Crawcrook Fair

28/08/2026

🎪🎉 CRAWCROOK FAIR 2026! 🎉🎪

It’s nearly time for one of our favourite days of the year! 💙

Join us at Crawcrook Park on Saturday 5th September, 11am–4pm for a brilliant day for the whole community.

🎶 Live entertainment
🎡 Fairground rides
🏰 Bouncy castles
🍔 Hot & cold food
🍺 Beer tent
🛍️ Loads of stalls
🎨 Face painting
🎟️ Tombola & raffle

There’s always such a lovely atmosphere at the Fair and it’s wonderful seeing the park absolutely buzzing with families, friends and neighbours.

Events like this also help support Our Villages and the work we do throughout the year, so every visit, raffle ticket and bit of support really does make a difference. ❤️

📍 Crawcrook Park, Main Road, NE40 4NB
📅 Saturday 5th September
⏰ 11am–4pm

Pop it in the diary, share with your friends and family and come along for a fabulous community day.

See you at the Fair! 🎪🌳🎉

27/08/2026

Not long now!
You can still drop off your tombola and bottle stall donations at Buttercups and Daisies. We’d be grateful for any unused and unopened items you can spare 🙏

18/08/2026

Not long now until this year’s fabulous Crawcrook Fair!

16/08/2026

🎨 FREE CANVAS ART WORKSHOP – CRAWcrook PAVILION

Fancy getting creative and helping shape the design for our new mural at Crawcrook Pavilion?

Join Elements Gateshead and local artists for a free canvas art workshop:

📅 Sunday 23rd August
⏰ 11am–1pm
📍 Crawcrook Pavilion
🎨 FREE – all materials provided

Come along, create your own piece of canvas art to take home and, most importantly, share your ideas for what you’d love to see included in the new mural.

Recommended for ages 7+, but everyone is welcome.

It would be brilliant to have plenty of local ideas represented after all, this is a mural for our community. ❤️

To reserve a place: [email protected]

13/08/2026

🎨 CANVAS ART & MURAL WORKSHOP – OUR VILLAGES PAVILION 🎨

We’ve got something really exciting coming to the Pavilion!

We’re working with Elements Arts and Gateshead Council to transform the Our Villages Pavilion with a brand-new mural, and we want local people to help shape the ideas behind it.

Join local artists Immyz Illustrations and Mark One87 for a creative canvas art session using paint markers and canvases. Come along, get creative, share your ideas for the mural and take your own artwork home with you at the end.

🎨 All materials provided
👧 Recommended age 7+
🏡 Our Villages Pavilion
✨ No artistic experience needed – just bring your ideas!

Spaces are limited, so please let us know if you’re coming by emailing:

📧 [email protected]
📧 [email protected]

It would be brilliant to have lots of local ideas represented in the final design and give the Pavilion a makeover created with our community. ❤️

07/08/2026

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03/08/2026

01/08/2026

🎉 AUGUST IS PACKED WITH FAMILY FUN AT OUR VILLAGES! 🌿💚

Looking for something to keep the kids entertained over the summer holidays? We’ve got you covered! ☀️

🎨 Kids’ Craft Workshops
Every Wednesday throughout August
🕚 11am–1pm
📍 Crawcrook Pavilion, Crawcrook Park

Each week children aged 5+ can enjoy a different craft, including jewellery making, wind chimes, paper crafts and much more!

💚 FREE to attend (donations are always appreciated to help us continue providing community activities).

🌭 Food Festival – Saturday 15th August
Join us for a fantastic day celebrating great local food, community spirit and family fun! There’ll be something for everyone, so save the date and come along with friends and family.

🌼 Our volunteers have been working incredibly hard transforming the community garden, and we’d love you to come along, support local events and see what’s happening in our villages.

📧 To book a place on the craft workshops or for more information:
[email protected]

🌐 www.ourvillages.org.uk

Together we’re building a stronger, greener and more connected community. 💚