Lino print demonstration at Fangfest
THE East Riding village of Fangfoss will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fangfest festival of practical arts on September 6 and 7, 10am to 4pm each day.
“To mark this milestone, the event promises to be bigger and better than ever with attractions and activities to suit everyone,” says illustrator and designer Sarah Relf, from The Magpie’s Cabinet.
“The regular favourites will be there: the flower festival with this year’s theme of All Things Silver; veteran cars; archery; the Stamford Bridge Heritage Society; music on the village green; children’s games; the Teddy Bear Trail and, of course, lots of local artists exhibiting and demonstrating their work.”
Being a festival of practical arts, opportunities aplenty will be provided to try out new skills: everything from having a go on the potter’s wheel to spoon carving and chocolate making. Some drop-in activities are free, while others are more intensive workshops that require booking in advance. Details of these can be found at facebook/fangfest or Instagram:@fangfestfestival.
Pottery workshop at Fangfest
New to this year’s event will be children’s entertainer John Cossham, alias Professor Fiddlesticks, bringing his circus skills and balloon bending to the event. Look out too for a mobile museum, brought by Pocklington and District Heritage Trust; the chance to visit new interior design business Foss Interiors, who will run a cooking demonstration with samples to taste, and the updated millennium screen made by the ladies of the village, on show in St Martin’s Church.
The Saturday celebrations will continue from 5pm at The Carpenters Arms, featuring live music from local bands plus pizzas made to order from Dough House Pizza.
Closing the event on the Sunday will be a Hymns and Pimms gathering at the pub, when everyone is welcome.
“I cannot believe that we have gone on so many years,” says Fangfest co-founder Lyn Grant, from Fangfoss Pottery. “It all started as a small open day for the Rocking Horse Shop in the village and just grew and grew.”
Entry to Fangfest is free. Car parking is available at the school for £2, with money raised going to Friends of St Martin’s School (F.O.S.S). For more details of what’s on, how to book workshops and all other information, visit facebook/fangfest or Instagram:@fangfestfestival.