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On Sunday, 16 July, 1-4pm Operation Farm present The Potluck Festival, in Hyde Park Community Orchard. It will evoke nostalgic memories of coming together and celebrating our local heritage and diversity. Basically, the idea is to get together as one big party to make a memorable summer’s day. There are so many talented and diverse people in Tameside and if we bring these skills together, we’re sure to have an #EPIC event!
Everyone is encouraged to bring their favourite dish, their home-grown veggies, their art & talent to the party. Potluck, in this case, not only means food, but your creativity as well. We welcome and celebrate your ideas for craft, music, nostalgic games and nature related activities.
Operation Farm is bringing together a range of local musicians and artists to create a funky vibe.
The event is about sharing a dish that evokes strong memories of your childhood with a recipe that you treasure; it could be your Gran’s home-baked cake where the smell takes you back to being the height of her apron, your Aunt’s chutney, where the vinegary smell used to make your eyes sting, the crispy crunch as you bite into your Mum's bujia or your own home-made lemonade on a hot summer’s day – whilst we want to know if the dish you are sharing is suitable for all diets - vegetarian, contains nuts etc… please also write the story, write the recipe, tell us how this dish makes you feel.
Please be sure to bring plenty of food to share and your own drinks.
There will be no food stalls at the event and no alcohol is permitted
Hopefully the summer harvest will be kind and our gardens will be laden with broad beans, beetroot, courgettes, radish, spring onions, strawberries and gooseberries; Operation Farm is encouraging you to bring your gluts to swap and share at our Haggle ‘n’ Barter stall led by our community gardeners, where you can find out about how to get involved in the Operation Farm community allotment and orchard.
Operation Farm crafters and grafters are putting on a range of creative, natural and nostalgic activities for all the family.
Local groups including Hyde Community Action and The Grafton Centre will be helping Operation Farm to put on a diverse and memorable event. If your local community group could help too, then please get in touch with Operation Farm.
Why is it important to RSVP via potluckfestival.eventbrite.co.uk? Due to the size of the venue, parking issues, event licence and insurance this event has a limited number of tickets available. By registering through potluckfestival.eventbrite.co.uk you guarantee you and your guests attendance at the festival. There will be a master list at the food table with your names and wristbands will be issued for the Potluck Food Table. As this is an open park, we are not excluding the public from the event; the wristbands just ensure that those who have brought food, get food!
Responding via Facebook and Twitter doesn’t count, but we do encourage you to use these sites to build momentum about the event
A few rules
Operation Farm would like the event to run as smoothly as possible – so let’s party smartly!
- Recycle – there will be a recycling node, so please help us to be a green festival
- Pets – please keep all pets on a lead and clear up their poop
- Alcohol – Operation Farm will not have a licence for the consumption of alcohol
- Fires – strictly no fires
What to bring
- Picnic blankets, tables, chairs (there will be limited tables and chairs)
- Decoration - anything to make the festival pretty – bunting, flowers, etc..
- Food & drink to share with a story/recipe/label (vegetarian, contains nuts etc)
- Fruit and veggies to swap and share
- Rain gear/sun gear – Operation Farm will have a humungous tipi courtesy of One Adventure for shelter/shade. This is also where the food will be served
- Traditional games to play - bubbles to blow, parachutes, diablo
- Where possible please use biodegradable disposables
Other essentials
- There will be first aiders and a lost child tent on site
- Donations – whilst the event is free, there will be donation boxes to raise funds for our eighth autumn festival, date TBC
- Please remove all your own rubbish, making sure we leave the orchard and park as beautiful as we found it
- There are public toilets near the orchard
- Directions - use the postcode SK14 4JX. There is no parking within the park, we strongly encourage public transport or walking to the event as parking around the park is strictly for residents only
Contact Ali or Jonathan at
Email: potluckfestival2017@gmail.com
Facebook: /OperationFarm
Twitter: @OperationFarm
Website: operationfarm.org.uk
Tickets: potluckfestival.eventbrite.co.uk