HaltonFest is back for the third year in partnership with Culture 26: Made In Halton.
This FREE family event is taking place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June at Runcorn Hill Park. Attractions include funfair, Baby Big Top Circus, classic cars, food stalls, petting zoo, mini steamers, entertainment arena, licensed bar, and much more. And new for his year, Cultivate Halton performance marquee and creatives marquee.
FREE parking is available at the Heath offices courtesy of SOG and FREE buses will be available from Kingsway, Widnes, and Runcorn Shopping City for Halton residents.
Full list of attractions and events taking place:
- Performance Marquee, theatre, poetry, music with performances from A Place For Us, Andrew Curphey theatre Company, VML, Runcorn Community Choir, Mersey Wave Choir, Ukes on Track. All kicking off on Saturday 11.30am with Dommy B Dinosaur show, completely free!
- Creative Marquee: have a go hands on creative activities, nature based crafts, with Hazlehurst Studios, Animal Teach, Woollyback Crafts, Neens and Beans and more
- Halton Libraries, Sci Tech Daresbury, Curiosity Bookshop, Catalyst, Digital Arts Box, The Community Shop and more
- Baby big top circus shows and circus skills workshops, Mr Alexander travelling showman, Petting zoo, The Animal Guyz, Stilt Walkers, Walkabout princess, Character cars, Birds of prey display.
- There will be performances in the arena from the Animal Guyz, ponies and dog display, dance schools and the mini steamers.
- Community stalls, some of which will be doing free activities. Sports development will be doing archery, Space Runcorn will be offering some taster classes including yoga, meditation and crafts. Widnes wild Hockey will have supervised goal shooting activities, and police stall will be bike tagging, some shields and uniforms for kids to try on and colouring activities. Fire cadets will have a smoke tent and activities. Vibe will be bringing their bus with silent disco and lots of activities.
- There will be a family funfair, food stalls, licensed bar, and trade stalls.
There will also be a FREE shuttle bus running from Widnes and Runcorn
FREE SHUTTLE BUS TIMES
| Kingsway | 1100 1200 1300 1500 1600 1700 1800 |
| The Heath | 1110 1210 1310 1510 1610 1710 1810 |
| Halton Lea | 1119 1219 1319 1419 1519 1619 1719 1819 |
| The Heath | 1128 1228 1428 1528 1628 1728 1828 |
| Kingsway | 1138 1238 1438 1538 1638 1738 1838 |
Full Performance Marquee Schedule:
Saturday
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Dommy B- The Dinosaurs Are Back Kids Theatre show |
| 12:45 – 1:15 | John Bostock and Guitar Jam |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Matthew Mullarkey Singer Songwriter |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Andrew Curphey Theatre Company |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | George Brooks Spoken Word |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Rachel Shearer Singer songwriter |
| 4:00 – 5:15 | MONDEGREEN Band |
Sunday
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Ukes on Track |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Mersey Wave Choir |
| 12:45 – 1:15 | Runcorn Community Choir |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Victoria Music Ltd Songs |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | A Place For Us Songs |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Tom Ledson Spoken Word |
| 4:15 – 5:00 | Dan Pye Singer Songwriter |
| 5:15 – 5:45 | Jumada Band |
Full Arena Entertainment Schedule
| Time | Saturday | Passes | Time | Sunday |
| 11.30am | 11.30am | Angie Mack Hula | ||
| 12.00pm | Leopolds ponies | 12.15pm | Rhythm Reaction Community Drum Circle | |
| 1.00pm | Traditional Morris Dancers | 1.00pm | Luma Creation | |
| 1.45pm | Animal Guyz | 1.45pm | Animal Guyz | |
| 2.30pm | Leopolds Dogs | 2.30pm | Leopolds | |
| 3.15pm | Natalie Dignam Dance | 3.15pm | Luma Creation | |
| 4.00pm | Animal Guyz | Luma Creation | ||
| 4.45pm | Steamers | 4.30pm | Animal Guyz | |
| 5.30pm | 5pm | Angie Mack Hula |
