Our annual events

We organise three large community events every year, these are our: Wassail in January, Summer Fair in June and a Lantern Parade in November. 

These are helped by our wonderful team of volunteers, who marshal, help bake cakes, support stalls, organise workshops and put up posters. If you would like to help ay any of our future events please visit our volunteering page and get in touch. Volunteer

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Summer Event
Saturday 28th June 2025
12PM - 3PM
​Come along to Hillfields Community Garden this Saturday from 12 to 3pm. The weather is looking sunny and warm - perfect for all the fun packed day for all ages!

 DELICIOUS food, drinks and cake! (see below)
 GAMES and activities, including a tombola with lots of great prizes 
 LIVE MUSIC from the local Hillfields Singing Group and Pigsty Morris dancers
 Adam from Baby Beatles Singalong will be performing great songs for us!
 A delightful CEILIDH band will be leading us in song and dance!
🚲 Dr Bike mechanic (book in advance by emailing us at [email protected]) and police bike marking - so bring your bikes! 

 A raffle with amazing prizes. Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors:

- Free Taster Session at Fishponds Pottery
- Family Swim Pass at Kingswood Active Lifestyle
- Day Pass for 2 with Bristol Ferry
- Lunch for 2 at the Spotted Cow
- £50 voucher at Clifton Sausage
- Afternoon Tea for 2 at Lost and Found (Clifton)
- £40 Love to Shop Voucher
- TWO £50 Amazon Vouchers donated by ReAssured www.reassured.co.uk/
- £10 Bristol Loaf Voucher
Plus much more!

All funds raised will go towards the work of our charity. Please bring cash or card to buy tokens to spend on our stalls. These will be non-refundable so make sure you use them all! 

To volunteer at this event please join the events whatsapp. ​​

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Winter Lantern Parade
The parade in 2025 was lead by City of Bath Brass Band at Hillfields Library and ended in Hillfields Park with hot chocolate, cakes and a final display of everyone's lanterns!

We host a number of lantern making workshops before the parade so that local children, families and adults can make lanterns. 

To join the volunteer group for the Wassail please click here. 

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Wassail
Our annual WASSAIL took place on January 19th. This year we sang traditional wassail songs with Sorrel Wilde Community Singing, danced with Pigsty Morris. There was also cakes, hot wassail juice (warmed/spiced apple juice) and hang toast on the apple trees. 

The Wassail King and Queen lead the ceremony to bless our apple trees to bring a good harvest and to ward away any bad spirits lurking in the branches!

This ancient tradition has been taking place in orchards for hundreds of years! Everyone is welcome! To join next years volunteer group please join here. 

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