Peterborough Celebrates Festival…
…just over a week to go!
17th and 18th May 2025
Ferry Meadows, Nene Park, Peterborough
With just over a week to go until the exciting Peterborough Celebrates Festival returns to Ferry Meadows for its fourth year, we reveal the full festival line up! Discover a jam-packed schedule of performances and activities, with something for everyone across the weekend.
Kick off your festival weekend on Friday 16 May with an unforgettable silent disco experience in the Big Top. Grab your multi-channel headphones and hit the dance floor as three live DJs spin the tunes. Expect high-energy vibes, glowing lights and a magical festival atmosphere that’ll keep you dancing like nobody’s listening! Choose from a family session 5pm-6.30pm for age 4+ or a later session 7.30pm-9.30pm for 12+.
The full FREE festival begins on Saturday 17 May with a packed programme of performances, sights, sounds and activities to excite all festival-goers.
With four performances spaces – the Big Top, the Community Stage, The Hay Bale Stage and the Centre Stage in The Bar Tent, there are so many opportunities to watch and experience local community and professional talent – from music, dance and acrobatics to drama, poetry and interactive play. Saturday runs from 11am until 8.30pm so make a day of it, soak up the festival atmosphere and stay until it comes to a glorious close when the nationally-acclaimed Punjabi Roots Academy brings their toe-tapping East Meets West Dance Party to the Saturday festival finale – now part of the FREE festival line up thanks to a little extra sponsorship.
On Sunday 18 May, the festival begins at 10am with Rise and Shine Yoga on the Community Stage and then the day is filled with everything from feel good family favourites and sing a long moments to interactive performance poetry and an incredible all-women dance group, Feet off the Ground, with their show Turning Point on a rotating stage.
At 3.50pm, following the success of last year, the festival finale will be marked with a traditional Hindu Holi Colour ceremony where the public will be invited to throw coloured paints and streamers in joyful celebration – a fitting end to a weekend of celebrating our city.
https://www.nenepark.org.uk/festival-lineup…
There is so much more to discover across the festival site throughout the weekend too:
•Take part in have-a-go sporting activities including climbing, archery, martial arts, rugby and football
•Have fun on the fairground rides
•Find out more about different Peterborough community groups and organisations
•Get stuck into art and craft creations with Peterborough Presents in the Creative Dome
•Admire the thousands of decorated butterflies that have been created by schools and community groups across the city in our community ‘Flutter of Butterflies’ installation, sponsored by our community project sponsor Allison Homes
•Meet some of the sheep that graze the Nene Park Rural Estate
•Find out more about what we, at Nene Park Trust, do to look after the Park and our visitors
•Soak up the festival atmosphere with food and drink from our diverse range of vendors.
Parking for the festival will be available onsite at Ferry Meadows (parking charges apply) with FREE parking offered at Railworld Wildlife Haven in the city centre. Festival-goers parking at Railworld will be able to catch a shuttle train with the Nene Valley Railway for £2 per person, with trains running throughout Saturday and Sunday.
https://www.nenepark.org.uk/…/peterborough-celebrates…
We can’t wait to welcome you to Ferry Meadows over the festival weekend of 17th and 18th May. It’s going to be another amazing weekend to remember and chance to celebrate our city together!
The Nene Park Trust Team