Summer festival on the Birchwood estate with UK garage headliners Artful Dodger and Shelley Nelson, inflatables, a licensed bar, food vendors and an open mic.
ShwoodFest returns to Birchwood Junior School on Saturday 21 August 2027, starting at 12:00. Around here it's better known as the Birchwood Festival, a summer day run by Ignite Elim, the Pentecostal church based in Birchwood, alongside Jealous Entertainment and a few other local organisations. The church is known for a laid-back, non-churchy vibe, and they frame the whole day as a missional event meant to be a blessing to the local estate.
On the music side, the headliners are Artful Dodger and Shelley Nelson, both cited as UK Garage legends with multiple songs in the UK top 40. They're joined by Bagel The Collective and Piledriver, so the bill pulls in a fair bit of ground across the day. But the music is only one part of it. The programme also includes an open mic, inflatables, a licensed bar, food vendors, Gospel stories and a powderpaint fight, so it's as much a community fair as it is a gig.
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There's a local focus to how it's run: the organisers set aside 10% of tickets for local residents and offer a discount code for anyone living on the Birchwood estate. Tickets are £15 via Eventbrite, and the whole thing kicks off at midday at Birchwood Junior School, Larchwood Crescent, Birchwood, LN6 0NL.
Date
Saturday, 21 August 2027
12:00
Price
Paid
Recommended Age
+14 years
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