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Funfair at Westbridge Park
Stone Festival’s spring funfair will be at Westbridge Park from Wednesday 13th to Sunday 17th March. The fairground – which will be at the back of the park, near the Scout hut – gets under way at 6pm on Wednesday, with all rides half price on opening night! The funfair will be open from...
In pictures: Party in the Park
Hundreds of people were at Stone Festival’s first Party in the Park on Friday – and I think most of them are on one or more of these great photos by A Little Bit of Stone’s Joshua Cope! Yet again the weather refused to play ball – and yet again local people refused to...
Video: Stone Festival carnival parade
Published on 16 Jun, 2012 at 18:48 in Stone Festival | Viewed 1,279 times | 10 Comments
Well done to everyone who took part in the Stone Festival carnival parade this afternoon – see if you can spot yourself in this video! There were some brilliant floats as schools, charities, community groups and more made sure that the parade was a big success – despite the abysmal weather. The parade left...
In pictures: Festival dog show/raft race
Published on 13 Jun, 2012 at 21:06 in Stone Festival | Viewed 658 times | 6 Comments
Stone Festival got off to a great start at the weekend with two of its most popular events – the dog show and raft race. Dozens of dogs and their owners took part in the dog show at Westbridge Park on Sunday after the last of the homemade rafts had made it back safe...
Olympic torch to be carried through Stone!
Published on 11 Jun, 2012 at 21:40 in Stone Festival | Viewed 554 times | 2 Comments
The Olympic torch will be paraded through Stone after all – at the head of the parade at Stone Festival’s carnival day on Saturday! Russell Cox, who visited Kibblestone Scout Camp on Saturday with the torch (pictures by Joshua Cope), will lead this year’s procession on Saturday 16th June. The torch did not travel...
Caption competition! Stone Festival dog show
Published on 10 Jun, 2012 at 20:57 in Stone Festival | Viewed 530 times | 5 Comments
A Little Bit of Stone photographer Joshua Cope took this great picture at the Stone Festival dog show at Westbridge Park today. What would your caption be?! Leave yours below, or over on the Facebook page. There’ll be a full report and lots more pictures tomorrow from the dog show by the way.
Packed week of Stone Festival fun
Published on 23 May, 2012 at 15:25 in Stone Festival | Viewed 593 times | No Comments
This year’s Stone Festival takes place between 10th and 17th June and it looks like being one of the best yet, with all the old favourites and some exciting new additions! The traditional festival raft race kicks things off on Sunday 10th and there’s lots going on over the week including a dog show,...
Party in the Park with QEII
One of the country’s top Queen tribute bands will be playing live at Westbridge Park in June as part of Stone Festival. Organisers have lined up a new event for this year’s festival called Party in the Park, which will be held on Friday 15th June, the evening before carnival and parade day. Headlining...
Spring funfair in town this week
Stone Festival’s spring funfair will make a return to Stone and will be at Westbridge Park from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th March. Festival organisers held a spring funfair in the town for the first time last year and said it was a huge success. The funfair will open at 6pm on Wednesday, Thursday...
Beauty of a role for talent show winner Niki
The winner of this year’s Stone’s Got Talent competition has landed a role in the musical Beauty And The Beast which will be staged in Stoke-on-Trent this autumn. St Dominic’s Priory School student Niki Gill was awarded the sought-after role of Mrs Potts having taken part in open auditions at Stone’s Rooftop Studios...
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