Welcome to Queen’s Park Day

Queen’s Park Day is run every year by QPARA – this year it’s on Sunday 16th September

See a report on Queen’s Park Day 2011 on BNCTV

It was a fantastic day! The stalls were all allocated, the events booked and the team of volunteers who organise the day did he most amazing job! We even made the sun shine right through ’til 5 o’clock!
Old favourites were back –  Mr Alexander the wonderful family entertainer, Get Cycling with their bikes and bike-powered Scalectric too, the Rhythm Studio and the breathtaking, gravity defying “Fanti” the Ghanaian acrobats.

New last year were ferret racing and tennis coaching and in the arena, the Xtreme Trials motorbike display team & the Kilburn Cosmos Rugby Club.

Many, many local groups did amazing business and raised enough money to keep themselves going through the coming year! It’s a great source of pride that we can give them a platform to achieve this. Quite a few children got lost … but they were all reunited with their families! We had amazing cake and edible monster competitions. Lots of new members joined QPARA  and bought our new bags and mugs.

We had a maximum number of stalls divided between Community Stalls – (charities and local groups) and Trade Stalls (business stalls – even if you’re local and just running your business from home).  We gave priority to genuinely local groups and businesses.  Each year we try to have some new stalls which means that even though you’ve had a stall before you’re not guaranteed a space.  Our aim is to have a good mix of stalls to appeal to our wide audience.

Food stalls were hugely popular and we had every type of dish you can think of!

 

The Brownies on their stall in 2010

 

Apple pressing on the Transition Kensal to Kilburn Stall

 

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  • Events

    Every year QPARA organises a number of exciting events in the area.

    The second Book Festival will take place on May 19th & 20th, 2012. Follow the link for lots more info.

    On 16th September, QPARA will present the highly anticipated Queen’s Park Day. Follow the link for more information.

    Our Open Gardens & Studios Day takes place every two years. The next Open Gardens Day will, we hope, be on June 17th, 2012.

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  • Calendar

    Dates of all this year’s events will be listed in the Calendar.

    QPARA monthly meetings are always on the second Thursday of the month. The next will be at 8pm on February 9th at St. Anne’s Church, Salusbury Road…. teas, coffees and the odd glass of wine  served from about 7.40 onwards. Please try to come along!