Ouseburn Festival 2015

The theme for this year’s festival is Alice in Wonderland – a story of fun and games, extraordinary food and drink, and meeting fantastic creatures and people in a wonderful landscape (so like our own dear Ouseburn!).

Saturday 4th July 2015

The Ouseburn Festival starts on Saturday 4th July with events all around the valley, including lots of family activities. One of the biggest highlights of Saturday is NARC. Fest, the multi-venue extravaganza of music.

Pony-themed fun | From 9.00am to 5.00pm Stepney Bank Stables

Family fun at the Farm | 10.00am to 5.00pm Ouseburn Farm

Children’s Sticker Art workshops | 11am to 3pm on the green between The Ship and Ouseburn Farm

Hotspur School Summer Fair | 2.00pm to 4.00pm at Hotspur School

Reggae All Day | 2pm to 1am at the Tower Cafe

Frabjous Day | 2.00pm to 01.00am North Wing @ Uptin House

Alice’s Adventure in the Ouseburn | 3.30pm to 5.30pm at The Cumberland Arms

Victoria Tunnel taster tours | 3.30pm to 5pm – collect free tickets from Arch 6 and take to the Tunnel entrance

Transport in Ouseburn | 12 noon to 4pm at Ouseburn Trust, Arch 6

Traditional sailing boats | Moored near Seven Stories and the Cluny on both the Saturday and Sunday.

NARC. Fest 2015 logo.Various venues from 6.30pm onwards. 

Sunday 5th July 2015

Lots to see, hear, do, eat, drink – and enjoy! Highlights include the Festival Parade from The Cycle Hub up towards Ouseburn Farm, the Rubber Duck Race, the Festival Feast on Malmo Quay, live music on the Festival Stage during the afternoon, and finishing with late music at the Cumberland Reel.

Festival Market and children’s rides | 10am onwards at McPhee’s Yard aka Ouseburn Central Car Park 

Family fun at Ouseburn Farm | 10am onwards

Ouseburn DIY Streets | 10am to about 4.30pm, central Ouseburn

Summer Graze at the Ouseburn Festival | 11am to 4pm Malmo Quay

Cycle Hub Bike Track | 11am to 4pm on Malmo Quay

Bike Doctor free cycle check up | 11am to 4pm on Malmo Quay

Biscuit Factory and Seven Stories | 11am to 5pm at the Biscuit Factory

Alice and the Queen of Hearts | 11.00am – 5.00pm Lime Street and surrounding area

Capturing Alice | 12 noon to 4pm at the Toffee Factory

Festival Parade! | 12 noon start at The Cycle Hub

Live music stage | 12 noon till 4.30pm in front of Ouseburn Farm

Transport in Ouseburn | 12 noon to 4pm at Ouseburn Trust, Arch 6

VW Show and Shine | Arches Car Park, Stepney Bank from 11.30am to 5pm.

River boat trips | From the Quayside near the Cycle Hub between 2pm and 4.30pm.

Traditional sailing boats | Moored near Seven Stories and the Cluny on both the Saturday and Sunday.

Under the Fields of Heaton: 200th anniversary of the Heaton Main disaster 1815 performance of massed voices & bands with Johnny Handle | 12.30pm by Ouseburn Farm, 2.15pm outside Cumberland Arms

Paint the Ouseburn | 1.00pm to 5.00pm at the Cumberland Arms

Victoria Tunnel taster tours | 1pm to 4.30pm – collect free tickets from Arch 6 and take to the Tunnel entrance

Pony rides and more | Stepney Bank Stables

The Cluny’s Rubber Duck Race | About 2.00pm, between Crawford’s Bridge and the wooden bridge.

Cumberland Reel | From 12 noon till late at the Cumberland Arms