and view their famous portraits when the House re-opens next year.
Check this website next year to find out if Boston Manor House will be open on Festival Day 2011.
From the Past to the Present:
Great action fun for adults and children over 8 years old. The Brentford Festival will be hosting the
Army Assault Course for the first
time in 2010. We will be posting more detailed information about this shortly, so keep checking for updates.
We have yet more action packed family fun with Adrenalin Rush Laser Combat (ARLC). ARLC is like stepping into a LIVE
videogame such as Counter-Strike, Halo or Call Of Duty, with a strong emphasis on small unit tactics
and leadership. This adrenalin-filled game is for anyone from 7 to 100 to play. The less mobile can take up a sniper role, staying in one position
and picking opponents off! It’s not about how fast you move, but how you move!
New for 2010, we will have a flight simulator to appeal to visitors of all ages. Travel 'virtually' anywhere without spending hours stuck in
airports and the hassle of packing suitcases. Visit the Brentford Festival and experience the sensation of flying your own plane to virtual destinations.
Only your imagination can limit the exotic countries (and planets) you can virtually reach.
The stalls booked so far for the 2010 Festival are listed below. We have now closed our applications for stallholders at BF2010.
Please check out this website early next year to make sure you register for BF2011.
If you would like to view the 2009 stallholders, please refer to our
BF2009 webpage.
- Little Coppice (Plants)
- Lorna Kyle (Handmade cards)
- Eureka Designs (Jewellery)
- Glads Club (Art and Craft)
- Kumari Glass(1) (Stained glass)
- Cusmus Workshops (Fashion & Textile, Hair braiding workshops for young people)
- Hot Pink Frog (Jewellery)
- Pettite Pensee (Gifts)
- Gemma Jewellery
- Forever Living Products (Aloe vera products)
- Your Gems (Jemstone Jewellery)
- Val's Cakes n Cookies
- Durrance Bagale Nepali Arts & Crafts (Ethically made craft goods from Nepal)
- Mini IQ (Selling toys and games)
- Be Jewelled (Jewellery & Christmas Cards)
- Phoenix Trading (Cards and Stationery)
- Cubiko Games (Table top game)
- Teacake Designs (Selling Jewellery)
- Must Jewels (Jewellery and hair accessories)
- Scrumptious Sally (Contemporary cakes, fancies and treats)
- The Big Cupcake Company (cupcakes and stands)
- Massage4life
- Sunny Day Creations (Crafts)
- Mad Moo Toys(wooden toys)
- Lazarow Woodturning (bowls, platters, etc.)
- Soroptimist International
- Touco Studio
- Slimming World (information, prize draw)
- Jenny Wilson (Unique ceramic sculpturs)
- Soul-e Holistics (Massage therapies)
- Icin' on the Cake (cake making and jewellery design)
- Treat Yourself Beauty (Beauty treatment - mini pedicure, shape & polish)
- Hand-Maids (handmade crafts)
- Craftlyte (Glass paintings)
- greentomatoenergy (renewable energy specialists)
- RCB International Supplies (silk/satin clothes and jewellery from Thailand)
- Graveythecollector (Toys and Games)
- Shukie Crafts (handmade jewellery, handicrafts, books)
- Doughlightful Ceations (Handmade figurines, modelling dough)
- Smallprint Fingerprint Jewellery
- Not 4 a Lifetime Airbrush Tattoos
- Celestial Cakes (Organic cakes, breads and chutneys)
- Optimal Spine (Chiropractic)
- Will Barker Design (Decorative Ironwork)
- Designs 4 Divas (Henna artist)
- London Mummy (Gifts & Accessories for babies)
- Kamla Chopra & Terezinha (Promote health care, skin care)
- Crane Artists (Art Group)
- Joseph Smith (Author of Novels)
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- Breath Easy (Tombola, Lucky dip)
- 203 Brentford ACF
- Brentford Toy Library
- British Cactus Society (Information on botany, display/selling small cacti)
- Independent Activities (Disability Support)
- Historical Association, Ealing (Historical talks & Visits - selling second-hand books)
- Hounslow Toy Library
- Shooting Star (Supporting Children's Hospice)
- Ealing Cycling Campaign (information)
- Green Corridor (Volunteering Opportunities
- The Musical Museum (Demonstrations)
- LBH Animal Welfare (Microchipping)
- Disability Network Hounslow
(Advice & information for disabled and carers)
- Ealing National Trust (Information, Advice and local events)
- Bless Community Church (Children's crafts, info, gifts)
- Hounslow & District Aquarist Society
- Brentford & Isleworth Lib Dems
- Brentford Recycling Action Group
- NHS Retirement Fellowship (recruiting members)
- West London Branch of Green Peace
- Pets in Need (Care for animals) Information & Selling LPs, CDs, etc.
- Green Trading Company (Eco Friendly Products)
- Usborne Books (Children's books)
- Equippers Church (Christian Church - but not as you know it!)
Face painting, candy floss
- Homestart Hounslow
- Friends of ACE (providing social events for dementia sufferers). Tombola, gifts, toys, etc.
- Geofossils (minerals, fossils and crystals, etc.)
- The Mulberry Centre (Cancer Advice and Support)
- Hounslow Race & Equalities (Information & Advice)
- Speak out in Hounslow (Human Library - Learning Disability support group)
- Cancer Research
- Hounslow Green Party
- Brentford Free Church
- Balloonzone (balloons)
- FONSA (Friends of Nablus & Surrounding Area)
- Hounslow, Brentford & Isleworth Conservatives
- Life Giving Church
- Top Notch Health Club
- ISIS Waterside Regeneration
- Sethi Parnership - Solicitors
- Hounslow, Brentford & Ealing, Friends of the Earth
- L.B. Hounslow Recycling Team
- Brentford Chamber of Commerce
- 6th Brentford Air Scouts
- Brentford & Isleworth Labour Party
- London en Masse (Creativity & learning) Design your own teeshirt
- Holiday Inn, Brentford
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Food stands booked so far in 2010 are: Steve Lakhani(1) (burgers, kebabs, chips, etc.) Steve Lakhani(2) (vegetarian hot dogs),
The Sausage Man (German Sausages), F & L Ices,
Rambaz Catering (Afro food), Sarah Crowden (Grilled food and home made lamb koftas), Chef do Party (Valencian Paella),
Dennis Schauman (Caribbean, goat curry etc.), Cidinha's Mexican Way (Chilli), and The Lord Nelson
Pub, Brentford providing small versions of their menu, e.g. salt and pepper squid, battered haddock and chips, spicy chicken wings,
devilled whitebait etc. New for 2010, The Weir Bar & Restaurant (Champagne and Oyster Bar) and Mercalf Spicy Kitchen
(BBQ chicken with jelof rice, wachye & goat stew). If you would like to cater at our Brentford Festival 2010, please download an application form
here.
If you are intending to visit the Festival this year, keep checking to find out what exciting and exotic food will be available in 2010!
Music at Festival 2009 was, as always, a great mix of bands and musicians. Please check out
the music provided by our visiting musicians in 2009 here. The deadline for applications for musicians to perform at the
2010 Festival has now passed.
Last year's performers were excellent and there was a high demand for places, so make sure you join us for an exciting day
of music this year.
We have selected high quality local musicians across a broad range of styles to represent the rich diversity of the Hounslow/Ealing
community and to suit the moods of the 2 stages (listed below).
The Brentford Festival 2010 announces the BrentFest Fringe, an extravaganza of local varied music talent performing in local
music venues in support of the Brentford Festival in Boston Manor Park on Sunday, 5th September. Details are
listed below of the gigs already confirmed - others are planned - keep checking this page
for updates to the latest schedule, including gig times.
Hayes FM are featuring musicians associated with the Brentford Festival in sessions on their radio station at 91.8 FM.
Interviews and live performances take place between 1900 & 2100 on the dates listed below,
starting from Wednesday, 28th July.
On the Main Stage (Main Field) in 2010, the following musicians are performing (timings are approximate):
The Main Stage is being MC'd by Hayes FM (Larry Vidal and Paul Hawkins)
On the Acoustic Stage (Walled Garden) in 2010, the following musicians are performing (timings are approximate):
Make sure you follow who will be interviewing the following bands associated with the
Brentford Festival live between 1900 & 2100 on the following dates:
- Wednesday 28 July
- Wednesday 4th August
- Wednesday 11th August
- Wednesday 18th August
- Wednesday 25th August
- Wednesday 1st September
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Lost Society
Sugaspott
Coaster
Brace Yourself
Electronic Cavemen
Fran Clark
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The BrentFest Fringe
These are all free gigs hosted by local venues without charge with local musicians performing for no fee in support of
a free festival organised by the Brentford Festival Committee on behalf of the not-for-profit Friends of Boston Manor -
please support your local community by patronising these events.
30.08.2010 - Mon
31.08.2010 - Tue
01.09.2010 - Wed
02.09.2010 - Thu
03.09.2010 - Fri
04.09.2010 - Sat
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The Harriots
Milligan
Spirit of 78
Agatha Uchendu
Paul & Shivani Brooking
The Oddfellas
The Brentford Belles
The Acoustic Revs.
The Hubcaps
The Secret
Russ Shipton
The Great West Groove
The Jetsonics
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Rock
Rock/Indie/Pop
Rock/New Wave/Indie
Jazz/Soul/Easy Listening
Pop/Blues/Jazz
Traditional
A cappella/gospel
Folk/rock
R&B (old style)
Soul/country/rock
Folk/blues/country
Rock/funk/blues/soul
Rock
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The Six Bells, Brentford
The Globe, Brentford
The Gunnersbury, Chiswick
The Weir Bar, Brentford
St Paul's Church
The Dolphin, Hanwell
The Watermans
The Globe
George IV, Chiswick
McCann's, Hanwell
O'Brien's, Brentford
The Lord Nelson, Brentford
The Coach & Horses, Isleworth
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The Festival Organising Committee cannot guarantee that any third party
mentioned as having booked a place will attend the Brentford Festival in 2010 on the day. Please accept our apologies on their behalf should this occur.
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