1984 - 2026
Parade is tomorrow
11th July
Gather at 10am
Parade starts at 11am
Sneinton Community Festival is 43 years old this year - its roots date back hundreds of years: a local, volunteer-lead, celebration of our community; our diversity and creativity
This year, we are honouring our waterways & water bodies that hydrate Sneinton: all the creatures and stories of the water - both real and mythical smaller than the eye can see and as big as Brenda the new bridge!
We hope you will join us throughout the week, at the parade and main day on Saturday 11 July at Trickett's Park
Lots of love, The Sneinton Festival Team x
Sneinton Festival Programme 2026
MAIN FESTIVAL DAY
Saturday 11th July
9.30am-11am Pre-Parade Breakfast - Bring your outfit to do finishing touches and get ready for the parade
@St Stephen's Church, NG2 4JN
Then find your place in the parade in the church yard (this is a change from the programme - we are not gathering in the Green's Mill car park anymore)
Find your school or community group or go to the back section
11am Parade starts - goes up Sneinton Dale, right at Jamia Masjid Sultania Mosque, down Trent Rd all the way to the
festival site @Trickett's Park
12-5pm Main Festival Day at Trickett's Park
A proudly non smoking and alcohol free event
Food, stalls, activities, workshops, live music, dancing
MAIN STAGE
Burly Nagasaki (avant surf rock two piece)
Nottingham Kung Fu & Lion Dance
Rebecca Leivers 'We are the folk' (singer, mermaid and jolly lad)
Simran (deeply personal R&B songs)
Tanuki Moon (indie, reggae, hip hop)
Possum Kid (dreamy rock)
HERDS (Sneinton's very own psychedelic five piece)
IMPACD CIC DANCE STUDIO - Coffee and Cake available all day
1pm Fabric Dance Workshop
1.45pm Latin Dance workshop with Todo Latino
2.30pm Fabric Dance Workshop
3.30pm - 6pm World Music Dance
YURT PERFORMANCE SPACE
Hazel Warren (inspirational and moving ukele poet)
Ebony Reels (engaging Afro-carribean story telling for all ages)
Poetry Collective (various artists inclusing 'Write Queer'
Geoffrey Jumper - Live music, comedy, magic, crazy puppets - wonderful children's entertainer
1pm and 3pm at the play park at Trickett's Park
12-5pm Danelaw Viking Encampment - at Lindum Grove Community Garden, NG2 3GH
1pm Weapons Display
2pm Kiddie Vike - children come and have a go at fighting a viking
2.30pm Weapons Display Part 2
3pm Kiddie Vike - children come and have a go at fighting a viking
4pm Dance Cubana!!!!! performance of authentic Cuban Salsa followed by a beginners taste class
Time to move!
Get ready to bring some incredible energy and rhythm to the festival!vPlease welcome Dance Cubana! They are here to show us the vibrant, infectious rhythms of authentic Cuban Salsa followed by a taster of their weekly Salsa classes.
If you love what you see, you can join them every Tuesday night at the Colwick Community Centre. They have an amazing 70% off discount for brand new beginners, and you don't even need to bring a partner! But first, let’s see how it’s done—put your hands together for Dance Cubana!
Sunday 12th July
Arrive for 10am - 10am - 1pm - Have a go at Dragon Boat Racing with Notts Anaconda Dragon Boat Club @Trent Side North, West Bridgford, NG2 5FA (in front of the City Ground) (coyr)
12pm - 4pm Picnic in the Park - Bring your own picnic and enjoy the park. Watch wonderful acpustic acts, listen to story tellers, watch the performance of Much Ado About Nothing by the incredible Notttingham Shakespeare Company @ Greens Windmill & Science Centre, NG2 4QB
12pm - 4pm Oliver Hind Club Summer Fayre
Stalls, shows, street food, games & community love
performance by the astounding DAKO flying angels
This year!!!
SNEINTON FESTIVAL 2026:
On the Water
4th - 12th July 2026
Parade & Main Carnival Day
-> Saturday 11th July 2026 <-
Celebrating the Element of Water
The Trent, the Leen , Colwick Lakes, the Canal and all the ponds of Sneinton, all the creatures that live in them, the people who work and play on them
- water is sacred and essential -
join us to enjoy the stories of our water - sacred wells, ghosts, mysterious turtles, floods and marauding mobs!!!
Row your coracle over to the perfect fishing spot, with the wind in the willows, have a chat to a salamander, see the world through the eyes of a water nymph or a great carp, whispering old soul songs of the river of old, prophetic words about the spring of life, become enchanted by a nixie and be back in time for tea!
Well loved
43 Year old
community celebration of diversity and heritage
Sneinton Festival is: a village fete, a celebration, a carnival, a parade, a cultural event - in the wonderful and unique village of Sneinton, Nottingham, England.
The first festival was held in 1984, and has since been run by volunteers from the community for the community! Always involving local residents, local organisations, community groups, community gardens, schools, churches, the mosque, youth and play groups, artists, musicians, performers and local project workers.
"I remember the Viking society coming out fully decked out in full regalia, axes and plaits galore. They certainly added a unique flavour to the parade as they would roar out 'Odin!' at the top of their lungs at regular intervals!"
Rich, 37
"I remember it as a whirlwind of colour and creativity; a beautiful expression of the melting pot that is Sneinton - where anyone can be at home and find their place. Strong hippy vibes which I always loved as well ! "
Ruth, 36
"I loved it last year when we walked down Sneinton Dale and I carried a banner"
Elliott, 8
"it inspires so many people to get involved in the community in other projects and to see the importance of this. Community festivals are done by local people for local people and so this is a great example of communities doing things for themselves and better than anyone else could do for them! I think the street parade in Sneinton is very important as it says to the community for one day you are more important than the cars!"
"I remember taking my son when he was tiny. There's a lovely picture of him sat in a yurt with his little baby friend."
Kathryn, 44
"I remember making the banner with Anna for the bus. Kids would come to the library and make beautiful fabric faces, we glued and sewed them together to make a big banner, it was so good. It was really nice and such good fun."
Michelle, Happy Monday's Play Group
'The year we had 25 Past the Skank headlining the after party at the Lord Nelson was off the chart. Such good vibes. The other was when we had nearly 100 Sneintonites of all ages, shapes and sizes doing Kundalini yoga together. If you've never seen it, it's more like a dance workout than yoga. Amazing.'
