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Kidsfest 2010

Date(s): Mon 30/08/2010
Bank Holiday Monday

Time(s): 11am-5pm
FREE
INFORMATION: 020 8543 9608

Kidsfest was launched three years ago and last year in association with Go South Go and The London Borough of Merton we were proud to launch the borough's cultural activities linked to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The event is so successful and well attended that its now a regular addition to the Abbeyfest line-up.

Apart from the existing family events at Abbeyfest we wanted to create a special day solely dedicated to kids. We wanted to offer something unique and inspirational, make it accessible to all and most importantly, make the whole thing free!

The whole of the Merton Abbey Mills site is given over to Kidsfest for a day of fun, exciting and innovative things for kids to participate in. These include great hands on workshops in art, crafts, pottery, music, drama, dancing, singing, balloon modelling, DJ skills and drumming. There are soft play and story telling areas, kids archaeological digs, relaxation sessions, rides, face painting and caricaturing. All these fun things together with visits from the local Fire Brigade and Police create a superb feeling of community focused entirely on children.

The main stage on the Bandstand at the heart of Merton Abbey Mills is home all day to great musical entertainment with performances by children and special guests, talent competitions, giveaways and a few surprises thrown in!

" AbbeyFest introduced KidsFest a couple of years ago – an exciting festival of music and drama with the children taking centre stage. It was a tremendous success, enjoyed by the young people and adults alike, and set the scene for KidsFest to become an annual event during AbbeyFest. I would thoroughly recommend AbbeyFest and KidsFest as a wonderful way to while away the summer months, with a great variety of entertainment on hand in the beautiful riverside setting of Merton Abbey Mills and the Colour House Theatre" .......... Councillor Geraldine Stanford Mayor of Merton – 2006/7

“I am delighted to have taken part in Kidsfest last summer. Kidsfest offers the local children great organised entertainment for the summer and I know is welcomed by parents as well, who appear to have as much fun as the kids, taking part in the various activities offered ” …….The Mayor of Merton Councillor John DeHaney