The Festival, run by Stockport Council, will be celebrating its 18th year with a variety of entertainment.
The celebrations start at 12noon with the blessing of the beautifully decorated St Chad’s Well. Volunteers design and create the well dressing within the Chapel in the week running up to the festival. The well dressing is then attached to St Chads Well prior to the blessing.
There will be a variety of activities for everybody to enjoy including live music and performances, falconry and martial arts displays, balloon modelling, dancers, and donkeys from a nearby sanctuary.
People will also get to experience the hand ring bells with an amazing repertoire of well-known tunes or listen to the traditional sounds of the silver band.
There will also be a variety of craft and information stalls and the Friends of Chadkirk will be selling an assortment of plants and flowers in the walled garden. There will also be a selection of refreshments on sale.
The Festival starts at 12noon and finishes at 5.00pm. Admission is £2 for adults, £1 for children aged 5 to15, children under 5 are free. Dogs are allowed at the event on a lead. Free onsite parking is available.
